Dates: October 26-30

Magazine Lessons: Describe It!/ What Are You Looking For?/ Lost and Found

Activity Focus: Reading Comprehension/ Name the Object/ Talk About It!

Looking For and Describing Things

Part 1: Multiple Choice. Choose the correct answer for each question. Use the information from the conversations in your magazine.

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October 26

  1. How do you play the game?

(A) think of a word

(B) look for a website

(C) describe an object

(D) pretend you are something

2.Jack is thinking of a ___.

(A)cold drink(B) fan

(C) cold food(D) hat

October 27

3. The woman is looking for ___.

(A)work clothes (B) travel shirts

(C) school clothes (D) camp clothes

4. How does the woman need to look?

(A) professional (B) perfect

(C) proud (D) part-time

5. What does the woman prefer?

(A)a long, white shirt

(B) a brown shirt with a design

(C)a blue shirt with a green design

(D)a green or blue shirt with a collar

October 28

6. Which of the following is false?

(A)The clothing store sells purses.

(B)The woman is looking for her purse.

(C) The woman looked everywhere.

(D) The purse is the size of a lunch box.

7. What is on the front of the purse?

(A)a square(B) a flower

(C)a tiger(D) a fish

8. Where was the woman’s purse?

(A)under the table

(B)behind the chair

(C)on top of the desk

(D) in the dressing room

October 29

9. How did Pam lose her book?

(A)She left it in a bathroom.

(B)It fell out of her purse.

(C)She left the book on a table.

(D) Someone took the book from her.

10. What is true about the book Pam lost?

(A)It was a gift.

(B)It was expensive.

(C)It is called Annie.

(D)None of the above

October 30

11. What is Jack reading?

(A)a website for authors

(B)an ad for a lost computer

(C)a notice about a missing book

(D)an article about missing objects

12. What is Pam going to do?

(A)meet the owner of the book

(B)call the person who found her book

(C)put another ad in the newspaper

(D)write a letter about the missing book

13. What color is the cover?

(A) gold and green(B) red and white(C) gold and blue(D) red and gold

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Part 2: Name the Object. Read the sentences that describe each object. Write the letters of the object in the blanks. One letter in each word has a box around it. Put the letters together to spell a word! The letters are not in order.

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  1. This object is small. You use it to write in different colors. And it is light.

m ______

  1. The shape of this is a square. You remember special people and places in it. And sometimes you put it on the wall.

__ i __ t ______

  1. Look for this in the kitchen. It is yellow, long, and sweet.

__ __ n ______

  1. This keeps you cool in the summer. And part of it moves quickly.

______

  1. It is the first thing you see when you look at a book.

______r

  1. You don’t want to drop these. They may break! Then you won’t be able to see.

g ______

  1. Do not leave this at home. You need it to buy things. It is small and fits inside a purse.

__ a ______

  1. This makes your T-shirt look cool. It is on the front and sometimes the back too.

__ __ s ______

9. If you prefer to shop online, then you need one of these!

__ __ m ______

10. Now put the letters from the boxes above in the correct order. What does it spell?

This is something you may read every day. It is black and white!

______

Part 3: Talk About It! Discuss the following questions with a classmate.

  1. Would you rather have a fan or A/C in the summer? Why?
  2. Do you prefer coffee or tea? Why?
  3. Is there anything in the room in the shape of a square? What is it?
  4. Do you read the newspaper? What is your favorite section?
  5. Have you ever left something somewhere? What happened?
  6. Have you ever turned something in that you found? Describe the experience.
  7. What would you do if you had a missing pet?
  8. Would you like to work in an office? Why or why not?

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