Monday Extract 1 Stick Man
Read extract 1 to your child emphasising the rhythm and rhyme. Clap out the rhythm together and find words tht rhyme. Discuss the spelling patterns in the rhyming words. Find the contractions. What are the dog's favourite trick? Find the phrases that are repeated within the passage: stick, drop it, fetch it. Discuss how the reader changes their voice when they read the words in italics... 'Stick Man, oh Stick Man, beware of the dog'.
Tuesday Extract 2 Stick Man
In this extract Stick man is lying in the fire. Circle the phrase 'A Stuck Man …. who could that be? How many letters do we need to change to turn 'Stick Man' into' Stuck Man'? Highlight the last line written in large print... this creates drama... to make you shout when you read it, because it's surprising.
Wednesday Extract 3
Read extract 3 to your child. This is an instruction text to make a stick Man. Locate and circle the heading, introduction, What you need. Find the bossy words … these are verbs.