★Use Evidence in Stories
Grade 4 Reading Worksheet - Challenge Me
Read the story. Circle the detail that shows each idea.
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The Folded Birds
When Aditi's grandmother came to live with them in September, she brought one suitcase, a box of colored paper, and very little English. She called Aditi "beta" and smoothed her hair every morning. She also started packing Aditi's lunch.
In the afternoons, her grandmother sat by the window, folding paper while the radio played songs Aditi did not know. Small birds, boats, and stars collected on the windowsill.
At first, Aditi liked it. Then, on the third day, she found something tucked beside her sandwich: a tiny paper bird, folded from bright orange paper. Two girls at her table leaned over to look.
"What is that?" asked Kendra. "Did your grandma make you a toy?"
Aditi's face grew hot. She shoved the bird into her backpack. "It's nothing," she said.
That evening, she told her grandmother, "You don't have to put things in my lunch. I'm not little." Her grandmother nodded slowly. The next day, there was no paper bird. There was no bird the day after that, either.
Aditi thought she would feel relieved. Instead, each time she opened her lunch, she felt as if she had forgotten something. At home, she noticed that the box of colored paper sat on the shelf, closed.
On Friday, her class had indoor recess because of rain. Rain streamed down the glass. Kendra was sitting alone by the window, trying to fold a square of notebook paper. She kept unfolding it and starting over.
"What are you making?" Aditi asked.
"A crane," Kendra said. "My cousin can make them. I can't get the head part right."
Aditi reached into her backpack. The orange bird was still there, a little crumpled. She smoothed it out on the desk. "My grandmother made this," she said. She was surprised to hear that her voice sounded proud.
Kendra's eyes went wide. "Can she show us how?"
That night, Aditi took the box of colored paper down from the shelf and set it on the kitchen table. Her grandmother looked at the box, then at Aditi.
"Teach me?" Aditi asked. "And maybe my friend too?"
Her grandmother didn't answer with words. She opened the box, chose a sheet of blue paper, and folded it once, very slowly, so Aditi could see.
On Monday, two paper birds were tucked in Aditi's lunch. One was blue, and one was green. Aditi gave the green one to Kendra.
Kendra held it up to the light. "Now I just need to learn the head part," she said, and both girls laughed.
Which detail shows that Aditi had kept the bird all along?
- She gave the green bird to Kendra.
- She told her grandmother she was not little.
- The orange bird was still in her backpack.
- She felt she had forgotten something.
Which detail suggests the grandmother took Aditi's words to heart?
- She smoothed Aditi's hair and called her 'beta' each morning.
- She sat by the window folding paper in the afternoons.
- The colored paper box stayed closed on the shelf.
- She started packing Aditi's lunch each day.
Which detail best shows the grandmother was glad Aditi asked to learn?
- She looked at the box and then at Aditi.
- She chose a blue sheet and folded it slowly.
- She said very little because she knew little English.
- She called Aditi 'beta' every morning, as always.
Which detail shows that Aditi missed the paper birds?
- At lunch, she felt she had forgotten something.
- Rain streamed down the glass during indoor recess.
- She shoved the orange bird into her backpack.
- She told her grandmother she was not little anymore.
