Brain Quest reading basic 56 Stories , with Questions & Answers ages 7–8
® 2 grade Revised 2nd Edition 56 Stories , with Questions & Answers ages 7–8 B A S I C S Brai n Quest Illustrations by Kimble Mead Copyright © 2000, 2007 by Workman Publishing Co., Inc., and Groupe Play Bac, S.A. All rights reserved. No portion of this product may be reproduced— mechanically, electronically or by any other means, including photocopying—without written permission of the publisher. Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Ltd. BRAIN QUEST is a registered trademark of Workman Publishing Company, Inc., and Groupe Play Bac, S.A. It’s O.K. to Be Smart! is a registered trademark of Workman Publishing Company, Inc. Davide Busetti, Linda Eisinger, Christine Wood Brain Quest READING contains 56 story cards, each with its own questions and answers covering comprehension and language arts. Each player or team gets a deck and takes turns asking questions. Correct answers are worth 1 point (2 points for Genius questions; no points for Extensions). The first player/team to score 10 points wins. Play each card through and then check your answers against the answer cards. Your quest? To get them all right! Workman Publishing Company, Inc. 225 Varick Street New York, New York 10014-4381 www.brainquest.com Printed in Mexico 10 98 76 54 32 1 Second Grade Reading Brain Quest ® Questions and Answers by Bonnie Dill and Susie Dugovic THE TEACHER ADVISORY BOARD IF YOU WANT TO KEEP SCORE THE 10-POINT GAME SOLITAIRE Brain Quest reading was created to help you sharpen your reading and language skills—and to have a good time in the process. On the 56 story cards, you’ll find original stories based on everyday life; poems, fables and famous sayings; and information on people and places, animals and seasons, and important historical events. Following each story card is a comprehension card that quizzes you on the story subject. Next comes a language arts card with questions in the following categories: Word ChoiCe includes vocabulary questions and finding words with the same or opposite meanings. Spelling tests your ability to spell, to catch misspellings and to tell the difference between sound- alikes such as “bare” and “bear.” grammar asks questions about nouns and action words, capital letters and punctuation marks, and lets you “Fix the mistake” and “Choose the right word.” phoniCS ranges from rhymes and silent letters to vowels, consonants and letter sounds. grab bag covers syllables, ABC order, hidden words and turning one word into another. extenSionS are opportunities to relate a story to your own life, to be creative with your own drawings, stories or poems, or to learn more about a subject. Use the story and question cards to test yourself, or read them out loud to a partner. See other side for a Note to Parents and Teachers. here’S the Story! a note to parentS and teaCherS Brain Quest ® reading focuses on literacy skills in addition to the standard lan- guage arts curriculum. Our new format allows parents and teachers to assess individual students’ strengths and weak- nesses in the areas of reading and language and to monitor their progress through-out the year. teSt and teaCh The stories and questions are scaled from less challenging to advanced levels so that all students, whether struggling or suc- cessful, can enjoy the satisfaction of answering correctly. Because Brain Quest reading is based on the curriculum taught throughout the school year, some questions may be more difficult to answer early in the year and may thus require more input from parent or teacher. Working one-on- one with a student can pinpoint his or her specific needs or abilities. Students who need assistance in read- ing can benefit from looking at the story cards as they are read aloud by an adult and/or taking turns reading out loud. add Fun to the game The purpose of Brain Quest is to engage students’ interest and to teach that learn- ing can be fun both at home and in the classroom. The Extensions category at the end of each language arts card invites creative pursuits, such as making up new stories, as well as outside research. Interaction should be encouraged in this cate- gory, with sufficient time allowed for writing, drawing, extra reading, and dis- cussion. Side One 1. THE PUPPET SHOW 2. TADPOLE TO FROG 3. RIDE INTO SPACE 4. THE TRICK 5. AHOY, MATE! 6. IT’S A BABY! 7. CRUMB CATCHER 8. BIRDS EVERYWHERE 9. THE MATTRESS TEST 10. THE TEDDY BEAR 11. YOSEMITE 12. THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE 13. JIM AND SAM 14. “OH! SAY, CAN YOU SEE?” Side twO 15. THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW 16. FLYING AWAY 17. BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES 18. SNACKS 19. FOSSILS 20. TWO HEADS ARE BETTER! 21. SOUR GRAPES 22. BILL’S SKILLS 23. THE PLANT DOCTOR 24. SOUND SCIENCE 25. CAMPING U.S.A. 26. ¡hola! 27. DOWNHILL RACER 28. ASOKA THE KING Contents Deck One Side One 29. TIME FOR A CHANGE 30. MILLIE’S NEW HOME 31. WHAT IS WHEAT? 