For the parents:

Make sure your kid’s pronunciation is similar

to the recording.
Grade them with a face: , or after the third attempt.

Lesson 1
Home C onnection 1 Track

Listen to "Directions" again and repeat the D o ne !

following fragments. Ask an adult at home to
grade your pronunciation. Parent's signature

1. Go straight. Turn right. It’s on

Pine Street.
2. It’s next to the grocery store.
Child's signature
3. Go straight. It’s on Oak Street.

Teacher's signature

Lesson 2
Home C onnection 2 Track

Listen to "Where’s the Bank?" again and D o ne !

repeat the following fragments. Ask an adult
at home to grade your pronunciation. Parent's signature

1. Where’s the toy store?

2. It’s next to the pet store.
3. Go straight. It’s on Oak Street.
Child's signature

Teacher's signature

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 Lesson 3
Home C onnection 3 Track

Listen to "Sunnyville" again and repeat the D o ne !

following fragments. Ask an adult at home to
grade your pronunciation.
Parent's signature
1. Our people are friendly. Our buses are
fast and clean.
2. Bob’s ice cream store is between the
movie theater and the bank. Child's signature
3. The park is across from the museum.

Teacher's signature

Lesson 4
Home C onnection 4 Track

Listen to "Where Do They Work?" again and repeat D o ne !

the following fragments. Ask an adult at home to
grade your pronunciation.
Parent's signature
1. A firefighter works at a fire station.
2. A waiter works at a restaurant.
3. A doctor works at a hospital.
Child's signature

Teacher's signature

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 Lesson 5
Home C onnection 5 Track

Listen to "Chinese Horoscope" again and repeat D o ne !

the following fragments. Ask an adult at home
to grade your pronunciation.
Parent's signature
1. Each animal in the Chinese horoscope
has a different personality.
2. You like to help other people and
you’re a wonderful friend. Child's signature
3. If you’re a tiger, you’re brave and
you’re independent.
Teacher's signature

Lesson 6
Home C onnection 6 Track

Listen to "My Favorite Music" again and repeat D o ne !

the following fragments. Ask an adult at home to
grade your pronunciation.
Parent's signature
1. Hip-hop
2. Blues
3. Country
Child's signature

Teacher's signature

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 Lesson 7
Home C onnection 7 Track

Listen to "Traditional Dances" again and D o ne !

repeat the following fragments. Ask an adult
at home to grade your pronunciation.
Parent's signature
1. She wears a beautiful costume and claps,
stomps her feet and moves her arms.
2. Shiva, the Lord of the Dance, created
Heaven and Earth with his dancing. Child's signature
3. They dance to traditional Irish music
played on violins, bagpipes, and drums.
Teacher's signature

Lesson 8
Home C onnection 8 Track

Listen to "Letters!" again and repeat the D o ne !

following fragments. Ask an adult at home to
grade your pronunciation.
Parent's signature
1. I know you’ll have an awesome time!
2. What letters don’t you hear me say?
3. When you write, you have to know
where silent letters ought to go.
Child's signature

Teacher's signature

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