Boomtownthird Grade Reading Streets



  • 1. This selection takes place long ago in _______.
  • 2. Pa has brought his family out west because he thinks he'll _____.
A) make his wife happy
B) strike it rich
C) work all day without pay
D) learn to read
  • 3. Who is telling the story?
  • 4. In the selection, the phrase 'Once in a while a crow flew by' shows how _____ life was.
  • 5. Because Pa lives in the gold fields during the week, he ______.
A) can't find pans for Amanda
B) helps Amanda's pie business get started
C) makes crusts for the pies
D) picks apples for pies
  • 6. Ma said it was unlikely that Amanda could make pie because ______.
A) there were no pie pans and there was no oven
B) Amanda was poor at baking pies
C) the boys would make fun of her
D) there wasn't enough flour for a pie crust
  • 7. Amanda was ________ about baking pies.
  • 8. The main reason Amanda was successful at baking her first pie was that ______.
A) her brothers finally decided to help
B) Pa came home to encourage her
C) Ma ended up making it for her
D) she learned to solver her problem a different way
  • 9. Pa came home with money on Saturday night because he had _______.
A) sold Amanda's pie
B) landed another job
C) struck gold
D) traded his horse
  • 10. Many of the miners decide that ______.
A) living apart from your family is too hard
B) it is easier to get rich doing something else
C) only young miners strike it rich
D) mining for gold is an easy way to get rich
  • 11. The main purpose of this story is to show how a ______.
A) family strikes it rich
B) town gets its start
C) little girl learns to bake
D) brother and sister can get along
  • 12. Why would Amanda and other businesses need a bank in town?
  • 13. Explain what Amanda did, other than bake pies, to turn the little settlement into a boom town.
Boomtownthird Grade Reading Streets

Boomtown 3rd Grade Story

Boomtown - Third Grade Reading Streets The TRUE story of the 3 little pigs by A.Wolf as told to Jon Scieszka. Grandma Annii's Story Time - Duration: 8:21. Grandma Annii Recommended for you. This bundled unit includes all the stories from 2nd Grade Reading Street Unit 3 listed below: Pearl and Wagner: Two Good Friends Dear Juno Anansi Goes Fishing Rosa and Blanca A Weed Is a Flower These are 2008, 2011 and 2013 compatible.