The Mystery Wind Level N
Text Type: Fiction • Word Count: 779

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WORKSHEETS FOR
THE MYSTERY WIND
Worksheets

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COMPREHENSION QUIZ FOR
THE MYSTERY WIND
Comprehension Quiz
Level N Answer Sheet

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Book Summary
The Mystery Wind is a story about a little African girl named Taba. The mystery wind comes to grant Taba several wishes. Taba uses these wishes to help improve the lives of the people in her village. Her unselfishness inspires the mystery wind and will inspire readers as well.

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategies
Children should use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning and comprehend text. The targeted strategy for this lesson is: Rereading.

Word and Print Skills
Phonics
Long vowels

Word Work
Compound words
Quotation marks

Comprehension
You will likely address a number of comprehension skills as children work to understand the text. The targeted comprehension strategy for this lesson is: Story elementsócharacters, setting, problem, solution, events.

Visual Learning
Visual learning is a very important comprehension strategy. Have children look through the book at the pictures. Ask them what they think the story is about. Have children look at page 12. Ask: Without reading the words, how do we know that Taba is speaking to the wind?

Targeted Vocabulary Words
Content Words
pondered, tending, ridiculous