• Practice for every day of the school year • Help students prepare for standardized testing

STRATEGY PRACTICE
Draw the mitten before the squirrel crawls in. Then draw the mitten 
after the bear enters it.
SKILL PRACTICE
Read each question. Fill in the bubble next to the correct answer.
 1. What causes the bear to sneeze?
A 
Furry animals fill the mitten.
B 
The skunk is smelly.
C 
The bear has a cold.
D 
The mouse tickles the bear’s nose.
 2. What is the passage mostly about?
A 
animals making a mitten
their home
B 
a mouse causing trouble
C 
animals playing chase
D 
a bear with a cold
 3. In the beginning, the mitten was flat 
and smooth. In the end, it was 
.
A 
covered with dirt
B 
lumpy and stretched
C 
white like snow
D 
full of big holes
 4. What happens because the bear sneezes?
A 
The mitten rips to shreds.
B 
The animals decide to leave
the mitten.
C 
The animals fly out of the mitten.
D 
The animals move to another mitten.
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Daily Reading Comprehension • EMC 3453 • © Evan-Moor Corp.
3
WEEK
DAY
1
Introduce the 
Organization
strategy to students. Say: This week we’ll practice figuring out how an 
author organizes a passage. This means we’ll look for a pattern that the author uses to tell us the 
information. One way an author can organize a passage is by sequence. This means the author 
tells us the events in the order that they happened. Read aloud the instructions at the top of the 
page. Prompt students to list words that describe sequence, and list them on the board 
(first, Next, 
Then, finally).
Direct students to look for those words as they read. When students have finished 
reading, direct them to complete the strategy practice activity. Invite volunteers to share the signal 
words they found in the passage. Then direct students to complete the skill practice activity.