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Copywork
About This Passage
This passage shows the children all working together happily on a rainy day. Henry has tools, paper, paints, and wood, and the table is filling up with the things needed to make a museum. Copying this sentence helps young readers feel how much fun working can be when everybody is doing something they like.
Henry can make some boxes for the shells and butterflies soon the table was covered with wood paper paints and tools
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell someone what happened in this chapter in order. When you get to the most important part, slow down and tell it carefully — what happened, why it mattered, and what you think about it.
Discussion Questions
- Henry goes outside in his swimming suit so his clothes will not get wet in the rain. Was that smart, or was it silly? What in the story makes you think so?
- Joe knows the names of every flower and shell in the books he brought. Henry asks how Joe learned all this, and Joe just says he 'picked it up.' Is Joe telling the whole truth? What in the story makes you think so?
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