Tag: Reading

The Butterfly Garden

  1. Who loved butterflies?Grandma

       2. What did Lena build for the butterflies? A small house

        3. What did Lena find when she ran outside one morning? The cocoons empty and a cloud of butterflies above her.

Reorganisation (RO)
 4. What materials did Lena use to build the butterfly house? Twigs and mesh.

  1. What did Lena record in her notebook? She writes down whatever she sees and knows about the caterpillars growth 

  2.  What did Lena do after seeing the butterflies had flown away? She rushed to call her grandma to show her what she had done for her.

 

Vocabulary (VO)
 7. What does the word attract mean in the story? I think it means working together and being with each other.

  1. What does the phrase a quiet reminder mean in the last paragraph? It means that her effort and love had made a different 

 

Inference (IN)
 9. Why do you think Lena built the butterfly house for her grandmother? Because the grandma loves butterflies and because she got sick and couldn’t go outside anymore so Lena decided to make it a special surprise.


  1.  What might the single butterfly on the flower symbolise? I think it means positive vibes and good luck.Evaluation (EV)
     11. What message do you think this story gives about kindness or effort? I think it shows how much you can grow and be a better person in life and the more effort you put into it the better the result will be.


    Reaction (RA)
     12. Have you ever done something that made another person feel happy? What was it? Yes, when it was my cousin’s birthday I got her a gift with my own money I had saved.

The Attic

Vocabulary

 

The story says the attic was filled with “forgotten things” and calls the arcade a “relic.” What do you think the word relic means? Can you name another example of a relic you might find in an old house? Old photos,trash, dust, mess, vases and an old tv.

The music box was “nestled on a bed of faded velvet.” What does the word nestled suggest about how the music box was placed inside the chest? A beautiful, sliver, music box covered in tiny carved stars and moons.

 

Comprehension

 

What two things did Leo find inside the small wooden chest in the attic? A Music box and stars and moons.

Why was Leo disappointed with the music box when he first opened it?Because the little key wouldn’t turn.

According to the map, where does the dotted line begin and where does the “X” mark the end of the trail? To the fireplace that is in the living room.

 

Inference (Reading Between the Lines)

 

Why do you think Leo decided to go into the attic even though he “wasn’t supposed to be” there? Because he wanted to know what was hidden up there.`

 

The map “seemed to shimmer with a faint, magical light.” What might this clue suggest about the map and the treasure hunt to come? That he was going to find what his grandpa was hiding for all this time. 

How do you think Leo’s feelings changed from the moment he opened the silent music box to the moment he held the secret map? I think that he was sad to open an empty music box but when he found the map he got excited to see what he was gonna find.

 

Connecting to the Wider World

 

Leo found an adventure in a place he was already familiar with—his grandparents’ house. Can you think of a time you discovered something new or surprising in a place you thought you knew well, like your own home, neighbourhood, or school? Yes, my home because one day on the weekend I was bored and started to look for other things in my house and when I went upstairs I found a secret attic I had never been in before for some reason.

 

The map in the story leads to a treasure. In the real world, what kind of things do people consider “treasures”? They don’t always have to be gold and jewels. Money, family, love of your life, God/Jesus and a new life.

 

The old music box held a secret. Think about an old object you or your family might have. What story could you imagine for that object if it had a secret to share?  Well the only thing I could think of is my house because when we moved to this was when I was born and I love this house a lot. Fun fact actually this has been in some movies and fewer song videos  one of the movies that this house has been in is Dark horse i’m pretty sure I was one years old and lot the time when there’s a game on and our team wins it’s so cool how happy it makes my family.    

 

Task Description: This weekfor reading we have been learning about is a secret music box that had a and map inside that lead to his fire place in the living room. This also means that he is finding other places is his grandpa’s house that he has ever seen before thanks for listening.