Name _________________________________________________

Instructions:  Before reading the book, fill in the first box with your prediction about what will happen in
Snubby Nose’s Umbrella Trick. As you read, pause to fill in the middle box to make changes to or add to
your prediction. When finished reading, write what actually happened in the final box.

Make

THE UMBRELLA TRICK • LEVEL M • 1

Revise/Confirm

SKILL: MAKE, REVISE, AND CONFIRM PREDICTIONS

Actual

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Instructions:  As you read, list causes in the left column and their effects in the right column.

Cause Effect

The Umbrella Trick • LEVEL M • 2

Cause Effect

Cause Effect

SKILL: CAUSE AND EFFECT

Cause Effect

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Instructions:  Read the two words, then put them together to form a contraction. Write the new word
on the line.

I am

The Umbrella Trick • LEVEL M • 3

We are
Could not
There would
I will
Are not
She has
It will
There is
He would
We will
They have
Should not
It would
We have
SKILL: CONTRACTIONS

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Instructions:  Below are words taken from Snubby Nose’s Umbrella Trick. Cut along the dotted lines to separate
the boxes. Glue the boxes in alphabetical order on the spaces provided.

The Umbrella Trick • LEVEL M • 4

disappointed whistled sneeze manners colorful

umbrella clerk poured silk pens

SKILL: Alphabetical ORDER

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