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Year 2 homework help?
Ok this is my daughter's homework, she is 6years old and in Yr 2:
Choose a story you know well
Write the story
You must include the words LATER, SUDDENLY, NEXT and DURING within the story.
How would you go about helping your child do this homework?
I thought I could get her to tell me the story, I could write it down and she could copy it. BUT is this defeating the point of the homework? should she be writing out of her own head and is copying (in this instance) acceptable? or is there another way I can do this with her that I haven't thought of?
11 Answers
- bluefroggyLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
tape record her telling you the story then she could replay it and write it down. Or try using snow white later the dwarves came home and suddenly noticed that their house was clean. Next the witch gave her an apple. She feel asleep.
good luck to you.
- jm7Lv 51 decade ago
It doesn't matter if you write it down for her, the thought is what counts and comes from her. Unless, her handwriting is so bad she can use the penmanship practice.
First, I would skip any mention of the word "outline". You're not supposed to learn how to do that until at least middle school(unless times have really changed for the worse). Of course, you can teach her early if you wish. She'll be a much more efficient writer, but it's not necessary and is just more stressful. It would be much easier to just discuss it, (and have her write down simple little notes and put the required words in as it goes). That's notes, different from outlining. You can discuss a interesting event, an important event, a simple event as simple as how her day-interesting, busy-went, etc. If she's into TV, Disney movies, short stories and the like, you can have her explain the story plot assuming she knows the order and how to use LATER, SUDDENLY, NEXT, and DURING. Write down notes if needed. If she doesn't remember, you can watch the movie or read the book together making it that much more fun and writing about how it went afterwards.
Snow White is a good example as someone else said. It's popular and well known. Snow White flees the palace into the dark woods, SUDDENLY coming upon the 7 dwarfs' house and going inside. NEXT, she tidied up the place and fell asleep. LATER, she woke up to see the 7 dwarfs much surprised. DURING the dwarfs' work shift, an old woman came by the house to find Snow White all alone and offered her a poisoned apple...
- 1 decade ago
How about sit yourselves down at the table and brain storm short stories that your daughter knows well. Like the 3 little pigs. As she starts writing help her along on maybe how to start the story ( that is usually the hardest part) After she gets going remind her to put in the words she needs to have in it. Or when you see her writing and you see a good spot to have one of the words you could suggest that she put that word there and tell her why so she knows why she is using it. I'm not sure if copying what you write would be a good idea. Because then she wont be thinking on her own and won't know how to use those words in a story very well. Good luck
Source(s): Me - Anonymous1 decade ago
Put these words on note cards. This is easier because she can visually see the words. Explain to her what these words mean.
Have her select a story and then with her go over what happens in the story. Write down what she says step by step (she will write later so it will really be her work she turns in. Write neatly so she can make out the letters). Ask her "What is the first thing that happens in the story?" As she goes on ask her "What happens next?" "What happens after that?" "What happened while he/she was doing that?" Until she basically has a list of the sequence of the story.
Then have her erase some of the words "next" (with this age there will probably be a lot), and replace them with "later" or "suddenly" in an appropriate place.
Have her erase the words she used to say 'While he/she...." with "During this time.....".
Then have her rewrite what you have written. You may want to have her mark out the words as she writes them. It is easy for children to lose their place.
Writing takes a long time for children this age because they have not fully developed all of their fine motor skills. If you see she needs a break let her have one, but encourage her to finish it in good time. You may want to have her pick a short story or shorten the story's number of words as you are writing it when she is telling you what happens.
Source(s): 1st grade teacher (6 year olds). - How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
- DaisyhillLv 71 decade ago
Get her to tell you the story first. Dont worry about the inclusion of the words later and suddenly etc. at this point. By telling it to you, you will see how well she knows the story....can she remember the begining, middle and end?
Once you know that she is familiar with it enough to write it, then ask her to write it all down...it may take a few go's...but if she can tell it then she can write it. Once it's written, then go over it and ask her "Where do you think the word "later" might fit in? And so on until she's included all the words.
Good luck!
- 1 decade ago
what about getting her to write a short story in four sentences
ask her to use one of the words in each sentence
let her think up a character and a little story - it can be something simple like a child walking to school and seeing his friend on the way there
you could write a short story using the words first to give her an example
i don't think you should write it down for her just sit with her and help her with her writing
- ♥STREAKER♥©℗†Lv 71 decade ago
Make an outline of the story she wants to tell. Make note of where the words, Later, suddenly, next and durning should go.
Have her write out the story in her own writing useing the outline as her guide.
Good Luck
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
Sleeping Beauty!
Suddenly, during the party a bad fairy came!
Later when everyone was asleep, a prince came through the forest!
Next the prince kissed sleeping beauty!
This is far to hard for 6 years old, my daughters in the year above that, and is in the highest groups and she doesn't get written work like that, I'd be speaking to the teacher!
Secondly, maybe you could give your daughter sentences like the ones I've given you and ask her to put the rest in herself! Therefore your helping, not doing! lol
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Wow, that's some hardcore homework! My daughter's homework is nothing like that!!
The point of writing the story is that she understands what the words mean and how they are used. So make sure she understands what they mean, and maybe give her some examples for each word. The she can kind-of follow the patterns that you made.