Circling Questions for Stories Level 1

P. Q. A. Questions for students to answer orally:

* Who has a lamb? * Who has seen a lamb?

* Where did you see it? * What color was it?

Circling Questions

1. There is a lamb. Is there a lamb or a dog?

Is there a lamb or a wolf?

Is there a lamb?

What is there?

2. His name is Larry.

What is his name?

Is his name Larry or John?

Is his name Larry?

3. Larry wants to play with the children at school.

Does Larry want to play with the teachers at school?

Does Larry want to play with the principal at school?

Does Larry want to play with the children at school?

Who does Larry want to play with?

4. He goes to the office. Does Larry go to the bathroom?

Does Larry go to the bedroom?

Does Larry go to the office?

Where does Larry go?

5. There he sees the principal. Does Larry see the teacher?

Does Larry see the children?

Does Larry see the principal?

Who does Larry see there?

6. The principal doesn’t let him play.

Does the principal let him play?

Does the teacher let him play?

What does the principal do?

Who doesn’t let him play?

7. Then he goes to Tom’s classroom. Does he go to the beach? Does he go to the park? Does he go to Tom’s classroom? Where does he go?

8. There he sees a teacher. Does he see the principal? Does he see the teacher? Who does he see there?

9. The teacher doesn’t let him play. Does the teacher let him play? Does the teacher let him swim? Does the teacher let him write? Who doesn’t let him play?

10. Then he goes to Marla’s classroom. Does he go to John’s classroom next? Does he go to Victor’s classroom next?

Does he go to Marla’s classroom next? Where does he go next?

11. The teacher says “Go home.” Does the teacher say “Good morning, Larry?”

Does the teacher say “How are you today, Larry?”

What does the teacher say?

Does the teacher say “Go home”?

12. Larry is very sad. Is Larry happy?

Is Larry happy or sad? Why is Larry happy? Are you happy?

MINI STORY Wonder Garden

P.

Q. A.

Questions for students to answer orally: * What is a flower shop? * Who has visited a flower shop? * What flowers do you like?

Circling Questions

1. One day a boy named Jack visited a flower shop named Wonder Garden.

Was there a boy or a girl? Was his name Jack or Lucas? What was the boy’s name? Who visited the flower shop? What was the name of the flower shop? Have you visited a flower shop in Panama?

2. At Wonder Garden there were all kinds of flowers: roses, tulips, gardenias, lilies etc.

What kinds of flowers were there at Wonder Garden? Were there roses and tulips? Were there orchids and cactuses? Were there roses and tulips or orchids and cactuses?

3. Jack looked at all of the flowers and loved them all; but, he fell in love with a set of orange roses.

Did Jack look at all of the flowers? Did Jack love them all?

What flowers did Jack fell in love with?

Who fall in love with a set of orange roses?

4. The roses were beautiful but Jack didn’t have money to buy the roses Did Jack have money to buy the roses? Who did not have money to buy the roses?

5. Jack went to his uncle and asked his uncle for money to buy the roses, but his uncle didn’t have any money. Did Jack’s uncle have money? Did Jack’s uncle have money or roses? Have you asked your uncle for money? Did your uncle have money?

6. Jack went to a friend and asked for money, but his friend didn’t have money. Did you have a friend? What was your friend’s name? Did Jack’s friend have money? Have you asked your friends for money?

7. Jack was sad so he went to his aunts’ house in Arraiján. Was Jack sad? Was Jack happy? Was Jack happy or sad? Did Jack’s aunt live in Chorrera or Arraiján?

Where did Jack’s aunt live? Where did Jack go?

8. Jack asked his aunt for money and his aunt gave him the money to buy the orange roses. Who did Jack ask for money?

Did Jack ask his aunt for money?

Did Jack’s aunt have money?

Did his aunt gave him the money?

Who gave Jack money?

What did Jack buy?

Have you asked your aunt for money?

What did she say?

9. Jack was very happy.

Who was happy?

Was Jack happy or sad?

Why was Jack happy?

