Last week we read a Native American version of Cinderella called The Rough-Faced Girl. In this version the girl's skin and hair has become burned from tending to the fire for her two older sisters. Instead of a prince there is an Invisible Being who can only be seen by the one who will marry him. The two older sisters try to say they've seen him (as he's said to be handsome, rich, and powerful). The Invisible Being's sister asks them questions to see if they have seen him or not. When they fail, the rough-faced girl takes her turn. We also reviewed irregular verbs.
This week we have a fun story before Thanksgiving, Turk and Runt. This story is about a turkey farm that has two brother turkeys in a family. Turk is the older brother who their parents boast over, Runt is the smaller runt of the family, but understands that the people coming to the farm aren't choosing turkeys to star in productions but for Thanksgiving dinner so he goes about trying to save his big brother from being picked. We will also read a non-fiction book about turkeys to go along with, and continue talking about non-fiction text features.
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Last week we read a fiction story about a young bat named Stellaluna who gets separated from her mother and ends up living and being raised by birds until one day when she finds her bat family again. We also read some non-fiction texts about bats and learned many interesting facts about them. We discussed facts vs. opinions and did some research about bats as well.
This week we are reading a Native American version of Cinderella. We will be comparing and contrasting the two stories and reviewing irregular verbs. |
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