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Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida

WorkshopFour

FAMILY LITERACYACTIVITY CARDS

Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida ©2009

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11.. Look through your Family Literacy Bag together with your child and

identify the books and materials included.

22.. Follow the steps listed below when engaging in an activity with your

child:

aa.. Choose one activity to complete at a time (you do not need to do the

activities in any particular order).

bb.. Gather the book and necessary materials for completing the activity.

cc.. Allow your child to “play” with the items in the bag for a few moments

before expecting him/her to use the materials in a learning activity.

dd.. Read and talk about the chosen book with your child.

ff.. Engage in the chosen learning activity together.

gg.. Make note of yours and your child's reactions to the activity on your

at-home survey.

Materials included in this Family Literacy Bag(Workshop Four) include:

Books:� Flower Garden by Eve Bunting

� What Mommies Do Best by Laura Numeroff

Materials:� Activity cards for Flower Garden and What Mommies Do Best

� Two book tags

� At-home survey (last page of activity cards)

� Smiley face flower pinwheel

� Fun fact cards for trowel, ladybug, and garden

� Magnetic letters

� Two flowerpot pictures

� Adhesive felt flowers

� Crayons

� Animal top erasers

� Animal print stationary set

� Color-your-own mom bookmark (two)

� My Family Book

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As You Read

Activity Title: Question Garden

Standard: Your child will answer detailed who,what, when, where, and why questions about astory using complete sentences.

Materials: Flower Garden, smiley face flowerpinwheel

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A garden is a place togrow flowers, fruits,and vegetables.

The plants inside agarden need about6 hours of sun a day.

FAMILY LITERACY BAGFlower Garden

Author: Eve Bunting

Directions: Ask your child the following questions before, during, and after reading the storyFlower Garden. Use the smiley face flower pinwheel as a pointer to direct your child’s attention tothe items in the question. Allow your child to look back through the book to help him/her findthe answer if needed.

Before Reading

1. Say, “The title of the story is Flower Garden. What is a flower garden?”

2. Say, “The little girl on the cover is looking at some flowers. What kinds of flowers do youlike?”

3. Ask, “By hearing the title and observing the cover of the book, what do you think thisstory will be about?”

During Reading

4. Ask, “Where do you think the little girl is at the beginning of the story?”

5. Read, “Garden going up the stairs, stopping at each floor. This garden’s getting heavier!At last—our own front (door)." (Allow your child to complete the sentence.)

6. Show your child the pages where the father and daughter are putting together theflower box. Ask your child to identify the punctuation marks.

After Reading

7. Ask, “Where do you think the girl and her family lived? Did they live in a house or anapartment? Did they live in the city or the country? How do you know?”

8. Ask, “Why do you think the people on the bus smiled at the girl and her father?”

9. Ask, “What was your favorite part of the story? Why?”


Conversations About Books

Activity Title: Birthday Wishes

Standard: Your child will express thoughts,feelings, and needs to others.

Materials: Flower Garden


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ladybugA garden should be

planted in an area withlots of sunlight near

a water supply.


Directions:

1. After reading the story Flower Garden with your child, show him/her the page where thegirl and her father are walking to the bus carrying the garden, grocery bag, and box.

2. Point to the box the dad is carrying and ask your child, “What do you think is inside thebox?”

3. Say, “Yes, after we read the story, we learned that a cake was in the box.”

4. Tell your child that you are going to pretend that you do not know what is in the box.

5. Teach your child the song below.

Birthday WishesSung to the tune of “Are You Sleeping?”Here's a present! Here's a present!What can it be? What can it be?

What is it you wish for? What is it you wish for?Please tell me! Please tell me!

6. Point to the box in the story as you sing the song together.

7. Invite your child to express his/her thoughts, feelings, and needs by telling you whathe/she wishes for.

8. Discuss with your child his/her wishes.

9. Sing the song again but this time you tell your child what it is you wish for.


Vocabulary

Activity Title: Fun with Fun Facts

Standard: Your child will learn new words everyday and use them in conversation.

Materials: Flower Garden, fun fact cardsfor trowel, ladybug, and garden, manipulativeletters g, l, and t


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Ladybugs can be found intrees, shrubs, fields, beaches,

and even houses.

Ladybugs are usually red,orange, yellow, or black withsmall black spots on theircarapace (thick shell).

Their legs, head,and feelers are black.


Directions:

1. After reading the story Flower Garden with your child, talk with him/her about the surprisethe girl and her father were planning for the mother.