STORY

Amazing Pets

P . Q. A. Questions for students to answer orally: Who has a pet. * What is your pet ’s name? * Draw a picture of your pet? * Describe your pet to the class.

Circling Questions

1. Amazing Pets is the name of a popular pet shop in Panama. Is Amazing Pets a popular pet shop in Panama?

Is Amazing Pets a popular pet shop in Chitré?

Where is Amazing Pets located? What is the name of the pet shop in the story? Have you visited a pet shop?

2. Many children and their parents visit Amazing Pets all the time.

What is the name of the pet shop that children and their parents visit all the time?

Who visits Amazing Pets all the time? Where do children and their parents visit all the time?

3. Susy visits Amazing Pets and sees all kinds of animals: turtles, birds, fish, cats, frogs, rabbits, mice, dogs and hamsters.

What does Susy see at Amazing Pets?

What are turtles, birds and fish? What are cats, frogs and mice?

4. Susy looks at all the pets and plays with them. But she falls in love with a small brown poodle named Panky. Does Susy look at all of the birds?

Does Susy look at all of the pets? Does Susy look at all of the birds or at all or the pets? What does Susy look at? Who fell in love?

Who does Susy fall in love with? Is there a poodle? What is the poodle’s name?

5. Panky is a beautiful dog and Susy loves him, but Susy doesn’t have any money.

Is there a dog or a cat? What is his name?

Is the dog a beautiful dog or an ugly dog?

Does Susy have money?

6. Susy goes to her mother and asks her for money, but her mother doesn’t have any money.

Does Susy go to her father?

Does Susy go to her sister?

Does Susy go to her brother?

Where does Susy go?

Who does Susy ask for money? Does her mother have money?

Do you ask your mother for money?

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7. Susy goes to her father and asks him for money, but her father doesn’t have any money.

Does Susy go to her father?

Does Susy go to her mother?

Does Susy go to her brother?

Where does Susy go?

Who does Susy ask for money?

Does her father give her money?

8. Susy goes to her godmother’s house in Chorrera.

Does Susy go to Chiriquí?

Does Susy go to Darién?

Does Susy go to Chiriquí or to Chorrera?

Where does Susy go?

Does her grandmother live in Chorrera?

Who has a house in Chorrera?

Who lives in Chorrera?

Where is Chorrera?

9. Susy asks her godmother for money, and her godmother gives her the money to buy the pet dog named Panky. Who gives Susy the money?

What does Susy buy?

What is the name of the dog?

Who buys a pet named Panky?

Do you have a grandmother?

Does your grandmother give you money?

10. Now Susy is very happy. Is Susy very happy or very sad?

Who is happy?

Are you happy or sad?

An Elephant Who Needs to Find Water.

Circling Questions

1. Elmer the elephant walks in the desert everyday.

Is there an elephant or an eagle?

Is his name Elmer or Elmo?

Where does Elmer walk everyday?

Is there a beach or a desert?

Do we have a desert in Panama?

2. One day as Elmer walks, he begins to feel very thirsty. Does Elmer walk or fly?

How does Elmer begin to feel?

Is Elmer thirsty?

Are you thirsty?

3. So, Elmer needs to find water to fill his trunk.

Who needs to find water to fill his trunk?

Do you have a trunk?

Who has a trunk?

What does Elmer need to find?

4. Elmer goes to an oasis with palm trees that he sees far away. When he gets to the oasis, it does not exist.

Is there an oasis with palm trees?

Where does Elmer go?

Where does he see the oasis?

Does the oasis exist?

5. So, Elmer doesn’t get any water to fill his trunk.

Does Elmer get water to fill his trunk?

Does Elmer get soda to fill his trunk?

Who doesn’t get any water?

What does Elmer want to fill?

P . Q. A.

Questions for students to answer orally: Where can you find elephants? * Have you ever seen an elephant? * Do you know how an elephant drinks water?

6. Elmer continues to look and he sees a waterfall. Elmer goes to the waterfall, but it doesn’t exist.

Does Elmer continue to look for water or for soda?

Does Elmer see a water fountain? Does Elmer see a waterfall?

