Fourth (4th) Grade Rats Reading Group Activity Guide

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These comprehension questions will help you teach this book to your students while assessing and enhancing their understanding. Literal Questions These questions get at students' literal , or concrete comprehension, of Spiinelli's text. Try it risk-free No obligation, cancel anytime. Want to learn more? Select a subject to preview related courses: Why does Joey think that they need to act like rats now that they are in fourth grade?

How does Suds feel about Judy Billings, and how do you know? How does she feel about him, and how do you know? Where and when does this book take place; in other words, what is the setting of the book? How does Suds get hurt at the beginning of the book? What are Joey's three rules that rats should live by? What kind of sandwiches does Joey think rats should eat? Why is this important to Joey?

Simms' treatment of Suds in the second chapter. Name three things Joey says or does to try to get Suds to act like a Rat. In your own words, describe Suds' family. Give concrete examples from the text of how Suds' parents treat him. What is the sequence of events that leads to Suds getting trapped in a tree? What does Joey's mother make him say to Suds, and why? Who does Suds tel his mother he was lying to when he acted like a rat?

How are Suds and Joey similar to each other? How are they different? Inferential Questions The questions in this section will ask students to do some inference work, which involves thinking more deeply about the text and making connections to their own lives. Describe a time when a friend has pressured you to act a way that did not feel naturally to you. How did this make you feel, and how did you respond?

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Fourth Grade Rats Reading Group Activity Guide

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