{"id":483,"date":"2017-01-04T13:28:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T18:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/?page_id=483"},"modified":"2019-07-24T11:05:16","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T15:05:16","slug":"grand","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/grand\/","title":{"rendered":"A Grand Old Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-530 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2017\/01\/Grand-Old-Tree.jpg\" alt=\"grand-old-tree\" width=\"196\" height=\"257\" \/>This week your child is learning the words\u00a0<strong>roots<\/strong>, <strong>creatures<\/strong>, <strong>landscape<\/strong>, and <strong>bask<\/strong>. \u00a0The words come from the book,\u00a0<em>A Grand Old Tree<\/em>. Watch the video below to hear the\u00a0storybook being read. Listen for the vocabulary words and point them out to your child.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EmlmCr2Kn_M\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EmlmCr2Kn_M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ask your child what each word means, and if they don&#8217;t know, explain the meaning to them or show them an example. As you\u2019re going through the week, try to talk about each word three times.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_529\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-529\" class=\"wp-image-529 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2017\/01\/Roots.jpg\" alt=\"Roots\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roots<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Roots<\/strong> &#8211; The <strong>roots<\/strong> of a tree or plant are in the ground. The roots are the part of the plant that grows downward and hold the plant in place, and absorbs water and minerals from the soil.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_528\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-528\" class=\"wp-image-528 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2017\/01\/creatures-e1483556448697.jpg\" alt=\"Creatures\" width=\"218\" height=\"180\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Creatures<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Creatures<\/strong> &#8211; animals or insects. Many different <strong>creatures<\/strong> live in a tree.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_527\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-527\" class=\"wp-image-527 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2017\/01\/landscape-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Landscape<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Landscape<\/strong> &#8211; the land and sky that you can see from one point. <strong>Landscapes<\/strong> can be very beautiful.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_531\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-531\" class=\"wp-image-531 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2017\/01\/Bask-e1483556467518.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle basking in sun\" width=\"202\" height=\"166\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Turtle basking in sun<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Bask<\/strong> \u2013 lie or lay down in a warm, calm place. This turtle is <strong>basking<\/strong> in the sun.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Congratulations, you are helping your child grow a large vocabulary!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week your child is learning the words\u00a0roots, creatures, landscape, and bask. \u00a0The words come from the book,\u00a0A Grand Old Tree. Watch the video below to hear the\u00a0storybook being read. Listen for the vocabulary words and point them out to your child. Ask your child what each word means, and if they don&#8217;t know, explain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4452,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-483","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}