Cousin Connections
This is the specific format that Charlie and Carlitos use to communicate with each other across the miles.
Letters
Juan feels "upside down" because he has just moved to a new school and does not yet speak or understand this language.
English
If a hillside goes almost straight up like a wall and is incredibly hard to climb, it is described by this word.
steep
In the sentence, "The happy boy kicked the soccer ball," this word is the common noun that names a person.
boy
This 3-letter word features a long i sound spelled with the vowel team ie and describes a delicious, baked dessert filled with fruit.
pie
Carlitos lives in this country, where he rides his bike past a village plaza and eats quesadillas.
Mexico
This supportive teacher helps Juan feel comfortable by noticing his talents in recess, art, and music.
Mrs. Logan
This vocabulary word means your strongest wishes, hopes, or deep wants for certain things to happen.
desires
Unlike common nouns, these nouns name specific people, places, or things and must always start with a capital letter.
proper nouns
The word "fright" uses this specific 3-letter combination to make its long i vowel sound.
igh
This is the point of view from which Dear Primo is told, because each boy writes directly about his own life using the pronoun "I."
first-person point of view
At lunch, Juan feels different because his mother packs him traditional tacos, while the other children are eating these classic square American sandwiches.
bologna sandwiches
When something is rare, expensive, or holds huge personal value to you, you might call it this.
precious
This is the proper noun in the sentence: "We are traveling to California to see the giant ocean next Tuesday."
California and Tuesday
This spelling word means gentle or not harsh, like a sunny day, or not spicy, like plain food.
mild
While Carlitos cools off by swimming in a clear river, Charlie cools off in the city by splashing in water from one of these street fixtures.
a fire hydrant
Instead of writing words on paper right away, Juan finds his voice and expresses his feelings by participating in this creative subject.
art/painting (music)
If a sponge or a special type of soil holds onto water instead of letting it leak out, it does this to the water.
retains
This is the correct way to write the plural form of the singular noun city.
cities
Correct the spelling mistake in this sentence: "The bright star gave off a clear sait in the night sky."
sight
Even though their daily lives look very different, the cousins discover they share this big similarity at the end of the story.
they both love to play games/sports (or they both want to visit each other)?
This is the main theme or lesson of The Upside Down Boy.
adapting to a new place takes time, or using your unique talents can help you fit in?
This 5-letter vocabulary word describes a single square section of a neighborhood surrounded by four intersecting streets.
a block
Identify all the common nouns in this sentence: "The big dog barked loudly at the old truck."
dog, truck
This long i spelling word means a feeling of slight worry or a thought that keeps popping up in your head, as in "Keep that in..."
mind