Unit 3 Name:

Reading Comprehension
Letters to a Friend
A Number the events in the correct order.

a My new friends want to meet

you, too! Please come!

b Emily is my neighbor and

my classmate. We went ice
skating last week on a lake.

c I go to Maple Hill Elementary

School. I’m the only student
from India in my class.

d Dad started his new job as a

surgeon at the hospital here.
He’s happy working here. I’m
not happy. I just feel lonely.

e Emily, Ashli, and Rachel are

coming over on Sunday to
work on our science project. I’m
making some good friends.

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 B Complete the sentences.

Letters to a Friend is a  .
Sati is writing letters to her  .

C Circle True or False.

1 Sati moved from the United States to India. True   False
2 Sati goes to school at St. Cloud Elementary School. True   False
3 Emily made a hole in the ice at the lake. True   False
4 Sati and Emily went shopping together in Minneapolis. True   False
5 Sati is very excited to go to summer camp with Emily. True   False
D Answer the questions.
1 Why did Sati feel lonely when she arrived in Minnesota?

2 How did Sati feel when the boy said her lunch smelled funny?

3 Who is Emily?

4 Who wants to meet Nisha?

Extra  Read the words. Write the definitions.

1 monsoon

2 surgeon

3 classmate

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