Get the Egg!

1. What is the genre of the story?

Realistic fiction is a made-up story that could really
happen.
2. What is the main idea of the story?
The story is about how Kim and Brad save bird’s egg.

• The plot of a story is what happens in the

beginning, middle and end of the story.
• The plot often includes a problem and a solution.
2. What is the plot of the story?
Beginning: Bob and Dot have a farm.
Middle (problem): A twig hit the nest and an egg
has fallen out of the nest
End (solution): Brad used his net to save the
egg. Kim put it back in the nest.

3. Who are the characters in the story?

Brad, Kim, the red bird and six eggs.
4. Where did the story happen?
In the backyard.
5. What animal do you see on page 128?
A red bird flying out of the tree.
6. What is the bird doing?
Was leaving its nest.
7. What words would you use to describe Kim
and Brad?
Kind, careful, interested in nature, helpful
8. What is the problem? What was the solution?
A twig hit the nest and an egg has fallen out of the
nest. Brad used his net to save the egg. Kim put it
back in the nest.
9. How did the story end?
Brad and Kim saved the eggs. The birds are in the
nest.
Vocabulary
Saw: to have seen
Example: I saw a big bird.

Tree: a very large plant with a trunk, roots, leaves and

branches.
Sentence: the nest is in the tree.

Little: small in size, tiny

Sentence: I see the small eggs.

Your: belonging to you.

Sentence: put the book in your bag.