• Students will read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts, literary nonfiction texts, and poetry in order to identify the conflict and resolution.

I read the passage from that night's homework about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. I reread the passage multiple times while the students created an image what they were visualizing while I read. Once everyone had their visualization drawn, we shared pictures. At the end, I showed students images of the actual Great Pacific Garbage Patch to compare and create a stronger sense of visualization.

• Students will read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts, literary nonfiction texts, and poetry by using the reading strategy of visualizing.

• Students will read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts, literary nonfiction texts, and poetry in order to summarize events in the plot.
• Students will summarize plot events using supporting details from the story.

This anchor chart is posted in the classroom but should be in your child's notebook.

Students will read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts, literary nonfiction texts, and poetry in order to describe in depth, a character, drawing on specific details from the text (words, actions, or a character's thoughts).

Students had 1 minute to come up with as many words as they could think of for that category. We focused on 1 sound at a time, discussed, then did another minute brainstorm.

• Students will read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts, literary nonfiction text, and poetry in order to identify genres.
• Genres include but are not limited to: fantasy, humor, fable/fairy tale, realistic fiction, historical fiction, folklore/tall tales.