28. Sam and Harry

The lesson, step by step

1. Warm up

   Have your child reread a few lines of Lesson XXVII, for example:

   Glad to see you, little bird;

   Praise smooth reading and help with any word that sticks.

2. New words

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

   afternoon supper deep length carriage threw hedge stood truly road few sad

   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:

   One fine summer afternoon, Sam was walking home from school.

   He went along slowly, reading a book.

   Read it a second time, more smoothly.

4. Talk about it

   SayWhy didn't Sam have any money to give?

   SayWhat did Harry do with the cents his mother gave him?

   SayWhat did Sam do when he saw that?

   SayThe book asks: "Which of the boys do you think was truly kind to the poor man?" What do you think, and why?

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

5. Tell it back

   Close the book.

   SayTell me the story of Sam, Harry and the poor man.

   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:

   Which of the boys do you think was truly kind to the poor man?

   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: road, few, sad, deep, hedge.

   Check together and fix any mistakes right away.