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The Rock-Skipping Contest at Cedar Creek

Read a story about a rock-skipping contest, then form comparative and superlative words and choose between adjectives and adverbs.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.3.1.g

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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

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What students practice

Students form comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, including irregular forms.
Students decide when to use -er and -est and when to use more and most.
Students choose an adjective or an adverb based on the word it describes.

How to use

Read the story aloud, then work through the first section together. Students can finish the adjective and adverb section on their own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.3.1.g

Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between adjectives and adverbs depending on the word being described.

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The Rock-Skipping Contest at Cedar Creek

Compare with -er, -est, more and most, and choose adjectives or adverbs.

Read the story

Read the story. Then answer the questions.

The Rock-Skipping Contest at Cedar Creek

1Every August, the town of Pine Bend holds a rock-skipping contest at Cedar Creek. Each skipper gets a few throws. The judges count how many times a rock hops before it sinks.

2Rosa searches the shore for the flattest rocks she can find. Her little brother Mateo picks up round, bumpy rocks. "Flat rocks skip better than round ones," Rosa tells him. Mateo shrugs and keeps his bumpy rocks anyway.

3Mr. Lindqvist goes first. He throws with a big, strong swing, and his rock hops seven times. Next, Keiko steps up. She throws more gently than Mr. Lindqvist, but she keeps her arm low. Her rock skims the water smoothly and hops nine times!

4Then it is Rosa's turn. Her first throw is a bad one, because the rock splashes and sinks right away. She takes a deep breath and throws more carefully. Her second rock hops ten times. That is the most hops of the day!

5Last of all, Mateo tosses one of his bumpy rocks. It plops into the water and sinks. Everyone laughs, even Mateo. "Next year, I will choose the flattest rock on the shore," he says. Rosa wins a wooden trophy shaped like a fish, and Keiko comes in second.

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