“Amazing Animals

1. “Amazing Animals

2. deserve If you deserve something, you have worked hard to get it.

3. deserve Strong male chimpanzees think they deserve to lead the rest of the chimps. If I don’t do my work, I don’t deserve a good grade. Do you deserve an allowance if you do your chores, or if you never help out around the house?

4. deserve What might you deserve if you cleaned you bedroom? When do you think you deserve a reward? What does a dog deserve if it does a trick?

5. usually If something usually happens, it almost always happens. It is usually sunny in Florida.

6. usually Jane saw that chimps usually live in groups. I usually eat cereal for breakfast. Do you usually eat hamburgers or waffles for breakfast?

7. usually What do you usually do after school? What do you usually eat for lunch? What is something that does not usually happen at school?

8. peacefulWhen something is peaceful, it is calm and quiet.

9. peaceful Compared to other animals, chimps have a more peaceful way of deciding who should be the leader. It is very peaceful here in the classroom when I read you a story. Is a room peaceful when everyone is shouting, or when everyone is whispering?

10. peaceful Describe a peaceful picture. What would it look like? What is a peaceful solution to the problem of two children arguing? Name some places that are NOT very peaceful to be.

11. varietyIf there is a variety of something, there are many different kinds.

12. variety Animals have a variety of things that help them to live. The bake sale had a variety of cookies. Would you rather have a variety of books to read, or just one that you have to read over and over?

13. variety If I say something for which a great variety exists, you should say, “There’s a great variety of _________!” food clothes rocks dinosaurs still living colors scissors books pet lions

14. incredibleIf something is incredible, it is so amazing that it’s hard to believe.

15. incredible Camels are incredible animals. They have fat inside their humps that they can use for food. It is incredible how fast a cheetah can run. Would it be more incredible for me to fly a plane or water a plant?

16. incredible I will say something incredible and you should say “Wow, that’s incredible!” a dog barking a baby lifting a car an erupting volcano a piece of cheese a talking dog a person chewing gum

17. typical If something is typical, it usually happens this way.

18. typical A typical meal for ducks is plants. A typical lunch for me is a sandwich and a bottle of water. Would it be more typical to wear sunscreen or a heavy coat at the beach?

19. typical If I say something that typically happens on a school day, you should shrug your shoulders and “Oh, that’s so typical!” eat lunch read a story go swimming go on a field trip do math bake a cake sit down talk

20. Let’s recap…and review what we learned.

21. Fill in the blanks with the correct word.deserve usually peaceful We __________ praise because we helped clean the neighborhood park. The family enjoyed a _______________ day at the beach.

22. usually incredible typical Do you __________ eat breakfast or do you skip it? The children thought it was ____________ to see a hot air balloon land on the roof of the school.

23. typical variety deserve I like to eat a __________ of fruit and vegetables. The ____________ way I get to school is to drive my car.