Story Homework Prompt Sheet
Story:
Please return their book ready for the next story on:Friday 25th September
Please do not run two days work together or jump ahead with the tasks. Little and often is proven to be more effective. Each session should last about 15-20minutes – no more.
Please use their story homework book for the written tasks. Do please also use this book to make any comments if you wish to. We love to hear about your discussions. Thank you.
Key words: / Key WordsNouns: duck, cat, dog, water, farm, seeds, pigeon, corn, bread, morning, hen
Proper Nouns: Little Red Hen
Verbs:peck, grow, share, germinated, watered, chased, help, plant, cut, found, bake, eat
Adjectives:hungry, delicious, little, red
Day(We have not counted the weekends so this gives a little extra time ) / Task
1 / Read ‘The Little Red Hen’ to your child.
2 / Re-read ‘The Little Red Hen’to your child. Ask your child: What did The Little Red Hen ask the other animals to do?Where are the animals?What did The Little Red Hen decide to do? (There is no need to write anything here)
3 / Re-read ‘The Little Red Hen’to your child.Ask your child:What did the animals say every time the little red hen asked for their help? What did the little red hen do when they said no? How do you think that made her feel?(There is no need to write anything here)
4 / Re-read ‘The Little Red Hen’to your child. Discuss with your child: Were the animals being good friends to the little red hen? Why do you think they didn’t want to help? Why did the little red hen decide to not share the bread with the other animals? (There is no need to write anything here)
5 / Re-read ‘The Little Red Hen’to your child. What time of day do you think that this story began? What time of day do you think it ended? Why do you think it took so long?(There is no need to write anything here)
6 / Help your child to either copy-write or independently write a favourite sentence in their best handwriting.
7 / Help your child to write the answers to these questions in complete sentences (There is no need to write these questions):What did the little red hen have to do first? What did the little red hen have to do after she had planted the seeds?
8 / Help your child to write the answers to these questions in complete sentences (There is no need to write these questions):How do you think the little red hen felt when all her animal friends told her that they wouldn’t help her? Why do you think that the animals changed their mind?
9 / Help your child to write the answers to these questions in complete sentences (There is no need to write these questions):
How do you think the little red hen felt when she had finished her challenge of baking the bread all by herself? Do you think the other animals should have helped the little red hen? What should they have said?