Does Elmer go to the waterfall? Is there a waterfall or a pool? Does the waterfall exist? Have you seen a waterfall?

7. Finally, Elmer sees a bucket of water a few steps from him. Does Elmer see a bucket of water?

Does Elmer see a bucket of peanuts or water?

Does Elmer see a bucket of water or a glass of juice?

What does Elmer finally see?

Where does Elmer see a bucket of water?

8. Elmer goes to the bucket and puts his trunk into the bucket.

Does Elmer go to the bucket?

Does Elmer run to the bucket?

Does Elmer run or go to the bucket?

Does Elmer put his head in the bucket?

Does Elmer put his trunk or his tail into the bucket?

What does Elmer put in there?

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9. There is a lot of water in this bucket.

Is there a lot of water in this bucket?

Is there a lot of water or a lot of ice in this bucket?

Is there a lot of soda in this bucket?

What is in this bucket?

10. Elmer is happy because he can fill his trunk with fresh water.

Is Elmer happy?

Is Elmer happy or sad?

Why is Elmer happy?

Can he fill his trunk his fresh water?

Are you happy?

Why are you happy or sad?

The Basketball Ball

1. There is a boy. Is there a boy?

Is there a boy or a girl?

P . Q. A.

Questions for students to answer orally: Who has a basketball? * Is the basketball big or small? * Where do you play basketball?

Circling Questions

Can Antonio find his basketball ball?

Is there a boy or a girl beside you?

Are you a boy or a girl?

What is the boy’s name?

What is the girl’s name? Say hello to the girl.

2. His name is Antonio. What is his name?

Is his name Antonio or Marlon? What is the boy’s name?

What is your name?

What is your teacher’s name?

What is your father’s name? What is your name?

3. Antonio likes to play basketball.

Who likes to play basketball? Does Antonio like to play basketball?

Does Antonio like to play basketball or tennis?

Do you like to play basketball?

Does Lucas or Antonio like to play basketball?

4. But he can not find his basketball ball.

Can he find his football ball?

Can he find his basketball ball? What cannot he find? Who cannot find his basketball ball?

Can Antonio find his basketball ball or his tennis ball? Do you have a ball? What kind of ball is it? Do you have a basketball ball?

5. He goes into his room. Does he go into the kitchen? Does he go into the living room? Who goes into the kitchen? Does Antonio go into the kitchen or into the pool? Where does he go?

Is Antonio or Manuel in the kitchen?

6. His mother is cleaning the room.

Is his mother washing clothes? Is his mother cleaning the room? Who is cleaning the room? What is his mother doing?

7. He asks his mother for his basketball ball. Who asked his mother for his basketball ball?

Does Antonio ask his mother for his basketball ball?

Does Antonio ask his mother or his uncle for his basketball ball? Does Antonio ask his mother or call his mother for his basketball ball?

What does Antonio ask his mother for?

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8. His mother says she has not seen it.

Who says she has not seen it?

Does his mother say she has not seen it?

What his mother says she did not see?

9. Antonio goes to the patio of his house.

Who goes to the patio of his house?

Does Antonio go to the patio of his house?

Where does Antonio go?

Does Antonio or Rafael go to the patio of his house?

10. The gardener is cutting the grass.

What is the gardener doing?

Is the gardener planting flowers or cutting the grass?

Who is cutting the grass?

11. He asks him for his basketball ball.

What does he ask him for?

Does he ask him for his car?

Does he ask him for his book?

Does he ask him for his basketball ball?

12. The gardener says, “I have not seen it.”

Has the gardener seen the basketball ball?

Who says he has not seen it?

Does the gardener say he has not seen it?

Does the gardener or the baker say, “I have not seen it.”?

13. Antonio is worried so he goes to his brother’s room. Who is worried?

Is Antonio worried?

Does Antonio go to his brother’s room?

Does Antonio go to his mother’s or his brother’s room?

Are you worried?

Do you know someone who is worried?

14. There he sees his basketball ball.

Who sees his basketball ball? Is there a basketball ball? Is there a basketball ball or is there a baseball ball?

