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Which animal on the card is your favorite?. Which drink on the card is the healthiest?. Which games on the card do you play as ateam?. Which item on the card is the most useful?. Which i

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Choose another type of weather

What clothes do you wear

outside in that weather?

What climate would you like to live in? Why?

Eat Your Vegetables

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Tomato, Carrot, Peas, Onion

Eat Your Vegetables

What are three vegetables on the card?

What are two more vegetables not

on the card? What do they look like? Which vegetables are common in this area? Which vegetables are

uncommon in this area? Why?

Which vegetables do you like? What other foods do you eat with these vegetables?

What vegetables do you eat at

breakfast? At lunch? At dinner?

What vegetables would you growin your own garden? Why?

A Trip to the Zoo

A Trip to the Zoo

Which animal on the card is your

favorite? Why?

Tell me more about one animal

Where does it live? What does it eat? Which animals have you seen in real life? When and where did you see them?

What are three other animals you

might see in the zoo? What do they look like?

Which animal would you like to

speak to? What would you say to the animal?

Imagine you are one of these

animals Which animal would you be? Why?

Feelings

What are three feelings on this

card?

When do you feel happy? Why?

When have you felt surprised?

What happened? What did you do?

When do you feel tired? Why?

What are three feelings not on this card? When do you have these

feelings?

What do you do when you feel

confused?

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Tea, Milk,

Soda, Juice,

Water, Coffee

Beverages

Which drink on the card is the

healthiest? Why?

Where do the drinks on the card

come from? Where do you get these drinks?

What do you drink at breakfast?

What do you drink at lunch? Why? What is your favorite drink? What is your second favorite?

Why do you drink hot drinks out ofa

mug? Why do you drink cold drinks

out of a glass?

Imagine you are ina hot desert

Which drink would you want to

have? Why?

Tennis Ball, Basketball,

Football, Soccer Ball

Let's Play!

Which games on the card do you

play as ateam? Which do you play

as an individual?

Which game is the easiest to play? Which one is the most difficult to play? Why?

Choose one game What do you

need to play it? Why do you need it?

Which games do you like to watch? Why?

Which games do you like to play?

Why?

Which games have you never played before? Which games would you like

to play? Why?

Time for School

Time for School

Which items on the card do you put

in a backpack?

Which items do you need to do your homework? What else do you need

to do your homework?

Which items on the card are the

most expensive? The least

expensive? Why?

What do students usually do ata

desk? Who else uses a desk?

What does the teacher use in the classroom? What do the students

use in the classroom?

What new item would you like in

your classroom? Why?

Personal Items

Which item on the card is the most

useful? Why?

Which items on the card do you

wear? Which ones do you carry?

Where do you carry them?

What are some other personal items that you carry and wear?

Which item do you use the most? Why?

What do people put in a purse?

Why?

What personal item would you like

to buy? Why?

Snack Time!

Which of the snacks on the card is

the healthiest? Which is the least healthy?

Which snacks are salty? Which are sweet? Which are crunchy? Which

Imagine you are having a party

What snacks would you serve?

Hobbies

Reading Books, Riding a Bike,

Watching Movies, Listening to Music,

Playing Sports, Surfing the Internet

Hobbies

Which hobbies on the card are good for a rainy day? Which are good fora sunny day?

Which two hobbies are the most

similar? Why?

What is your favorite hobby? Why?

4, What do you usually read? Tell me about it

What sports do you play? What

sports do you watch? Why?

Imagine you have a day off from

school What activities would you do for fun? Why do you enjoy them?

Shapes

Which shapes on the card have

sides? How many sides does each one have?

What things in this room look like

the shapes on the card?

What three things outside of the classroom have these shapes?

What shapes are used for traffic

signs? What do the signs mean?

What is the same about an octagon and an octopus?

Inwhich school subjects do you study shapes? Do you like to study shapes?

Cockroach, Ant,

Worm, Mosquito,

on the card? What happened?

How do people protect themselves from bugs?

Which of the bugs are you most

afraid of? Why?

If you saw a bug in your food, what would you do?

