Kindergarden - Stories

Stories: Supplemental Guide 7B | The Story of Jumping Mouse, Part I 131

Extensions 15 minutes

 Multiple Meaning Word Activity

Multiple Choice: Stream

Note: You may choose to have students hold up one, two, or three

fingers to indicate which image shows the meaning being described

or have a student walk up to the poster and point to the image being

described.

1. [Show Poster 4M (Stream).] In the read-aloud you heard, “Eventually,
   Jumping Mouse came to a stream in the dry desert.” Which picture
   shows a stream?
   
   
   • one
   
   
   
   


2. Stream can also mean other things. Stream also means a lot of things
   moving at once. Which picture shows many people streaming across
   the street?
   
   
   • three
   
   
   
   


3. Stream also means to flow freely. Which picture shows a tear
   streaming down a person’s cheek?
   
   
   • two
   
   
   
   


4. Now that we have gone over the different meanings for the word
   stream, quiz your partner on these different meanings. Remember to
   use complete sentences. For example, you could say, “Water streams
   out of the hose in the garden.” Your partner should then respond,
   “That’s number .”

 Syntactic Awareness Activity

Asking and Answering Questions Using Why

Directions: Today we are going to practice answering questions that use

the question word why.

Note: There may be variations in the sentences created by your class.

Allow for these variations and restate students’ sentences so that they

are grammatical. If necessary, have students repeat the sentence.

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