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Kindergarten · English Language Arts · Unit 10 of 12

Talk & Listen

Sentences, questions and taking turns

What your child practices

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.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: K.SL.1; K.SL.6 · taking turns in conversations and speaking clearly

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A sentence tells a whole idea, like “The dog runs fast.”
  2. A question asks something. It ends with a question mark.
  3. To talk in class, raise your hand and wait your turn.

Example: Which one is a question? “Can I play?” or “I can play.” A question asks something. It ends with a question mark. Answer: Can I play?

Talk & Listen in Arizona

In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 10 of 12 in Kindergarten English Language Arts, after Blend a Word and before Word Parts & Meanings.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Arizona Department of Education

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

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

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

  2. Question 2

    Which word rhymes with “bat”?

    🎩
    • hat
    • dog
    • sun

  3. Question 3

    You have a question for the teacher. What do you do?

    ✋
    • walk away
    • shout out
    • raise your hand

  4. Question 4

    You did not understand. What can you say?

    • Nothing.
    • Go away.
    • Can you say that again?

  5. Question 5

    Which word starts a question?

    • Where
    • Blue
    • Jump

  6. Question 6

    Sam says, “I saw a big red truck.” What did Sam tell about?

    🚚
    • a snow day
    • a boat
    • a truck

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