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Grade 5 (A1) · Personal story · 98 words

My Turtle Shelly

A short, simple story about Lily and her turtle Shelly, what she eats and what she does in the winter.

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1My name is Lily. I am ten years old, and I have a pet . Her name is Shelly. Shelly is small and green, and she has a hard on her back.

2Shelly lives in a big box in our garden. Every morning I give her and pieces of tomato. She eats very . My little brother Omer likes to watch her.

3In the winter Shelly is very quiet. She sleeps for many weeks under the . In the spring she wakes up and walks in the garden again. I am always happy to see her!

📘 Glossary
  • turtle - a slow animal with a hard shell
  • shell - the hard cover on a turtle's back
  • lettuce - a green leafy vegetable
  • slowly - not fast
  • leaves - the flat green parts of plants and trees
  • wakes up - stops sleeping

Questions

  1. Finding details

    1. Where does Shelly live?

  2. Finding details

    2. What does Lily give Shelly every morning?

  3. Reference words

    3. In paragraph 2, the word "her" in "likes to watch her" means…

  4. Finding details

    4. Copy the word that describes how Shelly eats.

  5. Making inferences

    5. What does Shelly do in the winter?

  6. Finding details

    6. Complete the sentence: Shelly wakes up in the ______.

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