Bricks Reading with Reading Skills Ces Laer Una oe Carrie Wilcox, Lindsay Irvine, RedBricks Contents Group teak aes Gee ney cna er Aza eeNew Family What Ben Can Do 6 Fietion: Realistic Fiction / Social Studies Reacting Still Mein Idea and Supporting Details My New Best Friend 12 Fiction: Realistic Fiction / Social Studies Reading Skill Places and Events Bath Get Chubby to the Tub 18 Fietion: Realistic Fiction / Social Studies Reading Skill Sequence of Events How to Take a Bath 24 Nonfiction: Informational Story / Social Studies Reatling Skill Organizing Details My Race The Odd Race 30 Nonfiction: Fairy Tele / Physical Education Reading Skill Compare and Contrast My First Race 36 Fiction: Realistic Fiction / Physical Fdveation Reading Skill Understanding FeelingsKitten Stories The Story of Miss Moppet Fiction: Fairy Tale / Social Studies, Reading Skill Visual Imagination Why Dogs Chase Cats Fiction: Fairy Tale / Social Studies Reading Skill Contrasting Characters Rain, Rain, Rain Wet Walk Fiction: Realistic Fiction / Science Reading Skill Cause and Feelings Questions about Weather Nonfiction: Informational Story / Science Skill Giving Titles Reading Enjoy Cartoons! Calvin and Hobbes Fiction: Cartoon / Social Studies Reading Skil! Inferring Personality Famous Cartoon Character: Garfield Nonfiction: Informational Story / Social Studies Reading Skill Making a Prediction Based on Characters 42 48 54 60 66 71OVERVIEW Bricks Reading with Reading Skills isa three-leveled reading program that enables learners to practice in-depth reading. It is designed for pre-intermediate to intermediate junior leamers. Its content and formats are well planned to enable learners to build their reading comprehension, critical reading, and writing skills. Bricks Reading with Reading Skills has interesting and informative reading content. Itis written by native English speaker teachers who teach in primary schools in the U.S.A, Canada, and the U.K. The theme selections are based on a cross-curricular approach, which exposes learners to various subject areas. ‘Two stories in each unit share a theme. Each story selection builds on content vocabulary and skills introduced in the selection, Reading two different stories with a shared theme helps learners explore the theme area in a creative and interesting way. The theme-based stories have various formats and genres: fiction, nonfiction, letters, news articles, journal entries, plus more. ‘The formats are designed to optimize understanding of the reading contents. An important aspect of Bricks Reading with Reading Skills is that itis designed to promote strategic comprehension. Learners build reading strategies through post-reading activities using graphic organizers. These activities also help learners build strong reading hebits: to read the content with a critical eye, to read between lines, 10 appreciate reading content, and to read content with an academic purpose. a The post-reading tasks with graphic organizers allow learners to link reading skills with thinking and writing skills; learners have to write down answers to complete each task while they plan answers in a creative way. Bricks Reading with Reading Skills is an optimal guide for reading practice; learners with confidence in reading can show high performance on tests. Bricks Reading with Reading Skills invites learners to take successful steps into the reading world. With Bricks Reading with Reading Skills, learners will become global leaders who have superior language skills and thinking power. TO TEACHERS ‘The two stories in each unit are connected to each other based on a common theme. You can invite learners to read the two reading selections while considering the theme. In addition, you can point out the typical formats of each genre. You can point out the vocabulary words in bold face and then illustrate, or invite learns to guess, the meanings. Also, you can present a readingstrategy by referring to the ‘Reading Skill Up’ section on the following page of each story selection, The reading strategies illustrated in the ‘Reading Skill Up’ sections help learners understand the story fluently by using comprehension cues. The stories in Bricks Reading with Reading Skills were reviewed by ATOS™. You can find out Is such as ‘chapter books’ at http:/www.renlearn.com/store/quiz_ home.asp. Refer to the reading ability ranges of each volume: additional reading materi Title Reading Ability Word Count Bricks Reading with Reading Skills 1 1-15 250 Bricks Reading with Reading Skills 2 16~2.0 300 Bricks Reading with Reading Skills 3 21-25 350 Bricks Reading with Reading Skills offers various activities enabling leamers to improve language skills, such as vocabulary, reading comprehension, reading strategy, and speaking and writing skills. Vocabulary Build Up provides learners opportunities to practice vocabulary at pre-reading and post-reading stages. The first activity, a matching activity, invites learners to match words from the selections to the correct definitions. The second activity, a ‘filling in the blanks’ activity, invites learners to review the learned words in a different context. These tools check word