Vocabulary
What is a volcano?
A mountain that can erupt with lava
What is this mostly about?
Hawaii has sandy beaches. People love to swim in the ocean. Families visit Hawaii for fun.
People enjoy visiting Hawaii
The sun is shining, and people are swimming in the ocean.
What can you infer about the weather?
It is warm/sunny
Which word is a noun?
swim / beach / quickly
beach
Hawaii is the only U.S. state made up completely of what?
islands
What is an island?
Land with water all around it
What is the main idea?
Hawaii has many islands. Each island has different plants and animals. Some islands have volcanoes.
Hawaii has many different islands
A girl puts on sunscreen and grabs her surfboard.
Where is she probably going?
The beach
Which word is a verb?
ocean / run / blue
run
What is the name of the Hawaiian dance that uses hand movements to tell stories?
Hula
What is lava?
Very hot melted rock
What is the main idea?
The weather in Hawaii is warm. It is sunny most of the year. People wear shorts and swim often.
Hawaii has warm weather
The volcano is rumbling, and people are leaving the area.
Why are people leaving?
It might erupt / it’s dangerous
Which sentence is written correctly?
A. hawaii is a state
B. Hawaii is a state
C. hawaii is a state.
B
Hawaii is not connected to the U.S. mainland. How do most people travel there?
By plane
What is a wave?
Something in the ocean that surfers ride
What is the main idea?
People in Hawaii dance the hula. The dance tells stories with movements. It is an important tradition.
Hula is an important Hawaiian dance
A family packs swimsuits, towels, and sunglasses.
What are they getting ready to do?
Go swimming / go to the beach
Which sentence has the correct punctuation?
A. We went to Hawaii
B. we went to Hawaii!
C. We went to Hawaii.
C
What do people use leis for in Hawaii?
To welcome or celebrate people
What is the shore?
The land right next to the ocean
What is the main idea?
Hawaii is far away from the mainland United States. People must travel by plane to get there. It is surrounded by the ocean.
Hawaii is far away and surrounded by water
The island is far away, and people must fly to get there.
Why don’t people drive to Hawaii?
It is surrounded by water / too far
Which word best completes the sentence.
The water is very ______.
A. swim
B. blue
C. ocean
B
Hawaii has its own language. What language is also spoken there besides English?
Hawaiian