32. THE BIG APPLE 33. EATING RIGHT 34. BURROWING IN 35. SITTING BULL 36. A SCARY NIGHT 37. BIGGER THAN LIFE 38. A NEW NEIGHBOR 39. THE SOGGY SWAMP 40. THE FORTY-NINERS 41. THE RIGHT BALANCE 42. A RIDDLE Side twO 43. PATTY AND GERTIE 44. ABRAHAM LINCOLN 45. EDDIE’S ADVENTURE 46. THE RIGHT TO RIDE 47. BILLS, BILLS, BILLS 48. “SONG DOGS” 49. STARS AND STRIPES 50. COSMIC CRUSADERS 51. CHINESE NEW YEAR 52. JONI’S COLLECTION 53. MUSCLE MAGIC 54. RIDING THE RANGE 55. THE CONTINENTS 56. A FUN POEM Contents Deck Two The PuPPeT Show Mike, Casey, Bob and Katie are neighbors. They like to play together and are always thinking of new ways to have fun. One day, they created hand puppets out of old socks, bits of fabric, yarn and buttons. They built a stage out of a big cardboard box and made admission tickets from scraps of colored paper. They even wrote a funny script about a boy and girl who get lost in Crazyland. In Crazyland, dogs meow, cats wear glasses, horses fly and children walk on their hands. The audience loved the puppet show and hoped to see another one real soon. GRADE 2 READ STORY 1 T he P uPPeT S how Answers What did the audience hope for at the end of the show? Who gets lost in Crazyland? Name at least two things that were used to make the puppets. What are the four friends in the story always thinking of? Did they create hand puppets or string puppets? What was used to build the stage? What do cats wear in Crazyland? T he P uPPeT S how Questions 4th PASS GRADE 2 READ to see another one real soon a boy and a girl socks, fabric, yarn, buttons new ways to have fun hand puppets a big cardboard box glasses T he P uPPeT S how Answers 4th PASS GRADE 2 READ Create your own Crazyland. Tell what happens there. Do actors memorize the words in a ticket, a fabric or a script? Find the verbs in this sentence: “The dogs meow and the horses fly.” Which word refers to a person: neighbor or neighborhood? The plural of “sock” is spelled s–o–c–k–s. How do you spell the plural of “box”? Which letters in the word “audience” are noT vowels? Put these names in ABC order: Mike, Katie, Bob, Casey. T he P uPPeT S how Questions 4th PASS GRADE 2 READ [...]... did Blackbeard live? ahoy, MaTe! Answers real ships He braided his black beard and tied the braids with ribbons gold coins and precious jewels a pirate’s flag on an island over 200 years ago ahoy, MaTe! Questions Find a synonym of “steal”: fly, tie, bury, rob Is the word for a person who sails spelled s–a–i–l–e–r or s–a –i–l–o–r? Find the proper noun: pirate, Blackbeard, treasure, island “The ship flew... the worm a snack careful The Trick Questions Is a morsel a large meal or a small piece of food? Spell the word that ends this sentence: “Mickey the mackerel is a friend of Trudy the ” Choose the right verb: “The two fish (swum, swam, swimmed) to safety.” Which words rhyme with each other: book, spook, look, hook? Find another word for “squiggle”: swim, squirm, squat, squeak Why are quotation marks...The PuPPeT Show Answers neighbor b–o–x–e–s (boxes) meow, fly d, n, c a script Bob, Casey, Katie, Mike Don’t forget to include opposites of the ways things happen in real life TadPole To Frog What hatches from an egg? If it’s a frog’s egg, what hatches is a tadpole, wiggling in the water like a little fish A tadpole eats and swims and gets... exhibit, the colt stood next to its mother, the mare The father zebra, or stallion, was grazing at the far end of the field The lions were lying side by side in the shade The lioness and her cub seemed to like the warmth of the father lion John spotted the joey, or baby kangaroo, in the doe’s pouch The baby’s dad, a buck, was taking a nap Jenny’s favorite was the elephant calf The cow stroked her baby with. .. kangaroo the elephant mother a doe the elephant calf iT’S a BaBy! Questions What do we call an elephant’s nose? Spell the word for more than one baby Fix the verb in this sentence: “The lions were laying side by side.” Which words rhyme with each other: moose, zoo, cow, kangaroo? Find the female in this list of animals: bull, buck, mare, stallion Rearrange the letters in “nap” to make the word for something... learn to fly? After flying in space, did Sally become a doctor or a teacher? What did Sally Ride prove? ride inTo SPace Answers “ fly in space.” the Challenger after a robot arm jets a teacher With knowledge, you’ll go places! ride inTo SPace Questions Challenger is to challenge as teacher is to what? Which word can mean “also”: t–o or t–o–o? Today, I fly Yesterday, I what? Which word does noT... As the two fish swam closer to the worm, they saw that the shiny object was a hook! “It’s a good thing we were careful,” Trudy said “The wormlookedlikeasnack,but it was a trick.” “Yes,” said Mickey “One of us might have been the snack today!” The two friends swam off to safety The Trick Questions Who was swimming with Trudy the trout? Were the two friends hungry, sleepy or thirsty? What caught the attention... insects, fish, snakes and turtles, as well as birds? ride inTo SPace Do you love knowing things? Then you’re just like Sally Ride In school, Sally worked hard to learn everything she could When she grew up, she might have been a writer, but she decided to become an astronaut instead She learned to fly jets, and she helped to design a robot arm that could grab things in space Then, in 198 3, she joined... space.Afterwards,shewrote allaboutheradventuresand became a teacher, too SallyRidesureprovedone thing.Withknowledge,you’ll go places! ride inTo SPace Questions Finish this sentence: “Sally Ride was the first American woman to ” What was the name of her space shuttle? Did Sally become a writer before or after she flew in space? What kind of arm can grab things in space? Before Sally flew on the shuttle, what... long “i” vowel sound: ride, wing, like, write? What is the base word in “knowledge”? Which letters in the word “author” spell a word for 60 minutes? What do you dream of doing when you grow up? ride inTo SPace Answers teach t–o–o (too) flew wing know h–o–u–r (hour) Write it down, date it and save it, so you’ll always remember your dream The Trick Trudy the trout went for a swim with Mickey the mackerel . Edition 56 Stories , with Questions & Answers ages 7–8 B A S I C S Brai n Quest Illustrations by Kimble Mead Copyright © 200 0, 2007 by Workman Publishing Co ., Inc ., and Groupe Play Bac, S.A. All. Publishing Company, Inc. 225 Varick Street New York, New York 10014-4381 www.brainquest.com Printed in Mexico 10 98 76 54 32 1 Second Grade Reading Brain Quest ® Questions and Answers by Bonnie. contains 56 story cards, each with its own questions and answers covering comprehension and language arts. Each player or team gets a deck and takes turns asking questions. Correct answers