Language Arts

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Tokyo Korean School Grade Three1 | Page

Preview Activity – Brainstorm Practice

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Alphabetical Order, Vocabulary and Part of SpeechPut the following words in alphabetical (ABC) order. After that, write 1) a definition, 2) atranslation, and 3) the part of speech for each word:

Alphabetical(ABC) Order

Definition Translation Part ofSpeech

1. ___________

2.____________

3.____________

4.____________

5.____________

6.____________

noun

7.____________

8.____________

9.____________

10.____________

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Vocabulary - Picture MatchWrite the vocabulary word that best matches the picture:

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6.

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2.

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7.

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3.

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8.

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4.

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9.

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5.

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10.

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Pre-reading Questions1. What is the title of the story?

2. What is the boy looking at on page 81?

3. What two things are the boy and the chick doing on page 83?

4. How many eggs is the boy holding on page 85?

5. Where are the birds walking on page 90?

6. What is the bird doing on pages 96 and 97?

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Grammar Focus - Subject Pronouns

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Draw lines to match the nouns with the subject pronouns.

we my mom

they the answer

he my sister and I

she the soccer player

it the ducklings

Fill in the blanks with the correct subject pronouns.

1. __________ am a student in Tokyo Korean School.

2. Mr. Austin is funny. __________ makes me laugh.

3. Can __________ lend me your eraser, please?

4. Dong Kyu and Ji Woo are my friends. __________ go toTokyo Korean School, too.

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Grammar Detective

Find different examples of subject pronouns from The Surprise Family.Write the sentence. Then write the page number and circle the subjectpronoun. Finally, write who or what is the noun that the pronounreplaced.

Example:

1. She built a nest. (page: 84)

Who/what was the noun? – The hen.

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Who/what was the noun? – __________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

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Who/what was the noun? – _________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

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Who/what was the noun? – __________________8 | Page

Scrambled Sentences

Unscramble the sentences from the story. First, try doing it withoutlooking in the book. After you finish, check your answers by findingthem in the story to see if you were correct. Write the page number ofthe correct sentence.

1. built nest. She a

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2. hen. He them gave the to little

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3. took drink the water. of a They

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4. She them at looked again.

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5. of swam hen’s The sight. out babies little

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6. look not babies Her did boys. like or likechicks

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Grammar Focus - Object Pronouns

Replace the underlined words with the correct object pronouns.

1. Daddy bought chicken for my sisterand me.

2. He gave I a duck.

3. He said that I could use the crayonsto draw pictures of my family.

4. He bought eggs for my sister.

5. She laughed when she saw theteddy bear.

6. I gave Dad a big hug.

7. I said “Thank him” to my dad.

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Grammar Detective

Find different examples of object pronouns from The Surprise Family. Write thesentence. Then write the page number and circle the subject pronoun. Finally,write who or what is the noun that the pronoun replaced.

Example:

1. The boy was not the kind of mother the chickexpected, but she loved him anyway. (page: 81)

Who/what was the noun? – The boy.

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

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Who/what was the noun? – _________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

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Who/what was the noun? – __________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

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Who/what was the noun? – __________________11 | Page

Comprehension Questions

Answer the questions in complete sentences.

1. What did the boy show the baby chick? (past tense of show=____________)

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2. When the baby chick became a hen, what did the hen want?

(past tense of want=____________)

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3. What can’t chickens do?

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4. What were three differences between the little hen and her babies?

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5. How did the little hen warn her babies of danger? (Your answer needs to have in a“by” in the answer)

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6. What did the ducks do that scared the hen?

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7. Why do you think the story was called The Surprise Family?

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The Surprise Family Word Search

baby fuzzy quilt waded

boy garden saw watched

clutch gizzard sharp

danger hawk taught

edge only together

enough pointed waterproof

fluffy pronoun webbed

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