- Today’s reading investigation: Autobiography about you… What are your thoughts for today?
- Materials: Gather your Family Learning Journal/paper, pencils, colored pencils, 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.
- Discuss: Share the slide above. Let every one share what these titles have in common. Ask: “What do you think these books would tell us about these authors?” Let each family member discuss their predictions (5-6min.). Discuss which book each person would be interested in reading.
- Skill Discussion: “Today, you will be creating a short autobiography” Skill Practice: Ask them to open their journals to the next available page and date it. Take a few moments to help each other trace their left hand (modeled on the slide above). Little finger: Ask them to write a few words that will describe what makes them happy (2/3 choices). Ring finger: Ask them to write the one house chore/school subject they don’t like doing. Middle finger: Ask them to write their favorite things to do (2/3 choices). Pointer finger: Ask them to write the grade they are in and their age. Thumb: Ask them to write their “nick-name.” If they don’t have one tell them to write a “nick-name” they would like to be called. Palm: Ask them to sketch and color their face (check MrsK’s palm).
- Discussion Wrap-up: Encourage every to share… including your youngest. Spend a few moments sharing what your choices would have been when you were their age (include the autobiography title you would have read at their age.
- FVRL holds: Request one of the autobiography titles from the slide http://www.fvrl.org/
