Teacher's Notes: The Race
Students may be familiar with this popular fable, also known as The Tortoise and the Hare. This story repeats a lot of the words learned in The Gingerbread Man and, of course, adds new ones. Again, the Verbs to Review are considered common knowledge for this story, but they can be learned along side the newer target vocab.
New Words
nap
rest
give up
race
brag
squirrel
win
pass
smile
Verbs to Review:
laugh
shout
finish
sleep
talk
know
think
go
Worksheet Answers
Puzzle: 1. turtle, 2. win, 3. nap, 4. fast, 5. shout, 6. slow, 7. rabbit, 8. near, 9. finish
Questions: 1. R, 2. R, 3. T, 4. T, 5. R, 6. R, 7. T
Verbs (present and past): (in any order, as long as the words are paired together) 1. is, was, 2. sleep, slept, 3. brag, bragged, 4. wake, woke, 5. say, said, 6. tell, told, 7. find, found, 8. think, thought, 9. give, gave
Antonyms: quickly – slowly, best – worst, happy – sad, win – lose, laugh – cry, shout – whisper, start – stop, far – near, sleep – wake up, ahead – behind, give up – try again, first - last
