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Selection Comprehension
Lesson 16
Choose the best answer for each question.
1. What is the children’s BIGGEST problem in the story?
They have let a bad visitor come inside the house.
They wonder when their mother will come home.
They are frightened because it is dark and windy.
They all have to sleep in the same small bed.
2. Why does Shang ask questions when the wolf first comes
to the door?
Her mother told her what to say.
She has always been a curious child.
She does not believe it is her grandmother.
Her sisters want to know more about the stranger.
3. Compared with her two younger sisters, Shang is
prettier.
meaner.
weaker.
wiser.
4. What is the MAIN reason the author wrote “Lon Po Po”?
to tell an interesting story about a wolf
to explain how wolves get their food
to teach facts about how wolves live
to show how to take care of a wolf
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5. How does Shang MOST LIKELY feel when she sees
the wolf’s hairy face?
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lucky
afraid
bored
calm
6. Why does Shang say she will pick gingko nuts for the wolf?
She wants the wolf to live forever.
She hopes the wolf will get full and leave.
She worries that the wolf needs soft food to eat.
She wants the wolf to let her go outside to safety.
7. How are Shang and the wolf ALIKE?
Both have a low voice.
Both try to trick someone.
Both pretend to be sleepy.
Both dress like an old woman.
8. How can readers tell “Lon Po Po” is a fairy tale?
It takes place in the future.
It tells the author’s own feelings.
It has events that could not really happen.
It tells true facts about an important person.
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READ
THINK
EXPLAIN
Written Response (worth two points)
9. How do you know that the wolf in the story is smart? Use details and
information from “Lon Po Po” to support your answer.
Sample two-point response: The wolf is smart because
he dresses up like an old woman to fool the daughters.
He always has fast answers to Shang’s questions. He acts
surprised that their mother isn’t home. He waits until
dusk to go to their house so they can’t see him well.
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Phonics/Spelling: r-Controlled Vowel /ôr/or,
ore, our, ar, oar
Lesson 16
Read each model word. Then fill in the circle next to the
word that has the same sound as the underlined part of
the model word and completes each sentence.
1. course
you leave make sure you get your coat.
When
Before
After
Source
2. bore
The
shook the glass in the windows.
core
wind
storm
branches
3. sport
She
a flower in her hair.
wore
had
fort
placed
4. board
My winter coat kept me
.
roar
dry
happy
warm
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Focus Skill: Compare and Contrast
Lesson 16
Read the story. Then choose the best answer for
each question.
Anthony and his older brother Eddie aren’t very much alike.
Anthony is tall with bright red hair and green eyes. Eddie is
short with dark brown hair and blue eyes. Both have freckles
and dimples.
The boys are interested in different things as well. Anthony
likes to play football. Eddie would rather spend his time reading
than playing sports. In school, Anthony’s favorite class is math.
Eddie likes history.
No matter how different they are in other ways, the brothers
agree about one thing: peanut butter and banana sandwiches.
Both boys love to eat their favorite sandwich.
1. How do Anthony and Eddie look alike?
Both are tall.
Both have freckles.
Both have red hair.
Both have blue eyes.
2. How is Eddie different from Anthony?
Eddie likes math.
Eddie plays football.
Eddie likes peanut butter and banana sandwiches.
Eddie spends his time reading.
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3. How are the two brothers the same?
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Both like history class.
Both like peanut butter and banana sandwiches.
Both enjoy playing football.
Both are tall.
4. How does Anthony look different from Eddie?
Anthony has green eyes.
Anthony has freckles.
Anthony has dimples.
Anthony has dark brown hair.
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Prefixes and Suffixes
Lesson 16
Choose the best answer for each question.
1. Which word means not clear?
reclear
clearful
unclear
clearless
2. Which word means full of power?
repower
unpower
powerless
powerful
3. Which word means without a spot?
spotless
unspot
spotful
respot
4. Which word means to do again?
undo
redo
doless
doful
5. Which word means full of hope?
hopeless
unhope
hopeful
rehope
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6. Which word means to visit again?
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revisit
visitless
visitful
unvisit
7. Which word means not happy?
happyless
rehappy
happyful
unhappy
8. Which word means without care?
recare
careless
careful
uncare
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Robust Vocabulary
Lesson 16
Choose the word that best completes each sentence.
1. The
man smiled and spoke politely to the crowd
expertise
charming
brittle
rustling
2. When the pots and pans fell, they made quite a
racket
dissolve
brittle
correspondence
3. Her
plan was to start a school-wide recycling
program.
self-sufficient
brittle
ingenious
tender
4. When playing chess, you must
the other player.
disguise
racket
outwit
devise
5. Mary
herself by wearing a wig and glasses.
disguised
embraced
recommended
consulted
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6. The
fox sneaked into the farmer’s henhouse.
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charming
cunning
outwit
delighted
7. My grandmother and I
when she came to visit.
recommended
disguised
embraced
devised
8. The meat was
, so it wasn’t hard to cut.
tender
dissolve
ingenious
charming
9. The hard candy broke easily because it was
.
ingenious
delighted
cunning
brittle
10. I could tell by her smile that she was
to see me.
cunning
delighted
brittle
tender
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Grammar: Adjectives
Lesson 16
Read each sentence. Choose the word from each
sentence that is an adjective.
1. I have a doll with a red skirt.
I
doll
red
skirt
2. Diego counts three turtles on the beach.
Diego
three
turtles
beach
3. It was a warm day, so I left my sweater at home.
warm
day
sweater
home
4. Many people waited on the sidewalk for the parade to
begin.
Many
waited
sidewalk
parade
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Oral Reading Fluency
Lesson 16
Lisa was trying to solve a mystery. Whenever she
9
bought cheese, it was gone within a few days. She had
20
no idea where it went.
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“Perhaps I’m a sleepwalker, and I eat cheese in the
35
night,” thought Lisa.
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What Lisa did not know was that her cat, Louis, was
49
also a great lover of cheese. Louis’s family came from
59
France. Cheese is very popular in France. Louis was also
69
fond of coffee and fine bread. These things were hard for
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him to find in Lisa’s house.
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Louis made every effort to keep his habit a secret, but
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Lisa discovered him eating a large piece of cheddar one
107
night when she got up to get a glass of water.
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When Lisa turned on the light, she saw a piece of
129
cheese on the floor. She spotted crumbs in Louis’s
138
whiskers. Louis was afraid that Lisa would be angry.
147
Instead, she reached down to pet the cat. “We solved the
158
cheese mystery!” she told Louis. He purred happily and
167
went back to finish the last bit of cheddar.
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