2. Say to your child, “I have a ‘surprise’ for you.”

3. Place the fun fact cards on the floor or table in front of your child with the picture side up.

4. Say to your child, “Can you identify the three pictures?” Provide assistance as needed.

5. Hold the three letters (g,l,t) in your hand but do not let your child see them.

6. Say to your child, “Close your eyes and take one letter from my hand.”

7. Say to your child, “Look at the letter and tell me the letter’s name and sound.”

8. Say to your child, “Show me the four fun fact cards with the picture that begins with theletter you took from my hand.”

9. Once the four cards have been located, read the facts to your child and challenge him/herto find the word in the book.

10. Talk with your child about the fun facts and challenge him/her to use the word in his/hereveryday language.


Letter and Sound Knowledge

Activity Title: Pictures to Read

Standard: Your child will read symbols and wordson common signs.

Materials: Flower Garden, smiley face flowerpinwheel


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trowelLadybugs make a chemical

that smells and tastesterrible so that birdsand other predatorswon't eat them.


Directions:

1. Read the story Flower Garden with your child using the smiley face flower pinwheel topoint to words.

2. After reading, turn to the first page that shows the girl with the grocery cart.

3. Say to your child, “There are examples of environmental print in the story illustration.Some of them include the apple box, cereal box, and bread sack.”

4. Talk with your child about the purpose of print in our environment and the importance ofbeing able to read it.

5. Turn through the other story pages.

6. Invite your child to use the flower pinwheel to point to other examples of environmentalprint in the story.

7. As each example of environmental print is located, ask your child to try and name or readthe print (examples of environmental print are on street signs - One Way and Do NotEnter, store signs - The Green Grocer, Mam Mia Pizzeria, store windows - Lunch, menus, ornewspapers).

8. Provide assistance as needed.

9. Talk with your child about different examples of print in the environment of your ownhome or neighborhood.


Oral Language, Listening, Vocabulary andConcept Development

Activity Title: Garden of Questions

Standard: Your child will ask who, what, when,where, and why questions to gain specificinformation.

Materials: Flower Garden, two flowerpot pictures,adhesive felt flowers, crayons


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A trowel is a small handshovel used for digging.

A trowel has a pointed,scoop-shaped blade.


Directions:

1. After reading the story Flower Garden with your child, turn to the story page that showsthe different types and colors of flowers put in the flower garden and ask your child todescribe the flowers.

2. Give your child a flowerpot picture and the bag of adhesive felt flowers.

3. Tell your child that he/she is going to “plant” his/her own “Garden of Questions.”

4. Say to your child, “Choose 3-4 flowers for your pot. “

5. Show your child how the sticker can be removed from the back of the felt flower to makeit stick to the paper.

6. Say to your child, “In order for this to be the Garden of Questions, you must ask me aquestion before putting a flower on the flowerpot.”

7. Provide assistance to your child as needed for asking questions.

8. For each question your child asks, allow him/her to attach a felt flower above theflowerpot (tell him/her that later he/she can go back and draw in the stem and leaves tothe flowers).

9. Repeat the process to fill up the flowerpot (two flowerpots are provided in case one getstoo crowded).

10. Allow your child to use the crayons to draw/color in the stems, leaves, and other details tothe flowers.


As You Read

Activity Title: What Answers Are Best?

Standard: Your child will answer detailed who,what, when, where, and why questions about astory using complete sentences.

Materials:What Mommies Do Best, pencil withanimal top eraser


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A trowel is made of steel ormetal and it doesn’t bend or

break.

FAMILY LITERACY BAGWhat Mommies Do Best

Author: Laura Numeroff

Directions: Ask your child the following questions before, during, and after reading the storyWhat Mommies Do Best. Use a pencil with animal top eraser as a pointer to direct your child’sattention to the items in the question. Allow your child to look back through the book to helphim/her find the answer if needed.

Before Reading

1. Say, “The title of the story is What Mommies Do Best. What is something your mommydoes best?”

2. Ask, “What kind of animal is on the cover of the book? How do you know?”

3. Open to the title page. Ask, “Who do you think the characters will be?”

During Reading

4. Ask, “What are the pigs planting? Do you like corn and carrots?”

5. Ask, “What did the pig do when he was sick? What do you do when you are sick?”

6. Ask, “What happened to make the little mouse sad?”

7. Read, “Mommies can read you a bedtime story, tuck you in, and kiss you good-(night).” (Allow your child to complete the sentence.)

