Welcome to Week 12 of The Wild Robot Study Guide, Chapters 67 – 80. As we approach the final week of our book study of The Wild Robot by Peter Brown, be prepared for a shocking and surprising ending that might be upsetting for some. This is a time to slow down and experience the full […]
This week, in The Wild Robot study guide, kids are going to have a blast turning Brightbill’s adventure into a comic strip. Also in this week’s guide: comprehension questions, building vocabulary, and when to use “an” and “a”. Welcome to Week 11 of The Wild Robot Study Guide, Chapters 60 – 66. Let’s begin! Access the […]
This week, in The Wild Robot, a very dramatic event occurs on the island and it makes for a perfect opportunity for kids to write a newspaper report based on the event. Included in this week’s study guide are handy tips for writing a newspaper report and newspaper report planning sheet, and a newspaper report template. Kids will actually have […]
Spelling plurals of irregular nouns, copywork, comprehension questions, collective nouns, a diary writing activity, and descriptions of season changes. This is what you can expect in this weeks The Wild Robot literature study guide based on Chapters 47- 52. Welcome to the ninth week of The Wild Robot Literature Study Guide. You can access […]
Change things up a bit in your homeschool. Drop your usual routine and dive into the story telling world. This story writing guide will help you to help your child every step of the way. Each step has ready to use child-friendly worksheets that you can download and print. This Seven Steps to Story Writing Success story […]
This weeks study guide of The Wild Robot focuses on adverbs. Adverbs are significant in helping us as readers understand the context of when, where, how, how often, to what extent the actions we read about take place. In our writing, a well-placed adverb or adverbial phrase will help keep our writing concise, whilst giving the readers help […]
Now that the Non-Chronological writing project is completed we can turn all of our attention back on the story. This week we will be focusing on the ever important skill of giving and writing summaries. We will also be sequencing events, focusing on using comas when listing, and homophones. Writing summaries can be a difficult […]
Only three chapters this week? This is to make room for some serious work on the non-chronological report on camouflage. However, we do have time to squeeze in some reading, and also zoom in on the super important action verbs. In this post: The Wild Robot Chapters 23-25 Study Guide Teaching Notes And Answers Non-Chronological […]
This week we will uncover the creative and strategic use of adjectives in The Wild Robot by the author, Peter Brown. In this week’s study guide and blog post, we will not only analyse the impact of adjectives in these chapters but also introduce the ‘ey’ spelling rule for the long ‘a’ sound. Also included are comprehension […]
Types of nouns, common nouns and proper nouns, noun Pictionary, a descriptive writing activity, spelling the long ‘a’ sound using ‘ei, comprehension questions, and activities to learn and consolidate vocabulary. This is what you can expect in this weeks The Wild Robot literature study guide based on Chapters 9-13. Welcome to the second week […]
Pre-reading book discussion questions, comprehension questions, adding details to descriptions, when to use capital letters, exploring vocabulary using the Freyer Model, short writing activities, and spelling the long ‘a’ sound. This is what you can expect in this weeks The Wild Robot literature study guide based on Chapters 1-8. Welcome to the first of […]
Buy The Wild Robot on Amazon (paid link) Jump to the contents for all of the posts and accompanying weekly literature study guides published so far. For our English lessons, we are going to kick off this year with The Wild Robot. Not only that, I have actually gone full throttle and planned a compete […]
In this post I will be explaining: I have also created free downloadable resources to write non-chronological reports: Reading and writing doesn’t just have to be about fiction. Sometimes we forget that every subject has specialist vocabulary, every subject requires writing. Teaching your child how to write notes, summaries, reports, and essays will give them vital skills […]
The reality is, reading doesn’t equal understanding. Reading comprehension is a complex skill for children and it helps for us homeschoolers to have some strategies up our sleeves to teach our kids reading comprehension skills. It can often be the case where our kids, who can confidently read, struggle to understand the underlying message. We invest countless hours […]
In this post I am going to share 5 easy, effective and practical strategies that you can start doing now for incorporating Charlotte Mason practices and living literature into your homeschool curriculum. But first, why would you want to use Charlotte Mason practices and living literature in the first place? Good literature is powerful. I’ve always loved good […]
This is Step 7 of the seven steps to story writing success, a step-by-step guide for teaching children how to write stories. In this post, I will share my experiences and insights on how to effectively edit writing with your child. I will be explaining why children (and you) should pause and revise and edit their […]
This is a review of the Galore Park curriculum and textbooks for use in the homeschool. We’ve been using Galore Park Textbooks for a few years now and really love it for its thorough subject coverage and the progressive way it develops and deepens essential subject skills and knowledge. Two of my kids are currently […]