MP3460 Includes Assessment Pages! Reading Well 2–3 Milliken’s Reading Well reading series provides teachers and parents with a wide variety of activities to use at home or in the classroom to enhance your reading program Reading materials and styles of writing include realistic fiction, biography, poetry, fantasy, informational articles, myths, legends, tall tales, and plays or skits The comprehension activities have been selected to provide opportunities for students to practice a variety of reading skills A list of comprehension skills for all grade levels is included on the Reading Comprehension Chart on page A variety of assessment rubrics helps you track progress in achieving those skills Each book in the series is sequential, allowing students to build on skills previous learned The various levels available allows you to select the one most appropriate for an individual student or class Reading Well Grades 2–3 written by Cindy Barden illustrated by Corbin Hillam Author Cindy Barden Illustrator Corbin Hillam Book Design and Production Good Neighbor Press, Inc Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co All rights reserved The purchase of this book entitles the individual teacher/purchaser to reproduce copies by any reproduction process for single classroom use The reproduction of any part of this book for use by an entire school or school system or for any commercial use is strictly prohibited Table of Contents 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 28 30 32 33 34 36 38 40 41 Reading Comprehension Skills Bloom’s Taxonomy Using Student Assessments Individual Activity Assessment Oral Reading Assessment Story Summarizing Assessment Student Reading Comprehension Skills Assessment Student Reading Log and Assessment A Trip to the Farm The Four Seasons Terrible Lizards Recipe for Lemonade Color Coded More House Work Katie Goes Hopping What Will Happen Next? He Had a Dream Happy Holidays Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Cause and Effect The Rest of the Story City or Country? Which Is Better? Alligators and Crocodiles The Land Down Under How About a Parakeet? Gingerbread Houses Devan’s Letter Hurray for the Red, White, and Blue! Crispy Waffles Cereal Two Great U.S Presidents Yi-Fei’s Hobby Jeremy to the Rescue A New Story Answers ii Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co MP3460 Reading Comprehension Skills Activities provide opportunities for students in grades and to practice these reading comprehension skills Skill Page numbers Relate pictures to text 9, 10, 12, 17, 25, 32 Distinguish between reality and fantasy 15 Detect cause and effect 20, 39 Recognize the main idea 9, 18, 30 Compare and contrast 14, 23, 24, 31, 32, 35 Identify significant details 11, 25, 30, 32, 35, 37, 39 Recognize rhymes 15 Sequence events 12, 16, 19, 23 Follow instructions 9, 12, 13, 14, 25, 28, 29, 37 Use context clues 15, 26, 29, 31, 36 Predict outcomes 16, 21 Draw conclusions 11, 23 Classify 26 Distinguish between fact and opinion 33 Identify supporting details 11, 26, 31, 37, 39 Make judgements 25 Increase vocabulary skills 29, 36 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co MP3460 Bloom’s Taxonomy Bloom’s Taxonomy, developed by Benjamin Bloom, divides cognitive objectives into six categories ranging from simple to complex Milliken’s Reading Well series provides opportunities for children to meet these six objectives Knowledge is the ability to memorize information and recall specific facts Skills include recording, outlining, listing, discriminating between facts and opinions, classifying items, distinguishing between definitions and examples, and summarizing material Comprehension is the ability to grasp the meaning of what has been learned rather than simply memorizing facts Skills include comparing and contrasting like and unlike items, identifying steps in a process, interpreting charts and graphs, translating verbal material to mathematical terms, estimating consequences, patterning, and predicting outcomes Application is the ability to use material previously learned in new situations Skills include inferring, estimating, applying concepts to new situations, ordering, sequencing, understanding changes in word meanings, and constructing graphs and charts Analysis is the ability to understand both the content and structural form of material and the ability to break material into its component parts Skills include writing analogies, decoding, using logic, drawing conclusions, predicting sequences, making inferences, and distinguishing between cause and effect Synthesis is the ability to put parts together to form a new whole Skills include planning, deductive reasoning, creative thinking, testing hypotheses, drawing conclusions, problem solving, and planning a project Evaluation is the ability to use definite criteria to judge the value of material for a given purpose Skills include developing and evaluating criteria, determining appropriateness and relevancy of information, discovering common attributes, and evaluating material for extraneous information Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co MP3460 Using Student Assessments