Student Book 1, Unit 6, pages 48-49 What your child...
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L e t ’ s T a l k Student Book 1, Unit 6, pages 48-49 I did it! Your child can talk about different kinds of weather. sing How’s the Weather? Write a message to your child: What your child learned in class Conversation: How’s the weather? It’s sunny. Vocabulary: sunny, rainy, windy, cloudy, snowy Home study activity Sing How’s the Weather? with your child. Take turns singing each of the parts in the song. Look out the window of your home or go outside with your child and talk about the weather you see. Then look at your local paper and talk about the weather in other national and international cities. Take turns asking and answering the question How’s the weather in (Hong Kong)? Play a game of charades and guess the weather. Extra practice Workbook page 47 Student Audio CD Tracks 53-54 Let’s Go 4e Level 1 © Oxford University Press. Permission granted to reproduce for instructional use.
Transcript of Student Book 1, Unit 6, pages 48-49 What your child...
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Student Book 1, Unit 6, pages 48-49
I did it!
Your child can talk about different kinds of weather.
sing How’s the Weather?
Write a message to your child:
What your child learned in class
Conversation: How’s the weather?It’s sunny.
Vocabulary: sunny, rainy, windy, cloudy, snowy
Home study activitySing How’s the Weather? with your child. Take turns singing each of the parts in the song. Look out the window of your home or go outside with your child and talk about the weather you see. Then look at your local paper and talk about the weather in other national and international cities. Take turns asking and answering the question How’s the weather in (Hong Kong)? Play a game of charades and guess the weather.
Extra practice Workbook page 47
Student Audio CD Tracks 53-54
Let’s Go 4e Level 1© Oxford University Press. Permission granted to reproduce for instructional use.
Student Book 1, Unit 6, pages 50-51
Let’s Learn
What your child learned in class
Conversations: How many flowers are there? There’s one flower.
How many trees are there?There are four trees.
Nature vocabulary: a flower, a tree, a cloud, a puddle, flowers, trees, clouds, puddles
Home study activityTake a walk outside with your child in your garden or at the park. Count the flowers, trees, clouds, etc. Play a game and see who can answer first using the question How many flowers are there?. While outside, also encourage your child to practice identifying the colors of the flowers and other things you see. When you get home, have your child find school objects and toys around the house to count and identify.
Extra practice Workbook pages 48-49
Student Audio CD Track 55
I did it!
Your child can talk about flowers, trees, clouds, puddles.
ask How many trees are there? and answer There are two trees.
Write a message to your child:
Let’s Go 4e Level 1© Oxford University Press. Permission granted to reproduce for instructional use.
Student Book 1, Unit 6, pages 52-53
Let’s Learn More
What your child learned in class
Conversations: Where’s the bat?It’s on the table.
Where are the balls?They’re under the table.
Prepositions: in, on, under, by
Listen and do verbs: Put the baseball on the table. Put the bat by the baseball. Put the baseball in the bag. Put the bag under the tree.
Home study activityHave your child find some school things, toys and a bag at home. Put these items in/on/under/by the bag. Ask your child, Where’s the (book)? or Where are the (balls)? and have him/her answer, It’s in the bag. or They’re by the bag. Reverse roles and have your child ask the questions. Play a game with instructions. Give your child a series of commands: Pick up the (pencil). Put the (pencil) (under the table). Then put the (pencil) (on the book). Now put the (pencil) by the (bed). Take turns giving instructions.
Extra practice Workbook pages 50-51
Student Audio CD Tracks 56-58
I did it!
Your child can say and act out verb phrases using the prepositions.
sing Where Are the Bugs?
Write a message to your child:
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Let’s ReadStudent Book 1, Unit 6, pages 54-55
What your child learned in class
Phonics: Short vowel Ii words (igloo, bib, big, pit)
How to read a story: In the Snow
Home study activityHave your child practice saying the short I phonics words with you. Listen to the Student Audio CD with your child to practice the correct pronunciation of each word, blending the sounds (b + i + g) in the words. Then ask your child to say the The Ii Phonics Chant along with the audio. You may want to repeat it several times together. Invite your child to read the Little Book In the Snow.
Encourage your child to draw picture stories of his or her own using the phonics words.
Extra practice Workbook pages 52-54
Student Audio CD Tracks 49-52
Phonics
I did it!
Your child can say The Ii Phonics Chant.
name the short I words.
read the In the Snow story with you.
Write a message to your child:
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I did it!
Let’s Review
Student Book 1, Units 5 and 6 Review, pages 56-57
Write a message to your child:My child can say the words from Units 5 & 6.
ask Is it (big)?
describe where a toy is: The (ball) is (under) the (table).
What your child reviewed in class
Units 5 and 6: Conversations, vocabulary, language
Home study activityHave your child walk around your home and find toys that are old, new, big, small, long, or short. Then play a game with your child. Choose a toy and hide it behind your back. Have your child guess the toy by asking questions: Is it (big)? Is it (round)? Is it (red)? You answer each question, saying Yes, it is. or No, it isn’t. When your child finally guesses by correctly asking Is it a (ball)?, you answer Yes, it is. Then show him or her the toy. Switch roles and you ask your child the questions and guess the toy.
Extra practice Workbook page 55-56
Student Audio CD Tracks 44, 46, 55, 56
Let’s Go 4e Level 1© Oxford University Press. Permission granted to reproduce for instructional use.
