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Kindergarten · English Language Arts · Unit 1 of 11

Talk & Listen

Sentences, questions and taking turns

What your child practises

Chat about the day, ask your child to answer in a whole sentence, and let them ask you questions. Poems and rhymes are great practice too.

Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: Develop listening and speaking skills by sharing ideas, stories, and poems.; Contribute to discussions by asking questions and speaking in sentences that contain complete ideas. · listening, taking turns, asking questions and speaking in sentences with complete ideas

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Ana tells about her trip. What is a good question?

    🧳
    • I am hungry.
    • What did you see?
    • Please be quiet.
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    What did you see?

    Hint: A good question helps a friend tell more.

  2. Question 2

    Mia wants to tell about her weekend. Which is a whole idea?

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    • lake
    • went the
    • I went to the lake with my dad.
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    I went to the lake with my dad.

    Hint: A sentence tells a whole idea, with who and what happened.

  3. Question 3

    Which two words rhyme?

    • pig and wig
    • cow and pen
    • pig and cat
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    pig and wig

    Hint: Rhyming words end with the same sound.

  4. Question 4

    Which word rhymes with “sun”?

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    • moon
    • star
    • run
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    run

    Hint: Sun and run end with the same sound.

  5. Question 5

    Which one is a question?

    • I like turns.
    • Can I have a turn?
    • It is my turn.
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    Can I have a turn?

    Hint: A question asks something. It often starts with who, what, where or can.

  6. Question 6

    Your friend is talking. What do your ears and eyes do?

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    • run around
    • look away and hum
    • listen and look at them
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    listen and look at them

    Hint: Good listeners look at the speaker and keep quiet.