Assessment forms can measure student progress on a variety of reading comprehension skills They also enable you to track a child’s literary development over time Completed forms can be shared with students and their parents, used as motivational tools, and used as guides when completing report cards Individual Activity Assessment Most activities in the Reading Well series provide opportunities for students to sharpen several reading comprehension skills The Individual Activity Assessment form can be used as a follow-up for any activity in this book A copy of it can be attached to the completed activity for students to take home Oral Reading Assessment This form allows you to track students’ oral reading skills It can be used on a monthly or quarterly basis and will be a helpful reference tool at parent/teacher conferences Story Summarizing Assessment This form provides a means to assess a student’s reading comprehension level through oral or written summaries completed by students When used to assess an oral summary, the form can be completed with the student at the end of the summary For written summaries and/or book reports, this form can be attached to the student’s work and sent home for parent review Student Reading Comprehension Skills Assessment This form allows you to assess a student’s overall level on many reading comprehension skills It can be used on a quarterly basis to track progress and provides valuable information for parents about their child’s progress Student Reading Log and Assessment This form is a self-assessment tool for students as well as a progress report It provides an opportunity to learn at what level a student is comfortable reading and to suggest appropriate reading material for the future, providing input for both students and parents Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co MP3460 Individual Activity Assessment Student’s name: _ Date: _ Activity title: Skill Level Student Student Student Student has mastered this skill shows high level of proficiency has basic understanding of this skill needs improvement on this skill Skills needed to complete this activity Check all that apply Skill level _ Relate pictures to text _ _ Distinguish between reality and fantasy _ _ Detect causes and effects _ _ Recognize main idea _ _ Compare and contrast _ _ Identify significant details _ _ Recognize rhymes _ _ Sequence events _ _ Follow instructions _ _ Summarize material _ _ Use context clues _ _ Predict outcomes _ _ Draw conclusions _ _ Synthesize _ _ Determine point of view _ Suggestions to help student improve these skills: _ Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co MP3460 Oral Reading Assessment Student’s name: _ Skill Level Student Student Student Student has mastered this skill shows high level of proficiency has basic understanding of this skill needs improvement on this skill Dates of assessment Reading Skill Skill Level Recognizes when words not make sense or sound right _ _ _ Self-corrects if word doesn’t make sense or sound right _ _ _ Pays attention to end punctuation _ _ _ Reads fluently _ _ _ Reads with expression _ _ _ Understands what he/she has read _ _ _ Overall assessment _ _ _ Notes to help student improve: _ _ _ _ Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co MP3460 Story Summarizing Assessment Student’s name: _ Date: _ Story Title: Scoring detailed fragmentary partial inaccurate Story elements Description of setting (time and place) Score: Description of main characters Score: Description of problem(s) encountered Score: Sequencing of major events Score: Resolution of problem Score: Total score: Scoring Guide Level Total Score Proficient 13–15 Capable 9–12 Developing 5–8 Unsatisfactory 0–4 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co MP3460 Name: Date: _ Gingerbread Houses (cont’d) Read about how to make a gingerbread house Fill in the blanks \\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\ What is the “glue” that holds the house together? What ingredient makes it dry so hard? What does edible mean? What does festive mean? What is another word for icing? List some of your own ideas to decorate a gingerbread house To make windows and doors, use To decorate the roof, use To make a chimney, use To make flowers or bushes next to the house, use 29 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible MP3460 Name: Date: _ Devan’s Letter reet 833 Newbury St 54971 Ripon, Wisconsin September 10 Grandma, d ms n a a p d n a r four bedroo e v a Dear G h e W e s ur new hou om and Dad M r fo e I really like o n o d n ne for Tori, a u come visit o y n e h w One for me, o e n ts in the other o eek Tori wan w t You can sleep x e n g o d can get a ll clothes o d in Dad said we p u it s s she can dre a poodle so get a beagle dy ld u o h s e w k eek and alrea w I thin t s la l o o h c is Lincoln S My teacher n o J d I started at n a l e o J w friends, M for short r M im made two ne h ll a c lay imer, but we iends and I p Mr Mandenhe r f y M d r a y back We have a big ona riends in Ariz f y football m ll a d n a miss you Write back I love, Devan \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Who wrote