Unit 4, Week 4 - Goldilocks and the Three Bears

     This week our Focus Story will be Goldilocks and the Three Bears, retold and illustrated by Valeri Gobachev.  This is the classic traditional tale of Goldilocks and her adventure in the home of Papa, Mama, and Baby Bear.  We will follow her as she eats the Bears' porridge, sits in their chairs and attempts to find the perfect bed to nap in--each time coming to the realization that Baby Bear's belongings are just right for her.  We will then discover what the Bears reaction is to stumbling upon her in their home, asleep in Baby Bear's bed.
      Our Target Skill for this week will be identifying the characters within a story.  We will also continue to practice making predictions, retelling a story, and identifying the setting of a story.  We will work to identify, form, and match the letter 'Gg' to its phoneme--/g/.

Amazing Words:  bears, porridge, cottage, big, middle-sized, small

High-Frequency Words: one, two, three, four, five  (Please continue to practice all of our "Popcorn Words" at home!)

Letter: Gg


Thank you to Sam's Reading Blog (http://salinaghi.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html) for the cover image!