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

things you have done or seen that are similar to what you are reading about. Tell students they 
will read about a man and a dog. Say: If you have a pet or know someone who does, you can use 
that experience to make a connection and make predictions about what will happen next in
the passage. Read the instructions at the top of the page aloud. Then have students read the 
passage. When students have finished reading, direct them to complete the skill and strategy 
practice activities. Review the answers together.
DAY
5
Tell students they will practice both the 
Author’s Purpose 
and 
Prediction
skills. Explain that by 
knowing the author’s purpose, it is often easier to think about what will come next in the passage. 
Read the instructions at the top of the page aloud. Then have students read the passage. When 
students have finished, direct them to complete the skill practice activity. Review the answers 
together. For the strategy practice activity, pair students or complete it as a group.
Author’s Purpose
Students think about why an author wrote a particular passage.
Prediction
Students use clues from the text and their own background knowledge to 
anticipate what is likely to happen next or what information will come next.
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WEEK 17
DAY 1
READ THE PASSAGE
Think about why the author wrote the passage.
Hairy Eggshells
While eggs are a favorite food all around the world, the eggshells are usually 
thrown away. But you can turn them into seed pots. You need: eggs, markers, 
a sponge cut into small pieces, some grass or alfalfa seeds, and an egg carton. 
Then follow these simple steps:
1.
Carefully crack each egg into two parts. Try to make one part a lot
bigger than the other. Throw away the smaller part. Save the insides, and 
use them later for cooking.