this letter? What is the main idea? 30 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible MP3460 Name: Date: _ Devan’s Letter (cont’d) Where did Devan live before he moved to Wisconsin? \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\ What does Devan like to with his friends? Fill in the information about Devan and you on the chart Devan Me Street City State Zip Sisters Brothers School Teacher Friends Kind of dog he’d like 31 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible MP3460 Name: Date: _ Hurray for the Red, White, and Blue! The red, white, and blue flag of the United States of America stands for its people and their government The first official U.S flag had 13 stars and 13 stripes The flag today has 50 stars! Today’s flag still has the same number of stripes as the first flag, reminding us of the first 13 colonies that became states Many people call our flag the “Stars and Stripes” or “Old Glory.” Compare the first U.S flag with the current one Questions: The first U.S flag Today’s U.S flag How many stars? How many stripes? What color? What the stars stand for? What the stripes stand for? What the colors stand for? 32 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible MP3460 Name: Date: _ Crispy Waffles Cereal \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\ What shape are Crispy Waffles? List a fact and an opinion found on the box Fact: Opinion: Who would like this cereal? Why? What company makes Crispy Waffles? \\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co 33 reproducible MP3460 Name: Date: _ Two Great U.S Presidents Two of our great presidents were George Washington, our first president, and Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president George Washington was born in Virginia on February 22, 1732 His father was wealthy and owned much land George enjoyed school, even though he had to walk a long way every day to attend Later he went to a different school Then George had to row a boat across a river to get there George liked reading, math, history, and geography He also learned about farming His father died when he was 11 years old Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in a log cabin in Kentucky His family was very poor They moved to Indiana when he was years old Instead of going to school, Abe spent most of his time doing chores He learned to plant corn and potatoes, pull weeds, and gather firewood He attended school for only a few weeks each year In all, he went to school for less than one year Although he didn’t go to school much, he loved to read and was willing to walk many miles to borrow a book he hadn’t read Abe’s mother died when he was nine years old Both men worked hard to learn what they needed to be great presidents when they grew up 34 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible MP3460 Name: Date: _ Two Great U.S Presidents (cont’d) Compare and contrast the boyhoods of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln Fill in the information for each one Born in state Date of birth Schooling Death of a parent Was the _ (number) George Washington Abraham Lincoln \\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\ president of the U.S 35 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible MP3460 Name: Date: _ Yi-Fei’s Hobby Yi-Fei (e’fay) moved from Japan to the United States He taught his new friends at school how to origami Yi-Fei is a BOY GIRL Origami is the ancient Japanese art of paper folding People in Japan create intricate figures by folding square pieces of paper to make fancy animal shapes and other designs \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Intricate means To learn origami, a novice should use solid-colored squares of thin paper With practice, origami figures can be created with wrapping paper, wax paper, and other types of decorative paper \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Novice means Experts can make beautiful paper origami sculptures Once you have tried origami and created a few great paper figures of your own, you will understand why people in Japan enjoy this hobby \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Sculpture means 36 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible MP3460 Name: Date: _ Yi-Fei’s Hobby (cont’d) \\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ What shape paper is used for origami? What is origami? Explain in your own words Follow these steps to make an origami dog A Start with a square piece of thin paper Fig Fold paper along line BD so corner A meets corner C See figure B D Fold paper along EF, bringing corner D forward See figure C Repeat step on the other side at line EG See figure C E B Fold paper back along lines HI and JK See figure D F Fig Draw the face and spots on the dog A H E B G I Fig H E B J K D J A F Fig B D I G F K D A 37 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible MP3460 Name: Date: _ Jeremy to the Rescue On his way home from school, Jeremy saw his neighbor, Mrs Santos, crawling around in her front yard, holding her glasses Jeremy knew she was too old to be playing in the grass Mrs Santos had turned 80 on her last birthday Mrs