My Librarian Is a Camel
                                                      written by Margriet Ruurs

Your children are wonderful learners. Last week they made lots of text/text and text/self connections with our story. This week they will investigate and answer the question "How are books and libraries important to people and communities?" In the informational text My Librarian Is a Camel, students will read about the unique ways librarians deliver books to communities in remote areas around the world..

Big Question: How are books and libraries important to people and communities?

"Blessed are those who find wisdom , those who gain understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold." Prov. 3:13

  

Target Vocabulary:

Isolated

virtual

devour

remote

impassable

access

obtain

preserve

extremes

avid

Spelling:

skill

crime

grind

tonight

brick

flight

live

chill

delight

build

ditch

decide

witness

wind

district

inch

sigh

fright

remind

split

Grammar skill:

 Quotations

Comprehension Skill:

Cause and effect - tell how events are related and how one event causes another

Comprehension Strategy:

Visualize- use text details to form pictures in your mind of what your are reading