Reading 1
Adyen saw a school bag hanging from the top of a tree. He got a ladder and set it up against the tree. He climbed the ladder and looked inside the bag. When Ayden looked inside he saw stacks and stacks of hundred dollar bills!
What did Ayden see hanging in the tree? What was inside the bag?
1. A schoolbag
2.stacks of hundred dollar bills
Javaine couldn’t write because the tip of his pencil broke. He walked over to the pencil sharpener to sharpen it.
Why wasn't Javaine able to write? How did Javaine fix the problem?
He couldn’t write because his pencil broke.
He took it to the pencil sharper and sharpened it.
Ayden was on his way home when it began to rain. He opened his umbrella but a strong wind blew it inside out. He was drenched when he got home.
a. Why did Ayden open his umbrella? b. How did his umbrella break? c. What does drenched mean?
He opened it because it started to rain.
b. When he opened the umbrella, a strong wind blew it inside out.
c. He was wet or soaked.
Mrs. Yeager bought a PS5 for her daughter's birthday. She hid it in a box in her closet so she would not see it.
Why did Mrs. Yeager hide the video game from her daughter? Where did she hide it?
She hid it because it was for her daughter’s birthday and she wanted it to be a surprise. b. She put it in a box in her closet
Mrs. Leary went out to the garden to work. The ground was wet and muddy so she slipped boots on over her feet so they would stay clean.
a. How did she keep her feet clean? b. Why did she put boots on?
She put boots on her feet. b. She put boots on because she didn’t want to get her feet muddy in the garden.
Last night there was snow storm. The snow piled so high it covered Keyshawn's entire car. When Keyshawn went out to clean off the car, a strong wind blew and tree branch fell on top of the car! Now the hood of the car is smashed.
Why was the car covered in snow? How did the hood of the car smash?
It snowed the night before and a strong wind blew and a tree branch fell and smashed the hood of the car.
Tymire ran over a nail with his scooter and it punctured the tire. The tire went flat. He had to walk scooter 3 miles home to get it fixed.
What happened to Tymire's tire? What did he have to do because the tire was flat?
Tymire ran over a nail and his tire went flat. He had to walk 3 miles home.
Louis's dog saw a cat and started to chase it. The cat ran quickly and climbed a tree. The cat was out of reach of the dog.
a. Why did the cat run? b. How did the cat get away from the dog?
The cat ran because a dog was chasing it.
b. The cat ran quickly and climbed a tree.
After Ayden was finished playing basketball, he left his jacket on the bench. When he found it the next morning it was wet because it rained the previous night.
a. Why was his jacket at the park? b. Why was it wet? c. What does previous mean.
Ayden jacket was at the park because he left it on the bench after the basketball game. b. It got wet when it rained. c. It happened before something else.
Mrs. Yeager was cold so she decided to make something hot to drink. She put a tea bag in a mug. She heated hot water and poured it into the mug. She added 2 spoonfuls of sugar and a slice of lemon.
a. Why did Mrs. Yeager want something hot to drink? . How many spoonfuls of sugar did she add?
She was cold.
She added two spoonfuls of sugar.
Flavio was playing Roblox on his computer during class. His mom spoke to him the night before and told him he was not allowed to be playing games during class.
While Flavio was playing his game his mom entered his room and saw he was playing the game. She told him he was now grounded and was not allowed to play any video games for one week.
What was Flavio playing on his computer? What happened when his mom found out?
He was playing Roblox and when his mom found out he was grounded for one week from playing his computer.
Javaine pushed the buttons on the remote but it didn’t turn on. He opened the back and took the batteries out. He put new batteries in. He pushed the buttons and the TV turned on.
Why didn’t the remote work? How did Javaine fix it?
The remote didn’t work because the batteries were dead.
Javaine opened the back of the remote and put new batteries in.
Addyson walked quietly into the bedroom so she wouldn’t disturb the sleeping baby.
a. Why did she walk quietly? What does disturb mean?
She walked quietly because the baby was sleeping. Bother or interrupt.
Louis left the window open in his house. A bird saw bread on the table and flew in to eat it. Louis used a net to catch the bird and released him outside.
a. Why did the bird come into the house? b. How did the bird get back outside? c. What does release mean.
The bird flew through the window to get bread. b. Louis caught him with a net and released him outside. c. Release means to let something go free.
Louis went to the grocery store to get ingredients for cookies. He got milk, eggs, flour and sugar. He couldn’t carry all the items in his arms so he got a grocery cart.
a. Why did Louis go to the grocery store? b. How did he carry the items?
Louis went to the grocery store because he needed ingredients for cookies. b. Louis carried the items in a grocery cart.
The birthday present given to Addyson had a beautiful ribbon. Addyson ripped open the present and saw it was a brand new Baby Alive! She couldn't believe it! It was the doll she always wanted. She was so excited she jumped in the air!
What did Addyson get as a present? What did she do when she saw her gift?
Addyson got a Baby Alive doll.
She was so excited she jumped in the air.
The dog was barking because he was hungry. Javaine opened the dog food bag, poured some in the bowl and gave it to the dog.
a. Why did the dog bark? b. How did Javaine feed the dog?
The dog barked because he was hungry.
b. Javaine opened a bag of dog food, poured it into the dog bowl, and gave it to him.
Louis put 100 candles on the cake for the 100th day of school celebration. His mom lit the candles carefully with a match.
a. Who lit the candles? b. Why did he put candles on the cake? c. How many candles did he light?
Louis's mom lit them carefully with a match. He put 100 candles on cake for 100 days of school.
Quincy didn’t understand a question in his homework because he didn’t know the meaning of a word. He looked it up in a dictionary and then knew the answer.
a. Why couldn’t he answer the question? b. How did he solve the problem
Quincy didn’t know the meaning of a word. b. He looked the word up in the dictionary.
Tymire was really hot and thirsty after playing freedom at the park. He decided to get water from the vending machine. He put money into the slot and pushed a button for water. A bottle came out at the bottom.
a. Why was Tymire hot and thirsty? b. How did he get water to drink?
Tymire just finished playing freedom at the park. b. He put money into a vending machine and pushed a button.
Addyson's baby was crying because he was hungry. He cried until she gave him a bottle.
Why was the baby crying? How did the Addyson get the baby to stop crying?
The baby was crying because he was hungry. Addyson gave him a bottle.
Ayden didn’t have his shoe laces tied in the school yard. He tripped over them and fell. He injured his elbow and went to the nurses office for a bandaid.
a. How did Ayden fall? b. Why did he go to the school nurse? c. What does injured mean?
He tripped over his shoelaces and fell.
b. He injured his elbow and needed a bandaid.
c. Injured means hurt, or harmed in some way.
Javaine won a ribbon for the best poster for the kindness challenge poster contest. He walked across the stage to accept the ribbon.
a. Why did Javaine win a ribbon?
He won a ribbon because his poster was voted the best.
Quincy could not get the jelly jar open because the lid was stuck on tight. He ran hot water over the lid and tried to open it again. This time it opened.
a. Why wouldn’t the jelly jar open? b. How did Quincy get it to open?
The lid was too tight. Quincy ran the lid under hot water and loosened it up.
Flavio needs money to pay for a new PS5. After a large snowstorm, Flavio shoveled snow on his block and earned half the money.
a. Why did Flavio need money? b. How did he earn the money? c. How much did he earn?
He needs money for a PS5. b. He earned the money by shoveling snow. c. He earned half of the amount he needed.