Dear Family,

This week we’ll answer “Why might a person from long ago still be important today?”  We will read an information text about Benjamin Franklin, who made many helpful new discoveries long ago.  In addition, Now & Ben, we will read A Model Citizen, where we’ll learn of the many other helpful things Ben Franklin did for his country. 

Your partner in education,
Mrs. Dudas

Domain: Cultures

Lesson Topic: Historical Figures and Documents

Essential Question: Why might a person from long ago still be important today?

Target Vocabulary: accomplishments, inventions, result, designed, achieve, composed, remarkable, amounts

Phonics and Spelling Skills: Reading longer words with long vowels o and e; final stable syllable -le
Vocabulary Strategy: Root words

Comprehension Skill: Compare and Contrast ---tell how two things are alike or not

Comprehension Strategy: Visualize---picture what is happening as you read

Writing Focus:  Reading Assessment which includes a writing piece 

Grammar Skill: Choose between Adjectives and Adverbs

Fluency: Adjust Rate to Purpose

Activities to Do Together with Your Child at Home:
Vocabulary
See if you can use this week’s Target Vocabulary words in sentences about famous people you and your child know about.

Relying on the Past
Work with your child to think of other inventors besides Benjamin Franklin from the past whose inventions are still important to us today.  Help your child research and write a few sentences about one of them. 

Invent a Poem
Read another book about a famous inventor.  Help your child write a poem about that inventor.  Have your child write an introductory sentence expressing his or her feelings about the book.

ELA: 
 

Math: 


Mrs. Dudas’s MATH NEWS:  

Religion: 

Science: 

Social Studies: