Reading 1
Feng 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 Feng looked inside he saw stacks and stacks of hundred dollar bills! What did Feng see hanging in the tree? What was inside the bag?
1. A school bag
2.stacks of hundred dollar bills
Elijah couldn’t write because the tip of his pencil broke. He walked over to the pencil sharpener to sharpen it. Why wasn't Elijah able to write? How did he fix the problem?
He couldn’t write because his pencil broke.
He took it to the pencil sharper and sharpened it.
Feng 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 Feng 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. Kivlin bought a PS5 for her son's birthday. She hid it in a box in her closet so he would not see it. Why did Mrs. Kivlin hide the PS5 from her son? Where did she hide it?
She hid it because it was for her son's birthday and she wanted it to be a surprise. b. She put it in a box in her closet
Mrs. Kivlin 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 Salim's entire car. When Salim 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.
Nasir ran over a nail with his scooter and it punctured the tire. The tire went flat. He had to walk his scooter three miles home to get it fixed. What happened to Nasir's tire? What did he have to do because the tire was flat?
Nasir ran over a nail and his tire went flat. He had to walk three miles home.
Brayden'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 Nasir 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.
Nasir 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.
Niyah 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 Niyah want something hot to drink? . How many spoonfuls of sugar did she add?
She was cold.
She added two spoonfuls of sugar.
Jomar 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 Jomar was playing his game, his teacher saw he he was playing the game. His teacher told him she would need to contact his mother. Jomar's mom told him he was now grounded and was not allowed to play any video games for one week. What was Jomar playing on his computer? What happened when his mom found out?
Jomar was playing Roblox and when his mom found out he was grounded for one week from playing his computer.
Niyah pushed the buttons on the remote but it didn’t turn on. She opened the back and took the batteries out. She put new batteries in. She pushed the buttons and the TV turned on. Why didn’t the remote work? b. How did Niyah fix it?
The remote didn’t work because the batteries were dead. b. Niyah opened the back of the remote and put new batteries in.
Alex walked quietly into the bedroom so he wouldn’t disturb the sleeping baby. a. Why did he walk quietly? What does disturb mean?
He walked quietly because the baby was sleeping. Bother or interrupt.
Skylar left the window open in her house. A bird saw bread on the table and flew in to eat it. Sklyar used a net to catch the bird and released it 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. Skylar caught the bird with a net and released it outside. c. Release means to let something go free.
Quadir 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 Quadir go to the grocery store? b. How did he carry the items?
Quadir went to the grocery store because he needed ingredients for cookies. b. He carried the items in a grocery cart.
The birthday present given to Miriam had a beautiful ribbon. Miriam ripped open the present and saw it was brand new Ipods! She couldn't believe it! It was the gift she always wanted. She was so excited she jumped in the air! What did Miriam get as a present? What did she do when she saw her gift?
Miriam got a Ipods.
She was so excited she jumped in the air.
The dog was barking because he was hungry. Jomar 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 Jomar feed the dog?
The dig barked because he was hungry. b. Jomar opened a bag of dog food, poured it into the dog bowl, and gave it to him.
Hailey put 100 candles on the cake for the 100th day of school celebration. Her mom lit the candles carefully with a match. a. Who lit the candles? b. Why did she put candles on the cake? c. How many candles did she light?
Hailey's mom lit them carefully with a match. She put 100 candles on cake for 100 days of school.
Brayden 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
Brayden didn’t know the meaning of a word. b. He looked the word up in the dictionary.
Sklyar was really hot and thirsty after playing freedom at the park. She decided to get water from the vending machine. She put money into the slot and pushed a button for water. A bottle came out at the bottom. a. Why was Skylar hot and thirsty? b. How did she get water to drink?
Skylar just finished playing freedom at the park. b. She put money into a vending machine and pushed a button.
Sophia's kitten was crying because he was hungry. He cried until she gave him some food in his bowl. Why was the kitten crying? How did Sophia get the kitten to stop crying?
The kitten was crying because he was hungry. Sophia gave him some food in his bowl.
Salim 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 Salim 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.
Sophia won a ribbon for the best poster for the kindness challenge poster contest. She walked across the stage to accept the ribbon. a. Why did Sophia win a ribbon?
She won a ribbon because her poster was voted the best.
Quadir 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 Quadir get it to open?
The lid was too tight. Quadir ran the lid under hot water and loosened it up.
Miriam needs money to pay for a new PS5. After a large snowstorm, Miriam shoveled snow on her block and earned half the money. a. Why did Miriam need money? b. How did she earn the money? c. How much money did she earn?
She needs money for a PS4. b. She earned the money by shoveling snow. c. She earned half of the amount he needed.