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This activity helps kindergarten students practice using present simple BE verbs (am, is, are) to state names, nationalities, jobs, and ages. Use the video as a shared class viewing. Pause after examples and ask students to repeat sentences chorally. For practice, have students work individually or in pairs to answer the drag-and-drop questions and to record short spoken responses. Prepare simple picture cards (people: I/me, boy/girl, group of people) and name/job labels to support learners who need visuals. For each open-ended question: a high-quality answer for "Share one thing you learned" names a correct sentence using am/is/are (e.g., "I learned: I am a student."). A high-quality answer for "Share one question you still have" shows curiosity about using the verbs (e.g., "Can I say 'He am'?" or "When do we use are?"). Teachers should mark responses correct if the student uses a correct be verb form or clearly asks a relevant grammar question.