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BIG BEN HELPS THE TOWN Vocabulary • Use descriptions to determine word meaning: What does the word crib mean in this book? Let’s look for clues on page 5. (Answer: place for babies to sleep; Clues/evidence: Ben was a big baby; Ben’s crib was too small; picture shows a baby crib with three sides) • Use descriptions to determine word meaning: What does the term log jam mean in this book? Let’s look for clues on pages 13–14. (Answer: logs caught in water; Clues/evidence: “I can move logs,” said Ben; Ben took away four logs; the water went down)
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension LEVEL F/10
• Identify facts and details: Ben liked to help Mom in her . . . (garden, page 8)
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension Ben moved four logs.
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• Identify sequence of events: What happened after the log jam? Explain your answer. Use a sequence-of-events chart to answer this question. (Ben moved four logs; the water went down; Ben took away four logs; all the water went down, pages 14–15) • Identify cause and effect: Big Ben didn’t fit in his crib because . . . (he was too big, page 5)
The water went down.
Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension M
Ben took away four logs.
M All the water went down.
• Analyze character: What kind of person is Ben? (Answer: helpful; Clues/evidence: he helped Mom with the deer; he helped Dad make a pond; he helped the town with the log jam, pages 8–15) • Make inferences: What clue shows that the log jam was a problem? (the water came into town; the water went down, pages 12–15)
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension • Evaluate author’s purpose: Look at the picture on pages 12–13. Why did the author use this picture? (to show what a log jam can do to a town)
Early Explorers Set A Early Copyright © 2007 Benchmark Education Company, LLC. All rights reserved. This card may be photocopied for classroom use only. Based on the Comprehension Through Deductive Reasoning Model developed by Margaret Kilgo.
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension LEVEL F/10
• Identify facts and details: Ben liked to help Mom in her . . . (garden, page 8)
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension Ben moved four logs.
M
• Identify sequence of events: What happened after the log jam? Explain your answer. Use a sequence-of-events chart to answer this question. (Ben moved four logs; the water went down; Ben took away four logs; all the water went down, pages 14–15) • Identify cause and effect: Big Ben didn’t fit in his crib because . . . (he was too big, page 5)
The water went down.
Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension M
Ben took away four logs.
M All the water went down.
• Analyze character: What kind of person is Ben? (Answer: helpful; Clues/evidence: he helped Mom with the deer; he helped Dad make a pond; he helped the town with the log jam, pages 8–15) • Make inferences: What clue shows that the log jam was a problem? (the water came into town; the water went down, pages 12–15)
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension • Evaluate author’s purpose: Look at the picture on pages 12–13. Why did the author use this picture? (to show what a log jam can do to a town)
Early Explorers Set A Early Copyright © 2007 Benchmark Education Company, LLC. All rights reserved. This card may be photocopied for classroom use only. Based on the Comprehension Through Deductive Reasoning Model developed by Margaret Kilgo.