What does he see?

15. Antonio is very happy because he finds his basketball. Who finds his basketball?

Is Antonio happy o sad?

Is Antonio very happy?

Why is Antonio very happy?

Are you very happy today?

Flower Garden

Questions for students to answer orally: What flower do you like? * What color is your favorite flower? * Where do you find flowers?

Circling Questions

1.There is a garden around a house in the country. Is there a garden around a house in the country?

Is there a park around a house in the country?

Is there a garden or a park around a house in the country? What is there?

2. In that garden, there is Ro- sa the flower. Is there a flower?

Is there a flower named Rosa in the garden?

Is there a girl named Rosa in the garden?

Is there a flower or a girl named Rosa in the garden?

Where is Rosa the flower?

3. Rosa does not want to be in the sun because she gets very hot.

Who does not want to be in the sun?

Does Rosa want to be in the sun? Does Rosa the flower get hot or cold?

Who gets very hot?

Why doesn’t Rosa want to be in the sun?

4. She goes to a tree in the garden and asks the tree to stand in front of the sun. Who asks the tree to stand in front of the sun?

What does she ask the tree?

Does she go to a tree in the garden and asks the tree to stand in front of the sun?

Does she go to a flower in the garden and asks the flower to stand in front of the sun?

Does she go to a tree or a flower in the garden and asks it to stand in front of the sun?

5. The tree says, “I cannot cover the sun, I am too short.” Does the tree say “I am too short to cover the sun?”

Does the tree say “I am too skinny to cover the sun?”

Does the tree say “I am too short or too skinny to cover the sun?”

Is the tree too short to cover the sun?

What does the tree say? What is too short?

6. She goes to a taller tree and asks the tree to stand in front of the sun.

Does she go to a taller tree?

Does she go and asks the taller tree to stand in front of the sun? Does she go and ask the taller tree to stand in front of the house? Does she ask the taller tree to stand in front of the flower or to stand in front of the sun?

Does she ask the taller tree or the flower to stand in front of the sun? Where does she ask the tree to stand?

Who asks the tree to stand in front of the sun?

What does she ask the tree to do?

7. The tree says, “I am a little taller, but I cannot cover the sun.”

What does the tree say?

Is the tree a little taller?

Is the tree a little thinner?

Is the tree a little taller or a little thinner?

Can the tree cover the sun?

8. She looks for the tallest tree in the garden, and goes over to the tree and asks the tree to stand in front of the sun. Does she look for the tallest tree in the garden?

Does she go and ask the tallest tree to stand in front of the house? Does she ask the tallest tree or the tallest plant to stand in front of the sun?

What does she ask?

Who does she ask to stand in front of the sun?

9. The tree says, “Yes, I will stand right in front of you.”

Does the tree say “No?”

Does the tree say “Yes?”

Does the tree say “I will stand behind you?”

Does the flower say “I will stand right in front of you?”

Who says, “I will stand right in front of you?”

10. The sun no longer shines on her.

Does the sun no longer shine on her?

What no longer shines on Rosa?

Why doesn’t the sun shine on Rosa?

11. Rosa says, “Thank you” to the tree.

Does Rosa say, “See you later” to the tree?

Does Rosa say, “Thank you” to the tree?

Do you say, “Thank you” to the people?

Do you have to say “Thank you” to the people?

Why do you say “Thank you” to the people?

12. Rosa is very happy. Is Rosa happy? Is Rosa unhappy?

Who is very happy?

Are you happy or unhappy?

The Brown Cow

Questions for students to answer orally: Who likes to drink milk? * Who likes chocolate milk? What kind of milk do you like?

Circling Questions

1. There is a boy who likes to drink chocolate milk, but he cannot find any.

Is there a boy?

Is there a boy or a girl?

Who likes to drink chocolate milk?

Who cannot find chocolate milk?

Does the boy like to drink chocolate milk or juice?

What does the boy like to drink?

2. He goes to a farm in Colón named Mindy. Where does he go?

Does he go to a farm?

Does he go to a farm in Colón?

