Vocabulary
Comprehension 1
Super Suffixes
Sequence of Events
Comprehension 2
100
The vocabulary word that completes the sentence: Mrs. Wagner's niece will ___________ from college this May.
What is GRADUATE?
100

Look back to page 502. What is the main idea of the article's first paragraph?

Ira and the other puppies were born for a special purpose.

100
What the word EXHIBITION means in the sentence: Our school district holds an art EXHIBITION every year. - contest -public display of art or skill -fundraiser
What is a public display of art or skill?
100
One of the first skills puppies learn FIRST when being trained as a service dog.
What is learning to retrieve things such as dropped keys?
100
The reason why Ira's name was changed to Irah?
What is his new group, The Guide Dog for the Blind, already has a dog named Ira and he needs to be renamed.
200
The vocabulary word that completes this sentence: Mrs. Badulak waited ________________ in the traffic jam.
What is PATIENTLY?
200

What happened when Ira was about eight weeks old?

He met his puppy raiser

200
What the word INFORMATION means in this sentence: "Mr. Tennyson was looking for INFORMATION about the upcoming Home and School magic show." -questions -volunteers -facts or details
What is facts or details?
200
The skills that are taught AFTER retrieving keys but BEFORE learning how to press a wheelchair-access sign with their paw.
What is learning how to come or to sit on command and walk at heel on a leash?
200

What does "walk at heel" mean, and why is it important to do so when entering an elevator?

What is walking right beside the person instead of going in front or behind because that would be dangerous if the door closed on the leash?

300
The vocabulary word that completes this sentence: The Safety Patrol will be having a ________________ to introduce the new members and say thank you to the 5th grade Safeties.
What is CEREMONY?
300

What was the FIRST task Ira learned to perform?

to retrieve dropped keys

300
The root word (verb) that is left when you take the suffix off of the word COOPERATION.
What is COOPERATE?
300
The story event that happened AFTER he visits Sandy's classroom: -learns to ride calmly on a bus -meets Don Simmonson -retrieves keys from Sandy -visits the mall with the puppy group
What is "meets Don Simmonson"?
300
The reason why Ira cannot leave Sandy and go to more detailed training.
What is his assigned training facility isn't ready for him yet?
400
The vocabulary word that completes this sentence: There was a $100 ___________________ for finding the lost dog.
What is REWARD?
400

Which came first: 

1) Ira learned to stay calm on a bus

2) Ira learned to enter an elevator

Ira learned to stay calm on a bus

400
The meaning of the word ATTENTION in this sentence: The students paid close ATTENTION to Mrs. Pearce when she was showing how to add negative numbers. -to ignore -the action of attending -to stare -the action of dismissal
What is "the action of attending"
400
The age that Ira, Ivy, and Ike meet their puppy raisers.
What is 8 weeks old?
400

The skill that the school students taught Ira so that he would learn patience.

What is teaching him to sit on his rug during the school day. Also, The children helped Ira learn to come when he was called.

500
The vocabulary word that completes this sentence: "The 4th grade chorus _____________ a concert each spring for the parents."
What is PERFORMS?
500

What is this article MOSTLY about?

how service and guide dogs like Ira are trained

500
The meaning of the word COMBINATION in this sentence: The COMBINATION of the ice cream and the cake was delicious. -the act of eating -the act of combining items -the act of separating apart
What is "the act of combining items"?
500
The heart-warming, touching story event that happens AFTER Irah becomes Don's guide dog and Sandy and Don become friends.
What is Irah attends the 8th grade graduation at Sandy's school to see the students who helped train him?
500
The reward that Sandy gives the school children for helping to her train Ira.
What is she takes them to where Ira was born, Shy Bear Farm.
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