41. The Fish-hawk

The lesson, step by step

1. Warm up

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

   Tell me, little harebell,

   Praise smooth reading and help with any word that sticks.

2. New words

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

   rough often beneath fiercely seaside twenty timidly compels robber breast spots mode osprey hooked

   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:

   His breast is mostly white.

   His tail and wings are long.

   Read it a second time, more smoothly.

4. Talk about it

   SayWhat is another name for the fish-hawk?

   SayHow does the fish-hawk catch fish?

   SayWhat does the eagle do to the fish-hawk?

   SayWhy does the book call the eagle a robber?

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

5. Tell it back

   Close the book.

   SayTell me how the fish-hawk catches a fish and what the eagle does.

   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:

   Thus you see, that the eagle is a robber.

   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: rough, often, spots, twenty, breast.

   Check together and fix any mistakes right away.