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Exercise 1 living room i. What are the children sitting on? (Tap.)
The carpet.

• Yes, the children are sitting on the carpet.
1 Say the sentence. (Tap.) The children are sitting

on the carpet.
j. (Point to coffee table.) This is a coffee table.
a. Look at the picture. ✓ • Say coffee. (Tap.) Coffee.
• Say, a coffee table. (Tap.) A coffee table.
• This room is a living room. Repeat steps i and j until firm.
• What room? (Tap.) A living room.
b. (Touch couch.) This is a couch. k. What kind of table is this? (Tap.) A coffee table.
• Say couch. (Tap.) Couch. • Yes, this is a coffee table.
Repeat steps a and b until firm. Say the sentence. (Tap.) This is a coffee table.
Repeat step k until firm.
c. How many couches does this living room
have? (Tap.) One. l. I will name the things in this room:
• (Touch couch.) Couch.
• Yes, this living room has one couch. • (Touch carpet.) Carpet.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) This living room has one • (Touch chair.) Chair.
• (Touch coffee table.) Coffee table.
couch. • (Touch lamp.) Lamp.
d. Does this living room have a lamp? (Tap.) Yes. • (Touch TV.) TV.
• (Touch lamp.) This living room has a lamp. m. My turn to tell the things this living room has:
Say the sentence. (Tap.) This living room has (Touch couch.) This living room has a couch.
n. Your turn: Say the sentence. (Tap.) This living
a lamp.
• How many lamps does this living room have? room has a couch.
(Tap.) One. • (Touch chair.) Tell me. (Tap.) This living room has
Say the sentence. (Tap.) This living room has one
a chair.
lamp. • (Touch carpet.) Tell me. (Tap.) This living room
e. Does this living room have a chair? (Tap.) Yes.
Repeat steps c through e until firm. has a carpet.
• (Touch coffee table.) Tell me. (Tap.) This living
f. (Point to TV.) This is a TV.
• What is this? (Tap.) A TV. room has a coffee table.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) This is a TV. • (Touch lamp.) Tell me. (Tap.) This living room has
g. The children are looking at TV.
• What are the children doing? (Tap.) Looking a lamp.
• (Touch TV.) Tell me. (Tap.) This living room has
at TV.
• Are the children sitting on the couch? (Tap.) a TV.
Repeat steps l through n until firm.
No.
Repeat steps f and g until firm.

h. Listen: The children are sitting on the carpet.
• Say carpet. (Tap.) Carpet.
Repeat step h until firm.

Exercise 2 only Exercise 3 le t ter

a. (Sit down.)
• I am going to do some things.
• Ask me: Are you going to do six things? 3 a
(Tap.) Are you going to do six things?
• No, I am only going to do four things. a. (Point to boy.) What is this child writing? (Call
Say the sentence about what I am only going on a student. Idea: The letter C.)

to do. (Tap.) You are only going to do four things. • Yes, this child is writing the letter C.
Repeat step a until firm. Say the sentence. (Tap.) This child is writing the

b. Here I go. letter C.
• (Clap, stand up, turn around, sit down.) b. (Point to woman.) This woman is writing a
c. Listen: You are going to do some things.
• Ask me: Am I going to do all the things different kind of letter.
• Does her letter have words in it? (Tap.) Yes.
you did? (Tap.) Am I going to do all the things • Ask me: How many words are in her letter?
you did? (Tap.) How many words are in her letter?
• No, you are only going to do two things. 130 words.
Say the sentence about what you are going • How many words does her letter have?
to do. (Tap.) I am only going to do two things.
Repeat steps b and c until firm. (Tap.) 130.
Say the sentence about her letter. (Tap.) Her

letter has 130 words.
Repeat steps a and b until firm.

d. Listen: You are only going to do the first two 3b cat
things.
c. (Point to word cat.) This word is cat.
Say the sentence about what you are only • Listen: How many letters does this word
going to do. (Tap.) I am only going to do the first
two things. have? (Tap.) Three.
Say the sentence about this word. (Tap.) This
• Do the first two things I did. [Students clap,
then stand up.] word has three letters.
Repeat step c until firm.
• Did you do all of the things I did? (Tap.) No.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) I did not do all of the

things you did.
Repeat step d until firm.

e. Did you only do the last two things I did? Exercise 4 t h r ow - c atc h
(Tap.) No.
4a throw
• Did you only do the first two things I did? catch
(Tap.) Yes.

