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Level D

What is a neighborhood?

What can you see?


A neighborhood is an area of a town or city where people live and that many
places, including different types of homes and businesses, are usually found
there. Where do you live?

in a city in a town in the country


I live in a house in the country.
Where do you live? Where do your grandparents live? Where do I live?
I live in the country. There are not a lot of houses. This is my house.

I live in a very small village called Elandskraal, near Sedgefield, on the East
Coast of South Africa.
In my neighborhood, there is a library and a grocery store.

How many grocery stores are


there in my neighborhood?

A library – one library


Our shop is not very big. It is a grocery store.
What can you buy at a grocery store?
….. but there are 6 restaurants in
my village. Many people come to
the country at the weekend.

How many restaurants are there in


my neighborhood?
We do not have a fire station, a police station or a hospital.

Is there a police station in my


neighborhood?
We have a lovely beach in our neighborhood.
In towns there are many houses and shops.
Many people live in apartments too.
What can you
see in your
neighborhood?

Is there one
shop or many
shops?
There are many ___ in my city.

apartments shops streets parks

There is a ____ in my neighborhood.

a bakery a fire station a school a library


There are many ___ in my neighborhood.

There is a ____ in my neighborhood.


A supermarket is a very big shop. You can buy many things here.
Does your neighborhood have a grocery store or a supermarket?
What can you see in your neighborhood?
Comprehension Skill: Main idea and details

In my neighborhood ………….

There are many places in a neighborhood.


There are many apartments.
There is only one grocery store.
There are many supermarkets.
There is only one school.
There are many hospitals.
There is one doctor.
There is one police station.
There are many streets.
There is only one park.
People live in apartments. I can ……in a ……..

live …… buy ………. learn ………. read ……..


I can …………………. in a ………………….

buy ……… see a ……… buy ……… play ……..


Let’s look at the
cover of our
book. What can
you see?
As we read the story, try to remember the main details.
3. What does the boy think about his
neighborhood?
A He likes it a lot.
B He thinks it’s boring.
C He doesn’t want to be there.

1. What was this story mostly about? 4. Why would a fire station be good to have in
A the school in the boy’s neighborhood a neighborhood?
B the places in the boy’s neighborhood A The fire station would be fun to visit.
C the friends the boy likes to play with B The firefighters would be nearby if a fire
in his neighborhood started at your house.
C The firefighters might let you ride on their
2. Which is not in the neighborhood? trucks.
A a school
B a library 5. What is a neighborhood?
C a zoo A kind of store
B something to play with
C a place where people live
Extended
Response:
Why does
a neighborhood
need a grocery
store?
There are many places in a
neighborhood.

Does the boy live in a city, in a town


or in the country?

What places are in his


neighborhood?

1 = There is a ………..
2+ = There are many ……….
How is the neighborhood
in the book similar to
or different from your
neighborhood?

Analyzing
1 2 3

Real or fantasy?

4 5 6

7 8 9

10 11 12
Is this story real
or make believe?
How do you
know? Today our book was …………….

Fantasy and Reality


Phonological Awareness: Discriminate initial consonant blend /st/

Which words have the same st- sound?


Phonics: Initial consonant blend st

store stick
Phonics: Initial consonant blend st

st -ir
-ing

-eak
-and -orm -ool
Grammar and Mechanics: Adjectives

This is a busy street This is a quiet street

There are special words that describe people, places, or things.


These words are called adjectives.
This is a narrow street

This is a wide street


The boy said the streets in his neighborhood are:
busy and wide or
quiet and narrow?

What about in my village?


Do you think my streets are busy and wide or quiet and narrow?
The streets in my neighborhood are quiet and narrow.
What is the
opposite of
……..?
Grammar and Mechanics: Adjectives
Describe the school
Grammar and Mechanics: Adjectives
Describe the school

Describe your school


INSTRUCTIONS: Read the adjectives in the word bank. Use the adjectives to
talk about each picture.

busy quiet large small new old boring fun


INSTRUCTIONS: Read the adjectives in the word bank. Use the adjectives to
complete each sentence.

busy quiet large small new old boring fun


Draw a picture of your neighbourhood.
Write some sentences too.

There is a ___ in my neighborhood.


There are many ______ in my neighborhood.
Realistic Fiction Writing Connection
Draw a picture of someone doing
something at a place in your
neighborhood. Label your picture with
the activity.
Social Studies Connection

Take a walk outside and


make note of the buildings
in the neighborhood
around the school. Draw a
map of your neighborhood
showing the places located
there.

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