Max Found Two Sticks Worksheets

by Brian Pinkney

Reading Level J · Lexile AD690L · ATOS 2.8

It is a day when Max doesn't feel like talking to anyone, so when a strong breeze shakes two heavy twigs from the tree in front of his house, he answers everyone with a beat instead. When Grandpa, his mother, Cindy, Shaun and Jamal, and then his dad ask what he is doing, Max drums on his thighs, Grandpa's cleaning bucket, hatboxes and soda bottles, copying startled pigeons, light rain and a marching band's tom-toms, and joining the church bells around the corner. A lively city story about listening, rhythm and the sounds of Max's neighborhood.

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Max Found Two Sticks vocabulary words and comprehension questions

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

Vocabulary words include breeze, twigs, imitated, startled, responded, rhythm, tom-toms, chiming, thundering, conductor, amazement, spare.

Sample questions

Why doesn't Max answer Grandpa with words?
After Grandpa asks about the sticks, what sound does Max copy?
After his mother asks about Grandpa's bucket, what rhythm does Max create?

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