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What does the tall tale say Pecos Bill was responsible for building?

• The state of Texas

• The deserts of Arizona

• The Pecos River

• The Grand Canyon

Read the text: "Pecos Bill had squeezed all the meanness right out of that snake!" This is an example of which characteristic?

• Humor

• Exaggeration

• Cleverness

• Trickiness

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

What are the characteristics of a tall tale? Select TWO correct answers.

• Magic

• Exaggeration

• A happy ending

• Tricky characters

• Royal characters

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is an exaggeration about Pecos Bill’s childhood?

• His folks packed up their house and moved west.

• There were eighteen children in his family.

• He lived with coyotes and learned from them.

• He fell out of the family wagon on the trip west.

• The family’s journey was long, hard, and noisy.

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Choose the word that matches the picture.

• thirty

• thirteen

• third

• thirsty

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CCSS.RF.1.3

CCSS.RF.1.4

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.K.3

CCSS.RF.2.3E

There are birds chirping in the tree.

• birds

• chirping

• tree

• there

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Sunb​ (a)   n

• ur
• ir
• er

Spell the word.

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CCSS.L.1.2E

CCSS.RF.1.3C

CCSS.RF.2.3B

CCSS.L.K.2D

CCSS.RF.2.3A