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Reading
Pack Reading Guide and Comprehension Questions
6-8 Reading Guide and Comprehension Questions
Summer
and Writing
AGES
First Grade
About this Book
In this award-winning tale, big sister Kyla patiently allows her little sister to follow her around, until it finally comes time for Kyla to let her sister take the lead.
We are excited to share Do Like Kyla, our Learning Without Tears Writing Journal, and our Building Writers student activity book with your first grader. Here are some strategies to encourage your student to reach for literacy success.
Tips for Reading to and with Your Young Reader
Dedicate 30 minutes for reading each day. Several studies indicate students’ reading abilities decline or stall during the summer because of a lack of exposure to literacy. However, students who read at least 30 minutes each day encounter more vocabulary and reinforce essential reading skills.
Encourage your child to read a book at least 3 times with 1–2 days between each reading and consider reading it aloud with your child.
Before Reading
Introduce the book by looking at its cover—”What can we see?”
Introduce the title of the book and the name of the author and illustrator.
Have children use the cover and title to predict what the story might be about.
During Reading
There is so much to be enjoyed in this book! A typical winter day in the life of a young black girl is described in first person, focusing on the narrator’s older sister, Kyla. While getting dressed, braiding hair, eating breakfast, playing in the snow, and walking to the store, the narrator watches and imitates everything her older sister does.
• Young learners might recognize some words. Ask them which words look familiar as you are reading.
• On your second reading, encourage children to point out specific letters and/or words they know, or ask if they aren’t sure about them. Make a “W” Chart: While you and your learner read books together, make a chart filling out the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the book as you both discover them.
After Reading
This reading and writing pack also includes resources to help your learner practice foundational writing skills while responding to reading in fun and creative ways.
Commit to 10–15 minutes of writing, 3 times a week. That adds up to just 30–45 minutes each week to help students improve their letter and sentence formations!
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Writing Journal
The Writing Journal provides space for your child’s responses to the provided prompts, or their own reactions and descriptions of the story and its connection to their life.
Writing and Conversation Prompts
Help your reader respond to these prompts in their Writing Journal or in conversation with you.
• Describe what happened at the beginning, the middle, and the end of the story through writing and drawing a picture.
• Talk with your young learner about siblings and how siblings can look up to one another. That could lead into a discussion about other people that your young learner looks up to in their own lives (the way that Kyla’s sister looked up to her and imitated her).
• Discuss role role models, being a role model, helping out, and family.
• Have your young learner write in their journals about who they consider a role model and why.
• If your young learner is an only child, talk to them about what other family member or friend they look up to.
Pay Attention to Handwriting
After enjoying and talking about the content of their writing, look for any letters in the Building Writers or Writing Journal that are less legible. Point out a model of that letter in Building Writers and coach your learner to write a line of that letter in the Writing Journal, with coaching as needed, to improve legibility. To access the Handwriting Without Tears Letter Formation Charts go to LWTears.com/letter-number-formation-charts
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Building Writers
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Continue to help your child improve their writing ability by using Building Writers. Building Writers helps children develop key narrative, informational, and opinion writing skills by providing a step-by-step model to build confidence. Building Writers includes an easy-to-follow writing checklist to help children develop good writing habits.
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In addition to our Summer Reading and Writing Packs, we also have free resources to support your students. Be sure to visit our site for letter and number formation charts, strategies to build sight word automaticity, and much more! LWTears.com/resources/summer-learning
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