Our main reading selection this week was called “Splish! Splash! Animal Baths”. It was full of interesting facts about how animals get clean. Did you know that little birds called oxpeckers sit on a giraffe’s back to pick off ticks? We also learned that pigs coat their skins in mud to stay cool. Ask your child how a moray eel keeps clean- you will be surprised! Our vocabulary words included: beasts, handy, itches, nibble, preen, and puddle. The comprehension skill we focused on was comparing and contrasting. Mrs. Dufern helped us deepen our understanding of this skill by reading us a fictional story about animals in the LMC this week. The children then completed a Venn Diagram on the computer comparing the features and story elements of these fiction vs. nonfiction texts. Over the course of the week, we also reviewed the number of syllables in words, and practiced identifying the character and setting of stories. The children continue to meet with their guided reading groups, too!
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