Mystery of the Night Song

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Mystery of the Night Song
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pleased

• When you are pleased with something, you are
  happy with it.

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pleased

• The shoemaker was pleased with the shoes because
  they were so beautifully made.
• I am pleased when I do
• something well.
• Are you pleased when you win a race or when you
  lose one?

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pleased

• If I gave you a big hug, would you be pleased?
  Why?
• When was the last time you did something that
  pleased your friend?
• What did you do? Why did it please your friend?

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joy

• When you feel joy, you feel very happy.

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joy

• A look of joy spread across the elves faces when
  they saw their new clothes.
• I feel joy when I give or receive a gift.
• Would you feel more joy about receiving a candy
  bar or a new bike?

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joy

• It gives me great joy to watch a sunset.
• What gives you great joy to see? Why?
• If someone special came to visit, would you feel
  joy or sadness? Explain.

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stammered

• If I stammered, I had a hard time speaking. I
  kept stopping and repeating the same sounds
  without even knowing it.

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stammered

• The shoemaker stammered in amazement when he
  found the finished shoes.
• I stammer when Im so amazed that its hard to
  speak.
• Would you stammer because you found a dime or
  because your dog asked you a question?

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stammered

• I might stammer when I am speaking to a big group
  of people and I am nervous.
• When might you stammer?
• Sometimes I stammer when I read a word that Ive
  never seen before.
• Why might I stammer when that happens?

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puzzlingWhen something is puzzling, it is hard
to understand.
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puzzling

• The children dont know who the night singer is.
  Its puzzling to them.
• I am always puzzling over what to wear. Do you
  puzzle over that too? Why?

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puzzling

• If what I describe is puzzling, you should
  scratch your head and look puzzled.
• We line up to go to lunch.
• It snows in July.
• It is time to go home.
• A bugs starts talking to you.
• You just had your pencil and now you cant find
  it.

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probingWhen you are probing, you are searching
for answers.
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probing

• The children are probing for answers. Theyre
  asking many questions.
• Ill be probing about answers about dinosaurs.
• Would you probe for answers about todays weather
  or about space travel?

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probing

• I will name some jobs that people do. If asking
  lots of probing questions is part of the job,
  give a thumbs up.
• reporter crossing guard doctor
• chef typist scientist
• astronaut vet mover

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unrelentingWhen you are unrelenting, you do not
give up until you do what you wanted to do.
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unrelenting

• The children are unrelenting in the search for
  the night singer. They never give up.
• I was unrelenting in my search for my wallet.
• Would you be unrelenting in a search for a lost
  puppy or in your search for a paper clip?

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unrelenting

• If I use unrelenting correctly in my sentence,
  you should say That is unrelenting!
• I was unrelenting as I ate my cereal.
• I was unrelenting as I tried to solve the
  mystery.
• She was unrelenting as she played at the park.
• He was unrelenting in his search for Moms ring.
• Dave was unrelenting as he tried to win the race.
• Kate was unrelenting as she tied her shoe.

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Lets recapand review what we learned.
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Fill in the blanks with the correct
word.unrelenting probing puzzling

• In order to solve the mystery, the detective
  asked many _________ questions.
• The clues were ____________ , so it was hard to
  solve the case.

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stammered joy pleased

• We felt so much ________ as we gave out the food
  we collected to the hungry families.
• Jake was ____________ with the way his projected
  turned out.

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unrelenting puzzling stammered

• As I gave my speech, I nervously ____________
  over the words.
• We were _____________ in our search for the
  missing hamster.