Say the sentence. (Tap.) I only did the first two a. (Point to word throw.) This word is throw.
things you did.
• Say row. (Tap.) Row.
Repeat step e until firm. • Say throw. (Tap.) Throw.
Repeat step a until firm.

b. Say: Throw a rock. (Tap.) Throw a rock.

• Say: Throw a ball. (Tap.) Throw a ball.
Repeat step b until firm.

c. (Point to word catch.) This word is catch. i. (Point to picture 1.) What is the boy doing?
• Say catch. (Tap.) Catch. (Tap.) Throwing the ball.
• Say: Catch a ball. (Tap.) Catch a ball. Say the sentence. (Tap.) The boy is throwing the
Repeat step c until firm.
ball.
d. Listen: The boy will throw the ball. The girl • (Point to picture 2.) What is the girl doing?
will catch the ball. (Tap.) Catching the ball.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) The girl is catching the
• Who will throw the ball? (Tap.) The boy.
• Who will catch the ball? (Tap.) The girl. ball.
e. What will the boy do? (Tap.) Throw the ball. Repeat steps h and i until firm.
• What will the girl do? (Tap.) Catch the ball.
Repeat steps d and e until firm. Exercise 5 story questions

a. Ginger lived two miles from Kathy.
• How far did Ginger live from Kathy? (Tap.)
4b
Two miles.
Yes, Ginger lived two miles from Kathy.
f. (Point to picture 1.) Listen: The boy is b. One day, Kathy said to Ginger,“Can you

throwing the ball. come to my house for lunch tomorrow?”
• What is the boy doing? (Tap.) Throwing the ball. • What did Kathy want Ginger to do? (Tap.)
Say the sentence. (Tap.) The boy is throwing the
Come to her house for lunch tomorrow.
ball. • Ginger said,“I can not come to your house
• Is the boy eating the ball? (Tap.) No.
• What is the boy doing? (Tap.) Throwing the ball. before 3 o’clock.”
Say the sentence. (Tap.) The boy is throwing the c. Kathy said,“Can you come to my house for

ball. dinner?”
g. Listen: The girl will catch the ball. • What did she ask? (Tap.) Can you come to my
• What will the girl do? (Tap.) Catch the ball.
• (Point to picture 1.) Is the girl catching the house for dinner?
• Ginger said,“Yes.”
ball now? (Tap.) No. d. Kathy said,“Good. I cooked something new. I
Say the sentence. (Tap.) The girl is not catching
think you will like it a lot.”
the ball now. • Did she think Ginger would like it? (Tap.) Yes.
• Will the girl catch the ball? (Tap.) Yes. • Was this the first time Kathy cooked it? (Tap.)
Say the sentence. (Tap.) The girl will catch the
Yes.
ball. Yes, this was the first time she cooked this
Repeat steps f and g until firm.
dinner.
h. (Point to picture 2.) Is the boy throwing the Repeat steps a through d until firm.
ball now? (Tap.) No.

• The girl is catching the ball.
• What is the girl doing? (Tap.) Catching the ball.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) The girl is catching the

ball.

