Kindergarten · English Language Arts · Unit 1 of 11
Talk & Listen
Sentences, questions and taking turns
What your child practises
Chat about the day, ask your child to answer in a whole sentence, and let them ask you questions. Poems and rhymes are great practice too.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: Develop listening and speaking skills by sharing ideas, stories, and poems.; Contribute to discussions by asking questions and speaking in sentences that contain complete ideas. · listening, taking turns, asking questions and speaking in sentences with complete ideas
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Ana tells about her trip. What is a good question?
🧳- I am hungry.
- What did you see?
- Please be quiet.
Show answer
What did you see?
Hint: A good question helps a friend tell more.
Question 2
Mia wants to tell about her weekend. Which is a whole idea?
🏞️- lake
- went the
- I went to the lake with my dad.
Show answer
I went to the lake with my dad.
Hint: A sentence tells a whole idea, with who and what happened.
Question 3
Which two words rhyme?
- pig and wig
- cow and pen
- pig and cat
Show answer
pig and wig
Hint: Rhyming words end with the same sound.
Question 4
Which word rhymes with “sun”?
☀️- moon
- star
- run
Show answer
run
Hint: Sun and run end with the same sound.
Question 5
Which one is a question?
- I like turns.
- Can I have a turn?
- It is my turn.
Show answer
Can I have a turn?
Hint: A question asks something. It often starts with who, what, where or can.
Question 6
Your friend is talking. What do your ears and eyes do?
👂- run around
- look away and hum
- listen and look at them
Show answer
listen and look at them
Hint: Good listeners look at the speaker and keep quiet.