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Bloomfield Public Libraries Summer Reading 2018 ATTEND PROGRAMS, SEE PERFORMERS, READ BOOKS WIN PRIZES , & ! Join us for Summer Reading at the library! We have an exciting lineup of summer programming for children, teens and families, including mini-golf, a live band, drumming, hooping, movies, storytelling, rock painting, tie dye t-shirts, science and more! See our events flyer or the library website for complete summer event information. Register June 11 and begin logging your minutes June 25 to earn prizes! How do I register for summer reading? Go to the library website: www.prosserlibrary.info Click on Summer Reading Click on the appropriate program (Children/Teen/Adult) Click on “Sign Me Up” and follow instructions. You do not need a library card number to register for summer reading. You will choose a username and password that you will use every time you log in to enter your reading minutes (those who participated last year will use the same username and password). Our summer reading online system also allows you to enter book titles which will count for the Governor’s Summer Reading challenge. Register for summer reading beginning June 11, and begin logging June 25! We are here to help! Stop by or call the library for assistance. Prosser Public Library McMahon Wintonbury Branch Library 1 Tunxis Avenue, Bloomfield, CT 06002 1015 Blue Hills Avenue, Bloomfield, CT 06002 860.243.9721 www.prosserlibrary.info 860.242.0041 www.prosserlibrary.info Students entering grade 3 Summer Reading and Writing Task #2-Paired Passages The Drum-A Tale from India and The Blue Feather-A Tale from Brazil You will closely read two tales, one from India and one from Brazil. When you read, make sure to underline, highlight, or write notes in the margin on important details and vocabulary words. You will then answer several questions based on the tales. You will notice as you answer these questions that some of the questions have two parts. You should answer Part A of the question before you answer Part B. You will finish this task by writing about the setting of each tale, using evidence from the texts. When you are writing, be sure to use capital letters when necessary, complete sentences, and proper punctuation. Make sure to hand this in with your summer reading log to your grade 3 teacher on the first day of school. Below is a challenge for our star readers! When reading the text: • Underline any Key Ideas and Details with an orange crayon! • Underline any unknown or unusual Vocabulary words with a yellow crayon! • Underline any Text Features with a green crayon! Name: _____________________________________________________________ 1 Read the two tales. Think about their central message, lesson or moral. Story 1: The Drum-A Tale from India 1 Long ago in India, a boy named Sonu and his mother were walking from the market. Along the way, mother stopped and picked up a stick. “Here is a fine stick, Sonu,” she said. “I’m sorry it is not a drum. I know that you have been wishing for one.” 2 “Thank you, Mother,” said Sonu, taking the long piece of wood. He knew that she would buy him a drum if she had the money. 3 Soon they met a woman who was trying to start a fire because no stoves or ovens had been invented yet. Her fire would not light. “Here” said Sonu, handing her his stick. The woman used the stick to start the fire. Then she gave Sonu a chapatti, a round, flat bread. 4 Next Sonu and his mother met a man and a little girl. The girl was very hungry, so Sonu gave her his bread. When the father saw what Sonu had done, he said “here take this drum; someone gave it to my daughter, but she doesn’t need it.” Story 2: The Blue Feather-A Tale from Brazil 1 Mia lived by the great Amazon River. One day her mother gave her a pretty, blue feather. 2 Mia wanted to show the feather to her friend Nali. She tenderly and carefully placed the feather in the basket, checked the clock on the wall to make sure she had time to visit her friend and asked her mother if she could visit Nali. 3 Walking on the path along the river, Mia saw a red flower. As she bent to pick up the flower, the wind blew the feather up into the air! Mia could not catch the feather. She sighed and put the red flower in her basket. 4 Then a yellow butterfly flew in front of Mia. Running to catch the butterfly, Mia dropped her basket. The red flower fell out, and the wind carried it out onto the river. 5 Mia sighed and picked up her basket, still happy to be visiting her friend. Looking up, Mia saw the yellow butterfly land on a branch where there was a bluebird. The bluebird flew away, dropping one of its beautiful blue feathers near Mia’s feet! 6 Happily, Mia picked up the feather and hurried to her friend’s house. Nali’s mother drove Mia home after her visit with Nali. 2 The Drum-A Tale from India 1. Read the sentence from the story. “He knew that she would buy him a drum if she had the money.” What inference can you make? A. His family is poor. B. His family is cold. C. His family is hungry. D. His family is large. 2. Read the sentence from the story. “Then she gave Sonu a chapati, a round, flat bread”. Why did the author italicize the word chapati? A. To make the word stand out B. To show someone is speaking C. To describe how he got bread D. To help him spell it correctly 3. How do Sonu’s actions show what he is thinking or feeling inside? Use text evidence. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. What message or lesson does the author want me to take away from reading this tale? What details help me determine this? Make sure to use evidence in your answer. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 3 The Blue Feather-A Tale from Brazil 5. Which sentence best summarizes the story? A. Mia follows a butterfly and then it flew away B. Mia loses a feather and then finds a new one. C. Mia dropped her basket and a flower fell out. D. Mia puts a feather in her hair. 6. Read the sentence from the story. “She tenderly and carefully placed put the feather in the basket and told her mother where she was going.” What does the word tenderly mean? A. quickly B. gently C. carelessly D. slowly 7. Describe how Mia is feeling at different parts of the story. Use evidence from the text. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4 8. Which details from the beginning, middle, and end would I include when retelling this story? Make sure to use many important details in your retell. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Use details from both The Drum-A Tale from India and The Blue Feather- A Tale from Brazil to answer question 9. 9. This question has two parts. First answer part A then answer part B. Part A- How are Mia and Sonu alike? A. They are both happy at the end of their tales. B. They are both careful. C. They are both at the market. D. They are both eight years old. Part B- Use details, evidence from the text in both stories to support your answer to Part A. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5 10. Where do each of these stories take place? Do you think the authors set their stories in different periods of time? What makes you think this? Use evidence from the text. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Source: CA Standards 6 Summer Reading List* Libraries ROCK! ~ Grades 3-4 Suggested music-themed summer reading compiled for the Connecticut Department of Education by Linda Williams, Connecticut State Library PICTURE BOOKS incredible secrets that bring danger, and decides to help him as he helped her. | Lexile: 690 A Band of Angels: A Story Inspired by the Dear Hank Williams