1. Evening at Home

The lesson, step by step

1. Get ready

   Sit side by side with the book open to Lesson I. Look through a few pages together.

   SayThis is your new reader. The stories are longer now, and some of the lessons are poems.

   Talk about the picture on the page before you start reading.

2. New words

   Point to the new words at the top of the lesson:

   newspaper cold order seem through stockings chat story light Harry branches kiss burns Mrs. events another Mr. stool lamp mends

   Say each word and have your child say it after you. Clap the parts of long words. Then point to words in any order and let your child read them.

3. Read it aloud

   Look at the picture together first, if there is one. Then your child reads the lesson aloud, one paragraph at a time. Help with any word by pointing to it in the word list.

   Here are a few lines from it:

   It is winter.

   The cold wind whistles through the branches of the trees.

   Read it a second time, more smoothly.

4. Talk about it

   SayWho is in the Brown family?

   SayWhat do Mr. and Mrs. Brown do after tea? What do Harry and Kate do?

   SayWhy do Harry and Kate feel happy tonight?

   SayWhat does our family like to do on a cold evening?

   Let your child look back at the page to find answers.

5. Tell it back

   Close the book.

   SayTell me about the Browns' evening, from the cold wind outside to bedtime.

   Let your child talk without stopping them. Afterward, help with anything left out by asking "What happened next?"

6. Copywork

   Write this line from the lesson for your child to copy, or let them copy it straight from the book:

   They learned their lessons well to-day, and both feel happy.

   Check capital letters, commas and the mark at the end.

7. Spelling

   Say each word, use it in a short sentence, and have your child spell it aloud, then write it: cold, lamp, light, story, kiss.

   Check together and fix any mistakes right away.