The Wind in the Willows

In each Open Court unit, I try to provide students with some exposure to a larger piece of literature. This is usually a book which is somewhat or even far above their reading level, yet is completely at their interest level. I read the book aloud to the students to work on listening comprehension. For the Friendship unit we did Charlotte’s Web; for City Wildlife we did A Cricket in Times Square.

For our new Imagination unit, we will be reading The Wind in the Willows. I’ve added a little twist to it this time, however. Because students often like to follow along in a book as they listen — plus being kind of fidgety anyway without anything in their hands — I purchased a copy of the book for each student. We are also listening to an audiobook reading so as to allow me to help them to follow along better. If you’d like your child to have the copy of this classic when we’re done with it, just send along 6 dollars and it will be his or hers for good. Otherwise, we’ll just make sure that the book is in good shape so I can use it again with classes next year and beyond.

Homework:  (1) Study spelling. (2) Review Test/ Cumulative Review, Math, pages 196-197. (3) Science, B 29, 13-23. Write answers as complete sentences.