Reading Comprehension: Problem and Solution

On Friday afternoon, the doorbell rang. Ricky ran to the front door to see if his package arrived. He was so excited that he threw open the door. He didn’t even think about his dog, Shadow. Shadow darted out the door. He was down the street in a blink of the eye. Luckily, the mailman noticed the dog as it sprinted past him. The mailman chased after Shadow, grabbed his collar, and walked him back to Ricky. Phew, that was close!

What is the problem?

• There was a package at the door.

• The dog escaped from the house.

• Nothing happened.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

On Friday afternoon, the doorbell rang. Ricky ran to the front door to see if his package arrived. He was so excited that he threw open the door. He didn’t even think about his dog, Shadow. Shadow darted out the door. He was down the street in a blink of the eye. Luckily, the mailman noticed the dog as it sprinted past him. The mailman chased after Shadow, grabbed his collar, and walked him back to Ricky. Phew, that was close!

What was the solution?

• The mailman chased after the dog and brought him back to the house.

• Ricky went to the door to see if his package arrived at the house.

• Ricky let the dog run out of the house.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

Garrett and Jeffrey took turns at the hoop practicing their free throws. Usually Garrett sunk his free throw shots with no trouble, but something was off today. He had not made a single shot. Jeffrey was on fire, though! He made every single free throw shot from the line. Coach McElroy noticed and came to talk to Garrett. “If you adjust your feet,” he said, “your shot will go straight.” To Garrett’s surprise, he made the rest of his free throws!

What is the problem?

• Garrett and Jeffrey were awful at playing basketball.

• Garrett was jealous of Jeffery making his free throws

• Garrett was having problems making free throws at practice.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

Garrett and Jeffrey took turns at the hoop practicing their free throws. Usually Garrett sunk his free throw shots with no trouble, but something was off today. He had not made a single shot. Jeffrey was on fire, though! He made every single free throw shot from the line. Coach McElroy noticed and came to talk to Garrett. “If you adjust your feet,” he said, “your shot will go straight.” To Garrett’s surprise, he made the rest of his free throws!

What was the solution?

• Jeffrey teased Garrett for missing his free throws.

• Garrett decided to go home and give up basketball.

• Coach McElroy offered Garrett some tips to help him with his free throws.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Maci knew she had earned some good grades and some bad grades. Even though Maci knew her parents would be disappointed, she always followed the rules. She would give them the report card when she got home. When she arrived home, she realized that the report card was not in her binder when she got off the bus. She must have lost it somewhere! Instead of panicking, she made a plan. Maci decided to talk to her teacher about it the next day. Her teacher thanked her for being responsible. She printed Maci a new report card to take home. The teacher even put it in a special envelope.

What was the problem?

• Maci lost her report card.

• Maci made bad grades.

• Maci printed out a fake report card.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Maci knew she had earned some good grades and some bad grades. Even though Maci knew her parents would be disappointed, she always followed the rules. She would give them the report card when she got home. When she arrived home, she realized that the report card was not in her binder when she got off the bus. She must have lost it somewhere! Instead of panicking, she made a plan. Maci decided to talk to her teacher about it the next day. Her teacher thanked her for being responsible. She printed Maci a new report card to take home. The teacher even put it in a special envelope.

What was the solution?

• Maci saw her report card was missing from her binder.

• Maci's teacher thanked her for talking about her missing report card.

• Maci told her teacher what happened and her teacher printed another report card to take home.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3