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December 19, 2016: 2-Odd

Published Dec. 19, 2016, 11:45 a.m.

Since the last blog post, we have read several books:
¥ The Mystery of the Vasa
¥ Two of a Kind: The Special Connection Between Identical Twins
¥ Unaccompanied
¥ Naturally Sweet and Addicted to Sugar (a two-way book).

Our lessons have focused on:
¥ Comprehension - noticing when authors summarize the reasons or ideas in a book; noticing how the information in a book is structured and using that structure to remember and retell;
¥ Fluency - putting stress on certain words to reflect the author's message; reading in meaningful phrases;
¥ Word Study - using prefixes to help you read and understand words;
¥ Comprehension - noticing when an author give you his/her central argument;
¥ Fluency - using what you know about a character's feelings to read with expression that matches the text.