Speech and Language Therapy

Parts of Reading Comprehension: Baobab, Tree of Life

100

1st Paragraph:  Why do you think the elephant go to the tree.

To get water

200

2nd Paragraph:  How big is the tree and what does the top part of the tree look like?

up to 60 feet tall and 30 feet wide.  The top look like gnarled roots.

300

3rd Paragraph:  Name two things the tree  supplies for animals.

food, water, safe home

400

4th Paragraph:  Name 3 things people use the baobab tree for.

shelters, prisons, animal stables, eating the leaves, eating the fruit, make rope,cloth, roofing, paper.

500

5th Paragraph:  How long does a tree live?  Summarize each paragraph.

Can live over 2000 years.

1.  The Baobab tree is important to animals and people in Africa.

2.  The Baobab tree is very large and looks like an upside down tree with the roots up on top.

3.  Animals use the tree for food, water, and safe home.

4.  People use the tree for food, water, shelter, prisons, stables for animals, to make various items like cloth and roofing material.

5.  The Baobab tree is important to 32 countries in the African continent.

Conjunctions

100

I like cars ________ trucks

What is the word "and"?

200

I like to eat bananas __________________ they are healthy.

What is the word "because"?

300

I would go outside ____________ it's too cold

What is the word "but"?

400

I like to listen to music ____________ I read

What is the word "while"?

500

If I could only choose one, I would buy the baseball cards ___ the Pokemon cards.

What is the word "or"

Name that thing

100

I am something you use to write. I am usually yellow and I have an eraser as a hat.

What is a pencil.

200

I am a large place. People walk in and out of me. I am a place where people learn. Teachers can usually be found inside me.

What is a "school"?

300

I have wheels but I am usually in the air. I have wings. I can go very fast. Many people can ride in me.

What is an airplane?

400

I turn on and off. You can watch me or play games on me. Some people can stare at me for hours. You can use me to do homework or to learn.

What is a computer?

500

I am something that you learn about in science. I sometimes smell, but you can barely see me. When it is hot or cold, it is easier to see me.

What is a gas?

Multiple Word Meanings

100

I can be used to hit a ball. I am also something that is black and flies in the night.

What is a bat?

200

I am something you can put on toast. I am also something that happens in traffic or on the highway. I'm another word for being stuck.

What is jam?

300

I can blow cool air and make you cool. If I am famous, I have many of these.

What is fan?

400

When you don't want two things that are attached it's because you want them to ________ together. I grow on trees. If you try hard and don't give up, you ____________ to it.

What is stick?

500

I am a flower. I can also be someone's name. I am another word for moving up. I begin with an "r".

What is Rose

What is the figurative phrase?

100

I am a saying that means it is raining hard.

What is "it's raining cats and dogs"?

200

I mean the person is moving slowly.

What is "a snails pass" or "like molasses."

300

to back out of something because you are scared. It's a term that includes an animal that lays eggs.

What is "to chicken out"?

400

To wait for a very long time

What is "till the cows come home"?

500

When you are really sick. You are sick as a _________.

What is "as sick as a dog"?