Sock Garden Secret by April Pulley Sayre

1. Sock Garden Secretby April Pulley Sayre

2. 1 What are three steps, in order, the family takes to create a sock garden? Use information from the story in your answer. LC05: Order steps, sequence, and/or events from the reading (Reading GLE 2.2.1)

4. Text-based steps may include but are not limited to the following: Dad told them to find old socks/get old socks Carried the socks down the road Stopped at an old field Pulled socks over shoes Walked/hopped/stomped to collect seeds Touched popping plants/tilting plants to pour out seeds Danced/made up dances On the way out of the field played follow-the-leader Took off socks and carried them home Buried socks in the yard

5. 2 A father and his children get thier ratty old wool socks. Then they go to an old field to collect seeds with their socks. Last they put the socks in their garden to grow flowers. 1 What are three steps, in order, the family takes to create a sock garden? Use information from the story in your answer. It provides more than three steps, in order, from the selection. (A) A father and his children get thier ratty old wool socks. (C) they go to an old field (E) collect seeds with their socks and (J) they put the socks in their garden to grow flowers.

6. 2 They pulled there socks over their shoes. They danced around in the seeds and they planted thier socks. 1 What are three steps, in order, the family takes to create a sock garden? Use information from the story in your answer. It provides three steps, in order, from the selection. (D) They pulled there socks over their shoes (G) They danced around in the seeds and (J) They planted thier socks.

7. 1 numbr one take off shoes. number tow get seeds on your socks. number three bery them. 1 What are three steps, in order, the family takes to create a sock garden? Use information from the story in your answer. It provides two steps, in order, from the selection. (E) get seeds on your socks and (J) bery them.

8. 1 Want to the feld, dancing by playing with seed’s and keepping a seekrit from mom 1 What are three steps, in order, the family takes to create a sock garden? Use information from the story in your answer. It provides two steps, in order, from the selection. (C) Want to the feld and (G) dancing by playing with seed’s.

9. 0 They hopped, marched and stomped. 1 What are three steps, in order, the family takes to create a sock garden? Use information from the story in your answer. The response provides only one step from the story.

10. 2 Based on the information in the story, what do you predict the family will do with their old socks next fall? • A. They will continue to wear the socks. • B. They will bury the socks in the yard. • C. They will throw the socks away. LC03: Make inferences or predictions based on the reading (Reading GLE 2.1.5)

11. 3 Whatis the main idea of the story? • A. Dad and his children surprise Mom with a flower garden. • B. Dad and his children spend time exploring an old field. • C. Dad and his children learn different dances. LC01: Demonstrate understanding of theme or message and supporting details (Reading GLE 2.1.3)

12. 4 Whatis the author’s purpose for writing this story? • A. To teach people how to do different animal dances • B. To entertain with a story about creating a garden • C. To explain about different types of seeds in a weed field LA09: Analyze author's purpose and evaluate effectiveness for different audiences (Reading GLEs 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.4)

13. 5 Whichsentence best explains why the family plays in the field? • A. They want to invent new dances. • B. They want to look at flowers growing. • C. They want to collect seeds on their socks. LA08: Make connections (cause and effect) within a text (Reading GLE 2.3.1)