Essential question: How can people help out their community?

Comprehension Skill: Author's Purpose

• Each writer has a purpose, or reason, for writing a selection

• Writers write informational text to answer question, explain how something works, or describe

• To find the author's purpose, ask yourself, "What does the author want me to know?"

Reading groups:

Math:

Writing:

Spelling Patterns:

across- go from one side of something to another

borrow- take something and agree to return it later

countryside- land that is away from cities or large towns

idea- a thought or plan you have for something

insist- say firmly that something must be done

lonely- to be alone

solution- a way to answer a problem

villages- very small towns in the country

High Frequency words:

• about

• idea

• around

• aften

• good

• part

• great

• second

• two

• world

Important Dates

Contact info

The best time to contact me would be during my planning period, between 2:10 and 2:40

I have lunch break from 11:20-11:50 every day.

You can always leave me a voicemail or email me at Chrissy.parks@sepanthers.org

My phone number at school is 740-774-2003

I will send a newsletter home each Friday