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1. Picture answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Circle the right picture.

The Limp Plant

  1. The class has a plant on the desk.
  2. Chen and Mia must help the plant.
  3. On Monday, the plant was limp.
  4. Chen got a cup of water, and Mia held the pot.
  5. Glug, glug, glug went the cup.
  6. By lunch, the plant was strong again.

  1. 1. What is on the desk?

    • plant
    • clock
    • book

  2. 2. How did the plant look on Monday?

    • sunflower
    • flower
    • limp plant

  3. 3. What did Chen get?

    • bucket
    • cup
    • spoon
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2. Word answers

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Read the story. Tick the right word.

The Limp Plant

  1. The class has a plant on the desk.
  2. Chen and Mia must help the plant.
  3. On Monday, the plant was limp.
  4. Chen got a cup of water, and Mia held the pot.
  5. Glug, glug, glug went the cup.
  6. By lunch, the plant was strong again.

  1. 1. Who held the pot?

    • Mia
    • the class
    • Chen

  2. 2. What sound did the cup make?

    • glug
    • drip
    • plop
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3. Find the clue

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Find the clue. Write the number of the sentence, then underline it.

The answer can be hiding in the story.

The Limp Plant

  1. 1The class has a plant on the desk.
  2. 2Chen and Mia must help the plant.
  3. 3On Monday, the plant was limp.
  4. 4Chen got a cup of water, and Mia held the pot.
  5. 5Glug, glug, glug went the cup.
  6. 6By lunch, the plant was strong again.

  1. 1. Why was the plant strong again?

    The clue is in sentence number

    Now say or write the answer:

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4. Short answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Write or say your answer.

The Limp Plant

  1. The class has a plant on the desk.
  2. Chen and Mia must help the plant.
  3. On Monday, the plant was limp.
  4. Chen got a cup of water, and Mia held the pot.
  5. Glug, glug, glug went the cup.
  6. By lunch, the plant was strong again.

  1. 1. What was the plant like on Monday?

  2. 2. What was the plant like by lunch?

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5. Put it in order

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

What happened first? Write 1, 2, 3 in the boxes.

The Limp Plant

  1. The class has a plant on the desk.
  2. Chen and Mia must help the plant.
  3. On Monday, the plant was limp.
  4. Chen got a cup of water, and Mia held the pot.
  5. Glug, glug, glug went the cup.
  6. By lunch, the plant was strong again.
  • Chen got a cup
  • The plant was strong
  • The plant was limp

Tell a grown-up the story in your own words: first, next, last.

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6. Draw the story

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

Draw something you remember from the story.

The Limp Plant

  1. The class has a plant on the desk.
  2. Chen and Mia must help the plant.
  3. On Monday, the plant was limp.
  4. Chen got a cup of water, and Mia held the pot.
  5. Glug, glug, glug went the cup.
  6. By lunch, the plant was strong again.

Draw Chen and Mia giving the plant a drink.

Write a word or sentence about your picture:

Answers for grown-ups

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 3 · Roo Bloom

The Limp Plant · Level 3 (Blends) · focus words: plant, desk, limp, held, glug, strong · tricky words: the, was, Monday, water, again, of, by

1. Picture answers

  1. Yes! The class has a plant on the desk.
  2. Yes — on Monday, the plant was limp.
  3. Yes! Chen got a cup of water.

2. Word answers

  1. Yes — Mia held the pot.
  2. Yes! The cup went glug, glug, glug.

3. Find the clue

  1. Sentence 4 or 5. Chen and Mia gave the plant water, so it got strong.

4. Short answers (any wording that shows they understood is fine)

  1. It was limp.
  2. It was strong again.

5. Put it in order

1. The plant was limp · 2. Chen got a cup · 3. The plant was strong

There is no score. If an answer is not the one, read the sentence together and ask the question again.