Characters
Word Work
Sequencing
Questions
Vocabulary
100
What is the name of the main character who creates a problem in the story?
Fox
100
What word begins with an 'R' and rhymes with deeds?
reeds
100
What happens to Fox in the end?
He flies away.
100
What was the Fox's problem after the long winter?
He was hungry.
100
What did Fox become at the end of the story?
a balloon
200
What is the name of the mom in the story?
Mother Gull
200
What are the two letters that make the 'k' sound together?
ck
200
What is Mother Gull making at the beginning of the story?
her nest
200
Why did Fox take a rest after he returned from getting the baby chicks?
He was tired.
200
What body of water does Fox drink?
a lake
300
What is the kind of bird in the story?
a gull
300
What is the compound word found on page 7?
inside
300
Why was Fox excited when the story began?
The gulls were back.
300
What did Mother Gull do to save her chicks from the Fox?
She took them out of the sack.
300

Find the page where the fox discovers he has been tricked.

How did he feel?

He felt surprised and angry that the chicks were missing.

400
What is the name of the character who wanted to eat the gulls?
Fox
400
What are two words that have ch or th in them on page 9?
chicks, mother, teach, thorny, branches
400
What did the baby chicks do while the Fox was taking a nap?
They cried for help.
400
What did Fox do to try to teach Mother Gull a lesson?
He drank a lot of the lake.
400
What are the prickly things in the sack that hurt Fox's paws?
thorns
500
What does Fox do with the gulls after he takes them?
puts them in a sack
500

What is the spelling of the word "cry" with an -ed ending?

cried

500

What is the setting of the story?

On a shore of a large lake in the spring.

500
Why did Fox float away at the end of the story?
He was blown up like a balloon.
500

Turn to page 13. Read what the fox decides to do. What else could he have done?

He could have build a boat to get to the island.