comprehension. Comprehension Check Up offers three types of objective questions enabling learners to check their reading comprehension: true and false, multiple choice. and simple writing questions, ‘The variety of post-reading questions helps learners feel confident and improve their comprehension skills. Reading Skill Up helps learners comprehend the selections in a creative way based on a reading strategy. The strategic comprehension activities introduce a new reading strategy, help learners use their previous reading skills, and help leamers build strong reading habits Story Summary Up is a “filling out the gaps’ activity. Summarizing is an important habit that helps readers progress through reading. This activity allows learners to summarize the reading by filling out information gaps using words and sentence patterns from the story. Think and Act Out is an activity that can be completed during. or after, the reading. There are two questions related to the reading content that can be used for extended speaking and writing lessons. These questions offer in-depth studies on reading and opportunities to connect the reading content to prior knowledge A Read Along Audio CD is included so that leamers can listen to the speech of native speakers. Learners can listen to the stories exclusively or dictate the recording inclusively with dictation worksheets. The dictation worksheets are available from the Teacher's Guide Book or at http://vww.tedbricks.co.kr.s & = Unit 1. New Family What Ben Can Do My brother Ben is a ten-month-old boy. He can’t walk. He can’t talk. But he can do many things. Do you know what Ben can do? Ben can go walking with us. He can ride in a stroller. He watches many things with his eyes open. He takes a nap with his eyes closed. Ben can express his feelings. He cries when he is hungry or unhappy. He laughs when he is full or happy. He frowns when he goes number two. Ben can fly in the air. He plays with Dad. Dad lifts him up. Ben controls Dad. Dad is a plane. Ben is a pilot.20 Ben can make a mural. He draws pictures on the walls. He uses crayons and lipstick. Nobody knows what the pictures mean. He piano. He makes songs. He does not look at the notes. He is a pianist anda composer. Ben can keep my secrets. He just listens to them. He never tells them to anyone. When I broke the window, Ben » Ben can make asong. He plays the is an artist. did not tell Mom. He is an honest baby. And he can be my best friend. Ben is only ten months old. But he can do Many things.Aertel Cte Tels MO A. Match the words to the correct definitions. 1. nap . * a fact that is not told to anyone else 2eexpress * * to say or show what a person thinks 3.feeling ¢ * a picture painted on a wall 4. frown, * * someone who makes music S.liftup * * an emotion such as love and anger 6.mural* * ashort sleep 7. composer * * not lying or cheating in one’s friendships 8.secret + * to bring upward; raise 9. honest . * to winkle the face to show unhappiness B. Choose the best words to fill in the blanks. 1,Heisa_____. He wrote great songs. @ pilot ® policeman © nap @ composer 2. Our class is making a on the wall. It will be a great picture. @® pet ® song © mural @ friend 3. Shh... Don't say it to anyone. Please keep my @® food @ friend © secret @ stroller 4, Are you okay’? I want to know your ® feeling @® saying © sleeping @ listening 5. He never tells a lie. He is an man. honest ® ugly © angry @oldUnit 1. New Family (eum ers ey A. Check True or False. 1. Ben plays with Dad. 2, Ben frowns when he is happy. B. Choose the best answers. 1, Who is telling the story? @ Ben's brother © Ben’s mother 2. What is the story mainly about? @ classmates 3. What can Ben not do? @makeasong © talk 4, What is true about the story? @ Ben can fly a plane. © Benis a baby. C. Write the best answers. 1. How old is Ben? © brother’s baby © Ben @©Ben’s father @ Ben @ school @©keep secrets @ draw pictures ® Ben has no friend. @ Ben can run. 2. What does Ben use when he makes a mural?Lorelei) Uy Main Idea and Supporting Details Astory is about a main idea. Supporting details tell many things about the main idea. Choose and write what Ben can do. * lift Dad up * express his feelings * make a mural + walk + talk + fly in the air + make a song + look at the notes + keep my secrets 4 * take notes * break a window * control a pilotA ‘Unit 1. New Family BSCS lela Mel) Complete the summary by filling in the blanks. brother can do ten many months My Ben is only old, but he things. aU Cle mel ag Write or say your own opinions. @ What is number two in the story? ® Ben can’ walk. But he can go walking with his family. How does this make sense?My New Best Friend I get up. I go to the kitchen. Only Grandma is there. “Where are Mom and Dad?” Grandma smiles and answers, “Oh, my girl. Do you know you will have a new best friend soon?” “No. [have no idea.” I already have many friends: Karen, Boe, Noa, and my classmates. I don’t need more friends. I just miss my mom and dad! I have breakfast and I go to school. After school, I find my grandma at school. She is waiting for me in the car. My mom is supposed to be here. What's going on?