Finish the Thought
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- Activity sheet
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Language usage is complex. The activities in this collection focus on the way we learn language and the subtleties of its usage.
Each activity has a set-up sentence and a lively illustration. The idea then is to finish the thought with words that start with the letters that are provided.
So when a child reads "When dogs are happy, they wag their tails. When people are happy … t s," it is hoped they will arrive at the answer "they smile."
There are 30 of these challenges—30 opportunities to get comfortable with the language. When a sentence is completed, the "aha!" factor kicks in.