From Rocks to Books

by Elizabeth Paré

Learn about Words

B. h + ay = hay 1. m ________
2. p ________
Say the word hay. Listen to the sound of ay. Look 3. s + ay ________
at the letters in the box. Add each letter or group of letters ________
4. st
to ay to make a word. Write the word on the blank. ________
5. w
C. Look at the words you made. Which one best fits in each sentence? Write the
Once there was no paper. There were no books. People made pictures on word.
rocks. Or they made marks on wet mud. 6. Did you______, “Go to the library?”
But rocks and mud are hard to pick up. What else did people write on? 7. Ali knows the _______ there.
For a long time, they wrote on plant leaves. They rolled them up to make
books. 8. You don’t have to _______ to take home books.
Much more time went by. Then people found out how to make paper. Now 9. You _______ take home lots of books.
they could make lots of books. These books tell us what happened long, long ago. 10. You can ________ and read books there too.
You can read these books. You don’t have to read rocks or hard mud or
leaves. Aren’t you glad?
Think about It
D. Look at each picture. Answer each question. Write A or B.
How Well Did You Understand?
_____1. What will the man do next?
A. Read each question. Write A or B. A. read the book
B. write a story
______1. What does this tory show?
A. why people do not like to read books now _____2. How do you know?
B. how people started making real books A. He likes stories.
B. He is taking a book down.
______2. Why did people stop writing on rocks and mud?
A. Because they found better things to write on
_____3. What will the woman do next?
B. Because rocks and mud were too hard
A. eat her lunch
______3. Why were plant leaves better than rocks? B. write on a piece of paper
A. because they were bigger than most rocks
B. because they could be rolled up _____4. How do you know?
A. She is at a desk holding a pencil.
______4. How are mud, leaves, and paper the same? B. She doesn’t like to read.
A. They have all been used to make books.
B. They have all been used for writing.
_____5. Why is it good that people made books?
A. so people will watch more TV
B. so people can find out new things
 _____3. What di Sun and Wind each try to do?
A. make the man very happy
Sun and Wind
by Joan Nery
B. make the man take off his coat

4. What did Sun do that Wind could not do?

A. made the day very sunny
B. made the day very cold

5. What part of this story could not really happen?

A. The sun couldn’t make the man hot.
B. The sun and the wind couldn’t talk.

Learn about Words

Sun and Wind were talking. Wind said, “I’m stronger than you.”
B. s + un = sun
Sun said, ‘I’m pretty strong.”
1. fun ________
Wind said, “Let’s play a game.” Say the word sun. Listen to the sound of un. Then
2. s + un ________
“How? Sun said. look at the letters in the box. Add each letter to un to
3. r ________
“See that man,” Wind said. I’ll make him take his coat off.” So, Wind blew make a word. Write the word on the blank.
hard. But the man held his coat around him.
“My turn,” said sun smiling. Soon the man got very hot. Then he took his coat C. Look at the words you made. Which one fits in each sentence? Write the word on
off. the blank.
“I win,” said Sun. “And I made the man happy because it’s sunny day.”
4. The ________ and the wind were playing a game.

5. The man wanted to _________ away.

6. The game was ________.

Think about It
D. Mouse and house end the same way. They rhyme. Write the word that ends like or
rhymes with the underlined word.
How Well Did You Understand? __________1. Sun and Wind played a game. Their turns both (went, came).
A. Read each question. Write A or B. __________2. Wind was strong. His turn was (long, first).
_____1. What is this story about? __________3. Sun made a hot day. He won the game that (way, time).
A. a man who went out on a windy day
B. a game that Sun and Wind were playing __________4. The day was very sunny. Sun said it was (pretty, funny).

_____2. What were Sun and Wind trying to find out?

A. who was stronger
B. who was hotter