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Comprehension 1
Comprehension 2
Vocab
Skills
Anything Goes!
100
Laura and her family lived near this
What is a creek?
100
This is what bothered Laura most when she returned to the dogout after going near the swimming hole
What is 'knowing that she had broken a promise to Pa'
100
Grasslike plants that grow in wet soil
What are rushes?
100
Trust is hard to win back.
What is the theme of The Swimming Hole
100
A vocab word that means Stood up straight
What is bristled?
200
This is a type of plant that Laura and Mary made different things out of
What are rushes?
200
Laura's parents probably felt this way about her
They wanted what was best for her.
200
Not deep
What is shallow?
200
Slow and Steady Wins the Race
What is the theme of Tortoise and the Hare
200
A vocab word that means badly behaved
What is naughty?
300
This is why Pa and Ma did not want the girls to go to the swimming hole
What is 'it was not safe for them to swim there alone'
300
What type of animal was at the swimming hole?
What is a badger
300
having places where parts join together
What is jointed?
300
These are the people or animals in a story
What are characters?
300
The story's BIG IDEA or LIFE LESSON (MORAL)
What is theme
400
This is what the story suggests about the outdoors
The outdoors is full of fun and wonder
400
What scared Laura in the swimming hole?
What is Pa grabbed Laura's leg
400
A shelter formed by digging into the side of a hill
What is a dugout?
400
What is the genre of The Swimming Hole
What is realistic fiction
400
Tell a few sensory words from The Swimming Hole. Use your book for 30 seconds if you need to.
Answers should come from the first pages.
500
This is why the badger probably flattened itself
What is 'it was afraid'
500
This was Laura's punishment
What is being watched
500
Cause pain for doing something wrong
What is punish?
500
Two words that sound the same but have different meanings or spellings or both
What are homophones
500
What was Laura's problem in the story and how did she solve it?
She went to the swimming hole and she solved the problem by being honest and earning his trust back.