e. Ginger walked over to Kathy’s house. c. Listen: People eat when they are hungry.
Kathy put out the dinner, and the women Say the sentence. (Tap.) People eat when they

started to eat. are hungry.
• Kathy asked,“Don’t you think it is very good?” • Say the sentence with you. (Tap.) You eat when
• Ginger did not think it was very good. But she
you are hungry.
didn’t want to make Kathy feel bad. So she Repeat steps b and c until firm.
said,“Yes, I like it.”
f. But Ginger did not like the food. She hated it. d. Listen: People sleep when they are sleepy.
• Did Ginger say she hated it? (Tap.) No. Say the sentence. (Tap.) People sleep when they
• What did Ginger say? (Tap.) I like it.
That is not what she was thinking. are sleepy.
g. After dinner Ginger walked home. Kathy said • Say the sentence with you. (Tap.) You sleep
that she could drive Ginger home, but Ginger
wanted to walk. She was thinking,“I will not when you are sleepy.
have the bad taste of that meal after I walk e. People can buy things when they have money.
two miles.” Say the sentence. (Tap.) People can buy things
h. Ask me: Did she have the bad taste of that
meal after two miles? (Tap.) Did she have the when they have money.
bad taste of that meal after two miles? Say the sentence with you. (Tap.) You can buy
Yes, she did.
• She had the bad taste of that meal all night. things when you have money.
• How long did she have the bad taste of that Repeat steps d and e until firm.
meal? (Tap.) All night.
Repeat steps e through h until firm. Exercise 7 contractions

Exercise 6 you a. You are learning contractions.
What are you learning? (Tap.) Contractions.
a. Here’s another way to say: People use dishes • A contraction is a short word for two other
when they eat beans: You use dishes when
you eat beans. words.
What is a contraction? (Tap.) A short word for
• People use dishes when they eat beans.
Say the sentence with people. (Tap.) People use two other words.
b. You learned contractions for is not and are
dishes when they eat beans.
• Say the sentence with the word you. (Tap.) You not.
• What is the contraction for is not? (Tap.) Isn’t.
use dishes when you eat beans. • What is the contraction for are not? (Tap.)
Repeat step a until firm.
Aren’t.
Repeat steps a and b until firm.

b. Here’s another sentence: People wear coats
when it is cold outside.

Say the sentence with people. (Tap.) People
wear coats when it is cold outside.

• Say the sentence with you. (Tap.) You wear
coats when it is cold outside.

Yes, you wear coats when it is cold outside.

c. I’ll say sentences with is not or are not. c. Look at the red house. ✓
You will say the sentences with contractions.
d. The men are not on the boat. • There is a house that is east of the red house.
Say it with a contraction. (Tap.) The men aren’t • Which house is east of the red house? (Tap.)

on the boat. The green house.
• My car is not working. Say the sentence about the green house. (Tap.)
Say it with a contraction. (Tap.) My car isn’t
The green house is east of the red house.
working.
• Our house is not very big. d. Look at the red house. ✓
Say it with a contraction. (Tap.) Our house isn’t
• There is a house that is north of the red house.
very big. • Which house is north of the red house? (Tap.)
• Her brother is not learning English.
Say it with a contraction. (Tap.) Her brother The blue house.
Say the sentence about the blue house. (Tap.)
isn’t learning English.
• A cup is not a vehicle. The blue house is north of the red house.
Say it with a contraction. (Tap.) A cup isn’t a Repeat steps c and d until firm.

vehicle. e. Look at the yellow house. ✓
Repeat steps c and d until firm.
• There are houses that are north of the yellow
Exercise 8 directions house. One of those houses is red.

• What color is the other house? (Tap.) Blue.

8 f. Look at the red house. ✓

• There is a house that is west of the red house.
a. This map shows houses. • Which house is west of the red house? (Tap.)
• Listen: A person is at the green house.
The person wants to go to the red house. The white house.
• Raise your hand when you know which Say the sentence about the white house. (Tap.)

direction the person will go. ✓ The white house is west of the red house.
Repeat steps e and f until firm.
b. Everybody, which direction will the person go?
(Tap.) West. g. (Point to lower 5 miles.) This says five miles.
That’s how far it is from the yellow house to
• Yes, the red house is west of the green house.
Say the sentence about the red house. (Tap.) the red house.
h. (Point to green house.) How far is it from the
The red house is west of the green house.
Repeat steps a and b until firm. green house to the red house? (Tap.) Two miles.
• Yes, it is two miles from the green house to

the red house.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) It is two miles from the

green house to the red house.
i. Say the sentence about how many miles it is

from the yellow house to the red house. (Tap.)
It is five miles from the yellow house to the red
house.
j. Is the red house north, east, south, or west of
the white house? (Tap.) East.
Say the sentence about the red house. (Tap.)
The red house is east of the white house.
Repeat steps g through j until firm.

