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The Mayor portrait

The Mayor says

First, let us practice spotting. A describer who can spot a picture-sentence can draw one.

Three little games to warm up your eyes. No grades here. Just practice.

Draw or name?

Send each one where it belongs.

Match the part of the Close Look

Tap a part of the Close Look on the left, then the sentence that does its job on the right.

The part

The sentence

Finish the plan

Here is the Close Look for the kitchen table, with one line missing. Which note belongs in the blank?

  • My thing The kitchen table at breakfast.
  • What I see A white bowl and round golden cereal.
  • What I hear, smell, or feel  
  • My best describing word Crunchy.