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Activities (K-5th) (PreK-5th)
 Directions: Students should read the passage three times. There are boxes at the
end of the passage so they can check off each time they read it. There are four
text evidence questions (two multiple choice and two short answers) for each
passage where the students use crayons or colored pencils to underline where
the answers are found in the text. There is one inference question that is not
directly answered in the text. Students will use the clues from the text to make
an educated guess.

Check off each

time you read.

Interactive
His beach ball was
text out in the ocean.
evidence
questions
He gave a big
shell to Joe.

Use context clues

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7. Mystery Mush (Fact & Opinion)
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10. Polar Bears and Penguins (Compare & Contrast)
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14. Jack and the Giant (Character & Setting)
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17. Get Your Exercise (Author’s Purpose)
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19. Index (Nonfiction Text Features)
20. Glossary (Nonfiction Text Features)
 Read the passage 3 times.
Answer the questions below. Underline your evidence.
Name _______________
Main Idea & Details
Ice Cream
When you think about different flavors of ice cream, you may
imagine chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. But have you ever heard of ice
cream with lobster in it? A shop in Bar Harbor, Maine serves Lobster Ice
Cream, which has real lobster pieces cooked, buttered, and folded into a
buttery vanilla ice cream. A shop in New York tries out new one-of-a-kind
ice cream flavors each day. Some of their creations include Garlic Ice
Cream, Pizza Ice Cream, and Corn on the Cob Ice Cream. For
Thanksgiving, you can have your turkey dinner and dessert all in one at
another New York shop that makes Fresh Brown Turkey Ice Cream. If
you are feeling really adventurous, you can make your way to Namja
Town, an amusement park in Tokyo, Japan that serves Squid Ice Cream,
Cow Tongue Ice Cream, and even Raw Horse Flesh Ice Cream!

What is the main idea of the story? Describe Lobster Ice Cream.
1) Namja Town is in Tokyo, Japan. ______________________
2) Ice cream can come in many unique flavors.
3) You can get Garlic Ice Cream in New York.
______________________
4) Chocolate and vanilla are the most popular. ______________________

Which detail supports the main idea?
1) A shop in New York serves Pizza Ice Cream.
2) Namja Town is an amusement park.
3) Most people like vanilla ice cream.
4) Cow Tongue Ice Cream is not good.
What ice cream can you get at
Namja Town? ______________
______________________
______________________

Make an inference. Which flavor of ice cream Circle words or phrases in the
would you expect to find at Namja Town? passage that gave you a clue.
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 Read the passage 3 times.
Answer the questions below. Underline your evidence.
Name _______________
Main Idea & Details
Ice Cream
When you think about different flavors of ice cream, you may
imagine chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. But have you ever heard of ice
cream with lobster in it? A shop in Bar Harbor, Maine serves Lobster Ice
Cream, which has real lobster pieces cooked, buttered, and folded into a
buttery vanilla ice cream. A shop in New York tries out new one-of-a-kind
ice cream flavors each day. Some of their creations include Garlic Ice
Cream, Pizza Ice Cream, and Corn on the Cob Ice Cream. For
Thanksgiving, you can have your turkey dinner and dessert all in one at
another New York shop that makes Fresh Brown Turkey Ice Cream. If
you are feeling really adventurous, you can make your way to Namja
Town, an amusement park in Tokyo, Japan that serves Squid Ice Cream,
Cow Tongue Ice Cream, and even Raw Horse Flesh Ice Cream!

What is the main idea of the story? Describe Lobster Ice Cream.
1) Namja Town is in Tokyo, Japan. ______________________
2) Ice cream can come in many unique flavors. Vanilla ice cream with real
3) You can get Garlic Ice Cream in New York.
______________________
4) Chocolate and vanilla are the most popular. lobster pieces
______________________

Which detail supports the main idea?
1) A shop in New York serves Pizza Ice Cream.
2) Namja Town is an amusement park.
3) Most people like vanilla ice cream.
4) Cow Tongue Ice Cream is not good.
What ice cream can you get at
Namja Town? ______________
Squid, Cow Tongue, and Raw
______________________
Horse Flesh ice cream.
______________________

Make an inference. Which flavor of ice cream Circle words or phrases in the
would you expect to find at Namja Town? passage that gave you a clue.
Oreo Octopus Orange
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