Exercise 9 answer questions c. Say: Rain and snow fall from clouds. (Tap.)
Rain and snow fall from clouds.
a. Listen: A girl was riding her bike. • What falls from clouds? (Tap.) Rain and snow.
• What was she doing? (Tap.) Riding her bike. • Say the sentence. (Tap.) Rain and snow fall from
b. She was going very fast. She turned a corner.
• What did she do? (Tap.) Turned a corner. clouds.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) She turned a corner. Repeat step c until firm.
c. Her bike slipped on the street.
• What did her bike do? (Tap.) Slipped on the d. (Point to rain.) Rain is water.
• What does rain fall from? (Tap.) Clouds.
street. Say the sentence. (Tap.) Rain falls from clouds.
d. And she fell on the street. e. (Point to snow.) When clouds are very cold,
• What did she do? (Tap.) Fell on the street.
e. She hurt her knee. snow falls from them.
• What did she hurt? (Tap.) Her knee. • What falls from very cold clouds? (Tap.) Snow.
Say the sentence about what she did. (Tap.) • What falls from clouds that are hotter?

She hurt her knee. (Tap.) Rain.
Repeat steps a through e until firm. Say the sentence about rain. (Tap.) Rain falls

f. Ask me: Did she cry? (Tap.) Did she cry? from clouds that are hotter.
No, she didn’t cry. She picked up her bike. • Snow falls from clouds that are colder.
• What did she do? (Tap.) Picked up her bike. Say the sentence about snow. (Tap.) Snow falls
g. Then she started to ride. But she did not
from clouds that are colder.
go as fast as she went before. Repeat steps d and e until firm.
• Did she go as fast as she went before?
E *xercise 11 months of the year
(Tap.) No.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) She did not go as fast as January February March April

she went before. 1 1 May June July August
Repeat steps f and g until firm.
Sep temb er Oc tobe r Nov emb er De cember
Exercise 10 rain and snow
a. You’ve learned names for 12 months of the year.
• The last two months are November and

1 0 December.
• What are the last two months? (Tap.)
a. Here is a sentence with words you do not
know: Rain and snow fall from clouds. November and December.
Repeat step a until firm.
• Say rain. (Tap.) Rain.
Repeat step a until firm. b. Start with August and say the last months
of the year. (Tap.) August, September, October,
b. Say no. (Tap.) No. November, December.
• Say snow. (Tap.) Snow.
Repeat step b until firm. Repeat step b until firm.

c. Start with January and say all 12 months of
the year. (Tap.) January, February, March, April,
May, June, July, August, September, October,
November, December.

Repeat step c until firm.

d. I will say a month. e. Tell me to hold my hand up as high as I can.
You will say the next month. (Tap.) Hold your hand up as high as you can.
(Hold up hand as high as you can.)
e. November. What is the next month? f. Am I holding my hand up as high as I can?
(Tap.) December.
(Tap.) Yes.
• June. Think. What is the next month? • Tell me to move my hand 6 inches lower. (Tap.)
(Tap.) July.
Move your hand 6 inches lower. (Move your
• September. Think. What is the next month? hand 6 inches lower.)
(Tap.) October. • Tell me to move my hand 2 inches lower. (Tap.)
Move your hand 2 inches lower. (Move your
• March. Think. What is the next month? hand 2 inches lower.)
(Tap.) April. • Tell me to move my hand a lot lower. (Tap.)
Move your hand a lot lower. (Move your hand a
Repeat steps d and e until firm. lot lower.)
• Did I move my hand a lot lower? (Tap.) Yes.
f. My turn: December. What is the next month? Say the sentence about what I did. (Tap.) You
January. moved your hand a lot lower.
Repeat steps e and f until firm.
• Your turn: What month comes after
December? (Tap.) January. g. Your turn: Hold your hand up as high as you

