Too Many Tamales Worksheets

by Gary Soto

Reading Level M · Lexile 580L · ATOS 3.4

While helping make tamales on Christmas Eve, Maria slips on her mother's diamond ring — and hours later realizes it is gone. Sure it is cooked inside a tamale, she and her cousins try to eat their way to it before anyone finds out.

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Too Many Tamales vocabulary words and comprehension questions

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

Vocabulary words include dusk, masa, kneaded, apron, platter, piped up, scolded, littered, chattered, confess, gently, batch.

Sample questions

What is Maria helping her mother make?
What does Maria do when her mother leaves the kitchen?
What makes Maria remember the ring?

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