Lost Rabbit Found in School Garden

3rd Grade Common Core RI.3.1 News report 150 words ⏱ 20 minESL A1–A2

A light news report about a pet rabbit that escaped from its cage and was found eating lettuce in a school garden.

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A pet rabbit named Cookie is back home after two days of adventure. The small brown rabbit escaped from his cage on Sunday evening, when someone left the door of the cage open.

Cookie belongs to the Cohen family from Springfield. “We looked everywhere — in the street, in the park, under every car,” said ten-year-old Nora Cohen. “I couldn't sleep that night.” The family put up signs with Cookie's photo on trees and in shops near their home.

On Tuesday morning, a teacher at a nearby school saw something surprising in the school garden. A little brown rabbit was eating the lettuce that the students had planted! The teacher remembered the signs and called the family.

Nora was very happy to see Cookie again. “He ate some of our lettuce, but that's OK,” laughed one of the students. Now the Cohen family checks the cage door twice every evening.

📘 Word bank
adventure
an exciting or unusual experience
escaped
got away from a place
cage
a box with bars for keeping animals
belongs
is owned by someone
signs
boards or papers with information, put up for people to read
nearby
close to a place
lettuce
a green leafy vegetable used in salads
planted
put seeds or young plants in the ground

✏️ Questions

  1. Key details

    How did Cookie escape?

  2. Key details

    How long was Cookie lost?

  3. Key details

    Where did the family put up signs?

  4. Inference

    Nora says: “I couldn't sleep that night.” This shows that she was…

  5. Key details

    What was Cookie doing when the teacher found him?

  6. Inference

    How did the teacher know whose rabbit it was?

  7. Reference words

    What does the word "He" in paragraph 4 refer to?

  8. Key details

    What does the Cohen family do now so that Cookie will not escape again?

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