After reading about the natives’ fun activities in The Hug, your child will write about his favorite thing to do.
Jumping Jungle – Lesson 15
“I can write about my favorite activity.”
Objective: To use inventive writing to write a story. (W.K.1)
Materials: journal, pencil, crayons
Procedures: Talk about the activities that the natives liked to perform. For a writing prompt, ask your child to write about her favorite activity. Encourage your child to use spaces between words, punctuation at the end of the sentence and to use letter-sounds that he hears in words. Write the correct words under his sentence. Then he will illustrate his story.
Conclusion: Have your child read his story to you again. Talk about his delightful illustrations and how you loved reading his story.