Week 27: Rocks in His Head

Dear Parents and Students,
This week our main selection is Rocks in His Head. It was written by Carol Otis Hurst and illustrated by James Stevenson. In this story, the author talks with great pride about her father and his love of rocks. She tells how he started collecting rocks when he was a child and how that interest sustained him through both good and hard times. Eventually, his love of rocks brings him a new job caring for rocks at the science museum.







Family Activity
Talk about the other people in your family. What special things do they do that make you proud? Do you like their hobbies? Are they especially polite or helpful? Make a list of the things about them that you think are wonderful—then make a point of telling them so.

Weekly Skill: Generalize
When you read, you can sometimes make a general statement about what you have read.

Practice the Skill:
The Important Thing Keep an eye out for groups of objects. When you find a grouping, make a generalization about the items, stating some way in which they are all alike. Then try to think of another generalization for the same group of items.

Let's have a great week!
Thanks,
Mrs. Telford