47. Coasting down the Hill

The lesson, step by step

1. Warm up

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

   Ralph Wick was seven years old.

   Praise smooth reading and help with any word that sticks.

2. New words

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

   slope voices rushing beaming track cheeks flooding laughter health aglow coasting trudging frosty Isabel pleasure landscape

   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

   This lesson is printed in script (handwriting). Read the first lines aloud while your child follows with a finger, then your child reads the whole poem aloud. Help with any letter shapes that are new.

   Here are a few lines from it:

   Frosty is the morning;

   But the sun is bright,

   Read it a second time, more smoothly.

4. Talk about it

   SayWhat is coasting?

   SayWhat do the children shout before they go down?

   SayWhat do they do after they reach the bottom?

   SayListen for rhymes: bright and light, aglow and snow. Can you find more?

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

5. Tell it back

   Close the book.

   SayTell me what the children do on the frosty morning.

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

6. Copywork

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

   Frosty is the morning;

   But the sun is bright,

   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: track, slope, cheeks, health.

   Check together and fix any mistakes right away.