Does he go to a farm in Colón or to a farm in Coclé?

Is the name of the farm Mindy?

Is Nancy the name of the farm?

What is the name of the farm?

3. There he sees a black and white cow.

Does he see a black and white cow?

Is there a black and white cow?

Is there a black and white cow or a red cow?

Is there a black and white horse?

What does he see?

What color is the cow that he sees?

Have you seen a cow?

Are there cows in Panama?

Where do you see cows?

4. He asks the cow for chocolate milk.

Who asks for chocolate milk?

Does he ask the horse for chocolate milk?

Who does he ask for chocolate milk?

Does he ask the cow for chocolate milk or orange juice?

5. The cow says, “I am a black and white cow. I cannot give you chocolate milk.”

What does the cow say?

Who cannot give the boy chocolate milk?

What color is the cow?

Is there a blue cow?

Does the black and white cow give the boy chocolate milk?

Who says “I cannot give you chocolate milk?”

Does the cow say “I am a brown and white cow?”

Does the cow say “I am a black and white cow?”

Does the boy say “I am a black and white cow?”

6. He goes to another farm in Colón named Vacas Rojas. Does he go to another farm in Colón?

Does he go to a farm in Colón or to a farm in Aguadulce?

What is the name of the farm in Colón?

Is the name of the farm Vacas Rojas?

Is the name of the farm Vacas Rojas or Vacas Locas?

7. He sees a red cow there. Does he see a red cow?

Does he see a blue cow there?

What does he see?

Does he see a red cow or a blue cow?

What is the color of the cow he sees?

8. He asks the cow for chocolate milk, the cow says, ”I cannot give you chocolate milk, I am a red cow.”

What does he ask the cow for?

Does he ask for chocolate milk?

What does the cow say?

Does the cow say, “Yes?”

Does the cow say “I cannot give you chocolate milk?”

What color is the cow?

Is there a yellow cow?

Is there a red cow or a yellow cow?

Who asks the cow for chocolate milk?

9. He goes to another farm in Colón named Brown Star. Does he go to another farm in Colón?

Is the name of the farm Brown Star?

Is the name of the farm Brown Star or Blue Star?

Who goes to Colón?

Does he go to a farm in Colón or to a farm in Chitré?

Does he went to a farm in Colon or to a farm in Capira?

Does he go to a farm in Colón or to a farm in Capira?

10. He sees many brown cows there. He asks one of the cows for chocolate milk. Does he see many brown cows there?

Does he see many brown cows or many brown monkeys there? What does he see?

Does he ask two of the cows for chocolate milk?

Does he ask one of the cows for chocolate milk? Does he ask to one or two of the cows for chocolate milk? What does he ask for?

11. The cow says, ”You can have all of the chocolate milk you want. I am a brown cow”. The boy is very happy.

What does the cow say?

Does the cow tell him to have all the chocolate milk he wants? What color is the cow?

Is the cow brown?

Is the cow brown or yellow?

Is the boy happy?

Is the boy happy or sad?

Is the boy sad? Who is happy?

CHAPTER 7 STORY Barney the Bear

1. There is a small bear. Is there a small bear? Is there a big bear?

What is there?

Q. A. Questions for students to answer orally: Do you like cookies? * Do you like hot or cold cookies? * Does your mother bake cookies?

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Circling Questions

5. Barney’s mother says, “No, the cookies are hot.”

Is there a small bear or a big bear?

2. His name is Barney. Is his name Barney?

Is his name Pluto?

Is his name Barney or Pluto? What is his name?

3. Barney’s mother is baking cookies. Who is baking cookies? Is Barney’s mother baking cookies?

What is Barney’s mother baking? Is Barney’s mother baking cookies or cupcakes?

Do you like cookies?

What kind of cookies do you like?

4. Barney wants to eat a cookie. Barney goes to the kitchen and asks his mother for a cookie.

Who wants to eat cookies?

Does Barney want to eat cookies?

Does Barney go to the kitchen? Does Barney go to the kitchen or to the bathroom?

What does Barney ask his mother for?

Do you ask your mother for cookies?

