Reading Exam will be performed orally. The Students must read aloud, clear and correctly the passage, in front of the classroom. (They will read the sheet, not memorized) Study hard at home and do your best!
PASSAGES AND DATES
| May 22 | May 23 | May 24 | May 25 |
| Dario Frog Feels Sick | Jose Arturo Frog Feels Sick | Lilith Frog Feels Sick | Sofia Alejandra Frog feels sick |
| Myrna The Lost Button | Ana Victoria The Lost Button | Roberto The Lost Button | Dante The Lost Button |
| Natalia G Flying a Kite | Edgar Flying a Kite | Alejandro Flying a Kite | Mia Flying a Kite |
| Nicolás Old Dark Frog | Karyme Old Dark Frog | Belinda Old Dark Frog | Mauricio Old Dark Frog |
| Ana Lucía A goodbye party | Natalia María A goodbye party | Aldo A goodbye party | Marcelo A goodbye party |
| Elida Little Bear’s Friend | Abigail Little Bear’s Friend | Romina Little Bear’s Friend | Fernando Little Bear’s Friend |
RUBRIC TO EVALUATE PERFORMANCE
| | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Expression | I changed my voice to show feeling or to sound like different characters. | I remembered to change my voice some of the time. | I read like a robot; I forgot to change the sound of my voice. |
| Rate | I read at a steady rate that was not too fast and not too slow. | I read a little too fast or a little too slow, | I read much too fast or very, very slowly. |
| Accuracy | I read every word without help and I didn’t hesitate. | I read most of the words myself, but a couple of times I hesitated or needed help. | I read some words correctly, but needed lots of help. |
| Phrasing | I paid attention to punctuation and grouped words so they made sense. | I read a couple of words at a time. | I read word by word. |
Rubrics will be sent as Feedback.
PASSAGES:
Frog Feels Sick
One day in summer Frog was not feeling well.
Toad said, “Frog, you are looking quite green.”
“But I always look green,” said Frog. “I am a frog.”
“Today you look very green even for a frog,” said Toad.
“Get into bed and rest.”
Toad made Frog a cup of hot tea. Frog drank the tea, and
then he said, “Tell me a story while I am resting.”
“All right,” said Toad. “Let me think of a story to tell
you.”
Toad thought and thought. But he could not think of a
story to tell Frog.
“I will go out on the front porch and walk up and down,”
said Toad. “Perhaps that will help me think of a story.”
The Lost Button
“Don’t worry,” said Frog. “We will go back to all the
places where we walked. We will soon find your button.”
They walked to the large meadow. They began to look
for the button in the tall grass.
“Here is your button!” cried Frog.
“That is not my button,” said Toad. “That button is black.
My button was white.”
Toad put the black button in his pocket.
A sparrow flew down.
“Excuse me,” said the sparrow. “Did you lose a button? I
found one.”
“That is not my button,” said Toad. “That button has two
holes. My button had four holes.”
Toad put the button with two holes in his pocket. They
went back to the woods and looked on the dark paths.
A Good-bye Party
Mother Bear baked a cake. Little Bear made lemonade.
Mother Bear said, “Let us eat up all the cake. If we do,
then it will not rain tomorrow.”
“Let it rain,” said Little Bear. “Emily will not be here
tomorrow to play with me.”
“Anyhow,” said Emily, “We can eat up the cake. And
we can drink the lemonade.”
So they ate the cake, and drank the lemonade, and talked
and talked. Then it was time for Emily to go home.
Father Bear said, “Don’t let Lucy break any more arms.”
“Oh no,” said Emily.
Emily hugged her doll, and said, “Lucy wants to say
good-bye, too. Say good-bye to Little Bear, Lucy.” Emily
make Little Bear hold Lucy.
He ran into his room and came back with a pretty toy
boat.
Flying a Kite
Toad ran across the meadow again. He waved the kite
over his head. He jumped up and down. The kite went up in
the air and crashed down into the grass.
“That kite is junk,” said the robins. “Throw it away and
go home.”
Toad ran back to Frog. “This kite is junk,” he said. “I
think we should throw it away and go home.”
“Toad,” said Frog, “we need one more try. Wave the kite
over your head. Jump up and down and shout ‘UP KITE UP’.”
Toad ran across the meadow. He waved the kite over his
head. He jumped up and down. He shouted, “UP KITE UP.”
The kite flew into the air. It climbed higher and higher.
“We did it!” cried Toad.
“Yes,” said Frog. “If a running try did not work, and a
running and waving try did not work, and a running, waving,
jumping try did not work, I knew that a running, waving,
jumping, and shouting try just had to work.”
Old Dark Frog
“When I was small,” said Frog, “my mother and father
and I went out for a picnic. On the way home we lost our way.
My mother was worried. ‘We must get home,’ she said. ‘We
do not want to meet the Old Dark Frog.’
‘Who is that?’ I asked.
‘A terrible ghost,’ said my father. ‘He comes out at night
and eats little frog children for supper.’”
Toad sipped his tea. “Frog,” he asked, “are you making
this up?”
“Maybe yes and maybe no,” said Frog.
“My mother and father went to search for a path,” said
Frog. “They told me to wait until they came back. I sat under a
tree and waited. The woods became dark. I was afraid. Then I
saw two huge eyes. It was the Old Dark Frog. He was
standing near me.”
“Frog,” asked Toad, “did this really happen?”
“Maybe it did and maybe it didn’t,” said Frog
Little Bear’s Friend
He could hear the wind sing. And he could feel the wind on his
fur, on his eyes, on his little black nose.
He shut his eyes, and let the wind brush him. He opened his eyes,
and saw two little squirrels.
“Play with us,” they said.
“No time,” said Little Bear. “I have to go home for lunch.”
He began to climb down, and saw four little birds.
“Look at us,” they said, “we can fly.”
“I can, too,” said Little Bear. “But I always fly down. I can’t fly
up or sideways.”
He climbed down some more, and saw a little green worm.
“Hello,” said the little green worm. “Talk to me.”
“Some other time,” said Little Bear. “I have to go home for
lunch.”
He climbed all the way down, and there he saw a little girl.
“I think I am lost,” said the little girl. “Could you see the river
from the treetop?”
“Oh, yes,” said Little Bear. “I could see the river. Do you live
there?”
“Yes,” said the little girl. My name is Emily. And this is my doll
Lucy.”
“I am Little Bear, and I can take you to the river. What is in that
basket?”