• Yes, January comes after December. can. ✓
Say the sentence. (Tap.) January comes after
• Are you holding your hand up as high as you
December. can? (Tap.) Yes.
g. What month comes after July? (Tap.) August.
Say the sentence about August. (Tap.) August Say the sentence about what you are doing.
(Tap.) I am holding my hand up as high as I can.
comes after July.
• Raise your hand when you know the month • Move your hand 3 inches lower. ✓

that comes before July. ✓ • What did you do? (Tap.) Move(d) my hand
3 inches lower.
• What month comes before July? (Tap.) June.
Say the sentence about June. (Tap.) June comes Say the sentence. (Tap.) I moved my hand
3 inches lower.
before July.
Repeat steps f and g until firm. • Move your hand a lot lower. ✓

Exercise 12 low lower • What did you do? (Tap.) Move(d) my hand a
lot lower.
a. Listen: The opposite of high is low.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) I moved my hand a
• Say low. (Tap.) Low. lot lower.
Repeat step a until firm.
Repeat step g until firm.

b. What’s the opposite of high? (Tap.) Low.
• What’s the opposite of something that is

higher? (Tap.) Something that is lower.

c. Listen: Hold your hand up as high as you can. ✓
• Hand down. ✓

d. Once more: Hold your hand up as high as

you can. ✓
• Now, move your hand 10 inches lower. ✓
• Now, move your hand an inch lower. ✓
• Now, move your hand 2 inches lower. ✓
• Hand down. ✓

Repeat steps b through d until firm.

Exercise 13 rod and penny story f. So they had to ride ten miles to get to the city.
Then they had to ride from one side of the
a. We are telling a story about Rod and his
sister Penny. city to the other side. That is a long ride.
• Who did not want to go on that ride? (Tap.)
• What was the name of the young man? (Tap.)
Rod. Rod.
• (Call on a student.) Why didn’t he want to go
• What was the name of his sister? (Tap.) Penny.
b. They liked to ride to difficult places. on that ride? (Idea: He hated to go through the
• What kind of places? (Tap.) Difficult places. city.)
• Did Rod and his sister live on a farm? (Tap.) Yes, Rod didn’t want to go through the city.
g. Penny said,“We could have an early breakfast
Yes. and get to Henry’s house before 10 o’clock.
Yes, Rod and his sister lived on a farm. • What kind of breakfast did she want? (Tap.)
c. That farm was ten miles from a big city. An early breakfast.
• How far was it from a big city? (Tap.) Ten • She said they could get to Henry’s house
before 10 o’clock.
miles. Say the sentence. (Tap.) She said they could get
• Yes, they lived on a farm that was ten miles to Henry’s house before 10 o’clock.
Repeat steps f and g until firm.
from a big city.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) They lived on a farm h. He said,“I hate to ride in a city.” Then he said,
“The last time I was in that city, my bike was
that was ten miles from a big city. standing still more than it was moving.”
• How far from the city did they live? (Tap.) Ten
• What happened the last time he was in the
miles. city? (Tap.) His bike was standing still more than
Yes, they lived ten miles from the city. it was moving.
• Was it a small city or a big city? (Tap.) A big
Yes, his bike was standing still more than it
city. was moving.
Repeat steps a through c until firm.
i. Penny said,“I don’t think the streets will be
d. The story takes place in November. bad on Saturday.”
• What month? (Tap.) November.
• Penny wanted to go riding on Saturday. • Did she think the streets would be bad? (Tap.)
Say the sentence. (Tap.) Penny wanted to go No.

riding on Saturday. j. Rod said,“I think it will take five hours to get
e. She wanted to go to Henry’s house. to Henry’s house.”
• Where did she want to go? (Tap.) To Henry’s
• Penny said,“I don’t think it will take more than
house. three hours.”
• Was Henry’s house in the city or on the other
What did she say? (Tap.) I don’t think it will take
side of the city? (Tap.) On the other side of the more than three hours.
city.
Yes, on the other side of the city. Repeat steps h through j until firm.
Repeat steps d and e until firm.