Unit7Let’s Talk

Yesterday and Today

Student Book 3, Unit 7, pages 58-59

I did it!

Your child can ask and answer Where were you yesterday?

sing Where Were You at Two?

What your child learned in class

Conversation: Where were you yesterday?I was at the beach.How was it?It was fun!

How was the weather?It was sunny and warm.How about you? We were at the zoo!

Home study activitySing Where Were You At Two? with your child. Take turns singing each of the parts in the song.

Talk with your child about where each of you was yesterday. If you didn’t go anywhere, pretend you did, using at the zoo, at the store, or at the beach. Ask each other Where were you yesterday? Respond with I was (at the zoo).

Extra practice Workbook pages 56-57

Student Audio CD Tracks 60-62

Write a message to your child:

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Let’s LearnStudent Book 3, Unit 7, pages 60-61

What your child learned in class

Conversation: It was sunny on Sunday.It’s cloudy today.

Weather: sunny, rainy, cloudy, snowy, breezy, stormy, chilly, foggy

Home study activitySing How Was the Weather Yesterday? with your child. Take turns singing each of the parts of the song.

Have your child keep a chart of the weather for a week by drawing pictures of the weather on the calendar. Point to one day with the weather picture and ask your child about the weather, How was the weather on (Sunday)? Have your child respond It was rainy on (Sunday). Then have your child ask you about the weather on another day.

Extra practice Workbook pages 58-59, 77

Student Audio CD Tracks 63-64

I did it!

Your child can make statements about the weather using the past tense of To Be.

Ask and answer How was the weather on (Sunday)?

Sing How Was the Weather Yesterday?

Write a message to your child:

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Student Book 3, Unit 7, pages 62-63

Let’s Learn More

What your child learned in class

Conversation: Where were you yesterday? I was at the circus.

Places: restaurant, movie theater, mall, amusement park, circus, hospital, library, airport

Home study activityHave your child ask family members Where were you yesterday? Each family member should respond saying, I was at the (mall). If they didn’t go anywhere, they should pretend they went somewhere. Play the game on p. 63 of the Student Book.

Extra practice Workbook pages 60-61

Student Audio CD Track 65

I did it!

Your child can ask Where were you yesterday?

answer Where were you yesterday?

Write a message to your child:

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Let’s ReadStudent Book 3, Unit 7, pages 64-65

I did it!

Write a message to your child:Your child can say or sing Snowflakes and Skylarks.

name the sk and sn words.

read What Were They Before?

What your child learned in class

Phonics: sk (sky, skylark)—sn (snowflake, snake)

Home study activityHave your child practice saying all the sk and sn words with you. Listen to the Student Audio CD with your child and practice the correct pronunciation of each word, practicing all the sounds in the words. Then ask your child to say the Snowflakes and Skylarks phonics chant on the audio. Invite your child to read What Were They Before?

Encourage your child to write and draw stories of his or her own, using the phonics words.

Extra practice Workbook pages 62-63

Student Audio CD Tracks 66-68

Phonics

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