The un People: buttoned/unbuttoned
From Between the Lions
Summary
In this video segment from Between the Lions, Monica Maxwell is standing in the teeth of an arctic wind struggling to button up her parka. After she succeeds, the evil un people put an "un" in front of the word "button" and unbutton the parka. Monica is left out in the cold until the heroic re people rebutton her parka. The words appearing on screen include: buttoned, unbuttoned, and rebuttoned.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
"The un People: buttoned/unbuttoned" is all about listening for the sounds inside words — rhyming, blending, or breaking words into parts (focus: buttoned/unbuttoned).
- What sounds, rhymes, or word parts did you hear?
- How were the sounds put together or pulled apart?
- Can you make another word that plays with those same sounds?
Quick work-a-long
Practice: sound, rhyme, word part.
Try it: Pick a short word, say each sound slowly, then blend it back together — and think of one word that rhymes with it.