Operation Rescue Possum

Operation Rescue Possum

RL2.1 Assessment

Operation Rescue Possum Part 1

One day Jakey found a possum in the window well.

“Hello, possum,” Jakey said. “You look stuck. How did you get down there, anyhow?” The possum hissed at Jakey.

Jakey’s big brothers came around the corner of the house. “Whatcha got there, Jakey?” they said. A stuck possum,” Jakey said.

“We’ve got to get that possum out!” Artie and Danny said. “Time for Operation: Rescue Possum!” They hurried to their workshop in the barn.

When Jakey followed, Artie and Danny were already hard at work drawing up plans. “We don’t want to touch the possum,” Artie said. “It might bite. Besides, it looks too big to just lift.” Artie showed Jakey their plan.

Operation Rescue Possum Part 2

 “How could you even you get the possum to stay on that platform?” Jakey asked with a confused look.

Artie and Danny looked at each other. “We’ll have to make a harness,” Artie decided. “We’ll clip the harness to a hook,” Danny said. “Then we’ll lower something possums like to eat on a pole, and use it as bait.”

 “Right!” said Artie. Jakey poked around the barn until he found a nice long board. Artie and Danny were so busy with their plans, they didn’t even notice. Jakey dragged the board around the house. He slid it into the window well. Now Jakey waited. The possum sniffed the board, then poked it with one foot. Then it waddled up the board and out of the window well and into the woods behind the barn. Operation: Rescue Possum was a success!

Multiple Choice

Where does Jakey find the “stuck possum”?

• by the house

• in the workshop

• by the barn

• in the woods

Multiple Choice

How did Jakey feel about Artie and Danny’s plan?

• He was afraid the possum would bite everyone.

• He thought it was a great idea.

• He was confused on how their plan would work.

• He was afraid it would hurt the possum.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence lets you know how Jakey feels about the plan?

• “How could you even you get the possum to stay on that platform?”

• Jakey asked with a confused look.

• Artie and Danny looked at each other.

•  “We’ll have to make a harness,”

Multiple Choice

Read the sentences from the story.

Jakey dragged the board around the house.

He slid it into the window well.

Which question do these sentences answer?

• Who went to the workshop in the barn?

• Why were Danny and Artie planning to make a harness?

• Where did Jakey find the board he dragged around the house?

• How did Jakey plan to get the possum out of the window well?

Multiple Choice

Read these sentences from the story.

“We’ve got to get that possum out!” Artie and Danny said “Time for Operation: Rescue Possum!”

What does “Rescue” mean in the sentence?

• trick

• find

• save

• hurt

Multiple Choice

Read these sentences from the story.

Then it waddled up the board and took its time. It went out of the window well and into the woods behind the barn.

What does “waddled” mean in the sentence?

• The possum ran quickly

• the possum didn't move

• the possum slid like a snake

• the possum moved slowly

Multiple Choice

How was the possum finally rescued?

• He wasn't and got hurt

• The boys looked it in a cage

• The boys baited the possum with something to eat

• The boys scared the possum away.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence lets you know how they rescued the possum?

• Artie and Danny looked at each other.

• “We’ll have to make a harness,”

• We’ll clip the harness to a hook,”

• Then we’ll lower something possums like to eat on a pole