Koko’s Kitten

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Kokos Kitten
signed aggressive obnoxious perceptions
distress

• http//www.koko.org/

4th Grade Open Court Unit 5 Communication
Lesson 4 Kokos Kitten - Melissa Lape
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signed use context clues
s
Cereal there. Good there drink, Koko signed.

• Luis signed the presidents speech for the deaf
  students in the audience.

http//www.rpsd.com/africa/alphabet/g.htm
signed for the hearing impaired, signing refers
to a form of communication that involves the
hands (page 446)
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aggressive use context clues

• He was very aggressive. He would go up to
  people and bite
• them for no reason.

Pushing over his desk is one example of Tylers
aggressive behavior.
aggressive working hard with a lot of energy
and drive to get something (page 451)
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obnoxious use context clues

• Cat bite. Obnoxious, Koko signed, but she
  never struck back.

The girls obnoxious behavior made people dislike
her.
obnoxious very annoying or disagreeable(p. 451)
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perceptions use context clues

• In addition to sign language, art is another way
  I test Kokos perceptions.

The womans keen perceptions about shoppers make
her a good salesperson.
perceptions knowledge gained by observation
(p. 453)
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distress use context clues

• It was her distress call-
• a loud, long series of high-pitched hoots.

The family watched in distress as their house
burned.
distress great pain, sorrow, or anxiety (page
454)
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KoKos Kitten - Vocabulary

• signed for the hearing impaired, signing
• refers to a form of communication that
• involves the hands
• aggressive working hard with a lot of
• energy and drive to get something
• obnoxious very annoying or disagreeable
• perceptions knowledge gained by observation
• distress great pain, sorrow, or anxiety

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Kokos Kitten - resources

• http//www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_fe
  ature/0007/gorillas2.html

http//www.koko.org/kidsclub/
American Sign Language http//where.com/scott.net
/asl/
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koko_28gorilla29
http//www.koko.org/world/journal.phtml
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Kokos Kitten Word Knowledge

• These words end with the suffix ous, which
  means full of.

various ambitious studious luxurious

• Identify each root word.

vary ambition study luxury

• What part of speech does the suffix ous form?

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These words have different spellings of the long
a sound
mistakes
display
plate
conversation

• Name other words with these spellings of long a.
• (a _ e , _ ay, and a)

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These words from Kokos Kitten contain the
suffixes less, meaning without ful, meaning
full of
restless
skillful
mouthful
distressful

• Figure out the meaning of each word using the
  root word and the added suffix.

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