Our Reading story this week is “My Brother Martin” by Christine King Farris. We will take our Reading test on Thursday, April 21. This story is a Biography. Please encourage your child to reread their story at home. I will give students a trifold at the beginning of the week, and this assignment is to help your child comprehend the story while rereading the text. This may be turned in by Thursday, April 21 for extra credit on their test. Skills covered during our story are Word Endings, Cause and Effect, and Answer Questions.
“My Brother Martin” Vocabulary:
1. Ancestors– past family members
2. Avoided – stayed away from
3. Generations – periods of about 30 years, or from the time from the birth of one generation to the birth of the next generation
4. Minister – church leader; pastor
5. Numerous – several or very many
6. Pulpit – Platform or a raised structure in a church from which the minister preaches
7. Shielding – protecting; defending