River Rescue

What do Enid's actions in the beginning of the story tell you about her?

• Enid loves reading.

• Enid loves living in the jungle.

• Enid does not like to swim.

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.3

What is Enid's motivation for reading to her friends every evening?

• She wants to show them how well she can read.

• She wants to teach them about making a dam.

• She wants her friends to love reading as much as she does.

What action shows that Enid likes her friends more than books?

• Enid tries to read to her friends.

• Enid puts down her book when she hears a cry for help.

• Enid is reading about a beaver building a dam.

What event shows that Enid's love of reading is a useful trait?

• Enid knows how to swim across a river.

• Enid knows how to build a dam.

• Enid knows what magic is.

How do the actions of Enid's friends change from the beginning to the end of the story?

• Enid's friends now like to read with Enid.

• Enid's friends do not go swimming anymore.

• Enid's friends now want to play with Enid.

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CCSS.RL.3.3

Synonyms are words that are similar or mean the same.

The only thing Enid loved and adored more than her jungle home was reading. She read stories about fish. She read stories about dogs.

Which is a synonym for loved?

• read

• adored

• reading

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Synonyms are words that are similar or mean the same.

Enid ran toward Mabel's voice. When she reached the river's edge she was surprised and shocked by what she saw.

Which is a synonym for shocked?

• ran

• surpised

• reached

Synonyms are words that are similar or mean the same.

Her friends began helping her, assisting Enid in building the dam.

Which is a synonym for helping?

• assisting

• building

• slowed

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CCSS.L.3.5C

Synonyms are words that are similar or mean the same.

The usually calm, flat, clear water was now dark and swirling with splashing white waves. On the other shore on the opposite side of the river was tiny Mabel.

Which words give a clue to the meaning of opposite?

• calm, flat

• the other shore

• dark and swirling

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Synonyms are words that are similar or mean the same.

Choose the meaning of the word opposite.

• on the other side or across from

• to move around in a circle

• without moving