Bubbles Joins Our Class

On screen - your kid, alone

• 1Day 1 - Meet the story
• 2Day 2 - Word work
• 3Day 3 - What it means
• 4Day 4 - Fix & re-read
• 5Day 5 - Show what you know

Offline - with you

Print the pages for offline work together; the answer key is for you.

Read the passage about Bubbles together, then explain that sentences come in four kinds: a telling sentence ends with a period, an asking sentence ends with a question mark, a command tells someone to do something and ends with a period, and an exclamation shows strong feeling and ends with an exclamation mark. Point to one sentence at a time and ask, "Is this telling, asking, a command, or an exclamation? How do you know?" A strong answer names the type and points to a clue, like the question mark, the excited feeling, or the fact that the sentence is telling someone what to do. The trickiest contrast is command versus telling, so remind your child that a command bosses someone (like "Feed Bubbles just one pinch of food"), while a telling sentence shares information (like "The fish swam in a big glass bowl"). If your child gets stuck, read the sentence out loud with feeling and ask, "Does this sound like I am telling you something, asking you something, bossing you, or shouting with excitement?" For extra practice, take turns making up your own sentences about a pet and guessing which kind each one is.