Seeing Stars
Graphic sources help you understand information that is in the text and give extra information.
Your child should be able to use maps, illustrations, charts and captions to make
information easier to understand in the text.
Text Structure-good readers look for how a text is organized to help them understand the information.
Your child should look for writing structures like descriptive writing, cause and
effect relationships and compare and contrast formats.
Author: Donna Latham
Genre: Expository Text
Question of the Week: How can we learn about nature by investigating?
Paired Selection: Scien-Trickery: Riddles in Science
Author: Patrick Lewis
Illustrator: Frank Remkiewicz
Genre: Poetry
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