The Power of W.O.W.
by Crystal Hubbard

Wow! Your children love to learn! We had a great week of learning about how children receive an education in remote places.This week we will answer the question “Why might people raise money for a cause?” the play The Power of W.O.W.!, students will read about how a group of children help

raise money for a worthy cause.

Big Question: Why might people raise money for a cause?

Col 3:23 " Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,"

Spelling Words:

block

shown

oatmeal

wrote

fellow

scold

coast

odd

locate

slope

throat

host

online

shock

solve

known

remote

stock

boast

globe

Vocabulary Words:

assist

burglaries

innocent

scheme

regretfully

misjudged

suspect

favor

speculated

prior

Comprehension Skill:

Theme

Comprehension Strategy
Analyze/Evaluate

Grammar:

Fragments and Run-On Sentences

                   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