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Pencil Talk
Draw a picture of an animal with antlers. Write a sentence that describes your picture. Use the word antlers in your sentence. Make a list of animals that have antlers, horns, or tusks. When you have finished, check with classmates to see what animals they named on their lists. Complete this sentence frame: __________ are animals with antlers.
imagined
All Together
Im going to tell you a sentence. Wearing a blanket as a cape, Herman imagined he was a superhero. What is a synonym for imagined? Lets choose a word and say it together. Im going to describe the behavior of some animals. If you think the behavior is imagined, say Imagined. If you think the behavior is real, say Not imagined. squirrels talking cows singing birds flying dogs barking
languages
Team Talk
Share with your partner any words you know in other languages. After you say a word or words, let your partner try to guess the language before you name it. Take turns making a list of languages. Start with English and see how many other languages you can name. Yes in English is da in Russian. What are the words for yes in other languages? Find out how many you and your partner know.
narrator
Team Talk
Tell a short, familiar fable, such as The Tortoise and the Hare, to your partner. Then have your partner tell the same story to you. How did changing the narrator change the story? Take turns completing this sentence frame with adjectives: The best story narrator would be __________. Discuss with your partner why an author might include a narrator in a play or story. Think about what a narrator can do that other characters cannot.
overhead
Action!
Take a small classroom object and follow these directions: Hold the object behind you. Hold the object overhead. Hold the object to your left. Name things that can pass overhead outside. As you name each thing, act out how it moves as it passes overhead.
poked
Action!
Show how you have poked something. Use your finger to poke your desktop three times. Act out the following situations: To get his or her attention, you tapped the person politely. To wake him or her up, you gently poked the person. To tell him or her something very important, you grabbed the person by the arm. Discuss the differences in these actions.