Cause and Affect, and Myths and Fables

If you have the books available, have your child read Myths and Fables Discuss the elements of each of them. Also, have your child discuss some cause and effect situations in the story.

A Myth is a story of unknown authorship that people told long ago in a attempt to answer serious questions about how important things began and occurred. Myths generally involve nature or the adventure of gods.
and heroes.


Some elements of Myths are:

god (male)/ goddess (female): a supernatural being having special powers over nature and people
phenomenon: anything that is extremely unusual; an extraordinary occurrence
conflict: in a story, conflict is the struggle that grows out of opposing forces between character and
events. Conflict helps to create suspense in a story
plot: the plan of action of a play, story, or novel
resolution: the outcome of a story
metamorphosis: to change form, shape, structure, or substance; a complete change of appearance or condition
research-based: based on facts
narrator: a person who tells a story


A fable is a fictitious story meant to teach a lesson. The characters in fables are usually animals.

Some elements of a fable are:

*characters, setting, events and a moral. In most fables the characters are animals. These animals usually represent specific human qualities. The characters are one-sided. They act and talk in a way that shows one quality, such as greed or cleverness.
*Fables are meant to teach a lesson or moral. The moral is usually revealed at the end of the fable. Sometimes the moral is delivered as a statement, such as "Be happy with what you have," or "It is easier to think up a plan than to carry it out."
*Fables are meant to be heard time and time again. It is usually easier to appreciate and understand a fable if you hear it more than once. The first time, you enjoy the story. The second time, you can study the characters and find the lesson taught about human nature.


For writing, we are working on Narratives, and are also integrating writing in Social Studies and Science!

Week 13 Core Words

night
picture
being
study
second

Weekly Concepts

Frequent spelling patterns for/e/ are e, ea, ee and y: being, need each and sudy

When h follows c, s, t or w, the combination stands for a new sound: when, without, earth, should, each, mother, father, children, show

Frequent spelling patterns for /k/ are c, k, ck, qy and ch: because, can, car, carefully, class, copy, country, cup, cute, second, bicycle, kick, kite, quiche, chemical

We have started working on telling time. If you have any time, please visit my links page to work on the time activity. You can also practice looking at clocks and talking about what time it is, what the hour and minute hand shows, and also talk about 15 minutes til, half past, 15 after, quarter past, and quarter til.

Properties of Water Unit - A letter will be coming home explaining the unit a little more.

Communities - Talk with your child about what is in a community, community helpers (policemen, firemen, librarians, etc), different cultures in a community, celebrations in a community and why it's important to live within a community.