After Reading

8. Ask, “What kinds of animals were in the story?”

9. Ask, “What are some of the things that the story characters did that you also enjoydoing?”

10. Ask, “What does your mommy do to show you love? What do you do to show yourmommy love?”


Conversations About Books

Activity Title: My Mommy Can

Standard: Your child will compare the thoughtsand feelings of a character in a story to his/herown life.

Materials:What Mommies Do Best


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Directions:

1. Read the story What Mommies Do Best with your child.

2. Talk with your child about the different things the moms in the story did for their children.

3. Engage your child in a discussion about what his/her mommy does best and what your ownmom does best.

4. Start the discussion by saying, “My mommy can…” and completing the sentence with a truestory about your own mom.

5. After listening to your story, invite your child to tell you a story by saying, “My mommycan…” and completing the sentence.

6. Continue this process going back and forth and sharing true stories about mothers.

7. Tell your child that it helps with comprehension to compare the thoughts and feelings of acharacter in a story to his/her own life.


Vocabulary

Activity Title: Mommy Pictures

Standard: Your child will talk about pictures in abook and use pictures to answer storyquestions.

Materials: What Mommies Do Best, animal printstationary set


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Directions:

1. After reading the story What Mommies Do Best with your child, turn back through the story,stopping to discuss each animal family.

2. As each animal family is discussed, say to your child, “Look closely at the story pictures andchoose one part of the family's experiences that you would enjoy the most.”

3. Say, “For example, the bear family enjoys riding a bike, building a snowman, and making acake. Which of those would you choose as your favorite?”

4. After your child has selected a story event say, “I am going to show you how to write ordraw about it in the animal print notepad.” Write or draw about the event.

5. Allow your child to identify another animal family and identify his/her favorite story event.

6. Invite your child to write or draw about the event in the animal print notepad.

7. Repeat the process for other story animal families.

8. Engage in a conversation with your child about each story event he/she chooses to writeabout in the notepad.


Letter and Sound Knowledge

Activity Title: Letter Match

Standard: Your child will match upper- and lowercase letters.

Materials:What Mommies Do Best, color-your-own mom bookmarks (two), crayons


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Directions:

1. After reading the story What Mommies Do Best with your child, turn to the first story pageshowing the kangaroo mom and her joey.

2. Say to your child, “Some of the words are written with uppercase letters and some withlowercase letters.”

3. Show your child the color-your-own mom bookmark.

4. Ask your child, “Can you point to letters on the bookmark and tell me if the letters areupper- or lowercase?” (All of the letters on the bookmark are uppercase.)

5. Give your child the box of crayons.

6. Say to your child, “Now you can color the bookmark while identifying the letters on thebookmark.”

7. As your child identifies each letter on the bookmark, challenge him/her to find the sameletter in the book - both upper- and lowercase.

8. Praise your child for his/her ability to identify letters of the alphabet and match upper- andlowercase letters.

Emergent Writing

Activity Title: My Family Book

Standard: Your child will read his/her ownwriting to others and answer questions about thewriting.

Materials: What Mommies Do Best, My FamilyBook, pencil and stickers from animal printstationary set


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Directions:

1. Read the story What Mommies Do Best with your child.

2. Talk with your child about the different things that the mommies and children enjoyed doingtogether.

3. Ask your child, “Can you tell me some of the things you enjoy doing with your family?”

4. Show your child the My Family Book.

5. Turn through the pages of the booklet and read them with your child.

6. Give your child the pencil and stickers from the animal print stationary set and the box ofcrayons.

7. Invite your child to choose one story page at a time to complete and illustrate.

8. After each page is completed, ask your child to read his/her own writing to you.

9. Ask your child questions about the booklet and encourage him/her to answer in a completesentence.

10. Enjoy the booklet by saving it and reading it again later.

Special Mother

My mother is so special.

She loves me every day.

She cares for me and listens

To what I have to say.

She tucks me in my bed at night,

And sings a lullaby.

She is so very special,

And now you know just why.


Plant Your SeedSung to the tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”

Plant, plant, plant your seed,

Plant it in the ground.

Grow the prettiest flower that

Ever will be found.

Water, water, water your seed,

This will help it sprout.

Sprinkle it lightly every day.

Don’t let it dry out!

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FAMILY LITERACY BAG SONGS, POEMS, AND NURSERY RHYMES

The modules presented here were funded in part by the Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education as part of the Virtual School Readiness Incubator Project. The content of these modules does not necessarily reflect the views or policies or imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education and/or the University of North Florida. These prototype materials are still in development and refinement and should be used with this caution in mind.

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