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

SKILL PRACTICE
Read the question. Fill in the bubble next to the correct answer.
 1. What in the passage can really happen?
A 
A girl can have a party.
B 
A pony can talk like a person.
C 
A pony can appear by magic.
D 
A pony can wear running shoes.
 2. What in the passage is fantasy?
A 
A girl blows out candles on a cake.
B 
Girls play games at a party.
C 
A pony shows up in an instant.
D 
A girl likes horses.
 3. Real ponies 
.
A 
wear colorful shoes
B 
wear horseshoes
C 
like sparkles
D 
like to look good
 4. The passage would most likely 
be found in a 
. 
A 
cookbook for making cakes
B 
book of facts about horses
C 
book of silly stories
D 
book of birthday party ideas
STRATEGY PRACTICE
Tell a partner about a wish you want to come true and why.
Fantasy vs. Reality
DAY 3
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Daily Reading Comprehension • EMC 3453 • © Evan-Moor Corp.
WEEK 10
DAY 4
READ THE PASSAGE
Think about what in the passage could happen and what is fantasy.
Yummy Clouds
The clock showed 3:58. Marco ran outside and gazed at the sky. Sure enough, 
clouds were gathering and blocking the sun. Clouds built up every Saturday at 
exactly this time. It was springtime, so the clouds were shaded in purple and 
orange. At 4:00, the clouds ripped open like bags. Marco smiled and held up his 
hands. Grape and cherry lollipops tumbled from the sky.
Marco stuffed his pockets with the treats. He liked the clouds in springtime. 
The polka-dotted clouds of summer were good, too. They tossed out blue, pink, 
and yellow jelly beans. In the fall, the clouds that gathered were deep red. 
Catching the long ropes of licorice was not easy. Dark-brown clouds formed on 
Saturdays in the winter. Marco could almost smell the chocolate before it spilled 
out. Marco really liked living in Candy Land.