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The Squeak in the Bike Shop

Read an original story about a girl in her uncle's bike shop and answer who, what, why and how questions with proof from the text.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRL.3.1

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students answer who, what, why and how questions about a story.
Students point to the sentence in the text that proves an answer.
Students ask a question about a story that the text can answer.

How to use

Have students read the story twice, then answer the questions with the text beside them. Discuss the sentence that proves each answer before sharing the open responses.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RL.3.1

Ask and answer questions to show understanding of a story, using the text itself as the basis for the answers.

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The Squeak in the Bike Shop

Ask and answer questions about a story, using the text as proof.

Read the story

Read the story. Then go back to the text to find each answer.

The Squeak in the Bike Shop

1Every Saturday, nine-year-old Wen helped her Uncle Dario at his bike repair shop. Her job was to sweep the floor and hand him tools. The shop smelled like oil and rubber, and a big wooden clock ticked above the door.

2One morning, Mrs. Alvarez wheeled in her blue bicycle. "It squeaks every time I ride it," she said. "The noise started on Monday." Uncle Dario spun the wheels, tightened the seat, and put oil on the chain. But when Mrs. Alvarez rode a lap around the shop, the squeak came back.

3Wen listened carefully. She noticed that the squeak came only when the right pedal went down. "Uncle Dario, it is not the chain or the wheels," she said. "It is coming from the pedal." Uncle Dario lifted the bicycle and gave the right pedal a turn. Sure enough, he heard a tiny squeak.

4He took the pedal off and looked inside. A small, round pebble was stuck near the screw! Uncle Dario picked it out with tweezers. Then he put the pedal back on and added one drop of oil.

5Mrs. Alvarez rode another lap around the shop. This time, the only sound was the clock ticking. "My bicycle is quiet now," she said with a big smile. Uncle Dario winked at Wen. "Next week, you can hold the tweezers," he said.

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