October 31 - November 4

Reading:

We are reading Tomas and the Library Lady by Pat Mora this week.  This story can be found on pages 159 - 175 in the Houghton Mifflin reading books. 



This story is about the childhood experiences of Tomas Rivera, who was a famous writer of stories, poems and a book.  He later became a teacher and  head of a university.  In addition, he traveled around the world to talk about Mexican American writers in the United States. The strategy we are going to work on to guide our comprehension through this story is drawing conclusions.

Our Focus Skill is LA.4.1.7.3 Main Idea The student will determine explicit ideas and information in grade-level text, including but not limited to main idea, relevant supporting details, implied message, inferences, chronological order of events, summarizing, and paraphrasing.

FCAT Reading Specifications pages 68-70