The Ugly Vegetables

Where does MOST of the story take place?

• in a park
• on a farm
• in a graden

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CCSS.RL.2.1

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CCSS.RL.1.3

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CCSS.RL.K.3

What happens at the beginning of the story?

• Mommy draws funny pictures on pieces of paper
• The girl helps her mother start a garden
• The neighbors eat vegetable soup

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CCSS.RL.2.1

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

When she first sees the little green stems growing in her garden how does the girl feel?

• confused
• excited
• sad

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.1.9

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.K.9

When the author writes Up and down the street grew rainbows of flowers, what does she mean?

• The flowers are bright and colorful
• The flowers only open after it rains
• The flowers reach high into the sky

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CCSS.RI.4.5

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CCSS.RI.6.5

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Which sentence from the story is a clue that the girl is a hard worker?

• "I rushed over to the neighbors' gardens to see if theirs had grown."
• "I helped my mother plant the seeds, and we dragged the hose from the garden." 
• "I saw the neighbors standing on their porches with their eyes closed, smelling the sky."

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

At first, why doesn't the girl like her vegetable garden?

• She hates vegetables.
• She knows that the plants will not grow.
• She thinks it looks all dark green and ugly.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

How can Mommy BEST be described?

• She isn't friendly
• She likes to share
• She always shows off

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

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CCSS.RI.8.5

How can you tell that Mommy is a good gardener?

• Her plants make a lot of delicious vegetables.
• She uses more water than other gardeners.
• She knows the names of the plants in Chinese.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

What happens after Mommy and the girl pick the vegetables?

• They sell the vegetables
• Mommy makes a yummy soup
• They decide to plant only flowers

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

At the end of the story, why do the neighbors start planting vegetables next to their flowers?

• They want to have a better garden than Mommy
• They want vegetables to make Mommy's special soup
• They don't want Mommy to feel badly about her ugly garden

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

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CCSS.RL.6.1