“Cynthia, let’s go to the hospital,” says Grandma. “No, I don’t want to go to hospital! I am perfectly okay,” I cry out. Grandma says, “Calm down, baby. You will see your new best friend.” She starts driving. When I get to the hospital, I see my dad! My dad and grandma go to a room. I follow them. There is a bed in the room. My mom is in the bed. “Are you okay? You look exhausted,” I say. My mom says, “I am fantastic, dear.” look around the room. My best friend Karen is not there. Karen is at her home! I find something cute and small with my mom. “What is it? It’s so cute and small,” Task my mom. My mom says, “It’s your new best friend. Cynthia, she is your baby sister.” “Is she my baby sister? I like her!” I say. “[ will love my best friend forever. Hey, little girl, Iam your sister. Nice to meet you.” And I kiss my baby sister.A. Match the words to the correct definitions. 1. get up . * to stay to see something or someone 2. classmates * for all time; always 3. need Ms to want 4, miss 2 10 want lo see S.waitfor + to come or go afier 6. follow : very pretty 7. cute : to wake up; get out of bed 8, forever : students who are in the same class B. Choose the best words to fill in the blanks. 1. Idon’t more food. Iam full. miss ®need @ drink @ hate 2. Nancy will you here. She wants to see you. come from ® ask for © wait for @ goto 3, Linda is a good mother. She will love her son now and ® never © forever @ only @ really 4, I want to see my mom and dad. I my parents. @ like ®eget @ miss @ask 5. The dog_____————_—sme to the house. @® missed ® needed @ looked @ followedUnit 1. New Family Comprehension Check. Up A. Check True or False. 1, Cynthia does not have Mom and Dad. oT OF 2. Cynthia’s grandmother can drive a car. oT OF B. Choose the best answers. 1. What is not true about the story? @ Grandma knows what’s happening. () The girl is a student. © Mom is sick. @ Dad goes with mom. 2, Who usually picks Cynthia up? @ Grandma © Mom ©Daa @ baby sister 3. How does the baby look? Choose two answers. small @tall ©cute @ beautiful 4, How does Cynthia think at the end of the story? @ ‘will love my sister for all time.’ © ‘I will love my mom more.” © ‘Llike to have more classmates.’ @ ‘My best friend is Boe.’ C. Write the best answers. 1, What are the names of Cynthia’s friends? 2. Where are the mom and baby?Reading Skill Up Places and Events Events happen in specific places. You can understand the event of the story by the places. Where the events happen in the story? Choose and fill out the chart. [aE ey hospital + Oynthia kisses her baby sister. * Cynthia sees her mom and a cute baby. * Grandmother is waiting for Cynthia. + They go off to the hospital + Cynthia gets up. * Cynthia cannot find mom and dad. 18SRA ey Complete the summary by filling in the blanks. baby forever grandma hospital new sister One day, Cynthia can not see her mom and dad. Her just tells her she will have a best friend, After school, Cynthia goes to a to see her mom and dad. There is a with them, The baby is her new best friend. Cynthia says she will love her Think and Act Out Write or say your own opinions. © Who was the new best friend? © How does Cynthia’s feeling change? Wwa mM a sal lll Unit 2. Bath Get Chubby to the Tub Uh, oh. Look at Chubby. He is wet and dirty. Oh, dear, he stinks. What did he do? Where did he play? I can’t stand him! Okay! Let's give Chubby a bath! I cannot do it by myself because he hates having a bath. Help me get Chubby to the tub. Mom and Steve, Inced your help. In order to wash Chubby, we need a tub, soap, anda hose. Thank you! Let’s get ready! Excellent! A tub, soap, and a hose are ready. Come here, my silly sweetie, Chubby, and I will give you a big bone for your supper. I know you will love the big bone. Come on! My silly sweetie, Chubby, get in the tub. We will tub. We will scrub. We will get you clean.2 2 Ey Gorgeous! My silly sweetie, you will look very handsome. You won’t stink anymore. All other dogs in the town will like you. Oh, dear! Where is he going? Chubby is gone. Chase fat, stupid Chubby! He is running away. Oh, no! Wet Chubby is rolling in the mud. I get him but Chubby gets away. Steve gets him but Chubby gets away! Mom gets him but Chubby gets away again! We are rolling in the mud. Finally I get him. Oh, my! Look at us. All of us are wet and muddy. We need a hot bath. Let’s get in the tub together!Bier Teta mT: Mey) A. Match the words to the correct definitions. 1. stink . . 2. stand . a: 3. by myself * . 4vready + . 5. bone * * 6.supper + . Torunaway * 8. roll . 9 muddy + alone any of the hard parts inside a human or an animal prepared for doing something dinner to give off a bad smell to move somewhere by turning over and over to leave or escape from a place or person to bear difficult things covered by mud B. Choose the best words to fill in the blanks. 1. Give the dog a @ bone @® bun 2. Uh, oh. I played in the park on , and he will be your friend. © boon @ bark a wet day, and I got 5 © muddy @ clean nervous @®mad 3. It’s time to start the race. Let’s ! @ goto bed © get ready © eat supper @ get muddy 4. Chubby is wet and dirty, and he @ stinks ®eats © mbs @ hates 5. is the last meal of the day. @ Breakfast @® Brunch © Lunch @ SupperUnit 2. Bath Comprehension Check. Up A, Check True or False. 