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Hammer, Screwdriver,

Saw, Tape Measure, Pliers, Wrench

Tools Which of the tools on the card is the

most useful? Why?

Choose two of the tools What do

you do with them?

Which toolis the most dangerous to use? Why?

Which tooLis the easiest to use? The

Outdoor Places

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Mountain, Island, Waterfall, Lake

Outdoor Places

Which of the places on the card is the most familiar to you? Which is the least familiar?

Which places are good fora

vacation? Why?

Which place would you like to visit? Why?

Which of the places are safe to live

near? Why? Which are dangerous to

live near? Why?

Choose one of the places What

kinds of activities can you do there? Choose one of the places What

might it be like to live near this

place?

Furniture

Table, Lamp,

Chair, Bed,

Bookshelf, Sofa

Furniture

Which piece of furniture on the card

do you use the most? Why?

Which piece of furniture is the

heaviest? How do people move it?

Which piece of furniture have you

slept on? Was it comfortable?

What pieces of furniture do you

have in the room where you sleep? What other pieces of furniture can

be in a house?

Where would you put each piece of furniture in a house?

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Communication Tools Which of the communication tools

on the card do you use most often? Why?

Which communication tools are

good for communicating with many people at once?

Which communication tools are the

oldest? The newest?

Which communication toolis the

most expensive? Why?

What communication tools do people have problems with? What kinds of problems do they have?

If you could use only one way to

communicate with others, which

tool would you use? Why?

Transportation

Motorcycle, Car, Train, Airplane,

Bicycle, Bus

Transportation

What type of transportation on the card do you use most often? Where

do you go?

Which two types of transportation

on the card are the slowest?

Which types of transportation on the card are the most modern?

Which types of transportation are

the most fun? Why?

What types of transportation do you take ona long trip? On a short trip? Why?

Imagine you are going on vacation Where would you go? How would

you get there?

The Great Outdoors

Which of the outdoor activities on

the card is the most fun? Why?

Why do people do the activities on

What equipment would you need to

do the activities on the card?

Police Officer, Teacher,

Doctor, Construction Worker,

Business Person, Chef

Jobs

Which jobs on the card are

interesting to you? Why?

Where does each person on the card work?

Which job requires the most

future?

Everyday Foods

Wheat, Potatoes, Peanuts, Rice,

Everyday Foods

Which of the foods on the card do

you eat often? Do you buy it every day?

Which ones do you like to eat? Why?

How are the foods on the card

grown? How are they used?

How do the foods on the card get from the farm to the market?

Inwhich parts of the world are the

foods on the card common?

Imagine you could only eat one of these foods Which food would you choose? Why?

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Piano, Guitar,

Violin, Trumpet

Musical Instruments

What musical instruments are the

most popular? Why?

Do you play any musical

instruments? Why or why not?

Which instrument on the card can

play the loudest? Why?

What instruments are used in your

favorite type of music?

Is it easy or hard to learn to play an

instrument? Why?

Imagine you are ina band Which instrument would you play? Why?

At the Market

Fish, Chicken,

Bread, Fruit,

Vegetables, Eggs

At the Market Which foods on the card arethe

most expensive? The least

expensive? Why?

What other foods do you buy at the market?

Which foods do you eat most often?

4 When is the best time of the year to get fruit? Vegetables? Why?

How do you bring food home from the market?

Imagine you own a store What

foods would you sell in the store? Why?

Outdoor Gear

Which items on the card do you

wear when it is sunny? Why?

Which items on the card do you

wear when it is cold? Why?

Which items on the card do you use when it is rainy? Why?

What other things do you wear

outside? Why?

During what parts of the year do you need special items to wear

outside? Why?

Imagine you are going on vacation

to the beach What items would you

take? Why?

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Turtle, Cat,

Pets

How big are the pets on the card?

Which pet is the biggest? Which is the smallest?

Choose two of the pets What do

these pets eat?

Which pets on the card are fun to

play with? Why?

Choose one of the pets How do you

take care of it?

Choose two of the pets What do

they feel like when you touch them?

What pet would you like to have? Why?

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