©Harcourt•Grade4TeacherResourceBook4www.harcourtschool.com/storytownYourchildisreadingthefictionstory“TheHotandColdSummer”byJohannaHurwitzandthepoem“SecretTalk”byEveMerriam.Intheseselections,studentswillexplorethechallengesandrewardsoffriendship.pactfoistedannoyedqueasyventuredeprivingGuesstheWordGivehintsabouteachVocabularyWordwithoutnamingit,andhaveyourchildguesstheword.Herearesomehintstogetyoustarted.•Youarefeelingveryirritated.(annoyed)•Wemadeafirmagreement!(pact)•Thispersonfeelsill;hisstomachisupset.(queasy)•Makingmudpiesisnotagoodbusinessundertaking.(venture)Encourageyourchildtoreadforatleast30minutesoutsideofclasseachday.Lookforthesebooksatyourlocallibrary.Haveyourchildchooseonetoreadwithyou.•SummersaultsbyDouglasFlorian.Greenwillow,2002.•TheUp&DownSpringbyJohannaHurwitz.Morrow,1993.•LastSummerwithMaizonbyJacquelineWoodson.Penguin,2002.PoemAskyourchildtowriteashortpoemaboutfriendship.Yourchildcouldwriteaboutaspecificfriend,oraboutfriendshipingeneral.Thepoemdoesn’thavetorhyme.Inviteyourchildtoreadaloudthefinishedpiece.FriendshipUsethesediscussionstarterswithyourchildtodiscuss“TheHotandColdSummer.”•WhenIwasyourage,Ihadafriendnamed.SometimesIworriedthat.Haveyoueverworriedaboutafriendship?•WhenIwantmyfriendstoknowthatIcareaboutthem,Idothingslike.Whatotherthingscanpeopledotoshowthattheycareabouttheirfriends?•MyfriendsandIliketo.Whatdoyouandyourfriendsliketodo?School-HomeConnection•Lesson1Thereismuchtobediscoveredaroundthehomeandinyourcommunity.
