63. March

The lesson, step by step

1. Warm up

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

   Frank was a very talkative little boy.

   Praise smooth reading and help with any word that sticks.

2. New words

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

   sleet cheerly cruel taps free

   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:

   In the snowing and the blowing,

   In the cruel sleet,

   Read it a second time, more smoothly.

4. Talk about it

   SayWhere are the little flowers growing?

   SayWho taps on the ground and talks to them?

   SayWhat will happen when Winter goes?

   SayListen for rhymes: snowing, blowing and growing. 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 is happening under the snow.

   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:

   Little flowers begin their growing

   Far beneath our feet.

   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: sleet, taps, free, cruel.

   Check together and fix any mistakes right away.