Curl up with your favorite kindergarten books and begin the process of enjoying and comprehending with this one-volume collection of literature guides. There are six guides or units, each covering one book or several poems, and you can expect to spend 3-4 days on each unit, reading the book twice in the process. Plan to read the book aloud together with your child, giving help with decoding and reading with expression. The manual's reproducible worksheets have a horizontal orientation and are perforated. Coverage includes comprehension questions and activities, writing exercises, activities to bring the text alive, and handwriting exercises. An answer key is provided. Books covered are Biscuit, Morris the Moose, Horse in Harry's Room, Sammy the Seal, Big Brown Bear, and some favorite old poems. 56 pgs. pb ~ Janice
Kindergarten Favorites Comprehension Guide is an excellent resource for students developing valuable reading comprehension skill. This guide offers reproducible activities and exercises for each of the five books (Big Brown Bear, The Horse in Harry's Room, Sammy the Seal, Biscuit, and Morris the Moose) included in the Kindergarten Favorites Collection. Questions, activities, and projects will develop a student's love of reading while developing important comprehension skills. Phonics worksheets are included, too. It works nicely with the Phonics Museum. Building comprehension skills develops students' abilities to make predictions, improve their understanding of content, sequence or character, and connect whatever they are reading with their own experience and knowledge. Mastering reading comprehension for any student is the foundation to all future academic success and is one of the most valuable and lasting skills a student will develop. The guide includes permission to reproduce for both school and homeschool use.
In the classical education model, a grammar student should be able to show reading comprehension on a literal and inferential level, demonstrate an increasing vocabulary, and identify various styles of literature as well as basic biblical values. These literature guides from Veritas Press are carefully constructed to train students in those skills. Encouraging oral reading and requiring questions to be answered in complete sentences, these worktexts are attractively illustrated (black & white) and easy to use with complete answer keys included (worksheets are reproducible for family use only). There are some basic similarities among the various titles. For instance, all have who/what/where/why/when questions for the student to answer. However, there's considerable variety as well. Alice in Wonderland, a third grade guide, includes recipes, several cut and paste projects, memory work, and some writing assignments (adding silly stanzas to a song). The fourth grade guide for The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow includes (among others) vocabulary exercises, drawing assignments, a relationship web, a cause & effect worksheet, and several writing assignments (paragraphs, cinquain, and limerick). Author information and a short story writing assignment are included in Where the Red Fern Grows, a fifth grade guide.
As is typical with classical education material, the assigned grade levels often seem challenging. Don't let that discourage you from using an otherwise excellent resource – simply adjust the grade level to suit your student (guides are unlabeled). ~ Janice
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