Storyworks The day the worms moved in

Which is the setting of the story?

• Maddie's aunt's house

• Maddie's fifth-grade classroom

• Maddie's house

• Maddie's imaginary world

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Maddie keeps her fear of worms a secret because she....

• doesn't want to anger her mother.

• is really excited about composting

• doesn't want to upset Billy Peppercorn.

• is afraid that her brothers and other kids will tease her.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Why are there small holes in the bottom and sides of the composting bin?

• to let the worms out when they get too cold.

• to put food scraps through

• to allow water to drain out and air to get in

• to take garden soil out

Why does Maddie try to eat all the food on her plate after the worms arrive?

• She wants to please her mother.

• She wants to avoid using the compost bin.

• She is trying to starve the worms.

• She thinks that food scraps are bad for worms.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is Maddie's first idea for what to do when she sees the worms on the garage floor?

• scream for her big brother to help

• telephone her mother

• close the door and let the worms die

• put the worms back in their bin

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

In the phrase "hundreds of worms writhing around under the composting bin and across the floor," writhing means______.

• squirming

• dying

• disappearing

• gardening

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

to dig a tunnel or hole in the ground to have a safe place to stay or to live (for animals)

• phobia

• burrow

• composting

• sawhorses

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

heaping together old leaves, food scraps, manure, and other natural materials so they can change into soil

• burrow

• phobia

• composting

• minerals

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

an extreme fear

• sawhorses

• composting

• burrow

• phobia

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

racks to place wood on when its being sawed

• sawhorses

• phobia

• burrow

• composting