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Saturdays at Grandpa Ike's Shoe Repair Shop

A girl helps her grandpa, a cobbler. Students learn shop words and use words that tell where and when things happen.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.3.6

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 9 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 3
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use subject-specific words such as cobbler, sole and polish accurately.
  • Students use words and phrases that signal where things are, such as above, beneath and behind.
  • Students use words and phrases that signal time, such as first, while and after.

How to use

Read the story aloud, then have students mark the words that tell where and when before they answer the questions.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.3.6

Use conversational, general academic, and subject-specific words and phrases accurately, including ones that signal spatial and time relationships.

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Saturdays at Grandpa Ike's Shoe Repair Shop

Learn the words a cobbler uses, plus words for where and when.

Read the story

Saturdays at the Shoe Repair Shop

1Every Saturday, I help my grandpa at his shoe repair shop on Bell Street. Grandpa Ike is a cobbler. A cobbler is a person who fixes shoes, boots and bags.

2When customers come in, they set their shoes on the counter. I write each name on a paper tag and tie the tag to the shoe. Then I put the shoes on the long shelf behind the counter.

3Grandpa's workbench is in the back room. Above the bench, his tools hang on a board. Beneath the bench, there are rolls of leather and boxes of new heels.

4This morning, a woman brought in boots with a hole in the sole. The sole is the bottom of a shoe, the part that touches the ground. First, Grandpa pulled off the old sole. Next, he cut a new sole from a piece of leather. Then he glued it to the boot. While the glue dried, he stitched a torn strap on a bag with a needle and strong thread.

5After lunch, I polished a pair of brown shoes. I rubbed the polish into the leather in small circles until the shoes were shiny.

6At closing time, Grandpa checked every tag. "By tomorrow, the glue on those boots will be hard," he said. "They can go home on Monday."

Shop words

Use the story to answer each question.

1.
In paragraph 1, what is a cobbler?
  • A. a person who sells new shoes and boots
  • B. a person who fixes shoes, boots and bags
  • C. a person who makes tools for a workbench
  • D. a person who sews new coats and dresses
2.
Match each shop word to its meaning.
  1. sole
  2. tag
  3. workbench
  4. polish
  1. A. a paper label with a name on it
  2. B. something rubbed on to make shoes shiny
  3. C. the bottom part that touches the ground
  4. D. a strong table where a person does work
3.
In paragraph 4, Grandpa stitched a torn strap. Which sentence uses the word stitched correctly?
  • A. Mia stitched the glue onto the boot.
  • B. Mia stitched the floor with a broom.
  • C. Mia stitched a patch onto her jacket.
  • D. Mia stitched the tools on the board.

Where and when

Look for words that tell where things are and when things happen.

4.
Use the story. Write the word from the word bank that tells where each thing is. Use each word once.
Word bank: beneath · on · above · behind

Grandpa's tools hang   the workbench.
Customers set their shoes   the counter.
Rolls of leather are   the workbench.
The long shelf is   the counter.

5.
Sort the phrases from the story. Does each one tell where or when?
after lunchbehind the counterin the back roomat closing timeon Mondayon Bell Street
Tells whereTells when
6.
Read paragraph 4 again. Write the time-order word that comes right after First.

 , he cut a new sole from a piece of leather.

7.
In paragraph 4, which word tells that two things happened at the same time?
  • A. First
  • B. Next
  • C. Then
  • D. While
8.
In paragraph 6, when can the boots go home?
  • A. after lunch
  • B. on Monday
  • C. at closing time
  • D. this morning
9.
Tell how Grandpa fixed the boots. Use the words first, next and then.

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