Unit 4 Week 1

Read the story Last spring, we drove to a lake close to home. The water sparkled in the sun.

We saw some ducks. One duck put its neck under the water. It opened its bill and ate a plant. Soon every duck on the lake was eating. They ate any plants and bugs they could get.

Then they stopped eating. They quacked to us. As we drove to our home, we saw the ducks floating to their homes.

Answer the question The ducks were ______ to their home. –A. sparkled –B. saw –C. floating Reread the sentence with your answer choice. Does it make sense? Let’s look back!

Then they stopped eating. They quacked to us. As we drove to our home, we saw the ducks floating to their homes.

Answer the question Read these sentences from the story. Last spring, we drove to a lake close to home. The water sparkled in the sun. In the last sentence, the word sparkled means _______________. –A. fell –B. shined –C. screamed Reread the sentence with your answer choice. Does it make sense?

Answer the question In which sentence does bill mean the beak of a bird? –A. Who will pay the bill? –B. It opened its bill to eat a fish. –C. I do not have to pay today. They will bill me. Read all of the answer choices before making your choose.

Answer the question The lake was close to _______. –A. home –B. hills –C. fish –Let’s look back and check!

Read the story Last spring, we drove to a lake close to home. The water sparkled in the sun.

Answer the question What were the ducks eating? Let’s look back and check!

We saw some ducks. One duck put its neck under the water. It opened its bill and ate a plant. Soon every duck on the lake was eating. They ate any plants and bugs they could get.

Which word matches the picture? A. glob B. glitch C. glasses

Answer the question The ducks were ______ than the fish. –A. fast –B. faster –C. fastest Reread the sentence with your answer choice. Does it make sense? Let’s look back!

Read the story Ron likes to watch basketball. He watches with his friend joe. Ron watches basketball twice a week.

Which sentence has a proper noun that needs a capital letter? 1) Ron likes to watch basketball. 2) He watches with his friend joe. 3)Ron watches basketball twice a week.

Answer the question We ______ on our way to the store. A. was B. where C. were

Now let’s do more practice!