Grade 3 · Reading
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Every year, Room 12 held a bake sale to raise money for a class trip. This year, Desmond was in charge of the sign. He wanted it to be perfect, so he spent two days drawing giant cupcakes with glitter frosting. On the morning of the sale, a gust of wind lifted the sign off the table and dropped it in a puddle. The marker ran, and the cupcakes turned into gray blobs. Desmond felt his face get hot. His friend Priyanka handed him a piece of…
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Grandpa Ray woke Luis before sunrise. "Fish like to eat early," he whispered. They walked to the end of the dock with two poles and a bucket of shrimp. Grandpa showed Luis how to hook the bait and cast the line far out into the water. Then they waited. And waited. Luis wiggled. He checked his line every few seconds. "Patience," Grandpa said. "The water is not in a hurry." After an hour, Luis's line jerked. He reeled slowly, the way Grandpa…
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Every Sunday, Valeria helped her abuela make arroz con pollo. Abuela never used a recipe card. She measured with her hands and tasted as she cooked. When Abuela went to visit her sister in Tampa for a month, Valeria's mom asked her to make the dish for the family. Valeria panicked. She had always just stirred the pot. Then she had an idea. She called Abuela on the phone and asked her to explain each step. Valeria wrote everything down: how…
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