Speech Sounds
Name 1 spring related word that contains your target sound.
/r/ Spring, flower, Easter, April, March, rain, rainbow
/s/ Spring, baseball, sunshine
/ch/ chick, hatch, March
Identify the pronoun:
He plays baseball in the spring.
He
name one non-verbal cue that someone is not listening
looking away, no eye contact, body facing away...
the season after winter, a quick movement upward/forward, a metal coil
Read the following and answer the question:
Lilly and Mark took their dog Spot to the park to play.
Who is in the story?
Lilly, Mark, Spot
Name 2 Spring related words that contain your target sound.
/r/ Spring, flower, Easter, April, March, rain, rainbow
/s/ Spring, baseball, sunshine
/ch/ chick, hatch, March
Change the following sentence to make the noun plural:
My dog likes to sleep in the sunshine.
My dogs like to sleep in the sunshine.
Name one non-verbal cue that a person is listening to you
looking at you/ eye contact, body is facing you
Describe two meanings for the word "March"
The month after February, moving in steady/regular steps with others
Read the following and answer the question:
The flowers in the garden were starting to bloom.
Where are the flowers?
In the garden
Make a sentence that includes the following words:
Rain
Rainbow
After it rains I can see a rainbow.
Fix the sentence:
I goed to the beach over spring break.
I went to the beach over spring break.
Name one verbal cue that lets you know that someone is interested in a conversation
asking questions, answering questions, tone of voice...
Use context clues to define "precipitation" in the following sentence:
When the weatherman said there was a 90% chance of precipitation the children knew that they would not be able to have their outdoor picnic today.
Rain
Read the following and answer the question:
After listening to the weather forecast, Joan said, "well I guess I need to bring an umbrella today."
Why would she say that?
The weatherman said it might rain today.
Make a sentence that includes the following words:
chick
hatch
I watched the baby chick hatch from the egg.
Fix the sentence:
I saw three deers in the field.
I saw three deer in the field.
Give an example of how you could initiate a conversation about spring break
"What did you do over spring break?"
Use context clues to define "jovial" in the following sentence:
The happy dog was very jovial when his owner got home.
Happy/cheerful
Read the following and answer the question:
At the beach, we built a sandcastle after we went swimming.
what did they do first?
went swimming
Make up a springtime story that contains all of the following words:
Spring
Flower
April
Rain
I love spring because I like seeing all of the beautiful flowers bloom. In April it tends to rain a lot. This helps the flowers grow.
Change the following sentences into past tense form:
The grass will grow.
The wind is blowing.
The grass grew.
The wind blew.
Say the following sentences using a positive tone of voice and then using a sarcastic tone of voice:
I love all the bugs that are outside
The weather today is great
correct demonstration
Use context clues to define "effortlessly" in the following sentence:
Thomas was able to roller skate effortlessly around the rink while Jill had trouble standing up in her skates.
easily/ without difficulty
Read the following and answer the question:
On the roundtrip, Dave was wearing his sunglasses all day but did not need to anymore.
What are two DIFFERENT reasons that Dave might have removed his sunglasses?
The sun was no longer in his eyes/the sun is not as bright/ the sun is blocked by a cloud/ the sun has gone down (it's night time)