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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.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 0.3.2.1; 0.3.1.1 · speaking clearly and taking part in discussions

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 Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 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: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

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?

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

  2. Question 2

    Which word rhymes with “bat”?

    🎩
    • hat
    • dog
    • sun

  3. Question 3

    Which one is the best way to say what you need?

    • Hmm.
    • Water now!
    • May I have some water, please?

  4. Question 4

    Which word starts a question?

    • Jump
    • Where
    • Blue

  5. Question 5

    Which one is a sentence?

    • dog fast
    • the the run
    • The dog runs fast.

  6. Question 6

    You did not understand. What can you say?

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

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