1. The boy in the story likes Chubby’s smell. aT OF 2. Chubby likes having a bath. oT OF B. Choose the best answers. 1. What is Chubby? @a fat boy @®a friend ©a dog @ abone 2. What do they do to get Chubby clean? @®rollinthe mud @rubandscrub ©needabath — @ chase Chubby 3. What does Chubby do when the bath is ready? @ It runs away. © It loves his bath. © Iteats a bone. @ It plays with other dogs. 4, What is true about the story? @® Chubby loves to take a bath. ® Chubby is thin. @© They will take a bath together. @ Chubby smells good. C. Write the best answers. 1. Who helps the writer give a bath to Chubby? 2. What does the writer need in order to give a bath to Chubby? aReading Skill Up Sequence of Events Sequence of events is the order of a story. You can understand a story better in the order. What happens in the story? Put the events in the right order. © The boy wants to give a bath to Chubby. +The boy needs help. * Chubby comes into the tub. +The boy's mother gets him. * Chubby is gone and is rolling In the mud. * The boy, his brother, and mother will take a bath. * The boy, his brother, and mother get ready.Sa ua) Complete the summary by filling in the blanks. bath Chubby dirly hates hot tub Chubby is wet and He needs a bath. But he to have a bath. I start getting in the tub with my brother and mom, But Chubby runs out of the . He makes a mess and we get dirty. We need a together. Think and Act Out Write or say your own opinions. @ Is Chubby female or male? How do you know? @ If you had to give a bath to Chubby, what would you do?How to Take a Bath 1 Taking a bath is an important job. When I take a bath, I wash my body. What about you? This is how I take a bath. ¥ | fill the bathtub with water. | use not too much and not too little. 5 The water is warm. It is not hot, and it is not cold. | dissolve bath soap in the tub. | like a bubble bath. v | take off my clothes. | put my clothes in the laundry basket. 10 | feel cold. Quickly | step into the bathtub. /¥ Now | wash my body. First | wash my face. Then | wash my hands and my arms. Next | wash my legs and my feet. | wash between my toes too! My mom washes my back because | cannot reach 6 my back. | wash my stomach and my chest. v Then | wash my hair. | shampoo my hair. | close my eyes tight. Then | rinse it off three times.Te 2 wv When | am clean, | step out of the bathtub. v | dry my body and hair with a towel v¥ | put my pajamas on. Vv Finally | empty the tub and clean the bathroom. T feel clean and healthy when I take a bath. And after taking a bath, I can have a sound sleep. I like to take a bath.Nocabulary Build Up A. Match the words to the correct defi A. important * 2. fill . 3. dissolve + 4.takeoff + S.laundry + G.reach + 7Tputon + Scmply + ns. to remove everything from inside something to mix something completely with liquid the dirty clothes which need to be washed to make or become full to remove something, especially clothes to dress in to touch necessary or of great value B. Choose the best words to fill in the blanks. 1, You have to @ take off 2. The King is a @ important your shoes at home. © wash off © tum off @ take over person in the country. © healthy 3. Fredrick climbed the mountain to ® empty © reach 4, The trash can is full. @ Dissolve @ Drink © Reach sugar in warm water. @® Puton © correct @ clean the top. © fill @ dissolve it. © Empty @ Fill © Reach @ DissolveUnit 2. Bath Ce eu ume ta ey A. Check True or False. 1, The writer uses much water when she takes a bath. OT OF 2. The writer washes her back by herself. Hy GF B. Choose the best answers. 1. What is the story about? @ how to clean a bathroom © how to dry wet hair © how to fill a bathtub @ how to take a bath 2. What does ‘take a bath’ mean in the story? ® swim in the pool @® put on pajamas © step into the bathroom @ wash the body 3. When do ‘T’ get out of a bathtub? ©@ after shampooing my hair ® when putting pajamas on © after cleaning the tub @ after washing my body 4, Which of the following is true? @ Iclean my chest after washing my hair. @ The water in the tub is neither cold nor hot. @ Itake out the laundry basket after a bath. @ Luse adryer alter a towel. C. Write the best answers. 1, How does the writer feel when she takes a bath? 2. How many times does the writer rinse off her hair?Mi Reading Svill Up Organizing Details The details support main ideas. You can understand main ideas better by organizing details. Read the main ideas and write details supporting them. See es Ra Le llel: | prepare for the bath. | start to take a bath. | finish my bath. +I get out of the bathtub. #1 dry my body and hair. +1 put my pajemas on. +1 take off my clothes. +I wash my face. +1 wash my hands, arms, legs, and feet. *I clean the bathroom. +1 wash my hair. 4 +1 go into the bathtub. * fill the bathtub.Unit 2. Bath Story Sucmmary Up Complete the summary by filling in the blanks. bath bathtub clean clean how mom pajamas step towel Taking a is very important. This is I take a bath, I fill the with water. I take off my clothes and into the bathtub. I wash my body. Sometimes my helps me. Then I wash my hair. When Iam , dry my body with a and put my on, Finally I the bathroom. jin. and Act Out Write or say your own opinions. @ What is a sound sleep? © The writer likes a bubble bath. What is your bathing style?