Week 3: Wednesday

Happy Earth Day!

Today, we will be working on:

1. Daily Edit (5~10 minutes)

2. 5-Minute Brain Break

3. Writing Extension (15~20 minutes)

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Daily Edit

Directions

1. Download these two documents: Week 3 Wednesday Passage A & B (Teacher-Parent Copy) and Week 3 Wednesday Passage B (Student Worksheet).

2. Give Passage B to your child.

3. Read Passage A aloud to your child (do not let them see it) while they follow along with Passage B.

4. Read Passage B aloud to your child (have them follow with their finger, if needed).

5. Read Passage A aloud to your child again while your child follows Passage B.

6. Give your child time to edit Passage B with a pencil or a marker. * Note: If you are unable to print this out, you child can orally edit the passage instead.

7. Review their edits and provide hints to help them finish it (e.g. What needs to be capitalized? What is at the end of a sentence? The vowel is saying its name, which means that there is a silent _?_ at the end of the word).

8. Show your child Passage A and have them compare to see how they did.

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5-Minute Brain Break

Don't forget to take breaks in between work! It is important to get a breather while learning so our brain can continue to learn hard things for us.

Please refer to my 5-Minute Brain Break Ideas blog post if you are stuck on what to do.

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Writing Extension

Welcome back! If you would like a quick refresher on what happened in the story, below is the YouTube read aloud video.

(Read aloud starts at 0:07.)

Please have your child write a thoughtful response to the questions below. Don't forget to remind them to use complete sentences.

1. What are some ways you can help the earth? Some ways I can help the earth is by...

2. Why do you want to take care of the earth? I want to take care of the earth because...

3. What does the earth give us? The earth gives us...

• Adaptation: Discuss with your child about each question before writing the answer down.

• Adaptation: Give your child the sentence starters (red coloured font).

• Adaptation: Have your child say the answers while you write it down for them.

• Extension: Add more detail to the writing (i.e. adding adjectives, adverbs).

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Message from Ms. Zhu

Happy Earth Day! Please upload a picture of your child's work or of your child working on their e-Portfolios on Portal. Thank you.