Vocabulary
Characters
Comprehension#1
Comprehension#2
Extra
100
A small donkey.
What is a burro?
100
Elena or also known as Little Elenita.
Who is the main character of the story.
100
This person thought Elena was too small to be a glass blower.
What is her papa?
100
The tune that she played.
What is the shape that appeared at the end of her glassblowing pipe?
100
A made-up story that could never really happen.
What is a Fantasy?
200
A piece of music; or melody.
What is a tune?
200
Pedro
Who is Elena's brother?
200
Elena pretended to be a boy so she could learn to be a glassblower.
What is because girls did not usually become glassblowers?
200
Elena played a march to help him walk up the steps.
What is how did Elena help Roadrunner solve his problem?
200
Ana Juan
What is the name of the illustrator?
300
A building or group of buildings where people and machines make things.
What is a factory?
300
La Mariposa
What are the butterflies?
300
Elena, Papa, Pedro, the Burro, the Coyote, and Senor Roadrunner.
What are the main characters of the story?
300
Coyote was a horrible singer.
What is why did the other animals chase the Coyote?
300
Girls should be allowed to try to do anything that boys do.
What is the "Big Idea" or lesson of the story?
400
A person or artist that shapes glass objects by blowing air from the mouth through a tube into a blob of hot, liquid glass.
What is a glass blower?
400
The Burro, the Coyote, and the Roadrunner.
Who were the animals she helped in her travels?
400
Elena found out she could make music with her pipe.
What is Elena's important discovery on her way to Monterrey?
400
Pree-tat-tat, Pree-tat-tat.
What is the sound Elena makes on her pipe?
400
To entertain his readers.
What is why did the author write this story?
500
A vocal or instrumental performance of music outdoors at night usually under a window of someone you love.
What is a serenade?
500
Campbell Geeslin
What is the author of this story.
500
Elena wanted her Papa to judge her for her glassblowing skill, not as a little girl.
What is why did Elena wear a disguise at her father's factory?
500
The word hat in Spanish.
What is a Sombrero?
500
Reading Street
What is the name of our Reading Series?
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