| BOOK BAG HOMEWORK
STEPS TO HELP YOUR CHILD:
1. Make sure your child does a picture walk first before attempting to read the book. Discuss the
pictures with your child to be sure he/she is truly looking at the pictures and can tell what is
happening in the story.
2. Point out any words that your child may say when discussing the book prior to reading. For
example, if your child says, “I see a cat in a basket”, point out the word “basket” so he/ she can
connect the pictures to the words.
WHEN YOUR CHILD GETS STUCK ON A WORD:
1. Redirect your child to look at the picture again.
2. Have your child next try to sound out the word, giving chunks of words if you can. For
example, in the word swing, give your child the sound for “sw” to help with sounding out.
3. If after a few attempts your child has trouble, it is ok to give the word to your child. Be sure,
however, to point out the sounds and letters in the word.
4. Have your child then reread the whole sentence once the word is determined.
JOURNAL IDEAS:
After reading the books, one per night, plus rereading each previous nights’ book(s), use the
following list to help your child decide on a journal entry. The writing and pictures need to be done
by your child, using a pencil to write and crayons to illustrate. Be sure to give your child ample time
to do the writing and the picture so that the work is neat and complete!! NO SLOPPY JOE!!
• Make a connection between the book and yourself, your family, a holiday or event, or another
story.
• Write about your favorite part
• What did you notice about the story that was funny? Exciting? Scary? Sad?
• What is the same or different about you and one of the characters in the book?
• How could you add to the story?
• Tell what was the problem in the story and how it got solved (obviously, if there isn’t a problem,
don’t use this idea!)
• Alphabet books: draw 4 pictures of DIFFERENT words that start the letter of the book you liked
the most. Use sound spelling to write the picture names.
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