Category Archives: Comprehension Questions

Comprehension Questions – Magic Tree House #15 Viking Ships at Sunrise

Viking Ships at Sunrise

By Mary Pope Osborne

Grades 2-4; Genre - Historical Fiction with Fantastical Elements; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

Travel with Jack and Annie to ancient Ireland.  They are given quite an adventure as they meet monks, escape Vikings and are saved by a sea serpent.  Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Magic Tree House #12 Polar Bears Past Bedtime

Polar Bears Past Bedtime

By Mary Pope Osborne

Grades K-4; Genre - Historical Fiction with Fantastical Elements; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

Jack and Annie learn how polar bears live in the snow and even get saved by a mama polar bear as they find their last riddle to becoming Master Librarians. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions – Magic Tree House #14 Day of the Dragon King

Day of the Dragon King

By Mary Pope Osborne

Grades K-4; Genre - Historical Fiction with Fantastical Elements; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

Morgan sends Jack and Annie to ancient China.  They need to retrieve a lost writing during the rule of the Dragon King.  Continue reading

Comprehension Questions – Magic Tree House #13 Vacation Under the Volcano

Vacation Under the Volcano

By Mary Pope Osborne

Grades 3-5; Genre - Historical Fiction with Fantastical Elements: GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

After becoming Master Librarians, Jack and Annie help Morgan find a lost scroll by traveling to Pompeii.  They get to experience the volcano that destroyed the city. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions – The Boxcar Children #87 The Mystery of the Spider’s Clue

The Mystery of the Spider’s Clue

By Gertrude Chandler Warner

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL O; AR pts: 2.0

The four Alden children receive an invitation to a mystery.  Their friend Sam is a window washer and has been in a bicycle accident.  He gets a letter full of riddles that if he can solve the mystery, he’ll inherit a millionaire’s money.  The Alden’s eagerly work to help their friend crack the code. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions – The Boxcar Children #5 Mike’s Mystery

Mike’s Mystery

By Gertrude Chandler Warner

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL O; AR pts: 2.0

The Alden children go to Mystery Ranch for summer vacation and run into Mike, an old friend from Surprise Island.  The four friends are puzzled as Mike’s house is set on fire and he’s blamed for it.  They know Mike didn’t do it, so they spend their vacation putting clues together to solve the mystery. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions – #1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

By J.K. Rowling

Grades 4-6; Genre - Fantasy; GRL V; AR pts: 12.0

Become a part of Harry’s magical world as Harry and his friends are in their first year of school at Hogwarts and solve the riddle to the Sorcerer’s Stone.  Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic

By Betty MacDonald

Grades 2-6; Genre - Fantasy; GRL O; AR pts: 5.0

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is at it again teaching children good manners through her clever cures and potions.  Some of the ailments she helps parents through are tattletaling, bad eating habits, carelessness, interrupting, and being ignorant. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

By Betty MacDonald

Grades 2-7; Genre - Fantasy; GRL O; AR pts: 3.0

Meet Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle as she rescues parents who need help managing their children’s bad habits.  Some ailments she helps treat in this book are impudence, greediness and selfishness, bad hygiene, and staying up late. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Hello, Mrs Piggle-Wiggle

Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

By Betty MacDonald

Grades 2-6; Genre - Fantasy; GRL O; AR pts: 4.0

Join Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle as she cures children’s bad manners with magic pills and potions.  Some ailments she treats in this book are showing off, being too sensitive, gossiping, bullying, and daydreaming.

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