| “Ready, set, go!” Rabbit and Turtle started to run. Rabbit went up the first hill. The turtle with a cap started crawling slowly. Rabbit was so fast. Turtle could not see her. Rabbit could not see Turtle either. Then the turtle hid behind the bushes. Rabbit got to the top of the first hill. She saw Turtle. The turtle with a cap was ahead of her. “Oh!” said Rabbit. She ran faster to the valley. She passed the turtle with the cap. Rabbit was so fast. Turtle could not see her. The turtle hid behind the bushes. Rabbit got to the valley floor. There was the turtle ahead of her again. The turtle looked slow.Rabbit ran and ran. She left Turtle far behind. 1s Butevery time she got to a hilltop or a valley, there was Turtle again with the cap. That was very odd. Rabbit wanted to win the race. So she ran fast 20 and passed the turtle with the cap. Finally, Rabbit turned the last corner. She nearly got to the finish line. She ran as fast as she could. “Oh!” cried Rabbit. There was Turtle again. 2s He was sitting behind the finish line. He was smiling. That was really odd! Rabbit had always won before. But this time, Turtle won the race! Rabbit was puzzled. The turtle with the cap smiled and four other turtles with caps laughed at Rabbit behind the bushes. 2.Vocabulary Build A. Match the words to the correct definitions. lcrawl * 2. hide . 3. behind ° 4ahead ¢ 5.pass* 6. odd. . 7. win, Mi 8. nearly + 9. puzzled strange almost ator to the back of someone or something before; in front to go toa place where others cannot see you confused because you don’t understand something to go past something or someone to move slowly along the ground on the hands and knees to come first ina game . Choose the best words to fill in the blanks. 1, Lam in a car. The car goes fast. I many trees and buildings. @ hide ® win © smile @ pass 2. Kelly was a fast runner. She always ran me. © ahead of ® above © within @ among 3. My team the game. We are happy. © crawled ® laughed passed ® won 4, We played hide and seek. Ben a trashcan. © waited for ® hid behind won @ hid with 5, Tyson wears an hat. He looks funny. @ ahead ® near odd ® slowComprehension Check Up A. Check True or False. 1. The turtles wore hats. 2, Rabbit won the race. B. Choose the best answers. 1, What is not true about the story? @ Rabbit was not fast. © Rabbit and Turtle had 2 race. 2. Where did the turtle hide? @ behind bushes @ under the tree 3. Where did Rabbit and Turtle not go? @ valleys © finish line 4, Why did Rabbit say, “Oh!”? @ She was happy. © She was excited C. Write the best answers. 1, What did Rabbit want? Br oF © Turtle was not stupic. @ The turtles won. © in the well @ near the stream © hilltops @ waterfalls @® She was puzzled. @ She was sick. 2, How many turtles were there in the race? 33Prete tee Me) Compare and Contrast You can find the similarities and differences between things in a story by comparing and contrasting. Write about Rabbit and Turtle. What is different and what is the same? «fast * slow * wanted towin ran alone *lost shadarace + won *hed friends sworeacap *smile “cried * went to a hilltop and valley SFFTRIT] 34Uae me} Complete the summary by filling in the blanks. behind caps odd race Turtle Rabbit and Turtle had a . Rabbit was fast and passed Turtle many times. But won. That was really . Turtle and his friends with laughed the bushes. A alta sad Write or say your own opinions. @ How could Turtle win? And why did the turtles laugh at the end of the story? @ Do you think that Turtle did a right thing?ea My First Race My dad woke me and my twin brother up. He whispered, “James and John, today is a sports day.” I knew today was the sports day of our church and I was going to be ina race. I did not want to get up. I was sleepy. My twin brother, John jumped out of bed. He got ready to go in a hurry. I slowly got ready. I wanted to sleep more. My family and I went to Central Park. I found the kid’s short distance race table. We got our race numbers there. | pinned the number on the back of my shirt. My number was 101 and my brother’s was 100. I did not like the number. I wanted to go back to bed. It was time to line up at the start. My brother asked, “Are you nervous?” “About what?” I asked. He said, “About losing.” It did not matter to me who won or lost. I was going to run very slowly, like a turtle. I did not want to race. “Ready, set, go!” The runners began running. I went slowly. The other kids passed me.20 25 Jason bumped into me. He laughed at me and stuck his tongue out. This made me mad. I wanted to catch him. I started running fast. I forgot about going slowly like a turtle. Soon I was running like a rabbit. I was passing Jason and other kids. There was no one ahead of me. My heart was beating. I ran to the finish line. It was like a dream. My dad and mom ran up to me in their excitement. “James, you were so fast! You took only 13 seconds!” I saw Jason. I smiled at him. He looked the other way. “The winner of kid’s short distance race is James Brown.” My name was called. I got a trophy. After that day I wanted to keep racing.ae aes A. Match the words to the correct definitions. Vocabulary Build Up L.whisper* * to speak in a soft, low tone 2, hurry : to say something in a loud voice 3.distance * worried and anxious 4. nervous. ° to hit your body or car against something 5. bump into * the amount of space between two places 6.stick out * to pound; thump 7.catch . * condition of moving very quickly 8. beat . * to stop someone or something that is moving ake part of your bod: oem i ., to make part of your body come forward from the rest of your body B. Choose the best words to fill in the blanks. 