Students will explore the question "How do pictures help tell a story?" In the informational text selection What Do Illustrators Do? We'll read about the methods and skills illustrators use to make stories come alive.
Create a Sketchbook Work with your child to create a scrapbook to describe a day in his or her life. You can use drawings or actual items. For example, you can either draw a picture of a move stub or attach the stub itself. Help your child write captions for each item.
Vocabulary on the Go Ask your child to create quick sketches that can be labeled with this week's Target vocabulary words.
scribbles, sketches, research, textures, tools, illustrate, imagine, tracing
In my Opinion - Ask your child to select a book he or she has recently read. Have your child write a short review of the book. Encourage your child to include his or her opinion of the book.
Art is found in many places. Visual art is something you can see and examine. You'll find visual art in museums, on buildings, and maybe on the walls of your own home. You can also see art in many books.
In What Do Illustrators Do? , you will learn how illustrators create the pictures that help tell a story. You will also see how the author, who is also an illustrator, wrote and illustrated her own book.
In a Informational Text, gives facts about a topic. As you read, look for:
details that support facts
the way information is organized
illustrations that help explain a topic
Read "Bat Loves the Night" on page 242 in your Journeys Textbook
Continue your discussion of Bat Loves the Night by explaining your answers to these questions:
Authors use text features such as headings, and graphic features, such as drawings, to help them organize and explain their ideas. As you read What Do Illustrators Do?, look for the text and graphic features the author uses to make her ideas clearer.
Ask yourself questions about the selection as you read. Analyze, or think about the information. Then evaluate, or judge, how well the author explained her ideas with examples and text evidence.
Listen to the Story