Santos had been a science teacher before she retired Maybe she was studying bugs, he thought “What are you doing, Mrs Santos?” Jeremy asked Mrs Santos could not see very well without her glasses “Is that you, Jeremy?” she asked “I lost the screw for my glasses and can’t find it What am I going to do? How will I read my newspaper tonight?” “Maybe I can help,” Jeremy said “We studied about magnets in school today I have one in my pocket If you show me where you think you lost the screw, I might be able to help you find it.” Mrs Santos pointed Jeremy knelt down beside her and moved his magnet slowly back and forth across the grass Suddenly they heard a small ping There, on the magnet, was the tiny screw for her glasses “I found it!” he shouted “My dad has a small screwdriver I’ll get it and put the screw back in for you.” “That would be great, Jeremy While you’re doing that, I’ll get you some fresh chocolate chip cookies I baked this morning Now I can read my newspaper tonight Thanks, Jeremy.” 38 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible MP3460 Name: Date: _ Jeremy to the Rescue (cont’d) \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Where does this story take place? What time of day is it? Who are the two main characters? How they know each other? What is the problem? Why is it a problem? What does Mrs Santos to try to solve the problem? What does Jeremy to try to solve the problem? How does the story end? 39 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible MP3460 Name: Date: _ A New Story Plan another story about Jeremy and Mrs Santos Fill in the story map Main characters: Jeremy and Mrs Santos Where does the story take place? \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ What is the problem? Jeremy needs help with his science fair project \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Why is it a problem? What does Jeremy to try to solve the problem? How does Mrs Santos help Jeremy? How does the story end? What would be a good title for this story? 40 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible MP3460 Answer Key Name: Date: _ Name: Date: _ A Trip to the Farm The Four Seasons Name: Date: _ Terrible Lizards Last week Jay’s class went to visit a farm They saw many animals Three pigs played in a mud puddle Two ponies ate hay A cow tried to jump over the fence! They saw a chicken and four baby ducks The farmer also had a striped cat and a spotted dog Write a title for each picture Color the pictures Dinosaurs lived millions and millions of years ago Some ate plants and some ate meat Tyrannosaurus was the largest meat-eater Its teeth were six inches long a visit to a farm \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Stegosaurus was a plant eater It had sharp points on its tail This story is about Draw the animals Jay’s class saw at the farm Answers will vary \\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Answers will vary \\\\\\\\\\\\\\ The word dinosaur means “terrible lizard.” Some dinosaurs were as large as whales, while some were as small as chickens Write the answers Answers will vary \\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Answers will vary \\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Answers will vary \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ My favorite season is because Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co plant \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ points \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ meat\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ six inches \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ lizard \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Stegosaurus was a Students should have included in their drawings, three pigs, two ponies, a cow, a chicken, four baby ducks, a striped cat and a spotted dog It had sharp MP3460 reproducible Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co MP3460 on its tail Tyrannosaurus was the largest eater Its teeth were long Dinosaur means “terrible All dinosaurs were very large 10 reproducible eater .” YES NO 11 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible MP3460 Name: Date: _ Name: Date: _ Name: Date: _ Recipe for Lemonade Color Coded More House Work Lemonade Use the code to color each house the right colors H = HOUSE G = GREEN Ingredients: ⁄2 lemon sugar teaspoons Add sugar ⁄3 cup water e into a glass on Pour juic serving Squeeze ⁄2 lem cubes Makes Add four ice and water Stir R = ROOF Y = YELLOW Look at the houses you colored on the last page Follow the directions W = WINDOW B = BLUE D = DOOR P = PURPLE Examples: H/Y means color the house yellow R/P means color the roof purple Jo’s house is the only one with a green roof Put the number on the door of her house G P B Y Fill in the chart In the first column, write the colors of your house P G B Leah’s house has blue windows and a purple door Put a sun in the sky by Leah’s house Toby lives in a purple house with a yellow door Draw a tree by Toby’s house Y Number the pictures in order from to to show how to make lemonade Dave’s house is blue with a purple roof Draw Dave standing by the door What