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Y o u a r e y o u r c h i l d ’ s fi r s t a n d b e s t t e a c h e r ! h l Here are ways to help your child practice skills while having fun! Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. 2 This week we’re Reading Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night Talking About What we can discover by exploring nature Learning About Consonant Blends Character and Setting Write these words: stop, brave, clip, sled, drive. Have your child read each word and name others that begin with the same consonant blend. After reading a story, ask your child to tell about the characters. Ask about the setting with questions such as: Where does the story take place? Does it take place today or long ago? Write these words: bear, build, couldn’t, mother, father, love, straight. Take turns choosing three words and using them in one sentence. Have your child write these spelling words: ask, brave, breeze, clip, hand, mask, nest, state, stop, strap, stream, twin. Give clues about each word for your child to guess and spell. This week your child compared characters in a story. Have your child write a play about two children with very different likes and dislikes who go on a camping trip together.
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Set
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Wri
te t
hese
wor
ds: s
top,
bra
ve, c
lip,
sle
d,
driv
e. H
ave
your
chi
ld r
ead
each
wor
d an
d na
me
othe
rs t
hat
begi
n w
ith
the
sam
e co
nson
ant
blen
d.
Aft
er r
eadi
ng a
sto
ry, a
sk y
our
child
to
tell
abou
t th
e ch
arac
ters
. Ask
abo
ut t
he s
etti
ng
wit
h qu
esti
ons
such
as:
Whe
re d
oes
the
stor
y ta
ke p
lace
? D
oes
it ta
ke p
lace
toda
y or
long
ag
o?
Wri
te t
hese
wor
ds: b
ear,
buil
d, c
ould
n’t,
mot
her,
fath
er, l
ove,
str
aigh
t. Ta
ke t
urns
ch
oosi
ng t
hree
wor
ds a
nd u
sing
the
m in
one
se
nten
ce.
Hav
e yo
ur c
hild
wri
te t
hese
spe
lling
wor
ds:
ask,
bra
ve, b
reez
e, c
lip,
han
d, m
ask,
nes
t, st
ate,
st
op, s
trap
, str
eam
, tw
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ive
clue
s ab
out
ea
ch w
ord
for
your
chi
ld t
o gu
ess
and
spel
l.
Thi
s w
eek
your
chi
ld c
ompa
red
char
acte
rs in
a
stor
y. H
ave
your
chi
ld w
rite
a p
lay
abou
t tw
o ch
ildre
n w
ith
very
dif
fere
nt li
kes
and
disl
ikes
w
ho g
o on
a c
ampi
ng t
rip
toge
ther
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Materials 12 index cards,
marking pen or crayon
Prep
arationW
rite each of the listed words
on separate index cards. You w
ill have six character cards and six setting cards.
Gam
e Direction
sFor tw
o players
Match
Ch
aracters an
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ettings
1. One player m
ixes the cards and gives each player six cards, facedow
n.
2. Players look at their cards
and try to match each
character with its setting.
Players place m
atched pairs face up.
3. Players take turns draw
ing one card from
the other player’s hand and trying to m
ake a match.
4. Play continues until a player
runs out of cards. Players
then put any remaining
cards together to make
matches.
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Home Activity Your child reviewed words that end with silent e and have a long vowel sound in the middle. Write lace, cage, rice, hose, and tube across the top of a sheet of paper. Ask your child to change one or two letters in each word to make new long vowel words. Write the words.
Phonics Long Vowels VCe Review
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Comprehension Main Idea and Details Review
Home Activity Your child identified the main idea and supporting details of a story. Select a nonfiction selection about an animal to read together. Ask your child to identify two interesting facts about the animal.
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Spelling Words
Words to Read
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Spelling Consonant Blends
Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with consonant blends. To practice at home, help your child circle the letters that make up the consonant blend. Then ask your child to say each word.
Consonant Blends
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Spelling Words
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Home Activity Your child has been learning to spell words with consonant blends. Give your child a clue about a word and have him or her guess and spell the word.
Spelling Consonant Blends
Consonant Blends
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Conventions Predicates
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Predicates
Home Activity Your child learned how to use the predicates of sentences in writing. Have your child write you a note and ask him or her to circle the predicate in each sentence.
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Home Activity Your child reviewed the predicates of sentences. Read a newspaper article together. Find simple sentences in the article. Have your child underline the predicates of the sentences.
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Home Activity Your child described a character, setting, and plot of a story. Work with your child to write about a person who has helped you in some way. Make sure your child describes what makes that person helpful and likeable.
Comprehension Character and Setting
Henry and Mudge
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