1 Gillis very before taking a test. She has wet hands. ® mad ® nervous @ sleepy @ fast 21 Amy. I said her, “Iam sorry.” @ passed behind @ looked after. © got to @ bumped into 3. A policeman ran after the man. The policeman wanted to him. © pass ®Deatch @ miss @ lose 4, Ben got up late. He ran to school in a(n) @ hurry @® excitement © whisper @ catchComprehension Check Up A. Check True or False. 1, James got up very quickly, 2. The winner of the race got a medal. B. Choose the best answers. 1. What did James think about racing in the morning? @ He did not care about racing. © He wanted to win. 2. Why did James start to run fast? @ John was a fast runner. © James's father shouted. 3. What might James do after the race? @ He will get up late. © He will be a friend to Jason. 4, What is not true about the story? @ John and James are twin sisters. © James gota trophy. C. Write the best answers. 1, What number did James get? (b) He liked to jog. @ He wanted to do better than Jason. ® James did not want to run like a turtle. @ Jason made James mad. ® He will keep racing. @ He will have a rabbit. ® James won the race. @ Jason bumped into James. 2. What did James want to do when he saw Jason?Perri ey aU Understanding Feelings Awriter’s feeling can change in a story. You can understand the story better by understanding his or her feelings. Write the sentences that show the changes of James’s feelings. equence ne} nine bored morning During the race Ag After i the race oy + He did not want to race. * He slowly got up. «He wanted to catch Jason. —* It did not matter to him who won or lost. * He started running fast. * He did not like the number, 101. * Winning was like a dream. —_* He smiled at Jason. * He wanted to keep racing. * He was sleepy. * He was running like a rabbit, * His heart was beating. 5 SRRStory Summary Up Complete the summary by filling in the blanks. bumped keep mad racing run turtle James did not want to . He ran slowly like a at first. But Jason into James and he made fun of James. That made James run fast because James was - Finally James won the race and he wanted to Re ae ical Write or say your own opinions. © John jumped out of bed. He got ready to go in a hurry. What can you infer from the sentences? © How long did it take you to finish a 100m race? How did you feel then?Po Unit 4. Kitten Stories L THE STORY OF MISS MOPPET This is Miss Moppet. Miss Moppet is a cat. She has heard a mouse! She wants to catch it. This is the Mouse. The Mouse peeps out from behind the cupboard. He wants to make fun of Miss Moppet. Miss Moppet finds the Mouse. She is going to jump to the Mouse. Miss Moppet jumps too late. She misses the Mouse and hits her own head. It is a very very hard cupboard! The Mouse watches Miss Moppet. It is on the top of the cupboard. She holds her head with hands. He thinks she is looking very ill. Miss Moppet ties up her head in a duster, and waits for the Mouse to come.a 20 25 The Mouse comes sliding down. Miss Moppet looks worse. The Mouse comes a little nearer. Miss Moppet holds her poor head in her paws. She looks at him through a hole in the duster. The Mouse comes VERY close. And suddenly Miss Moppet jumps on the Mouse! The Mouse has teased Miss Moppet. Miss Moppet thinks she will tease the Mouse. She ties him up in the duster. She tossed the Mouse about like a ball. But she forgot about the hole in the duster. When she unties the duster, there is no Mouse! He has wiggled out and run away. He is dancing a jig on the top of the cupboard!SN MN Ge Srl) Te mT e/ A. Match the words to the correct definitions. 1. make fun of + to throw lightly; fly 2. miss . + to move easily along a surface 3. tic up & + the foot of an animal with four legs 4, slide . + not far way 5, paw 5 «10 fasten something together using string, rope or something similar 6. close ‘ * to not catch something 7. tease . * to make a joke about someone BEG * , to laugh at someone or say unkind things about them B. Choose the best words to fill in the blanks. 1, Ms. Wang the box with a blue ribbon. @® tossed © tied up © missed @® moved 2. Don't me. I am not your toy. tell © dance to © hear @ tease 3. Wendy is on the top of the hill with her sled. She will the hill. look at © goup © slidedown — @ climb 4, a ball to Dan. He will shoot. @ Toss ® Guess © Look around = @ Jump on 5, Cats do not have hands. They have . paws @ slides © ties © purrsComprehension Check A. Check True or False. 1. Miss Moppet likes the Mouse very much. oT oF 2. The Mouse can dance a jig. oT GF B. Choose the best answers. 