Reading Comprehension: The Three Bears

Which of the following is the best summary of the story?

• Abuelo tells Emilio a story about three bears and a girl.  When he finishes, Abuela takes Emilio to his cousins' house for a family dinner.
• Emilio and Abuelo spend the day cooking.  While they work, Abuela tells Emilio a story about three bears and a girl.
• Abuelo and Emilio are waiting for cousins to come for a family dinner.  While they wait, Abuelo tells Emilio a story about three bears and a girl.
• Cousins come to Emilio's house for a family dinner. While everyone eats, Abuelo tells a story about three bears and a girl.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

How are the bears in this story like real bears?

• They live in a house.
• They talk to each other with words.
• They eat when they get hungry.
• They have chairs and beds.

Where are Abuelo and Emilio at the beginning of the story?

• At the bears' house
• At Trencitas's house
• In the woods
• At Emilio's house

Tags

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.K.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

The reader can tell that Abuelo's story reminds Emilio of ______

• Hansel and Gretel
• Bears at the Zoo
• The Three Bears Visit America
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What does Trencitas do first at the bears' house?

• She eats beans
• She sits in a chair
• She falls asleep
• She reads a book

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

At the end of this story, Trencitas ______.

• asks Abuelo to tell her a story
• invites the bears to her home for a meal
• tells Emilio a story about bears
• is afraid of the bears and runs away

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.K.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

Read this sentence from the story.  "Your cousins will arrive soon,"  Abuelo said.  What does the word arrive mean?

• fall alseep
• go away
• get here
• prepare food

Tags

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Trencitas followed her nose to the three bowls of beans.  What does the idiom "followed her nose" mean?

• held her nose to keep out a bad smell
• walked along in back of her nose
• smelled many different things
• used her sense of smell to find where a smell was coming from

Tags

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

The bed was so cozy that Trencitas soon fell asleep.  What does the word cozy mean?

• Rough and itchy
• Warm and comfortable
• Cold and bumpy
• Large and heavy

Tags

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

How do we know that this story is fiction?

• It had bears in it.
• There was no Goldilocks character.
• Bears talked and cooked a family dinner.
• The girl went into a house when she wasn't invited.