Week 6: Monday

This week, we will be reading "Stuck," which is another one of my favourite books by Oliver Jeffers. Please note that there is a Pro-D Day this Friday, as well as Victoria Day on Monday, so there will not be any work posted on Friday and Monday.

Read Aloud

If you have the book at home - great! Please read it with your child. If not, here is a YouTube video of the author, Oliver Jeffers, reading his book.

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.) Floyd got his kite stuck in a tree, so he tried to throw different things at it to get his kite unstuck. But, all the things he threw got stuck in the tree, too. In the end, he got his kite unstuck by throwing a saw at the tree.
What are some of the things Floyd threw? (Answers may vary.) Some things Floyd threw at the tree were his favourite shoes, his other shoe, Mitch the cat, a ladder, a bucket of paint, a duck, a chair, his friend's bicycle, the kitchen sink, their front door, the family car, the milkman, an orangutan, a small boat, a big boat, a rhinoceros, a long-distance lorry, the house across the street, a lighthouse, a curious whale, a fire engine, the firemen, and a saw.
Is "Stuck" a good title for this story? Why or why not? (Answers will vary.) "Stuck" is a good title for this story because it tells readers what happens in the story - everything gets stuck.
Is this story fiction or non-fiction? Why do you think that? This story is fiction because it is not real - you cannot throw so many things at a tree, like a whale and fire engine. Little boys cannot carry or throw such heavy things either, like a small house or a big boat.
Have you ever tried to fix a problem, like Floyd did, but instead you ended up with more problems? What happened? What did you do? (Answers will vary.)

Daily Edit

Mini Lesson: Verbs

For this week's Daily Edits, we will be focusing on verbs, specifically on the use of regular and irregular past tense verbs.

What are Verbs?

Verbs are action words. There is a verb in every sentence, and they change to show past or present tense.

What are Present Tense and Past Tense Verbs?

Present Tense Verbs: used for actions in a time which are happening right now. For example: I talk on the phone. I see a bird in the tree.

Past Tense Verbs: used for actions in a time which already happened. For example: I talked on the phone yesterday. I saw a bird in the tree earlier.

What are Regular and Irregular Verbs?

Regular Verbs are verbs that do not change their base form. This means that you can simply add "-ed" to turn it into a past tense verb. For example: Present tense: talk, play, watch, fetch, happen Past tense: talked, played, watched, fetched, happened

Irregular Verbs are verbs that change. This means that you cannot add "-ed" to turn it into a paste tense verb. Instead, the word changes. For example: Present tense: see, eat, stick, begin, throw Past tense: saw, ate, stuck, begun, threw

Is There a Trick to Remember which Verbs are Regular vs. Irregular?

Yes - by reading lots, memorizing, and using these verbs often when writing and speaking. Otherwise, there is no "trick" to remembering these. English is a complicated language, and verbs are part of the package.

Directions

Download these two documents: Week 6 Monday Passage A & B (Teacher-Parent Copy) and Week 6 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.
Show your child Passage A and have them compare to see how they did.

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