Week Ten – Lesson Four

Parent information: Kids do: Assessment:

Activity Writer’s Workshop: Watch Mrs. Byra’s Writer’s Take a photo of your
One Watch the following writer’s workshop video with Mrs. Byra: Workshop video. chain and send it to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SSdMMDjSL8 your teacher via e-mail
Create a character chain, using or classdojo.
Using the labelled pictures of the “Gingerbread Man” characters your student the labelled “Gingerbread Man”
created earlier in the week, we will be creating a chain. Each link of the chain will character pictures you created
have one of the characters attached. It is important that the characters are added earlier in the week.
to the chain in order of their appearance in the story. Once the chain is completed,
students can use it to retell the story, in order, in their own words. Retell the “Gingerbread Man”
using your character chain.
Activity Sight Word Practice Have fun practicing your sight
Two We have 5 new sight words for your child to practice this week. words!
- when, where, there, were, what

Sight word hopscotch. Draw out a hopscotch game with sidewalk chalk or on pieces
of paper. Instead of using numbers, use this week’s sight words. Ask your student
to read each sight word as he or she jumps on it during the game of hopscotch.
Activity Teachers have assigned new books for your child to read in his or her Epic account. Log on to your Epic account.
Three Make sure to read 20 minutes a day! You can also use you RAZ Kids account for Check your mailbox – this is
more books! Each week, teachers will provide a new reading fluency or where your teacher has put
Guided comprehension strategy that you can practice with your child to really strengthen your assigned reading!
Reading his or her literacy skills. Please have your child read 20 minutes a day. You can help
by listening to them read, reminding them to read, or reading to them!
Daily
Activity Reading Strategy: Continue to build
comprehension! A very important skill for students to
practice is to retell what they have read in
sequence. You can ask them to tell you what
happened in the story or book in their own words. If
they cannot retell it, then it is a good idea to have them read it again, pointing out
the main events or information.