A Sick Day for Amos McGee Worksheets

by Philip C. Stead

Reading Level M · Lexile AD580L · ATOS 3.0

Every morning Amos McGee rides the number five bus to the City Zoo, where he always makes time for his good friends: he plays chess with the elephant, runs races with the tortoise, sits quietly with the shy penguin, lends a handkerchief to the rhinoceros and reads stories to the owl, who is afraid of the dark. Then one day Amos wakes up with the sniffles and the sneezes, and back at the zoo his friends wonder where he is. A gentle Caldecott Medal story about friendship and kindness coming back around, just right for World Kindness Day.

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A Sick Day for Amos McGee vocabulary words and comprehension questions

12 vocabulary words and 8 comprehension questions across 3 sections: Beginning · Middle · End.

Vocabulary words include clanged, swapped, amble, lend, achy, patiently, perched, concern, prepared, instead, beneath, handkerchief.

Sample questions

What does Amos do with the penguin, who is very shy?
Why does Amos read stories to the owl at sunset?
Why doesn't Amos go to work one day?

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