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January 2019
Academic Standards
Reading Objective:
Children will explore the path of a reluctant reader who became a book lover and author, and will apply strategies to strengthen their own reading habits.
Literacy Focus:
author study
ELA Skills:
compare and contrast, cause and effect, key details, text evidence, vocabulary, automaticity, writing
Page 4 Skill:
read a chart
Vocabulary:
reluctant, drafts
CCSS:
RI.2.1, RI.2.3, RI.2.4, RI.2.8, RI.2.10, RF.2.4.B, W.2.8, SL.2.2