1, Why does the Mouse think Miss Moppet is ill? @ She holds her head. © She has a runny nose. @© She has bad food. @ She has a cold. 2, Which word is similar in meaning to the underlined word? The Mouse comes VERY close. @ far © near © under @up 3. Why does Miss Moppet want to tease the Mouse? The mouse is her friend. @ The mouse likes to be teased, @ The mouse has teased her. @ The mouse enjoys a ball game. 4, Why is the Mouse not in the duster? @® The duster has a hole. © The duster hides the Mouse. © The Mouse dances a jig. @ The cupboard is close. C. Write the best answers. 1. Where is the Mouse in the beginning of the story? 2. What is the Mouse doing at the end of the story’?Sa NG Reading Skill Up Visual Imagination You can visualize the story events and characters. Visual imagination helps you understand and remember the story more vividly. Make the cartoon of the story. Draw pictures and add speech balloons. iL | |L_ | iLStory Summary Up Complete the summary by fi g in the blanks. away behind close duster ill mouse runs Miss Moppet is a cat. She finds a the cupboard. She tries to catch the Mouse but fails. She looks . When the Mouse comes to Miss Moppet, she ties the mouse up in the . But the Mouse and dances a jig. a aie Ls Write or say your own opinions. @ Why does the Mouse come close to Miss Moppet? @ Do you know any other story of a cat and a mouse? a1 ly i Py, yr Why Bogs Chase Cats Long, long ago, Dog and Cat were a couple. Dog worked hard for his wife. They were happy together. But every night Cat said, “I am too sick. cannot make you any dinner.” Cat did nothing and lay on the couch when Dog made dinner. Dog was very kind. He understood Cat and worried about Cat because he loved her. Dog was tired after a day’s hard work. But Cat just stayed home all day long. When Dog came back home, Cat lay on the couch and waited for Dog to make dinner. He soon got sick of making dinner.2 One day, Dog said to Cat. “Honey, I am going to work. Take care.” But instead, he hid in the cupboard and watched Cat. He wondered if she really was sick. As soon as Cat thought Dog had left, she started playing games with Kitten. They laughed and ran about. Cat wasn’t the least bit sick. She was a liar! Suddenly, Dog jumped out of the cupboard. When Cat saw him, she put amarble in her mouth and pretended to be sick. She said to Dog, “T have a toothache.” She was a liar! x Dog got so mad at her. He started chasing her around and around the house. Ever since that time, dogs have chased cats.A. Match the words to the correct definitions. 1, couch ¥ 2. understand . 3.getsick of * 4, liar . 5, marble . 6. pretend - 7.mad . 8 chase . someone who tells lies very angry or annoyed a sofa to be tired, disgusted, or upset run after to act ina false way in order to trick to know how someone feels. a very small ball made of colored glass B. Choose the best words to fill in the blanks. 1am baseball. I don’t want to play it @ enjoying © getting sick of © leaming @ fond of 2, Jake has a cavity so he has a . @ headache © marble © cat @® toothache 3. Nina is me. She does not talk to me. @ mad at ®lookingat © loving @ kind to 4.1 you. | know what you did. ® chase © jump to © understood @ play games with 5. When I was young, I played with liars ® marbles . Itwas very fun. © couches @ fieldsComprehension Check Up A. Check True or False. 1. Cat was a hard working wife oT OF 2. Cat chased Dog. OT OF B. Choose the best answers. 1. What kind of story is “Why Dogs Chase Cats?” @newsarticle — @ science fiction © journal @ American folktale 2. Why did Dog not go to work one day? @ He wanted to watch Cat. ® He was going to have a surprise party. © He wanted to play games with Cat. @ He was sick. Where did Dog hide? @ under the couch ® in the kitchen © in the closet @ in the cupboard 4, Why did Dog get mad at Cat? @ Cat lied. ® Dog hated Kitten.© Cat was sick. @ Dog hated working. 5, What is not true about the story? @ Dog was married to Cat. ® Cat had a toothache. © Cat played with Kitten. @ Dog chased Cat. C. Write the best answers. 1, Who made the dinner all the time? 2, What did Cat say when Dog jumped out of the cupboard?Prefer Contrasting Characters Characters are people in a story, play, or movie. You can find differences between the characters by contrasting the characters. It helps you understand the story better. Write what Dog and Cat did. * worked hard did nothing * made dinner « chased after the other character * played games with Kitten * got mad at the other character * pretended to be sick * lied to the other character *hid in the cupboard * lay on the couch * put a marble in his/her mouth laughed and ran aboutUnit 4, Kitten Stories Story Summary Up Complete the summary by filling in the blanks. chase cupboard lied mad sick watch Dog worked hard for his wife, Cat. But Cat just did nothing. She told Dog she was . Dog made every dinner for her. It was very tiring. He wanted to Cat one morning. He hid in the . He saw Cat and Kitten play games, When Dog came out, Cat to Dog. Dog got at her and started to Cat. From then, dogs chase cats. Thin¥. and Act Out Write or say your own opinions. @ If you were Dog in the