if you could paint your house any colors at all? In the second column, write the colors you’d like your house to be Y P B P My house is P B I’d like my house to be house roof windows H/G R/Y W/B H/Y D/P R/G W/P D/B doors bedroom walls P B bedroom floor P P G G G B G H/P Ask an adult to help you make lemonade Y B Y R/B W/G G G kitchen floor Y Y Y B D/Y H/B 12 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co R/P W/Y D/G 13 reproducible MP3460 Name: Date: _ Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co Answers will vary kitchen walls reproducible 14 MP3460 Name: Date: _ Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible MP3460 Name: Date: _ Katie Goes Hopping What Will Happen Next? He Had a Dream One day Katie, the kangaroo, Went exploring at the City Zoo A robin searched for food for her babies She found a large tasty worm Martin Luther King, Jr was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929 As a boy, he enjoyed baseball, basketball, football, and other sports He also read many books Draw a picture for each heading When he grew up, Dr King spoke to people about changing unfair laws He said it was his dream that someday skin color would not matter Everyone would be treated equally Illustrations will vary In 1986, the third Monday in January became a national holiday to honor the birthday of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr Dr King’s Dream She hopped some more and found herself Face to face with the rhino, Ralph \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Answers will vary \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ She saw an ostrich, a wallaby, And three koalas high in a tree Shamara and her friends raked all the leaves into huge piles Then they put their rakes away She jumped so far she went ker-plunk And landed on the elephant’s trunk Answers will vary \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ She started off to see the frogs Then visited with the three wart hogs What you think will happen next? She hopped into the lion’s den, But quickly hopped back out again What you think Shamara and her friends will next? When she hopped into the gorilla’s lap She reached in her pocket and pulled out a map “I’ve seen the giraffes and the buffalo But now I think it’s time to go Cal dumped the cake mix into a bowl He added eggs and water and mixed it all together Then he put the batter in a pan Back to the place where kangaroos Are safe and happy in the zoo.” kangaroos no \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ cannot talk, read a map, etc \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Could this really happen? Why or why not? Write the rhyming words from the poem kangaroo frogs den zoo hogs again \\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\ tree map go \\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\ wallaby lap Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible buffalo 15 MP3460 Young Martin Illustrations will vary \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Answers will vary \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ What you think Cal will now? A Hero Remembered Tasha was excited about the new computer game her friend gave her She turned on the computer and put in the disk \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Answers will vary \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Illustrations will vary What you think Tasha will next? 16 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible MP3460 17 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible MP3460 41 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co MP3460 Answer Key Name: Date: _ Name: Date: _ Name: Date: _ Happy Holidays Baa, Baa Black Sheep Cause and Effect Write a topic sentence that states the main idea for each story At one time, pioneers made their own clothing from wool Making cloth from wool takes much work Draw lines to connect the sentences that tell what happened and why \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ After dad cut off the top, I took out the squishy middle part Then I drew a face on the pumpkin Dad cut out the eyes, nose, and mouth On Halloween, we put a candle inside and lit it We had the best jack-o-lantern of all! \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Answers will vary \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ We watched the parade in the morning Then we had a picnic and played baseball When it was dark, we watched the fireworks explode in the sky It’s the only holiday in the middle of summer! First the sheep must be sheared Their wool is cut off in spring Then the cut-off wool is washed and carded Carding wool removes all the tangles Next the wool fibers are spun Spinning twists the fibers into yarn After that the yarn is dyed Yarn can be dyed any color of the rainbow Some people use yarn for knitting sweaters, scarfs, and other items Another way to make clothing from wool is to weave the yarn into cloth Once the cloth is made, it can be cut and sewn to make coats, dresses, skirts, hats, sweaters, and other warm clothing Josh taught his puppy a new trick His puppy howled when he