Phonics
Vocab
Key Ideas
100

What is a homograph?

Two words that are spelled the same but have a different sound or meaning

100

Land along the sea

Coast

100

Why do mother whales "whisper"?

To keep the babies safe

200
One is a flying animal 

The other is sports equipment

Bat

200

A dry, sandy area of land without water or trees

Desert

200

Why do they call whale sounds songs?

Because they have a pattern

300

One is a candy

One is a long metal rod

Bar

300

Narrow valleys, with high steep sides, often with a stream at the bottom

Canyons

300

Why isn't the mother whale loud around the babies?

So that other animals don't hear

400

A direction you turn

To leave somewhere

Left

400

Volcano

An opening at the top of a high hill or mountain through which steam, ashes, and lava are sometimes forced out. 

400

Why do mother whales need to have alone time with their babies?

To help them get strong

500

A season

What happens when you trip over something

Fall

500

Plains

Flat areas of land

500

Why do baby whales make a different sound than their mothers?

To let their mother know where they are in the water.

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