This week our Focus Stories will help us to answer the question: In what ways is the Atlantic Ocean special? Our first story this week will be One-Dog Canoe, written by Mary Casanova and illustrated by Ard Hoyt. This story falls under the genre of Fiction. "When a girl and her dog set out on a canoe trip together, they’re expecting a quiet afternoon for two. Then a beaver decides to join them, even when the girl protests that “It’s a one-dog canoe.” And when a loon, and a wolf, and a bear, and a moose all ask for a ride, it’s almost too much. But they all manage to fit in this one-dog canoe—until a frog comes along. . . ." 
Our second story this week will by Atlantic, written and illustrated by G. Brian Karas. The informational text and paintings in this story help to introduce young scholars to the power and grace of the Atlantic Ocean. The author details how many different professions (artists, poets, scientists, fishermen, etc.) are impacted by the Atlantic Ocean and why, as well as explaining how the ocean is always changing in shape and size, among other fun facts. Our Target Skills this week will be blending and segmenting phonemes, reading with expression, identifying author's purpose, using figurative language, and analyzing and evaluating text. We will also be working to identify the letter Rr and its corresponding phoneme - /r/.
Letter: Rr
High Frequency Words: will, into, your, be, that, who
Oral Vocabulary (One-Dog Canoe): canoe, dew, glided, paddle, peered, and crew
Selection Vocabulary (Atlantic): conquered, lapping, relatives, and scraping
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