Stick Puppets/Hand Puppets
Fun with Shadows
Writing
Grammar
Vocabulary
100
What holds up a shadow stick puppet?
The stick
100
Is Fun with Shadows fiction or nonfiction? Why?
It is nonfiction, because it is informative writing about how to do something.
100
Where are you going in our story for this unit?
The rainforest
100
What letter should be capitalized in this sentence?
"i like ice cream."
I
100
What is this animal?
A horse
250
What materials do you need for hand puppets?
A wall in a dark room, a torch, and a pair of hands
250
When I move the puppet closer to the torch, the shadow will grow _______.
Larger
250
What should you do at the beginning of any paragraph?
Indent
250
What does adverbs describe?
Verbs
250
The opposite of "in front of"
Behind
500
How does a shadow form? Explain.
A shadow forms when an object blocks light from passing through to the other side.
500
What is the page that tells us where we can find different things in the book called?
The table of contents
500
Where a story happens and when it happens
The setting
500
Adverbs can describe how something is done, but adverbs can also describe _____ or _____ something is done.
Where or when
500
Make part of a whole or set.
Include
750
What materials do you need for stick puppets? (7 items)
1. Poster board/thick paper
2. A pen/pencil
3. scissors
4. A stick
5. Tape/glue
6. A wall in a dark room
7. A torch
750
Which 3 animals does the book explain for us (using details) how to make into hand puppets?
A spider, a dog, and a swan
750
What are the first and last paragraphs called?
The introduction and conclusion
750
Which letters should be capitalized in:
"inventing the telephone"
Inventing the Telephone
750
To make it impossible to go forward or to get through somewhere
Block
1000
What are the 5 steps to make a stick puppet?
1. Draw a shape on the poster board or paper.
2. Cut out the shape.
3. Tap/glue the puppet to one end of the stick.
4. Shine the torch on the wall from about 2 meters away.
5. Move the puppet towards the torch to make it bigger or away from the torch to make it smaller.
1000
Which island and country is this shadow puppet from?
Java, Indonesia
1000
What do we call the very first sentence of a paragraph that tells what the paragraph will be about?
The topic sentence
1000
Which letters should be capitalized in:
I follow my herd of korean cows from the east to the west of south america.
I follow my herd of Korean cows from the east to the west of South America.
1000
In the direction of
Toward