Comprehension Strategies and Constructing Meaning #1

Mary likes to help.  She brings her mom bread.  Mom bakes the bread in the oven.  What is the oven for?

• sitting

• playing

• baking

Baskets are good for holding things.  You can put toys in one basket.  You can put books in another basket.  Now your things are put away.

 

What is this mostly about?

• Putting things in baskets

• Holding two baskets

• How to make baskets

Dad put lights in the ground outside the house.  The lights turn on at night.  Kelly thought their houses seemed sad before.  Now the lights make it seem happy.

 

Kelly thinks the lights make the house seem______.

• happy

• dark

• warm

Maya put the leaves in a basket. Then her dog jumped into the basket. The leaves went all over the ground. “Now I have to put them back!” Maya said.

What happens to the basket?

• the leaves get it wet

• Maya drop it

• the dog jumps into it

Emma saw May, the new girl, eating lunch by herself. She didn’t want May to have to sit by herself. So Emma invited May to sit with her and her friends.

 

Emma thinks it is important to _______.

• Always bring you lunch to school

• Help new people feel welcome

• Let people eat by themselves

Hanna sits and watches two birds flying. The first one is a small, brown bird. The second bird is brown, but it is much larger. Hanna hears both birds sing as they fly.

How is the second bird different from the first bird?

• it flies faster

• it sings louder

• it is much larger

There is a fun way to keep your written thoughts private. You can make a secret language. The writer Beatrix Potter had a secret way of writing. She used the alphabet to make her own language. This kind of language is called a code. She used this code to keep her thoughts and feelings private. Anyone can make a secret language.

Which shows why a person might want a secret way to write?

• It will help keep a person’s written words private.

• Some famous writers wrote in a secret way

• A person’s new way of writing will become famous.

Josh wants to see a famous statue while on vacation with his family. He needs to know how to get to the statue from the hotel.

Which source probably will give Josh the most accurate information?

• A road map of the vacation area

• Another person staying at the hotel

• A person walking by the hotel

Kayla wants to learn how to play chess.   Which source could she probably trust?

• A member of the school chess club

• A large store that sometimes sells chess sets

• A novel about a boy in a chess tournament

Houses have doors. Cars have doors.  Doors help you go in and out of house.  Doors help you go in and out of cars.

 

Doors are_______.

• toys

• real

• made-up