Fifth Grade
Reading Lab:
Reading Lab:
What Makes a Good Reader?
Making Inferences: Video
Literary Devices: Onomatopoeia
Chasing vermeer Novel ResourcesWhen a book of unexplainable occurences brings Petra Andalee and Calder Pillay together, strange things start to happen: Seemingly unrelated events connect, an eccentric old woman seeks their company, and an invaluable Vermeer painting disappears.
Before they know it, the two find themselves at the center of an international art scandal, where no one--neighbors, parents, teachers--is spared from suspicion. As Petra and Calder are drawn clue by clue into the mysterious labyrinth, they must draw on their powers of intuition, their problem-solving skills, and their knowledge of Vermeer. Can they decipher a crime that has left even the FBI baffled? Genre: Mystery
A mystery is a story in which the characters and the reader must use clues to find the explanation for a troubling event. In the beginning of a mystery story, the author describes a puzzling situation. The characters in the story try to find out who did something or how it happened. To solve a problem, a character often compares new information with facts that were gathered earlier. In a mystery, a clue might be in plain sight all along. The author tells the story in such a way that neither the characters nor the reader becomes aware of the clue right away. |
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Chasing Vermeer Websites to Explore:
www.scholastic.com/blueballiett/http://www.essentialvermeer.com/vermeer_painting_part_one.html - VerMeer Catalogue
http://www.scholastic.com/blueballiett/- Chasing Vermeer - Flashlight Reader
http://www.essentialvermeer.com/ - The Essential Vermeer - Info on Johannes Vermeer, Paintings
http://www.gbt.org/gallery.html - Vermeer Paintings
http://www.scholastic.com/blueballiett/- Chasing Vermeer - Flashlight Reader
http://www.essentialvermeer.com/ - The Essential Vermeer - Info on Johannes Vermeer, Paintings
http://www.gbt.org/gallery.html - Vermeer Paintings