Unit5Let’s Talk

Happy Birthday!

Student Book 1, Unit 5, pages 40-41

I did it!

Your child can wish someone a happy birthday.

ask and answer about one’s age.

offer a present.

express thanks.

sing The Happy Birthday Song.

Write a message to your child:

What your child learned in class

Conversation: Happy birthday, Jenny! How old are you?I’m seven years old.This is for you. Thank you!

Home study activitySing The Happy Birthday Song with your child. Take turns singing each of the parts in the song.

Have a pretend birthday party and practice asking How old are you? Take turns asking and answering the question with your child. Also give your child a pretend present as you say This is for you. Encourage your child to respond with Thank you.

Extra practice Workbook page 39

Student Audio CD Tracks 42-43

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Let’s LearnStudent Book 1, Unit 5, pages 42-43

What your child learned in class

Conversation: What is it? I don’t know.It’s a yo-yo.

Toys: a yo-yo, a baseball, a kite, a doll, a car, a robot, a bicycle, a jump rope, a puzzle, a bat

Home study activitySay or chant The Yo-Yo Chant with your child.

Play a guessing game with your child. Each of you can find toys and other objects at home and wrap in tissue paper. Then take turns asking What is it? and making guesses.

Extra practice Workbook pages 40-41

Student Audio CD Tracks 44-45

I did it!

Your child can ask about and identify toys.

say The Yo-Yo Chant.

Write a message to your child:

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Student Book 1, Unit 5, pages 44-45

Let’s Learn More

What your child learned in class

Conversations: It’s little.It’s a little box.

Adjectives: big, little, new, old, long, short, round, square

Listen and do verbs: Ride a bicycle. Jump rope. Throw a ball. Catch a ball.

Home study activitySing Is It a Big Box? with your child.

Have your child gather toys and school things from around the house. You may also want to have your child find pictures of toys that are big/little, new/old, long/short, and round/square. Practice describing these items, using the different adjectives. Use sentence patterns: It’s little. It’s a little box. Play a game of charades, acting out and guessing the Listen and Do Verbs.

Extra practice Workbook pages 42-43

Student Audio CD Tracks 46-48

I did it!

Your child can describe toys and school things.

sing Is It a Big Box?

say and act out the verbs.

Write a message to your child:

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Let’s ReadStudent Book 1, Unit 5, pages 46-47

What your child learned in class

Phonics: Short vowel Ee words (egg, bed, pet, peg)

How to read a story: At Home

Home study activityHave your child practice saying the short E words together with you. Listen to the Student Audio CD with your child and practice the correct pronunciation of each word, blending the sounds (b + e + d) in the words. Then ask your child to sing or say The E Phonics Chant along with the children on the CD. You may want to repeat it several times together. Invite your child to read the Little Book At Home with you.

Encourage your child to draw picture stories of his or her own, using the phonics words.

Extra practice Workbook pages 43-46

Student Audio CD Tracks 49-52

Phonics

I did it!

Your child can say The E Phonics Chant.

name the short E words.

read the At Home story with you.

Write a message to your child:

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