This week in reading street we are reading an expository text titled Supermarket. This article tells the history of the supermarket. In early America, almost everyone grew their own food on family farms. They traded with one another to get what they needed, and bought things at town marketplaces. Soon there were general stores and small “mom-and-pop” grocery stores. Stores became bigger, and today we have large supermarkets that sell all sorts of foods and nonfoods. Here's a fun fact- Did you know that bananas are purchased more than any other fruit? We decided in our class, that they are our favorite too!
The comprehension skill we are focusing on this week is compare and contrast.
When you compare, you tell how two or more things are alike. When you contrast, you tell how two or more things are different. Here's a fun activity for you to try at home: I Spy
Choose an object in plain sight but don’t tell your child which object you have chosen. Instead of giving traditional clues, use compare and contrast statements such as, Its shape is like an apple’s shape, or Its color is different from a banana’s color. After your child identifies the object, have your child choose an object and give clues.
Our conventions skills this week is learning about imperative and exclamatory sentences. Commands, tells someone to do something. It begins with a capital letter and ends with a period. An exclamatory sentence, or exclamation, tells something with very strong emotion. It begins with a capital letter and ends with an exclamation mark.
Example: Imperative Sentence: Put the cup on the table.
Exclamatory Sentence: This apple is delicious!
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