Reading SkillsKaylee Soelke

Content Area: Reading/Literature

Grade Level: 1st grade

Summary: The purpose of this instructional PowerPoint is to allow students to practice reading comprehension by answering questions that focus on the main elements of a short story.

Learning Objective: Given a short story, the students will read and answer the corresponding questions with 100% accuracy.

Content Standard: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Review:

Click on these websites and review the main elements of a story:

http://www.flocabulary.com/fivethings/ - Watch video.

http://www.katiekazoo.com/pdf/KK_FiveEssentialElements.pdf - Take Notes.

http://quizlet.com/96068/the-plot-has-five-elements-in-a-story-flash-cards/ - Flip through flashcards.

Read the story carefully, then answer the following questions by clicking on the correct answer .

Russ was a rat that lived on a small farm. Many of his friends were animals. They all played together in the fields and in the barn at night.

One day, Russ decided to go on an adventure with his friend Spencer, the spider. They decided to explore the house of the farmer. As they scurried along the field towards the house, they smelled something delicious. Soon, they discovered the smell was coming from the kitchen window where an apple pie was cooling.

Together, they made their way up the side of the house and into the window. As soon as they had made it inside, they crept behind the pie. Russ said to Spencer, “Let’s take a bite of this warm apple pie. The farmer will never notice”. So they each took a small bite.

However, the taste was so good that they could not stop themselves and eventually the whole pie was gone. “Oh no! What have we done?” said Spencer. “We ate it all. Hurry, we have to get back to the barn before the farmer sees!” replied Russ. So they took off out the window and past the field, all the way until they reached the safety of the barn.

The next day, they noticed the farmer had baked a whole new pie and they took off on another adventure.

Russ’s Adventure

What kind of animal was the main

character Russ?A. B.

C. D.

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Where was the setting of the story?A. In a sewer

B. On a small farm

C. In an old attic

D. On a boat

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What did Russ and Spencer eat in the kitchen?

A. Chocolate chip cookies

B. Blueberry Pie

C. Cheese

D. Apple Pie

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What did the farmer do the next day to resolve

the conflict?A. Punished Russ and Spencer

B. Cleaned the kitchen

C. Baked another pie

D. Worked in the fields

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Summary:

Russ and Spencer

decide to go on an

adventure.

Russ and Spencer smell

something delicious.

Russ and Spencer eat

all of the apple pie.

Main Events:

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