The Lost Mitten
Priya found a small red mitten in the snow. It was wet and cold.
She hung it on the fence so its owner could see it.
The next day, a boy ran up and shouted, “That's mine!”
Grade 2 · English Language Arts · Unit 7 of 8
Reading Detectives
Clues, feelings and who is telling it
What your child practises
Reading short texts to work out who is telling the story, what will happen next, how characters feel, and how things are the same and different.
New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: Reading: Reading Comprehension · predicting, inferring and comparing
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Who is telling this story?
- Priya
- someone outside the story
- the boy
someone outside the story
Hint: The story says “Priya found”, not “I found”.
Question 2
How do we know the boy was happy to see the mitten?
The Lost Mitten
Priya found a small red mitten in the snow. It was wet and cold.
She hung it on the fence so its owner could see it.
The next day, a boy ran up and shouted, “That's mine!”
- He shouted, “That's mine!”
- He walked away.
- He was wearing a hat.
He shouted, “That's mine!”
Hint: Look at what he said and how he said it.
Question 3
Why did Priya hang the mitten on the fence?
The Lost Mitten
Priya found a small red mitten in the snow. It was wet and cold.
She hung it on the fence so its owner could see it.
The next day, a boy ran up and shouted, “That's mine!”
- So it could dry for her.
- Because she did not like it.
- So its owner could find it.
So its owner could find it.
Hint: She wanted the owner to see it.
Question 4
What kind of text is this?
Planting Day
First, Kenji dug a small hole. Next, he put the seed inside.
Then he covered it with soil and gave it water.
Finally, he put a sign in the ground.
- a poem
- a made-up fairy tale
- steps to follow in order
steps to follow in order
Hint: Words like first, next, then and finally tell us the order of steps.
Question 5
What did Kenji do last?
Planting Day
First, Kenji dug a small hole. Next, he put the seed inside.
Then he covered it with soil and gave it water.
Finally, he put a sign in the ground.
- put a sign in the ground
- covered the seed
- dug a hole
put a sign in the ground
Hint: Look for the word “finally”.
Question 6
What did Kenji do right after he dug the hole?
Planting Day
First, Kenji dug a small hole. Next, he put the seed inside.
Then he covered it with soil and gave it water.
Finally, he put a sign in the ground.
- made a sign
- put in the seed
- watered it
put in the seed
Hint: The word “next” tells us what came second.