Week 4: Monday

This week, we will be using another Jon Klassen book: "This is Not My Hat."

Read Aloud

If you have the book at home - great! Please read this with your child. If not, here is a YouTube read aloud video.

Discussion Questions

Please take the time to ask your child questions about the story. Below are some sample questions (in black text) and answers (in red text) that you can ask your child. This will help you gauge their understanding and comprehension of the story. Students are welcomed and encouraged to re-visit the book at anytime.

Tell me about the story. (Have your child share what happened in the story in a chronological order: beginning, middle, end.) The small fish stole a hat from the big fish and is running away. He is running away to where the plants grow big and tall and close together. He thinks nobody will ever find him there. As he is swimming to the plants, a crab sees him. The crab says he won't tell the big fish where the small fish is going. But, he lied. The crab told the big fish and the big fish found the small fish, and got his hat back.
What do you think happened to the small fish? How do you know? (Answers may vary.) The big fish ate the small fish because the small fish doesn't come out of the plants, only the big fish does.
What are some similarities and differences between this story and "I Want My Hat Back"? (Answers may vary.) Similarities • A hat was stolen • Someone was looking for a stolen hat • The character who stole the hat was eaten Differences • The setting is different (one is underwater, one is on land) • In "This is Not My Hat," there was someone who knew who took the hat, but in "I Want My Hat Back," none of the animals knew who took the bear's hat
Is this story fiction or non-fiction? Why do you think that? This story is fiction because it is not real - animals do not wear hats in real life.
Was there a time when you really wanted something? What did you do? (Answers will vary.)

Daily Edit

Directions

Download these two documents: Week 4 Monday Passage A & B (Teacher-Parent Copy) and Week 4 Monday Passage B (Student Worksheet).
Give Passage B to your child.
Read Passage A aloud to your child (do not let them see it) while they follow along with Passage B.
Read Passage B aloud to your child (have them follow with their finger, if needed).
Read Passage A aloud to your child again while your child follows Passage B.
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.
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).
Show your child Passage A and have them compare to see how they did.

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