- Today’s reading investigation: An Easter Rhyme
- Family Sharing: “What do you notice about the ‘Hop and Stop’ passage?” *Invite everyone to share. Discuss how the poem could end for the forth little rabbit.
- Materials: family learning journals/paper, pencils, colored pencils, and/or crayons. Remind them to open their journals to the next available page and date it. Don’t forget to have them label the top of the page with today’s learning topic/skill.
- Guided enquiry: “Using the rhyming poem from the slide, re-create the poem for the fourth rabbit and continue the rhyme for a fifth rabbit (older students can draft up to 10 little rabbits). For the youngest learners, let them draw a 4-squared story box and draw the for little rabbits (one rabbit per square). Invite someone to draft the poem in each box.
- Next: Allow everyone 10-15 minutes to put their thoughts on paper.
- Skill Discussion: “Let’s share what you’ve penned!” Encourage everyone to share… including your youngest.
- Discussion Wrap-Up: Around the table, discuss the 12 “Where is the Bunny?” preposition worksheet. Ask your older learners to decode the hidden message in the Easter Cryptogram.
