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Comprehension Questions – Owl Diaries #1 Eva’s Treetop Festival

Eva's Treetop Festival

by Rebecca Elliott

Grades 1-2; Genre - Diaries & Journals; GRL M; AR pts. 0.5

Having a Bloomtastic Festival at school to celebrate spring is a great idea, but Eva Wingdale, a young owl, discovers that it is also a lot of work, and there is nothing wrong with asking her friends for help.

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

  1. Describe Eva. She’s a red, blue and pink owl, has likes and dislikes, has a pet bat named Baxter, has a family, Lucy is her best friend, goes to school p.1
  2. Name three facts about owls. Awake in the night, sleep in the day, turn heads almost all the way around, can fly p.7

Chapter 2

  1. What do you think Eva’s idea is? Listen to your child’s answer p.17

Chapter 3

  1. What advice did Miss Featherbottom give Eva? Not to take on too much as she plans the festival p.23
  2. Why is this good advice? Listen to your child’s answer

Chapter 4

  1. Why didn’t Eva accept Sue’s help? Sue is mean and Eva didn’t want to accept from her p.32

Chapter 5

  1. What did Eva spend her day doing? Helping her friend Lucy get ready for the festival p.37
  2. What should she have done instead? Prepare for the festival p.41

Chapter 6

  1. Was it a good idea that Eva turned down help from Lucy? Listen to your child’s answer p.45

Chapter 7

  1. What’s Eva worried about in this chapter? That she’ll need to cancel the festival p.50

Chapter 8

  1. What did Eva do in this chapter? She thought of the talents the other owls had and asked them to help get things ready for the festival p.52

Chapter 9

  1. What word describes Eva for asking Sue for help when she was scared? Courageous, brave, etc p.56

Chapter 10

  1. Why didn’t Eva enjoy the festival? Everything went wrong for her p.61
  2. Have you ever felt like Eva? Explain. Listen to your child’s answer

Chapter 11

  1. Why couldn’t Eva accept the prize from Miss Featherbottom? She wasn’t the only one who worked on the festival p.69
  2. Why did Eva give everyone a chance to hold the trophy? Her classmates helped the festival be successful p.71

Comprehension Questions – #16 Junie B. Jones Is Captain Field Day

Junie B. Jones Is Captain Field Day

by Barbara Park

Grades 1-2; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts 1.0

Afternoon kindergarten is having a field day, and Junie B. Jones is team captain! Only, here's the problem. Room Eight keeps on winning too many events. And so how will Room Nine ever become the kindergarten champions? As Captain Field Day, will Junie B. find a way to lead her team to victory? Or will it be up to someone else to save the day?

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

  1. Why is Junie B. so excited for Field Day?
    Her class gets to compete against room 8 (another kindergarten class) in
    races p.2
  2. Why did Junie B. call Grace? She wanted
    to make sure Grace was coming to Field Day; she was excited and wanted to talk
    to her p.4
  3. Find an idiom on page 6 that means
    bragging about yourself. Toot your own horn p.6

Chapter 2

  1. What were Junie B. and her friends
    doing to get ready for Field Day? Skipping around the room p.8
  2. How was a team captain chosen for
    Field Day? There were 16 blank slips of paper and one with captain written
    on it. The students all get to pick a paper and the one with the word captain
    written on it is the captain p.12
  3. Who gets to be the team captain? Junie
    B. p.15

Chapter 3

  1. How did Mrs. define what being a team
    captain was? She said that the captain supports the team and keeps them
    united p.18
  2. Why was Junie B. disappointed in Mrs.’
    definition of a captain? She wanted to boss her team around and wear a superhero
    uniform p.17
  3. Why did Junie B.’s classmates groan
    when she told them to line up behind her since she was Captain Field Day? They
    didn’t want her bossing them around p.20

Chapter 4

  1. Define good sportsmanship? Good sportsmanship is when people who are playing or watching a
    sport treat each other with respect. This includes players, parents, coaches,
    and officials.     p.25
  2. Why was it hard for Junie B. to show
    good sportsmanship and shake the other team captain’s hand? She didn’t like
    the other team captain p.25
  3. Who came to watch Junie B. for Field
    Day? Her parents and grandparents p.26

Chapter 5

  1. What did Grace whisper to Charlotte
    to persuade her to move from the front of the line? Please p.31
  2. Why didn’t William want to run? He
    doesn’t feel like he’s very fast p.33
  3. What did Junie B. lose during the
    race? Her shoe p.35

Chapter 6

  1. Why was Junie B.’s class upset with
    her? She made them lose the race by stopping and putting on her shoe p.38
  2. Why did Mrs. have to explain the
    purpose of Field Day to her class? They were all mad they lost the race p.39
  3. What was the next event Room 9 lost? The
    softball throw p.47

Chapter 7

  1. Why wasn’t Junie B. excited to do a
    cheer before the tug-of-war? Her team had lost all 3 events and she had lost
    her enthusiasm p.50
  2. Why did Room 9 want to give up? They
    had lost every event and were discouraged p.54
  3. Why was the class surprised when
    William stepped up to do the pull up competition? He was timid and all day
    he commented on not being able to compete very well p.57

Chapter 8

  1. How many pull ups did Frankie do and
    how many did William do? Frankie 7; William 11 p.59
  2. Why did Junie B. ask Mrs. to put her
    cape on William? He was their superhero p.63
  3. How was William able to do so many
    pull ups? He practiced at home everyday p.65