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

STRATEGY PRACTICE
Think back to the dog’s actions you pictured while you read. 
With a partner, describe a dog doing two of those actions.
SKILL PRACTICE
Read each question. Fill in the bubble next to the correct answer.
 1. What is the passage mainly about?
A 
the ways dogs use their voices
to talk
B 
the ways dogs tell people what 
they want
C 
how dogs show they are scared
D 
why dogs run in circles
 2. Based on the passage, which sentence 
is true?
A 
Happy dogs may jump up on you.
B 
Sad dogs cry tears.
C 
Scared dogs run in circles.
D 
Upset dogs want a lot to eat.
 3. What might cause a dog to put
its head in your lap?
A 
It is scared of some noise.
B 
It is happy that you are home.
C 
It wants you to pay attention
to it.
D 
Its stomach is upset.
 4. A happy dog wags its tail, but
a scared dog 
.
A 
taps you with a paw
B 
puts its tail down
C 
lifts its tail
D 
looks at you and howls
Visualization
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Daily Reading Comprehension • EMC 3453 • © Evan-Moor Corp.
WEEK 2
DAY 2
READ THE PASSAGE
Visualize Fabio’s first two days at camp.
No Camp for Me!
Fabio was new at summer camp, and he did not like it at all. In fact, he hated 
every minute of it.
On his first day, he and the other campers swam in a lake. The bottom of the 
lake felt like muddy slime creeping between Fabio’s toes. He dashed out of the 
water when a fish nibbled at his knee.
Fabio’s second day started badly. The campers hiked through some woods. 
Dry twigs scratched Fabio’s legs, and black bugs bit his arms. The stinky smell of 
a skunk made his eyes water. Fabio walked behind the others. He wished he were 
at home. Then a boy named Cody started talking to Fabio. It turned out that they 
liked playing the same games. They made a deal to try out for the camp softball 
team. Fabio thought the next day at camp would be fun.