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A Ball For My Dog

My dog found a ball. It was a yellow ball. My dog loves to chew. He chewed the yellow ball. My dog found another ball. It was a red ball. My dog loves to play. He played with the red ball. My dog found another ball. It was a blue ball. My dog loves to run. He ran after the blue ball when I threw it. I need to find another ball for my dog. What color should it be? What will my dog do with the next ball?

1. How many balls did the dog find?

2. What color was the ball that the dog played with?

3. What did the dog do with the yellow ball?

4. What did the dog do with the blue ball?

5. What color do you think the next ball will be?

Baby Brother

Cara has a new baby brother. His name is Tommy. He was just born a week ago. Cara's dad said, “Mom will need lots of help.” Cara helps feed Tommy. Cara holds the food. Mom holds the spoon and puts it in Tommy's mouth. Tommy makes a mess. When Tommy can't sleep, Cara sings him a song. She sings the ABCs. Then Tommy goes to sleep. Tommy was crying. Cara knew what to do. She gave Tommy a toy. Then he stopped crying. Mom said, “Cara, you are a great sister.” Dad said, “You are a great helper too.”

1. How old is Tommy?

2. What does Cara do when Mom feeds Tommy?

a. holds the spoon
b. gets the food
c. holds the food
d. eats the food

3. What song did Cara sing to Tommy?

4. When Tommy cried, what did Cara do?

Farms

There are many kinds of farms. Most of the food you eat comes from farms. Some farms have lots of cows. The cows make milk that people drink. Big trucks take the milk to stores. Corn is one food that comes from farms. Farmers plant the corn. They water the corn so it grows tall. Then they pick it and send it to stores. Many farms have hens that lay eggs. Farmers must feed the hens every day. They also have to get the eggs every day. Some eggs are brown and some are white. What other foods come from farms?

1. How does milk get to stores?

2. What farm animal lays eggs?

3. What colors can eggs be?

4. If you were a farmer, what kind of farm would you want to have?