Study guide: Make a Message and Listen to a Reply
Apply tell or ask, match a useful reply, choose a first capital, plan a drawing label using supplied texts and original responses.
Ideas to explain in your own words
- Messages have purposes. A telling sentence supplies information, a question asks for an answer, a direction requests an action and a preference tells what someone likes.
- A reply should answer the question or request just heard. A question beginning where needs a place, while a question about a favorite needs a choice.
- A person’s name begins with a capital letter in conventional English writing. The capital matches the first letter of that name, not the longest letter you see.
- A label names what a picture shows. Adding a color or size can make it more specific, but the label must still match the object in the picture.
Useful vocabulary
- Tell or ask
- Messages have purposes. A telling sentence supplies information, a question asks for an answer, a direction requests an action and a preference tells what someone likes.
- Match a useful reply
- A reply should answer the question or request just heard. A question beginning where needs a place, while a question about a favorite needs a choice.
- Choose a first capital
- A person’s name begins with a capital letter in conventional English writing. The capital matches the first letter of that name, not the longest letter you see.
- Plan a drawing label
- A label names what a picture shows. Adding a color or size can make it more specific, but the label must still match the object in the picture.
Watch your reasoning
- I like gives a preference, not a fact everyone must share.
- A favorite color does not answer where a book is.
- A capital is not needed for every letter in a name.
- Do not choose a nice-sounding label for a different object.
A worked review example
First: The kite is red. Question: Where is it? Name: mia. Picture: a red kite. Tell or ask: The first sentence gives information. I like gives a preference, not a fact everyone must share. Match a useful reply: Where asks for a place. A favorite color does not answer where a book is. Choose a first capital: mia begins with M: Mia. A capital is not needed for every letter in a name. Plan a drawing label: Red kite names exactly the described picture. Do not choose a nice-sounding label for a different object.
Make a practice plan
- Practice tell or ask: Read the first sentence aloud with an adult. Listen for whether it tells, asks, directs or says what the speaker prefers.
- Practice match a useful reply: Listen to the supplied question, identify what it asks for and choose the kind of information the listener needs.
- Practice choose a first capital: An adult writes the name. Name its first letter and replace that first lowercase letter with its matching capital.
- Practice plan a drawing label: Listen to the picture description. Dictate its object and its describing word, then check both against the description.
- Try the new review before opening its answer. Return to the related lesson if you want more help.