Week of February 5, 2001
Our new reader, Make a Splash begins with Philippe Dupasquier's story Dear Daddy. The selection takes the form of a letter, written over the course of a year, by a little girl named Sophie. She is writing to her father who is working on a cargo ship bound for Hong Kong.
Your child can review and practice vocabulary list words with the games I have linked below. Just click on the Java Games link in the Quia activities section and it will take you directly to the games choices page. It may be helpful to print out the list of terms (vocabulary list words and definitions used in the games) from the games choices page so your child can refer to them as needed during practice.
Enjoy playing the vocabulary games for practice before the test on February 12th. You may also want to read some letters written by children who are pretending to be Daddy and Sophie, or you can learn to write a letter of your own. You can find links to the letters and other information in the Useful links section at the bottom of this page.
