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Kindergarten · English Language Arts · Unit 10 of 14

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.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: K.1(C); K.1(D) · 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 Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 10 of 14 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: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

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

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

    ✋
    • shout out
    • raise your hand
    • walk away

  2. Question 2

    How do you speak in a library?

    📚
    • loudly
    • in a quiet voice
    • by singing

  3. Question 3

    Which one asks a question?

    • What is your favorite color?
    • My favorite color is blue.
    • Blue is nice.

  4. Question 4

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

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

  5. Question 5

    A poem has a beat. How can you show it?

    👏
    • run away
    • cover your ears
    • clap along

  6. Question 6

    Which sentence is polite?

    • Book now.
    • Give me that.
    • Please pass the book.

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