What does Barney’s mother say to him?

Does Barney’s mother say, “Yes?” Were the cookies hot?

Were the cookies hot or cool? What was hot?

6. Barney is sad. Then, Barney goes to the living room and asks his uncle for a cookie. Is Barney sad? Is Barney sad or happy?

Where does Barney go? Does Barney go to the living room or to the kitchen?

Who does Barney ask for cookies? Does he ask his uncle for a cookie?

7. His uncle says, “No” too. Barney goes to the patio and plays with his brother and sister.

What does his uncle say?

Does his uncle say, “No?”

Where does Barney go?

Does he go to the patio?

Does he go to the patio or to the garage?

Does he go to the patio to play or to sleep?

Does Barney play with his brother and sister?

Does Barney play with his cousin? Who does he play with?

8. Finally, Barney’s mother calls the children to eat cooled cookies with milk. The little bears are very happy. Who calls the children?

Does Barney’s mother call the children?

Does she call them to eat cookies and milk?

Does she call them to eat cookies and milk or to eat cupcakes and juice?

Are the cookies hot?

Are the cookies cool?

Are the cookies cool or hot?

Do you like cookies and milk?

Do you like cookies and soda?

What do you like?

Are the bears happy?

Are the bears happy or sad?

Who is happy?

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Marta’s Dollhouse P

Q. A. Questions for students to answer orally: Who has a dollhouse? * Is your dollhouse big or small? * Your mom gives you a dollhouse?

Circling Questions

1. There is a girl. Is there a girl? Is there a boy? Is there a girl or a boy?

2. Her name is Marta. Is her name Marta?

Is her name Maria?

Is her name Marta or Maria?

3. Marta has a little dollhouse, but she prefers to get a bigger dollhouse. What does Marta have? What does Marta prefer?

Does Marta prefer a little or a big dollhouse?

Do you have a dollhouse?

Is it big or is it little? Do you prefer big or small doll- houses?

4. Marta goes to the carpenter shop in the city of David. Does Marta go to the city of Da- vid?

Does Marta go to the city of Chitré?

Does Marta go to the city of David or to the city of Chitré? Where does Marta go? Where is the carpenter’s shop?

5. The carpenter there says he only makes little birdhouses. Does the carpenter there say he only makes little dollhouses?

Does the carpenter there say he only makes little birdhouses? Does the carpenter there says he only makes little birdhouses or dollhouses? What does the carpenter in the city of David make?

6. Then, Marta goes to a carpenter shop in the city of Santiago. Where does Marta go next? Does Marta go to the city of David next?

Does Marta go to the city of Santiago next?

Does Marta go to a carpenter in the city of Santiago? Can you make a dollhouse? Where would you go for a doll- house?

7. The carpenter there says he only makes little square dollhouses.

Does the carpenter say he only makes little round dollhouses? Does the carpenter say he only makes big square dollhouses? Does the carpenter say he only makes little square dollhouses? What does the carpenter in the city of Santiago make?

Does the carpenter there make only little birdhouses?

Does the carpenter there make only big birdhouses?

Does the carpenter there make only square dollhouses?

Do you make dollhouses?

Is your dollhouse square or round?

What is the difference between dollhouses and birdhouses?

8. Marta is not happy, so she goes to a carpenter shop in the city of Colón. Is Marta happy?

Is Marta sad?

Why is Martha sad?

Where does Martha go next?

Does Marta go to city of Santiago?

Does Martha go to city of Colón?

Does Marta go to city of Colón or to the city of Santiago?

Where does Martha go?

Why does Martha go to the city of Colón?

9. The carpenter there says he makes little or big dollhouses. What does the carpenter in the city of Colón make?

Does the carpenter in the city of Colón make only square dollhouses? Who makes little or big dollhouses?

Does the carpenter in Colón make little or big dollhouses?

What kind of dollhouses does the carpenter there make?

10. Marta is happy. She can get a bigger dollhouse. Is Martha sad?

Is Martha happy?

Why is Martha happy?

Do you want a dollhouse?

How do you want your dollhouse?