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The Pit That Took Its Time

Read a story about growing an avocado pit, study its time words, dialogue and ending, then plan your own story about waiting for something.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toW.2.3

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1 Common Core standard
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12 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 2
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students use time words to follow a short sequence of events in a narrative.
Students explain how dialogue and details show feelings and keep a story on one event.
Students plan a narrative with a beginning, a middle, dialogue and an ending.

How to use

Read the story aloud, then have students answer the questions. Before planning, ask students to share a time they had to wait for something to happen.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

W.2.3

Write a narrative about a well-developed event or short sequence of events, with details about actions, thoughts, and feelings, time words, and closure.

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The Pit That Took Its Time

Study a story about waiting, then plan your own.

Read the story

Read the story. Look for time words and for what Malia says, does and feels.

The Pit That Took Its Time

1One Sunday, Malia and her grandpa made avocado toast for lunch. Malia held up the big brown pit. "Can we grow a tree from this?" she asked. Grandpa smiled. "Let's find out," he said.

2First, Grandpa pushed three toothpicks into the sides of the pit. Next, Malia rested the toothpicks on the rim of a glass of water so the bottom of the pit sat in the water. Then she set the glass on a sunny windowsill.

3Every morning, Malia checked the pit. One week later, nothing had changed. Two weeks later, it looked exactly the same. Malia sighed and crossed her arms. "This pit is never going to grow," she grumbled. "Plants take their time," Grandpa said.

4Then, one morning, Malia saw a crack down the middle of the pit. A few days later, a thin white root poked out of the bottom and reached into the water. Malia jumped up and down. "Grandpa, come look!" she shouted.

5At last, a tiny green stem peeked out of the top. Grandpa helped Malia plant it in a pot of soil. Malia smiled at her little plant. Waiting had been hard, but it was worth it.

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