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About this Book
Lulu Carter loves her grandma (Gram) more than anything because Gram is the only one who understands her. She had a HSAM memory, which means she remembers everything. When Gram starts forgetting things, Lulu tries to discover more about her past so she can cure her. Throughout all kinds of plot twists, Lulu learns that some things can’t be cured, and Gram’s life was more than she had ever imagined.
We are excited to share The Memory Keeper, our Writing Journal, and Building Writers with your fifth grader to help them prepare for middle school. Here are how to get started and encourage your student to read and write to achieve 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.
Pay Attention to Prefixes and Suffixes
When your learner uses a word with a prefix or suffix, occasionally stop to talk about it. Break down the word and say what the prefix or suffix and root word mean when they’re put together, and brainstorm other words that have the same suffix or prefix.
During Reading
Read this story aloud with your rising middle schooler. Yes, they are reading independently, but it is still very important to continue to read aloud with them. Read-aloud time boosts their reading comprehension and vocabulary, and opens important moments of dialogue between you and your child about their life, their concerns, and their hopes for the future. Many moments in this classic tale will resonate with your child and with you.
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.
All it takes is 30–45 minutes per week to help students improve letter and sentence formation.
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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.
• Who is telling the story?
• Who are the main/secondary characters? Why are they important to the story?
• Could the characters exist in real life?
• Where/when does the story take place? How do you know?
• How does the story begin/end?
• What are the major events in the story in order of how they happened? What is the problem/conflict in this story? How is it resolved?
• Test your memory! Would you be a good detective? Have you noticed what color eyes your best friend has? Can you remember what you had for dinner last night?
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
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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