Reading Update

Our theme of the week was Animals Habitats and Homes. Our main story was called, "Nutik, the Wolf Pup." It is about a young Eskimo boy who takes care of a sick wolf pup. The boy’s sister was rescued by wolves, so we were able to infer that the boy and girl know a lot about wolves and were repaying the favor. Our comprehension strategy was making inferences, so as we read the story we mixed what we read with what we know to better understand the story. We inferred that the wolves trusted Amaroq and his sister to nurse the pup back to health, or else they would have made an effort to get their pup back. The children not only read the words in this story, but they read behind the words as well. New vocabulary words included: beloved, glanced, gleamed, noble, promised, and wiggled. We looked closely at word parts and inflected endings this week- words that end in 'ed' let us know that they happened in the past!