Omar's Play Performance
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The School Play
Every day after school all the students in the play meet to practice their lines and songs. There are 20 students total in the performance. After a month of hard work, it's time to show their play to the whole school and parents. Omar feels nervous before going on stage, but then he sees his family waving and starts to relax. The play is a big success! Everyone laughs and claps afterward.
Comprehension quiz (4 questions)
1. What are Omar and his classmates doing?
2. How many kids are in the play?
3. Who does Omar play in the show?
4. How does Omar feel before the play starts?
Common Core standards for Omar's Play Performance
By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
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