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Comprehension Questions:
What does the hair of a polar bear look like? (a straw (cylinder.)
Why does a polar bear need thick fur? (A polar bear lives in a cold place.)
What does an elephant use it's tusks for? (To scrape bark off of trees.)
Why does a camel need to use the fat in its hump for food? (There is not much to eat in the desert.)
Why would a giraffe need to hide? ( So animals that might hunt the giraffe might not see it.)
How do the quills of a porcupine keep it safe from other animals? (The sharp ends poke animals.)
Where does a dolphin live? (In the ocean.)
What helps a dolphin swim fast? (It's flukes.)
Comprehension- Drawing Conclusions:
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WRITING: How you have changed since you were a baby.
Fold a piece of paper in half the long way. On the left side of the page write a few sentences telling what you used to do as a baby (i.e. How you ate, how you got dressed, how you moved around, etc.) On the right side of the page, tell how you do those same things now that you are bigger.
Make sure you use your three important things in your sentence (Capital letter at beginning of the sentence, finger spaces between words, and an ending mark at the end of each sentence.)
baby, begins, eight, follow, learning, until, years, young
Suggested Activity: Target Practice
Write the sight words on paper plates. Attach the paper plates to a door. Tell your child a sight word and have them throw a stuffed object or a rolled up sock at the corresponding target word. They should also be able to hit a target and tell you the word after they have been practicing the word for the week.
Long Compound Words
1.) her 4.) sir 7.) fur 10.) third
2.) fern 5.) stir 8.) hurt
3.) girl 6.) bird 9.) turn