Core Skills Analysis
Visual Arts
- Drew four ghost pictures, practicing how to represent an idea with images.
- Made multiple pictures around a shared subject, giving the child practice in creating a small themed set.
- Labeled the drawings, combining visual expression with written communication.
Language Arts
- Read a story featuring Penelope Rex, building experience with narrative reading.
- Encountered a story character and dinosaur-related content through a book.
- Labeled the ghost pictures, connecting written words with the images they describe.
Social-Emotional Learning
- Played with a friend at recess, taking part in shared play.
- Had an opportunity to interact with a peer in a recreational setting.
- Practiced participating in an activity with a friend.
Tips
Tips Build on the ghost drawings by inviting the child to invent a name and one descriptive sentence for each ghost, then read the sentences aloud together. Use the Penelope Rex story as a springboard for a conversation about the characters and what happens in the story, and invite the child to draw a favorite moment. For a playful art-and-math connection, count the ghosts and sort them by a feature the child chooses, such as shape or expression. After recess, encourage the child to share a favorite part of playing with a friend and make a simple comic showing the shared play.
Book Recommendations
- We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins: A humorous picture book about Penelope Rex navigating school and relationships with classmates.
Learning Standards
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1: Reading a story provides practice engaging with literary text; discussion questions can extend attention to details and evidence from the text.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3: Adding a name and descriptive sentence to each ghost can extend the child's picture labeling into narrative writing.
- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.D.9: Counting the four drawings and creating a pattern or grouping offers a simple opportunity to explore number relationships and patterns.
Try This Next
- Ghost-label writing prompt: Give each of the four ghosts a name and write one describing word beside it.
- Story drawing task: Draw a favorite character or moment from the Penelope Rex story and explain the choice.
- Counting challenge: Count the ghost pictures and arrange them into a chosen pattern or grouping.
- Friendship comic: Draw a short comic about playing with a friend at recess.