My Turtle Shelly

2nd Grade Common Core RL.2.1 Personal story 98 words ⏱ 15 minESL A1

A short, simple story about Lily and her turtle Shelly, what she eats and what she does in the winter.

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My name is Lily. I am ten years old, and I have a pet turtle. Her name is Shelly. Shelly is small and green, and she has a hard shell on her back.

Shelly lives in a big box in our garden. Every morning I give her lettuce and pieces of tomato. She eats very slowly. My little brother Owen likes to watch her.

In the winter Shelly is very quiet. She sleeps for many weeks under the leaves. In the spring she wakes up and walks in the garden again. I am always happy to see her!

📘 Word bank
turtle
a slow animal with a hard shell
shell
the hard cover on a turtle's back
lettuce
a green leafy vegetable
slowly
not fast
leaves
the flat green parts of plants and trees
wakes up
stops sleeping

✏️ Questions

  1. Key details

    Where does Shelly live?

  2. Key details

    What does Lily give Shelly every morning?

  3. Reference words

    In paragraph 2, the word "her" in "likes to watch her" means…

  4. Key details

    Copy the word that describes how Shelly eats.

  5. Inference

    What does Shelly do in the winter?

  6. Key details

    Complete the sentence: Shelly wakes up in the ______.

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