We Don't Eat Our Classmates Worksheets

by Ryan T. Higgins

Reading Level L · Lexile AD500L · ATOS 2.3

Penelope Rex is a little T. rex who is nervous about starting school, and she is very surprised to find that all of her classmates are children. Her teacher, Mrs. Noodleman, has to remind her that we don't eat our classmates, and though Penelope tries hard to make friends at recess and at lunch, she ends up feeling lonely. Then she tries to make friends with Walter, the class goldfish. A funny dinosaur story about feelings, making friends and knowing how it feels to be in someone else's shoes.

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We Don't Eat Our Classmates vocabulary words and comprehension questions

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

Vocabulary words include nervous, important, delicious, surprised, determined, recess, notice, lonely, afraid, appetite, peeks, stares.

Sample questions

How does Penelope Rex feel before she starts school?
What does Penelope find out about her classmates on the big day?
What does Mrs. Noodleman tell Penelope to do?

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