Due January 21st by 9:00 a.m.
Read the following story and answer the following questions.
Ben’s Loose Tooth
by Donna Latham
“I’m always last”, Ben sighed. “Last to learn to whistle. Last to lose a tooth.”
Ben’s older sister, Kate, was always bossy. “Jiggle your teeth”, she said. “Find one that’s wiggly and wobbly”.
Tooth by tooth, Ben jiggled. He wriggled the last tooth. “It’s wiggly. It’s wobbly!”
“Tug it,” Kate said.
“Uh!” Ben mumbled. “It’s stuck in my gums.”
“Hmmm.” Kate scrunched her nose. “Munch that apple.”
Ben took a bite. “Ouch! No luck.”
“Hmmm,” said Kate. She tapped her pinky against her chin. “I’ll scare it out of you! That’s how you get rid of hiccups. Maybe it works for teeth too.”
Ben sqeezed his eyes shut. He held his breath. He waited and waited. “Hey! When are you going to scare me?” He propped one eye open.
“How scary would it be if I told you?” Kate asked.
“Well–,” Ben said.
“Boo!” cried Kate. She flapped her arms.
Ben’s fingers flew to the tooth. He wriggled it. He jiggled it. “Blah! I’ll never lose a tooth.” He hung his head. “I’ll never learn to whistle, either.”
“Whistle? I can teach you!” Kate said. “Pucker your lips. Leave a tiny space.”
Ben scrunched his lips together.
“Perfect.” Kate smiled. “Now, shoot the air out. Hard.”
With all his might, Ben blasted air. Out burst a high note–with his tooth!
Answer each question, #1 and #4 needs to be answered in a complete sentence.
1. What is Ben’s main problem in this story?
2. Who is Kate?
a. Ben’s friend c. Ben’s little sister
b. Ben’s cousin d. Ben’s big sister
3. List the three ideas Kate had for helping Ben get his tooth out.
4. What was Ben trying to do when the tooth came out of his mouth?
1.He wants to lose a tooth but can not
2.D
3.Wiggle his teeth pull his tooth,scare it out of him
4.he was whistleing
1.He can’t whistle and get his tooth out.
2.d
3.bite an apple,scare him,wiggle and wobble it.
4.when his tooth came out he tried to whistle.
1.His tooth was loose.
2.Ben’s big sister.
3.Jiggle your teeth,tug it,munch on the apple.
4.He was trying to whistle.
1.Ben could not get his tooth out.
2.D
3.She tried to scare him.She tried to eat a appel.She tried to tug on it.
4. He tried to whistle.
1.ben’s main problem is he can not get his tooth out.
2.b ben’s older sister.
3.scering wisulig wigul
4.he trid to wisold.
1.the main prolbem is that he lost a tooth.
2.c
3.she help him give him evice and she toll him to suck in hes checks.
4.he spit it out.
1.Ben’s main problem is he wants to lose a tooth.
2.c
3.To munch an apple,she could scare it out of him,and to help him whistle.
4.Ben was trying to whistle.
1.He couldn’t get his wiggly tooth out.
2.d.
3.to scar the tooth,bite a apple,wiggle the tooth.
4.He was trying to whisle.
1.He does not no how to whitlisel or pool a tooth out.
2.d. bens realey big big sisster
3.bite in to a apple learn how to wisstele.
4.ben was trying to wisstele with his big sisster.
1.Ben’s problem was, he could not get a toot out and to whistle.
2.d.
3.wriggle-jiggle-wobbly
4.Ben sister was trying to scare him wen his tooth came out.
1.His problem is he can’t loose a tooth and whistle.
2.d.ben’s big sister
3.Tap,wiggly, and jiggle
4.he was whistling.
1.Katie is Ben”s older sisster.
2.d
3.She told him to bite a apple,Wiggle it, and jiggle it.
4.He was pucering his lips.
1.He’s tooth is the main problem.
2.d
3.Thay tug it,eat an aplee and skare it.
4.he wisled.
1. He cannot get his tooth out.
2. His big sister.
3. Scaring him, making him chew on a apple,wiggled it.
4. he tried to whistle.
1.his big sister kate was trying to help ben get his tooth out.
1.Letter d. Ben’s big sister.
2.Ben’s big sister
3.Kate told Ben to take a bite of the apple,she was going to scar it out of hi,he tied to whistle.
4.Ben tied to whistle why his tooth was loose.
1.His main problem is he has a lose tooth.
2.Kate is Ben’s sister.
3.A
4.When Ben’s tooth came out he was trying.
1.he took a bite of an apple.
2.b
3.wiseldhard took a bite out of an apple held his breath.
4.wiseled hard.
1.he wants to get his tooth out but he can’t
2.d
3.jigle his tooth bite into a apple
4.he was wisling when the tooth came out
1.Ben could not get his tooth out
2. d
3.wiggle it,pull it,scare it out of him
4.he whistleed
1.Try to get his tooth out.
2.His older sister.
3.Pool,a string and a door.
4.He wistilled