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

STRATEGY PRACTICE
Tell a partner about the strangest bird you have ever seen.
SKILL PRACTICE
Read each question. Fill in the bubble next to the correct answer.
 1. To have orange-tipped feathers, baby 
waxwings must 
.
A 
have parents that look that way
B 
eat one kind of red berry
C 
eat a lot of orange plants
D 
get red berries on their tails
 2. Which one is true about most adult 
waxwings?
A 
They eat only red berries.
B 
Their tail feathers have orange tips.
C 
They mostly eat yellow bugs.
D 
Their tail feathers have yellow tips.
 3. Which question does the passage answer?
A 
Why do waxwings feed their babies
red berries?
B 
Why do some young waxwings look 
different from their parents?
C 
Why do plants have berries?
D 
Why do birds have tail feathers?
 4. Based on what you read, what happens 
when red and yellow are mixed?
A 
They make orange.
B 
They make a bright yellow.
C 
They make a dark red.
D 
They make blue.
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Daily Reading Comprehension • EMC 3453 • © Evan-Moor Corp.
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WEEK
DAY
1
Explain to students that this week they will learn about the 
Visualization
strategy. Say: When good 
readers read, they often visualize, or make pictures in their mind of, what they are reading. 
Good readers look for words that describe what something looks like or what it does. Good 
readers also change their mental picture as they read new details. Read the instructions at the top 
of the page aloud. Then read the title and ask students what mental picture they get from it (e.g., a 
picture of a dog talking like a human with its mouth). Say: Make sure you adjust your mental