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WorksheetsYoungsters work on their rdng skills with help from horses
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 24mins
Read the following sentences from the article.
1) The horses have made such a difference in her life that she wanted to bring that experience to other children, especially those who might not otherwise have it.
2) "I have eight horses, and I thought, 'Wouldn't it be cool if I could share them with kids, since not every child gets a chance to interact with a horse,'" said Gooch.
3) "My heart told me that if it involved horses, kids would want to pick up a book."
4) "She just radiated positive energy as she talked about her idea, and how important books and horses had been to her when she was growing up," she said.
What CENTRAL idea do these details support?
Caitlin Gooch realized that some kids were struggling with reading.
Caitlin Gooch grew up with horses and knows about horse safety.
Caitlin Gooch's early ideas included activities such as raffles.
Caitlin Gooch's own love of horses inspired her reading program.
Which sentence from the article would be MOST important to include in a summary of the article?
Students across the country are floundering academically in the coronavirus pandemic.
Gooch's Saddle Up and Read program aims to help children improve their literacy levels and develop a love for books.
Connie Harr, a manager for Wake County Libraries, remembers when Gooch sauntered through the door in her cowboy boots.
Gooch said the funding for her nonprofit, which includes buying new books, comes mostly from community donations.
Which answer choice accurately characterizes Caitlin Gooch's reaction to taking short road trips with her horses during the pandemic?
Gooch plans to continue the mobile part of her program even after the pandemic because it has helped reach kids who might not get to see the horses otherwise.
Gooch plans to add more horses to the mobile part of her program after the pandemic because she will be able to have more kids read together at the same time.
Gooch feels concerned that making the program mobile during the pandemic has made many kids less likely to want to come back to the farm when they are able.
Gooch feels happy that the pandemic forced her to make the program mobile because it gave her extra time to spend riding and reading with her favorite horse.
How does the author build understanding of the impact that Saddle Up and Read has had?
by noting the number of children the program has reached and providing quotes from parents and kids
by including statistics about changes to the number of students above and below reading proficiency
by outlining the activities involved and explaining how Caitlin Gooch and Connie Harr came up with them
by listing the books that children in the program have read and sharing what they have learned
Gooch's Saddle Up and Read program aims to help children improve their literacy levels and develop a love for books. What does literacy mean?
pronunciation skills
spelling
reading and writing skills
horse riding skills
Caitlin Gooch contacted the Wendell Community Library and offered to start a raffle allowing children who checked out three or more books to win a chance to come to her dad's farm and visit the horses.
What does raffle mean?
borrowing books
book search
lucky drawing to win a prize
a type of boat
Prior to the pandemic, how did Caitlin Gooch help address literacy in her community?
Children came to her farm to read to horses.
She raised three children.
She taught children how to groom her horses.
She gave horseback riding lessons.
How did Caitlin Gooch come up with the idea of helping students read while using her horses as an incentive?
She came up with the idea at a bookstore.
She came up with the idea while working at a youth center.
She thought of the idea while visiting a library.
She saw her children reading to horses.
Gooch felt it was especially important to reach out to children of color and encourage them to read books about Black equestrians so they could picture themselves in the stories.
What is an equestrian?
martial artists
mathematicians
horseback riders
authors
Saddle Up and Read offers children a different way of practicing reading to get kids out of the house during the pandemic. Where does Gooch have her outdoor events for students to read to her horses?
shopping malls
schools
outdoor library events & book fairs in parks
horse race tracks
Why does Gooch enjoy traveling around and sharing her Saddle Up and Read program these days?
She likes taking a break from the farm.
Her horses like to go on field trips.
Her horses like to eat treats from kids.
She likes to reach kids who don't have a way to get out to the farm.
Why are horses great listeners when kids read to them?
Horses love kids.
Horses like the love, attention and companionship.
Horses like listening to horse stories such as Black Beauty.
Horses like eating carrots and apples.
