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Koko’s Kitten. http://www.koko.org/. signed aggressive obnoxious perceptions distress. 4 th Grade Open Court – Unit 5 Communication Lesson 4 Koko’s Kitten - Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary. s. “ Cereal there. Good there drink,“ Koko signed .
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Koko’s Kitten http://www.koko.org/ signed aggressive obnoxious perceptions distress 4th Grade Open Court – Unit 5 Communication Lesson 4 Koko’s Kitten - Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary
s “ Cereal there. Good there drink,“ Koko signed. signed – “use context clues” http://www.rpsd.com/africa/alphabet/g.htm Luis signed the president’s speech for the deaf students in the audience. signed – for the hearing impaired, signing refers to a form of communication that involves the hands (page 446) Melissa Lape- Wilson Elementary
aggressive – “use context clues” Pushing over his desk is one example of Tyler’s aggressive behavior. He was very aggressive. He would go up to people and bite them for no reason. aggressive – working hard with a lot of energy and drive to get something (page 451) Melissa Lape- Wilson Elementary
obnoxious – “use context clues” The girls obnoxious behavior made people dislike her. “Cat bite. Obnoxious, “ Koko signed, but she never struck back. obnoxious – very annoying or disagreeable(p. 451) Melissa Lape- Wilson Elementary
perceptions – “use context clues” The woman’s keen perceptions about shoppers make her a good salesperson. In addition to sign language, art is another way I test Koko’s perceptions. perceptions – knowledge gained by observation (p. 453) Melissa Lape- Wilson Elementary
distress –“use context clues” The family watched in distress as their house burned. It was her distress call- a loud, long series of high-pitched hoots. distress – great pain, sorrow, or anxiety (page 454) Melissa Lape- Wilson Elementary
KoKo’s Kitten - Vocabulary signed – for the hearing impaired, signing refers to a form of communication that involves the hands aggressive – working hard with a lot of energy and drive to get something obnoxious – very annoying or disagreeable perceptions – knowledge gained by observation distress – great pain, sorrow, or anxiety Melissa Lape- Wilson Elementary
Koko’s Kitten - resources: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/0007/gorillas2.html http://www.koko.org/kidsclub/ American Sign Language http://where.com/scott.net/asl/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koko_%28gorilla%29 http://www.koko.org/world/journal.phtml Melissa Lape- Wilson Elementary
Koko’s Kitten Word Knowledge • These words end with the suffix –ous, which means “full of.” various ambitious studious luxurious • Identify each root word. vary ambition study luxury • What part of speech does the suffix –ous form? Melissa Lape- Wilson Elementary
These words have different spellings of the long a sound mistakes display plate conversation Name other words with these spellings of long a. (a _ e , _ ay, and a) Melissa Lape- Wilson Elementary
These words from Koko’s Kitten contain the suffixes:–less, meaning without –ful, meaning full of restless skillful mouthful distressful • Figure out the meaning of each word using the root word and the added suffix. Melissa Lape- Wilson Elementary