STORY REVIEW The Magic Snowboard - readingtales.com

1 STORY REVIEW The Magic Snowboard Recalling Details Making Analogies 1. What was the reason that Ernie's mother yelled at 6. The Magic , talking Snowboard is to the boy Ernie, him in the beginning of the STORY ? as a public bus is to . A Ernie hadn't cleaned his room, as ordered. A the money passengers pay to ride. B She wanted Ernie to start the laundry. B the street on which it rolls along. C Ernie had been in trouble at school again. C its passengers. D She was angry Ernie lost his Snowboard . D its driver. Sequencing Cause & Effect 2. What happened before Ernie dug the Snowboard 7. What was responsible for Ernie forgetting about out from the snow? the fight with his mom? A Ernie noticed chipmunks in the trees. A His time spent with animals in the woods. B Ernie started doing the laundry. B His ride atop the Magic Snowboard . C Ernie forgot about his fight with his mom. C His horrible memory. D Ernie got a ride home from the Snowboard . D An apology from his mother. Vocabulary Enrichment Conflict 3.

2 The word clenched, as used by the author in the 8. In the STORY passage, how was the Snowboard 's second paragraph, means conflict solved by Ernie? A clamped together. A Ernie buried the Snowboard in the snow. B relaxed. B Ernie freed the Snowboard from burial. C spread apart. C Ernie carried the Snowboard home. D held onto tightly. D Ernie talked to the Snowboard for hours. Main Idea STORY Title 4. Paragraphs thirteen and fourteen of the STORY are 9. Which of these possible titles for the STORY could mostly about not be used because it doesn't make sense? A Ernie's love of animals and nature. A A Boy and a Snowboard . B Ernie's fight with his mom. B The Flying Snowboard . C Ernie's experience riding on the Snowboard . C A Ride Before Chores. D Ernie doing the laundry at his house. D Snowboards and Bumblebees. Fact or Opinion? Making Inferences 5. Which of these ideas about the STORY passage is 10. The reader can infer which of these ideas is likely merely an opinion? true, even though it isn't stated in the STORY ?

3 A Ernie went into the woods to be alone. A This was not Ernie's first fight with his mom. B It was rude for Ernie to disobey his mom. B Ernie has five snowboards in his garage. C Ernie eventually did as his mom ordered. C Ernie's mom doesn't like him at all. D Ernie dug up the Snowboard in ten minutes. D The boy gets in trouble at school a lot. Mason Educatio