story, what would you do? @ Are cats and dogs friends in your culture?The rain fell for three days. It rained cats and dogs. Kelly and Shawn played in the house. They were bored. They wanted to play outdoors. Finally the rain stopped and the sun started to shine. Kelly and Shawn 5 were very excited. Now they could go outdoors! Kelly and Shawn put on coats and old pants. They put on rubber boots too. Kelly’s were red and Shawn’s were blue. They ran out of the house. There were puddles all around their house. First they walked carefully around the edges of the puddles. Then they walked through the middle of the puddles. The water was not deep. It waved. Then Kelly and Shawn started to act silly. Kelly kicked some water with her boot. The water splashed on Shawn’s pants. Shawn was surprised. He wanted to splash too. He jumped up and landed in a puddle.Shawn started to laugh. Now the: and splashed all through the puddl walked into the middle of a puddle. The water poured into his boots. Kelly ran to help him. She fell and splashed into the puddle. Kelly and Shawn were all wet. But they laughed. They went back into the house because they were too wet. They felt sad first because they stopped playing. But they felt happy because they had fun. They looked out of the window. There w ‘ainbow. They wished to have a rainy day again.Vocabulary Build Up A. Match the words to the correct definitions. 1. outdoors * * to give off or reflect light 2. shine . * asmall, shallow pool of water 3. puddle * * outside lines 4.edge ¢ * to move up and down or back and forth S.wave * * ina central position 6.splash * * to dash or spray Jland * * in the open air; outside 10 arrive at a place after moving down 8. middle + through the air B. Choose the best words to fill in the blanks. 1. The river looks like the sea. It 4 @® pours @ reaches @ lands @ waves 2. The waves on the shore. @ walked ® splashed ©@ landed @ flashed 3, Luke was flying a toy plane. The plane on the ground. took off © kicked @ landed @ ran away 4. The children splashed in the on the sidewalk. They got wet. @ puddle ® sea © beach © stream 5. Wendy likes sports. She enjoys skiing and climbing. @ edge © outdoor © middle @ shiningComprehension Check Up A. Check True or False. 1, Kelly and Shawn hate to get wet. GO? GF 2. The water in the puddles was very deep oT aF B. Choose the best answers. 1. Why were Kelly and Shawn bored at the beginning of the story? @ They did not do their homework. — @ The rain did not stop. © The room had no toys. @ They liked rain. 2. What did Kelly and Shawn want to do? @ They wanted to play outside. © They wanted to buy new boots. © They wanted to swim. @ They wanted to see their parents. 3. What surprised Shawn? ® apassing car © astrong wind © the rainbow @ water splashed on his pants 4, Why were Kelly and Shawn sad? @ They stopped playing. ® They were wet. © Their boots got dirty. @ Itrained again. C. Write the best answers. 1. Why did the children go back into the house? 2, What did Kelly and Shawn see at the end of the story?Perret ene) Cause and Feelings Cause is a reason to feel something or to behave in a particular way. You can understand the story better when you think of cause of characters’ feelings. Write how Kelly and Shawn felt in order of the story. Then find the cause that made Kelly and Shawn feel in those particular ways. ced Cause | « t happy * bored sad * happy again * surprised + Kelly and Shawn played in the house for three days.» They had fun. * The water splashed on Shawn's pants. * They stopped playing. + They played in the puddles and got wet.Story Susmary Up Complete the summary by filling in the blanks. bored old outside pants puddles rain coats wet Kelly and Shawn were . They could not go out because of the . Finally the rain stopped and they went . They put on . rubber boots, and . They played in and splashed water. They got but they had fun. Thin and Act Out Write or say your own opinions. © It rained cats and dogs. What does it mean? @© Why did Kelly and Shawn wish to have another rainy day?Questions about WeAher . What is weather? Weather is the condition in the air. Weather can be hot, cold, dry, wet, windy, or rainy. The air may move or may not move at all. Moving air is called wind. The sky may be sunny and clear or it may be cloudy. It may even rain or snow. . What makes it rain or snow? Rain or snow falls from cloud: Clouds are made of lots of tiny water drops that are in the air. First, water goes into the air. ‘You can’t see this water. Second, tiny water drops and bits of ice form in the air. They make up clouds. Third, the water drops and bits of ice get bigger. When they get big enough, they fall as rain or snow.5 35 & Stormy weather can be s the w The weather changes when the air changes. It may be rainy and cloudy. Then the rain stops, and the clouds go away. Soon, it is sunny. Sun, rain, and wind help things live and grow. But some weather is dangerous. Strong wind and heavy rain can harm houses and make floods. Lightning is dangerous too. Lightning can make a big fire. You can be struck by lightning. During bad weather, listen to a weather report. The report will tell your family how to be safe.