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Kindergarten · English Language Arts · Unit 10 of 14

Listening & Talking

Good listening, kind questions and clear sentences.

What your child practises

Practises what a good listener looks like, asking who, what and where questions, speaking in whole sentences, and choosing a voice and words that suit the listener. Take turns chatting with your child and ask them to say back what they heard.

Nunavut Curriculum approved guide: NWT English Language Arts (2011), Comprehension · listening, asking questions, speaking in simple sentences and talking to different audiences

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Why is it good to share your ideas in a group?

    • It is not good
    • Everyone can learn from them
    • So nobody else can talk

  2. Question 2

    Which face shows listening?

    • Calm face looking at the speaker
    • Looking at your shoes
    • Making silly faces

  3. Question 3

    When a friend is talking, what should your ears do?

    • Rest
    • Listen
    • Wiggle

  4. Question 4

    To start a chat with a new friend you can say…

    • Go away.
    • Look at the floor.
    • Hi, what is your name?

  5. Question 5

    You want to know who is at the door. You ask…

    • Who is there?
    • I like doors.
    • The door is big.

  6. Question 6

    Which sentence is the clearest?

    • I see a big red ball.
    • Big I ball.
    • Ball see red.

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