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Tam the Joey

Kindergarten read-aloud about a baby kangaroo. Children answer classmates' questions about new words like joey, pouch, peeked, and bounded.

KindergartenELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRL.K.4

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 8 questions
  • Classroom-ready

Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Kindergarten
Subject
ELA
Question types
Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students answer questions about the meaning of unfamiliar words in a story.
  • Students find words in a story that help explain a new word.
  • Students ask and answer their own question about a word in a story.

How to use

Read the story aloud twice and pause after each new word. Read each classmate's question and the choices aloud, then let students circle, match, and tell their answers.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RL.K.4

Ask and answer questions about the words in a text that are unfamiliar.

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Tam the Joey

Listen to the story. Ask and answer questions about new words.

Listen to the story

Your teacher reads the story. Listen for new words.

Tam the Joey

Tam was a joey. A joey is a baby kangaroo. Tam lived in his mom's pouch, a warm pocket on her tummy.

One day, Tam peeked out. He looked out just a little bit. He saw green grass and a big blue sky.

Then Tam hopped out. Boing! He bounded across the grass in big, high jumps.

Soon Tam felt hungry. He nibbled the grass with tiny bites. Then he jumped back into the pouch for a nap.

Classmates ask about words

Your teacher reads each question. Circle the best answer.

1.
Ana asks, "What is a joey?"
  • A. a tall green tree
  • B. a soft warm bed
  • C. a baby kangaroo
2.
Ben asks, "What is a pouch?"
  • A. a deep hole in the ground
  • B. a pocket on a mom's tummy
  • C. a soft nest high in a tree
3.
Kai asks, "What does peeked mean?"
  • A. looked out a little
  • B. jumped out very fast
  • C. called out very loudly
4.
Leo asks, "What does bounded mean?" Which words in the story help answer Leo?
  • A. a big blue sky
  • B. with tiny bites
  • C. in big, high jumps

Be a word detective

Your teacher reads each question. Circle, match, or tell your answer.

5.
Your teacher reads: He nibbled the grass. Circle the word that means ate with tiny bites.

Henibbledthegrass.

6.
Match each story word to a word that means almost the same.
  1. joey
  2. pouch
  3. bounded
  4. nibbled
  1. A. pocket
  2. B. ate
  3. C. baby
  4. D. jumped
7.
Zoe asks, "What does Boing! mean in the story?"
  • A. the name of Tam's mom
  • B. the sound of a big hop
  • C. a kind of tall grass
8.
Ask your own question about a word in the story, like Ana and Ben did. Then tell the answer. Your teacher can help you write it.

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