55. God is Great and Good

The lesson, step by step

1. Warm up

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

   Come and sit by my knee, Jane, and grandfather will tell you a strange story.

   Praise smooth reading and help with any word that sticks.

2. New words

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

   flow wide steep lakes twinkling

   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 page together first. Then your child reads the poem aloud, a line at a time. Pause a little at the end of each line.

   Here are a few lines from it:

   I know God made the sun

   To fill the day with light;

   Read it a second time, more smoothly.

4. Talk about it

   SayWhat things does the poem say God made?

   SayWhat does the poem ask us to do at the end?

   SayListen for rhymes: light and night. Can you find more?

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

5. Tell it back

   Close the book.

   SayTell me the things the poem names, in order if you can.

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

6. Copywork

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

   Oh, let us thank Him, then,

   For great and good is He.

   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: flow, wide, steep, lakes.

   Check together and fix any mistakes right away.