W1,2

In the poem, "Ginger's Fingers", the author writes that Ginger's fingers are

• pencils

• hot dogs

• shooting stars

• flies

Based on the story, the reader can guess that Ginger can't _____.

• sleep

• see

• hear

• laugh

What does "Ginger's fingers are shooting stars" mean?

• her fingers move quickly

• her fingers move slowly

• her fingers are the size as shooting stars

• her fingers are red like the planet Mars

What does the author suggest by the phrase "I'm lightning on the court"?

• it is about to thunder and rain

• the team thinks he moves too slow

• lightning has hit the court

• the boy is extremely fast

What sport does the boy play in "The Giant"?

• basketball

• soccer

• baseball

• tennis

What do these two lines in the poem mean?

• The Giant is a character in a story book

• He loves his family

• He changed his name and it made him happy

• He is called the Giant even though he is short

Select two rhyming words from the story The Giant.

• dash, slash

• short, see

• dribble, court

• push, roof

Which vocabulary word means: the act of flying

• flight

• direction

• launched

• motion

Which vocabulary word means: a person who travels in a vehicle

• direction

• passenger

• popular

• impossible

Which vocabulary word means: put into motion

• launched

• motion

• direction

• controlled