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

 2. Which question does the passage answer?
A 
Where does Dr. Carson work?
B 
Why did Benjamin become a doctor?
C 
How does Dr. Carson encourage kids 
to achieve?
D 
What kind of books does Dr. Carson read?
 3. What changed Benjamin’s life
as a boy?
A 
His imagination went wild.
B 
He created reading rooms in schools.
C 
He went to school.
D 
He read books every day.
 4. What is the passage mostly about?
A 
how Benjamin uses his brain
B 
how Benjamin changes his life
C 
how Benjamin becomes a doctor
D 
how Benjamin becomes a good 
student
STRATEGY PRACTICE
In your own words, write the main idea of the passage.
Main Idea and Details
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WEEK 13
DAY 2
READ THE PASSAGE
Think about the story’s beginning, middle, and end.
Spots, Bumps, and Blisters
Ginger woke up feeling itchy. She used her fingernails to scratch her tummy, 
her arms, and then her face. The itch still tingled. Ginger saw red bumps on her 
body. Had mosquitoes attacked her during the night? “Mom!” Ginger yelled. 
Mom looked at her daughter’s spotted body. “Looks like you’ve got chickenpox. 
I’ll fill the bathtub with cool water and oatmeal. That should help stop the itching. 
And I’ll get your mittens for you to wear afterward. You can’t scratch those bumps.”
“Take an oatmeal bath? Wear mittens in the summer? Can’t scratch an itch? 
Chickenpox sure is weird,” thought Ginger. 
More spots appeared. There were too many to count. Before long, the bumps 
turned into blisters, and the blisters crusted with scabs. Ginger had to stay home. 
Her friends could not visit because they might get the chickenpox. Her best friend 
Mandy sent over a get-well gift. It was a big book of connect-the-dots.