Nadya Vessey - Mermaid

Why did doctors have to remove Nadya's legs?

• She was in a car accident.

• Her legs were unable to grow.

• She wanted to be a mermaid.

• She thought it would make her famous.

What did Nadya love to do more than anything else?

• write stories

• go fishing

• go swimming

• read books about mermaids

What inspired Nadya to become a mermaid?

• Watching "The Little Mermaid"

• Seeing dolphins swim in the ocean

• A conversation with her friends

• A conversation with a little boy on the beach

From the vocabulary video, what does the word part "spir" mean, as in the word inspire?

• breath or life

• spooky ghosts

• special or unique

• happy or glad

Check all the qualities demonstrated by Nadya?

• growth mindset

• creative

• positive

• does not like to try new things

Share an example of someone you know or we have talked or read about that demonstrated a growth mindset. Tell me why you think they showed a growth mindset. (You have 15 minutes to answer this question so take your time)

Another vocabulary word we looked at was "prosthetics".

What does prosthetic mean?

• man made, not real

• a fake leg

• someone that is athletic

• a mermaid tail

Nadya said her tail had to have 2 things. What were those 2 things?

• It had to be pretty and sparkly

• It had to be beautiful and allow her to walk

• It had to be beautiful and allow her to swim

• It had to have a motor and be sparkly

What happened at the end of the book?

• Nadya went in the water with her new tail and she swam beautifully.

• There was a statue built in her honor in Denmark.

• She saw that little boy at the beach again and showed him her mermaid tail.

• Nadya had to get used the new tail because it was so different but she kept persevering and soon swam easily.