Comparing and Contrasting.

Encourage your child to compare characters from different books.  We have been working on this strategy to deepen our understanding of a text.  Think about the similarities and differences and expand on them.  We have these kinds of discussions weekly with different books that we read together.  I enjoy seeing their confidence grow and they enjoy sharing their ideas.  Students have also been comparing and contrasting different versions of folktales as well. For example, just last week we looked at the American and Chinese Versions of Cinderella. Students enjoyed learning about the Chinese culture a little bit.