March Tips
for Language and Literacy Skills
Courtesy of the GECDSB Speech and Language Department
Oral Language
·
Play a describing
game at home:
o
Take turns choosing an object, animal, food etc. to describe. Answer
each question in a full sentence. Then choose another item to describe.
§ What group or category
does it belong to?
§ What do we do with it?
What does it do?
§ What does it look like? –
Colour, size, shape
§ What is it made of? –
Materials, ingredients?
§ What parts does it have?
What parts go with it?
§ Where do we find it?
§ Any other fun facts about
it?
Reading
- Try to read
for 20 minutes each night with your child. After they have read a book
with you continue the conversation about the book. Ask them questions
like:
- What
did you notice about the story?
- Does
the book remind you of anything?
- What
have you been wondering as you read?
- Does
this book make you think of anything else you have read?
- What
was your favourite part?
- Were
there any parts that surprised you?
- What
are we going to read next?
Writing
·
Have fun writing
down answers to silly questions related to the month of March
·
Sample Questions:
o
As I was looking
for a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, I was surprised to find…
o
What would happen
if it really did rain cats and dogs?
o
What do you think
about rainy days?
o
How would you
catch a shooting star?
o
Pretend you are a
magic pencil. Everything you draw comes to life. What happens?
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