4th CKLA Amplify Letters to Heaven Excerpt 1-3

What snack does Celeste look forward to after school?

• Café Con Leche

• Cangrejitos de guayaba y queso

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why does Celeste lick the plate clean when grandmother cooks?

• She loves her grandmother's cooking.

• It is important to eat your vegetables.

• She is afraid she will get in trouble.

• She wants to be "green."

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Why do different people pick up Celeste from school?

• Mami works very hard.

• The school bus does not go by her house.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

How can the reader tell Celeste is a kind and caring person?

• She would fix her grandma café con leche and take it to her in her room.

• When her grandma got sick, Celeste had to learn how to prepare café con leche herself.

• The only thing she could think about was her grandmother in her green dress.

• She wanted to talk to Dona, but nothing would come out.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does the mailman deliver to Celeste's house?

• a package with a recipe and guava paste

• A package with cangrejitos

• a package with a recipe, letter, and guava paste

• a package with a note

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Where is Celeste's grandmother from?

• Cuba

• Mexico

• Spain

• Texas

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Grandma tells Celeste to remember her with _____ and _____.

Pick TWO.

• sadness

• flavor

• love

• cangrejitos

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following is an example of dialogue?

• But in Cuba, her island, half the fun is visiting friends to surprise them.

• I unwrap the box inside and find myself holding a bar of guava.

• I smile thinking that grandma was doing the same thing to me now with her letter.

• "They'd wait around for a very long time to see if the family would come back."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Grandma says that calling ahead was like?

• going to the dentist.

• going to the zoo.

• making an appointment.

• going to the library.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why does Mami curve her lip into a smile?

• She's glad to be home because she is exhausted.

• She likes the taste of the cangrejitos.

• She is smelling something wonderful.

• She is excited about eating cangrejitos.

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CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1