This week in reading we read the story "Song and Dance Man" by Karen Ackerman. During our read to self and read to someone time we worked on using the comprehensions skills: check for understanding and back up and reread. In order to check for understanding you ask yourself who the main character(s) is, what is happening, and where it is taking place. If you are unable to answer any of the above questions then you need to back up and reread the passage you just finished.
Our vocabulary words for the week were bizarre, effective, ineffective, sag, creak, and get-up-and-go. We learned about the prefix "in" which means not. We discussed antonyms which are words that are opposites such as effective and ineffective. We reviewed homophones which are words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings such as creak and creek.
During writing time we read "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble" and "Wizzil" by William Steig. We tried our hand at writing a story that included a magic item such as the ones in our featured stories. We read the poems "I'm Sorry" and "I'm Much too Tired to Play Tonight" by Jack Prelutsky. Then we tried our hand at writing our on I'm ______ or I'm Much too ________ poem.
