Reading Week of February 20th-24th

This week we are reading "Trickster Tales"

Skill of the week Author's Purpose

Vocabulary This Week:

1. riverbank


2. wares


3. treasurer


4. merchandise


5. educate


6. burdens


7. appreciation


8. unfortunate

Working with Analogies: Analogies help you see the relationship between words. If you know the relationship between one pair of words, you can figure out the meaning of an unfamilar word in the second pair of words. For example, happy is to mournful as fortunate is to unfortunate.

Reading "Anansi and Common Sense" A Stage Play By: Trey Reeves

"The Catch Of The Day" A Trickster Play, written by: Angela Shelf Medearis Illustrated by: Wendy Born Hollnader

Websites:

http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/tricksters/

http://www.takomapark.info/library/children/archives/000340.html

http://activities.macmillanmh.com/reading/treasures/stories/story_lessonlist/51040148.html