Category Archives: Literary Foundations

One Night a Week… One Family… One Read Aloud… Priceless! Truth begins with Primary Resources: Why is literacy important? Learners need literacy in order to engage with the written word in everyday life… Being able to read and write means being able to keep up with current events, communicate effectively, and understand the issues thatContinue reading “Literary Foundations: Primary Sources”

One Night a Week… One Family… One Read Aloud… Priceless! Making the family connection: Discuss the slide above. 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 learningContinue reading “Literary Foundations: Spaceship Designs”

One Night a Week… One Family… One Read Aloud… Priceless! Family Sharing: “Which of your outdoor explorations look promising for this weeks summertime journaling?” *Invite everyone to share.  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.Continue reading “Literary Foundations: Journaling your Summertime Memories”

One Night a Week… One Family… One Read Aloud… Priceless! Making the family connection: Discuss: “What do you know, what is new information about Independence Day?” 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 labelContinue reading “Literary Foundations: Independence Day”

Discuss: Share and discuss the facts about the U.S. seal. Materials: pass out paper and pencils. *Remind them to use a new page, add today’s date, and a title for the learning image. Next: Invite them to list 3-5 facts that they would like to remember. Once they’ve bulleted their facts, encourage them to re-createContinue reading “Wednesday: U.S. Seal”

One Night a Week… One Family… One Read Aloud… Priceless! Making the family connection: Discuss: “Summertime is a great opportunity to write silly family stories!” 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 theContinue reading “Literary Foundations: Summer Adlibs”

One Night a Week… One Family… One Read Aloud… Priceless! Making the family connection: Discuss: “Which of these reading strategies do you use? ” Materials: family learning journals/paper, pencils, colored pencils, and/or crayons and their “book of choice” (what ever book they are reading today). Remind them to open their journals to the next availableContinue reading “Literary Foundations: Summer Reading… Fun!”

One Night a Week… One Family… One Read Aloud… Priceless! Making the family connection: Discuss: “What is the slide above showing us about going on a nature walk?” 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 haveContinue reading “Literary Foundations: Nature Walks”

Putting Your Thoughts on Paper: This pelican brief is an opportunity to re-create the factual statement from the slide above. Gathering materials: family learning journals, pencils, colored pencils, crayon 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 withContinue reading “Literary Foundations: Realistic Non-Fiction Paragraphing”