Teacher's Notes: Dumbo
This story begins to introduce some of the many synonyms in the language. Again, go over the Verbs to Review to make sure the students have those words in their vocabulary too.
The worksheets focus on comprehension through short-answer questions, synonym matching, and sentence fill-ins.
New Words
enormous
circus
make fun of
clown
a show
shout
mean
tent
squeak
wonderful
repeat
fantastic
terrific
awesome
peanut
gigantic
afraid
feather
true
climb
ladder
believe
yell
overjoyed
amazed
star, to be a star
drop
try
Verbs to Review:
work
listen
play
forget
learn
fly
try
ride
need
Worksheet Answers
True or False? 1. F, 2. T, 3. F, 4. T, 5. F, 6. F, 7. F, 8. T, 9. F, 10. T
Find more words for: big – enormous, gigantic; talk loudly – shout, yell; scared – afraid; very good, great – wonderful, fantastic, awesome, terrific; happy – overjoyed; surprised – amazed
Questions: Accept suitable answers such as 1. because he had big ears 2. a friendly mouse 3. He thinks they are wonderful 4. Dumbo could use his ears to fly 5. a magic feather 6. Dumbo flies and is a star
Sentences: 1. enormous, 2. mean, 3. fantastic, 4. amazed, 5. climb, 6. afraid, 7. dropped, 8. tent, 9. feathers, 10. believe, 11. circus, 12. overjoyed
