Reading Comp 5_1

Comprehension Practice

​types of genres

Word Cloud

If something is imaginative, what does that mean?

Take your best guess!

​A First Day To Remember








Samuel had just moved. He didn't know anyone and was nervous about starting sixth grade in a new town. His mom told him it would be OK. She said Samuel would make friends easily, and his new teacher will help him feel welcome.

​ Samuel's mother drove him to his new school on a cold fall morning. The sky was dark, and it was raining cats and dogs. Samuel had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach as they pulled up to his new school.

"I would give anything to get out of this!" he thought.

​ Just then, the school was bathed in a strange green, glowing light. Samuel and his mother looked up and saw a spaceship hovering directly above the school! A ladder came out of the spaceship, and a team of aliens climbed down and landed on the school roof.

"We come in peace," said the aliens. "We have traveled long and far to reach your planet! Now you must teach us everything about life on Earth!" Samuel smiled. The aliens seemed interesting. Perhaps it would be a good first day after all.

Multiple Choice

Samuel is nervous because:

• aliens have come to his school

• the weather is cloudy and rainy

• it is his first day at a new school

Multiple Choice

"raining cats and dogs" means:

• raining hard

• about to snow

• animals falling

Multiple Choice

"Samuel had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach" means that he:

• was worried

• had the flu

• had eaten a peach

Multiple Choice

In a library, this story would be in the section.

• mystery

• folklore

• science fiction

Multiple Choice

This story must be imaginative because it:

• includes aliens

• takes place in the future

• uses lots of metaphors