heard the noise At one time, people sheared their sheep and made their own wool Today, few people make their own cloth Only the shearing is still done by hand Josh and his puppy went for a walk in the woods Number the six steps in order for making wool cloth _ weaving He got a good grade on his test _ dyeing _ washing _ shearing Josh played basketball in the house His puppy chased a squirrel Josh studied hard for his spelling test His puppy rolled over _ carding \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ _ spinning The first time Josh played the violin, the sound was terrible Molly cut hearts from red and pink paper She added glitter and stickers Then she wrote a special message on each one Everyone thought Molly’s hearts were beautiful 18 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co The lamp fell off the table and broke Josh ran a twomile race He was very thirsty 19 reproducible MP3460 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible 20 MP3460 reproducible Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co Name: Date: _ Name: Date: _ The Rest of the Story City or Country? Which is Better? (cont’d) Alligators and Crocodiles Write an ending sentence for each story Number the events in order Shaque saw a black cat “Oh no,” he thought “Black cats are bad luck.” He was so busy thinking about the black cat that he didn’t see what was in the middle of the sidewalk _ Cats attacked the mice Alligators and crocodiles are reptiles They both have tough skin and bony plates of armor They eat insects, fish, and small animals by crushing their prey in their strong jaws \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Tina baked a cake for her mom’s birthday Her aunt and uncle came for the birthday party Tina’s aunt sat on the cake \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Rachel closed her eyes She threw a penny in the wishing well and made a wish The next day her wish came true \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Answers will vary \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Brett liked to sleep He slept late every morning He took naps at school He slept in the car, at movies, anywhere and everywhere One day Brett suddenly woke up \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 21 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible MP3460 _ The two mice ate bread crusts and drank milk _ The City Mouse visited his Country cousin _ The Country Mouse went back home MP3460 Name: Date: _ When a crocodile closes its jaws, two large teeth show on each side of its mouth An alligator’s teeth not show when its mouth is closed _ The Country Mouse visited the City _ The City Mouse showed off the fancy home where he lived Who would say each sentence? Write Country Mouse or City Mouse on the lines “How can you be happy in such a boring place?” City Mouse \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Country Mouse \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ City Mouse \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Country Mouse \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Country Mouse \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ City Mouse \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ City Mouse \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Notice how their eyes and noses are on the tops of their heads This lets alligators and crocodiles see and breath while hiding and swimming low in the water “I like the simple life.” Mother crocodiles and alligators build nests of sand and leaves on land Babies hatch from the eggs “Look at my fancy house Isn’t it great?” Alligators have shorter, rounded snouts The crocodile’s snout is long and pointed Its skin is greener than an alligator’s and it grows a little larger Put an X in the correct columns “A crust of bread without fear is better than a feast near cats.” “Life is too dangerous here.” “Plain food is boring.” “Who’s afraid of an old cat? Not me.” Alligators reproducible MP3460 Both X X They always have two teeth showing X They are reptiles X They grow larger X They have shorter, rounded snouts Their eyes and noses are on the tops of their heads 23 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co Crocodiles They lay eggs X 24 reproducible Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co MP3460 Name: Date: _ Name: Date: _ Name: Date: _ Gingerbread Houses (cont’d) The Land Down Under How About a Parakeet? (cont’d) Australia is called The Land Down Under because it lies south of the equator Most people live along the coast The middle of the country, called the outback, is too dry to grow plants or raise animals What kind of animal is a boa constrictor? Many unusual animals live in Australia like kangaroos, wombats, koalas, frilled lizards, and platypuses More than 100 kinds of poisonous snakes live there too What kind of animal is a chameleon? The people of Australia speak English They drive their cars on the left side of the road instead of the right side as in America Find Australia on a globe or world map kangaroo, koala \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ wombat, platypus and frilled lizard \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ summer \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ south \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ in Australia of the equator \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Answers will vary \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ MP3460 What does festive mean? What is another word for icing? List some of your own ideas to decorate a gingerbread house To make windows and doors, use Which animal did Na’il choose? To decorate the roof, use To make a chimney, use Which animal would you most like for a pet? Why? 25 reproducible What does edible mean? Which animal did Na’il mother want him to get? Which pictures show how people drive in Australia? Would you like to visit Australia? Why or why not? Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co What ingredient makes it dry so hard? Which animal can change colors? Why? To make flowers or bushes next to the house, use 27 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible icing \\\\\\\\\\ cream of tartar \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ can be eaten \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ happy/holiday \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ frosting \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Answers will vary \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\ What is the “glue” that holds the house together? What kind of animal is a St Bernard? List four animals that live in Australia Australia lies Read about how to make a gingerbread house Fill in the blanks What kind of animal is a tarantula? Because Australia is south of the equator, their seasons are different from ours In June, it is winter In December, it is summer In December, it is snake \\\\\\\\\\\\\ lizard \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ spider \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ dog \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ chameleon \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ parakeet \\\\\\\\\\\ parakeet \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ He liked the way it talked \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\ Answers will vary \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 29 MP3460 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible MP3460 42 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co MP3460 Answer Key Name: Date: _ Name: Date: _ Devan’s Letter Devan’s Letter (cont’d) Hurray for the Red, White, and Blue! Where did Devan live before he moved to Wisconsin? The red, white, and blue flag of the United States of America stands for its people and their government t 833 Newbury Stree 5497 Ripon, Wisconsin September 10 Arizona \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ play football \\\\\\\\\\\\ a, a and Grandm rooms Dear Grandp have four bed new house We and Dad I really like our one for Mom for Tori, and come visit you n whe One for me, one in the other one week Tori wants You can sleep next can get a dog hes Dad said we it up in doll clot she can dress a poodle so gle uld get a bea already and k wee I think we sho last cher is Lincoln School I started at and Jon My tea rt friends, Joel sho made two new him Mr M for y er, but we call Mr Mandenheim k yard My friends and I pla bac We have a big ona Ariz in ll nds tba frie foo all my miss you and Write back I love, Devan What does Devan like to with his friends? Name: Date: _ The first official U.S flag had 13 stars and 13 stripes The flag today has 50 stars! Today’s flag still has the same number of stripes as the first flag, reminding us of the first 13 colonies that became states Many people call our flag the “Stars and Stripes” or “Old Glory.” Fill in the information about Devan and you on the chart Me Devan Street City State Zip Sisters Brothers School Teacher Friends Devan \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Devan’s new home \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Kind of dog he’d like 833 Newbury Ripon Wisconsin 54971 1-Tori Answers will vary Lincoln Mr Mandenheimer Joel and Jon beagle Compare the first U.S flag with the current one Questions: The first U.S flag Today’s U.S flag How many stars? 13 50 How many stripes? 13 13 red, white, and blue red, white, and blue What the stars stand for? 13 colonies 50 states What the stripes stand for? 13 colonies 13 colonies What color? Who wrote this letter? What is the main idea? What the colors stand for? 30 reproducible Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co MP3460 the people and government of the United States 31 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co 32 reproducible MP3460 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible MP3460 Name: Date: _ Name: Date: _ Crispy Waffles Cereal Two Great U.S Presidents (cont’d) Yi-Fei’s Hobby Compare and contrast the boyhoods of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln Fill in the information for each one Yi-Fei (e’fay) moved from Japan to the United States He taught his new friends at school how to origami What shape are Crispy Waffles? square \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ List a fact and an opinion found on the box \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Answers will vary \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\ Fact: Born in state Date of birth Opinion: Schooling Who would like this cereal? Why? What company makes Crispy Waffles? Class Foods, Inc \\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Was the _ (number) Yi-Fei is a George Washington Abraham Lincoln Virginia \\\\\\\\\\\ February 22, \\\\\\\\\\\ 1732 \\\\\\\\\\\ Had a good \\\\\\\\\\\ education \\\\\\\\\\\ Father, when \\\\\\\\\\\ he was 11 \\\\\\\\\\\ First \\\\\\\\\\\ Kentucky \\\\\\\\\\\ February 12, \\\\\\\\\\\ 1809 \\\\\\\\\\\ Had no formal \\\\\\\\\\\ education \\\\\\\\\\\ Mother, when \\\\\\\\\\\ he was \\\\\\\\\\\ Sixteenth \\\\\\\\\\\ BOY GIRL Origami is the ancient Japanese art of paper folding People in Japan create intricate figures by folding square pieces of paper to make fancy animal shapes and other designs fancy, complicated \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Intricate means To learn origami, a novice should use solid-colored squares of thin paper With practice, origami figures can be created with wrapping paper, wax paper, and other types of decorative paper beginner \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Novice means Experts can make beautiful paper origami sculptures Once you have tried origami and created a few great paper figures of your own, you will understand why people in Japan enjoy this hobby a 3-D figure like a statue \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Sculpture means president of the U.S 35 33 reproducible Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co Death of a parent Name: Date: _ MP3460 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible 36 MP3460 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible MP3460 Name: Date: _ Name: Date: _ Name: Date: _ Yi-Fei’s Hobby (cont’d) Jeremy to the Rescue (cont’d) A New Story square \\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Answers will vary It is the art of \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ folding paper \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ What shape paper is used for origami? What is origami? Explain in your own words Follow these steps to make an origami dog A Fig Fold paper along line BD so corner A meets corner C See figure B D Fold paper along EF, bringing corner D forward See figure Why is it a problem? What does Mrs Santos to try to solve the problem? C E B Fold paper back along lines HI and JK See figure D F Fig Draw the face and spots on the dog What does Jeremy to try to solve the problem? A E B G I Fig H E K D J How does the story end? A F Fig B F D I G J K D A 39 37 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co Who are the two main characters? What is the problem? C Repeat step on the other side at line EG See figure B What time of day is it? How they know each other? Start with a square piece of thin paper H Mrs Santos’ yard \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ late afternoon \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Jeremy & Mrs Santos \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ They are neighbors \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ She lost a screw for her glasses \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ She needs her glasses to see \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ She searches on the ground \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ He uses a magnet \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ They find the screw and he \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ offers to fix her glasses \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Where does this story take place? reproducible MP3460 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible MP3460 Plan another story about Jeremy and Mrs Santos Fill in the story map Jeremy and Mrs Santos Main characters: Where does the story take place? \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ What is the problem? Jeremy needs help with his science fair project \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Answers will vary \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Why is it a problem? What does Jeremy to try to solve the problem? How does Mrs Santos help Jeremy? How does the story end? What would be a good title for this story? 40 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co reproducible MP3460 .. .Reading Well 2–3 Milliken s Reading Well reading series provides teachers and parents with a wide variety of activities to use at home or in the classroom to enhance your reading program Reading. .. Presidents Yi-Fei’s Hobby Jeremy to the Rescue A New Story Answers ii Copyright © 2 002 Milliken Publishing Co MP3460 Reading Comprehension Skills Activities provide opportunities for students in grades. .. 38 40 41 Reading Comprehension Skills Bloom’s Taxonomy Using Student Assessments Individual Activity Assessment Oral Reading Assessment Story Summarizing Assessment Student Reading Comprehension