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by Cynthia Rylant
Vocabulary Word Search

Find the words.

j s c z p w y a m d g e h b i
p b d r o o l f s q a l j t f
o k l r l r b h q w r o t y l
u n x j c r a w l e d z t x a
n o h w y i o x l w e f c h m
d c y h l e w v c t n m o l i
i k b i r d b a t h s r u j n
n e l s t r a n g e h q n c g
g d v p e p p e r m i n t z o
t s l e e v e k b j x h r l q
h e a r t q m r c s o f y b w
w j v t o e n a i l s y t l v
q w e w a s h e d r t y u i o

birdbath drool heart pounding toenails

country flamingo knocked sleeve whisper
crawled garden peppermint strange washed

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Vocabulary Word Unscramble
Unscramble the letters into the words below.

lonely flamingo bedtime hugged fingernails

whisper peppermints elephant country longer
strange especially empty thumps worried

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2. engtasr _______________________________________
3. ocnyrtu _______________________________________
4. nifmolga _______________________________________
5. petnhlea _______________________________________
6. risgeflanni _______________________________________
7. etembdi _______________________________________
8. llonye _______________________________________
9. iwderro _______________________________________
10. mutpsh _______________________________________
11. lypiaecsle _______________________________________
12. udggeh _______________________________________
13. shrpiew _______________________________________
14. etymp _______________________________________
15. ensempptrip ______________________________________

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Crossword Puzzle
1 2

Complete the puzzle. 3

4
Word Bank

moth 5

tight 6
country
7 8
chewing
read
grandmother
lonely
flamingo 9

elephant
porch
10

Across
1. Mudge was _____ his toenails while he was riding in the car.
4. Mudge knocked a pink ______ off the table.
5. Henry ______ comic books while he was riding in the car.
6. A _____ flew in Henry's bedroom window.
9. Mudge looked like an ______ in a phone booth when he was
in Henry's grandmother's house.
10. Henry and Mudge slept under a table on the ______.

Down
2. Henry, Mudge, and Henry's parents were going to visit
Henry's ______.
3. Henry gave Mudge a ______ hug before he went to bed.
7. Henry was afraid that Mudge would be ______ outside.
8. Henry's grandmother lived in the ____.

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Working with Words
Complete each sentence using a word from the text box.

outside porch birdbath crawled country moth

worried flamingo visit pounding flew sleep

1. Henry and Mudge went to the ________ with Henry’s parents.

2. They were going to ________ Henry’s grandmother.
3. Henry ________that Mudge might drool on her skirt.
4. Henry was mostly worried that Mudge might have to ________
outside.
5. Mudge had never slept ________ before.
6. Henry’s grandmother’s house had a __________________
and a garden full of corn.
7. Mudge knocked a pink ________ off the table.
8. Henry’s heart was ________ and his knees were shaking.
9. A ________ flew in the bedroom window.
10. Mudge wagged his tail from under the ________ table.
11. Henry ________under the table, too.

12. When the moth ________by, Mudge ate it.

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Story Map
Complete the story map.

What is the setting of this story?

Who are the main characters in this story?

What was the problem in this story?

Event 1 Event 2 Event 3

How was the problem solved in this story?

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Character Map and Writing Activity

Use the character map below to write words that describe

Mudge. When you have completed the character map, write a
short story about Mudge.

Mudge

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Comprehension
Read each of the following questions and answer in complete
sentences.
1. Why was Henry worried about going to visit his grandmother?
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2. What was Henry reading while he was riding in the car?
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3. What did Mudge do when he met Henry’s grandmother?
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4. Why did Henry’s father make Mudge go outside?
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5. What did Henry and Mudge do after dinner?
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6. How did Henry feel when he was in bed?
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7. Where did Henry sleep that night?
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It’s a Quiz!
Part A: Circle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Henry, Mudge, and Henry’s parents were going to the ________.

a. store
b. city
c. parade
d. country

2. Henry read ________ while he was riding in the car.

a. signs
b. comic books
c. a newspaper
d. a book about bears

3. Mudge chewed his ________ while he was riding in the car.

a. dog bone
b. book
c. toenails
d. tail

4. Henry was mostly ________ that Mudge would have to sleep outside.
a. punding
b. worried
c. shaking
d. happy

5. Mudge had never ________ outside before.

a. played
b. eaten
c. slept
d. bathed

6. A ________flew in Henry’s bedroom window.

a. moth
b. bird
c. mosquito
d. butterfly

7. Henry was ________that Mudge would be sad and lonely.

a. knocked
b. tired
c. hungry
d. afraid

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8. Mudge knocked a bowl of ________off of a table.

a. oranges
b. peppermints
c. cherries
d. flowers

9. Mudge was under a ________on the porch.

a. table
b. blanket
c. chair
d. plant

10. The ________was like a giant water dish for Mudge.

a. peppermints
b. porch
c. birdbath
d. garden

11. Henry’s father called Henry to come inside when it was ________.
a. cold
b. dark
c. hot
d. morning

12. Henry laid his head on Mudge’s big ________ and went to sleep.
a. head
b. tail
c. chest
d. leg

Part B: Circle true or false.

13. Mudge slept in the bed with Henry.

true false

14. Mudge drooled on Henry’s grandmother’s sleeve.

true false

15. Mudge ate all the peppermint out of the bowl.

true false

16. Mudge ate the moth when it flew by.

true false
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Writing Activity

Write a paragraph describing Henry’s grandmother’s house.

Color the picture when you are finished.

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Answers
Reading Level 2.6

Page 1: Answers not needed

Page 2: 1. longer 9. worried

2. strange 10. thumps
3. country 11. especially
4. flamingo 12. hugged
5. elephant 13. whisper
6. fingernails 14. empty
7. bedtime 15. peppermints
8. lonely

Page 3: Across: 1. chewing, 4. flamingo, 5. read, 6. moth,

9. elephant, 10. porch.
Down: 2. grandmother, 3. tight, 7. lonely, 8. country.

Page 4: 1. country 7. flamingo

2. visit 8. pounding
3. worried 9. moth
4. sleep 10. porch
5. outside 11. crawled
6. birdbath 12. flew

Page 5: Story Map: Answers will vary

Page 6: Character Map and Writing Activity

Page 7: 1. That Mudge might drool on his grandmother’s skirt, that Mudge
might eat his grandmother’s coffee table, and that Mudge would
have to sleep outside.
2. Henry was reading comic books.
3. Mudge drooled on her sleeve when she hugged him.
4. Mudge knocked a pink flamingo ,a wishing well and a bowl of
peppermints off a table.
5. They played outside.
6. Henry was afraid when he was in the bed.
7. Henry slept with Mudge under the table on the porch.

Pages 8-9: 1. d 9. a
2. b 10. c
3. c 11. b
4. b 12. c
5. c 13. false
6. a 14. true
7. d 15. false
8. b 16. true
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