January+31,+2012+-+family+letter

Dear Families,

We are continuing our journey into Mr. Dahl's creative use of words. We laughed and giggled as we pronounced some, and wondered and wiggled as we tried to use clues to figure out others. Thank you for reading with your child each week. Their ability to determine what is THE MOST IMPORTANT - or in other words - their ability to SUMMARIZE what they've read is growing! This week you will find that we will continue on our journey by reading pages 55-80:Chapters Bloodbottler, Frobscottle, and Journey to Dream Country.

Please help your child find 3 new vocabulary words (not Dahlian made-up ones like "grobsquiffler)". For example - I know that the words Intercept, phenomenal, reverberated, guzzling, winsome...etc. appear in this week's readings. The student has a card for each word. They can write the sentence that it is used in...the meaning...and draw a picture to represent the word.

We will share the words in class and they will help add them to our BFG Dictionary.

I have included another summary sheet if you feel that this will not overwhelm your child.

As always, thank you for your support.

Please don't hesitate to email or stop by if you have any questions. tfalcone@lps.k12.co.us