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The Sandwich Thief

2nd Grade Common Core RL.2.1 Story 126 words ⏱ 15 minESL A1

A story about sandwiches that disappear at break time, a classmate who is wrongly blamed, and a girl who solves the mystery.

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Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

For a week, strange things happened in class 6C. Every day at the big break, somebody's sandwich disappeared from the bags near the open window.

At first, the students blamed each other. Tom said it was Oscar, because Oscar was always hungry. Oscar was very hurt. "I didn't take anything!" he said.

Maya decided to solve the mystery. On Thursday she hid behind the door during the break and watched the bags. After a few minutes, a big black crow landed on the window. It jumped into a bag, took a sandwich in its beak and flew away to a tree.

Maya ran to tell the class. Everybody laughed, and Tom said sorry to Oscar. From that day, the class closed the window during the break.

📘 Word bank
strange
unusual and hard to explain
disappeared
went away so it could not be seen
blamed
said that someone did something bad
hurt
feeling sad because of something unkind
solve
to find the answer to a problem
mystery
something that nobody can explain
crow
a large black bird
beak
the hard mouth of a bird

✏️ Questions

  1. Key details

    Where were the bags?

  2. Key details

    Why did Tom think that Oscar took the sandwiches?

  3. Word meaning

    In paragraph 2, "Oscar was very hurt" means that Oscar…

  4. Key details

    Where did Maya hide?

  5. Key details

    Who was the real "thief"?

  6. Inference

    Why did Tom say sorry to Oscar?

  7. Inference

    Why did the class close the window during the break?

Questions

  1. Where were the bags?

    1. In the teacher's room.
    2. Near the open window.
    3. In the school yard.
    4. Under the desks.

  2. Why did Tom think that Oscar took the sandwiches?

    1. Because Oscar sat near the window.
    2. Because Oscar had no lunch.
    3. Because Oscar was always hungry.
    4. Because Oscar laughed.

  3. In paragraph 2, "Oscar was very hurt" means that Oscar…

    1. was sad because of what Tom said.
    2. broke his leg.
    3. was very hungry.
    4. was very happy.

  4. Where did Maya hide?

    ______________________________________________________________

  5. Who was the real "thief"?

    1. Oscar.
    2. Tom.
    3. Maya.
    4. A big black crow.

  6. Why did Tom say sorry to Oscar?

    ______________________________________________________________

  7. Why did the class close the window during the break?

    1. Because it was cold.
    2. So the crow could not take their sandwiches.
    3. Because of the noise outside.
    4. Because the teacher was angry.

Answer key

  1. b) Near the open window.
  2. c) Because Oscar was always hungry.
  3. a) was sad because of what Tom said.
  4. Behind the door.
  5. d) A big black crow.
  6. Because he blamed Oscar, but Oscar didn't take the sandwiches — the crow did.
  7. b) So the crow could not take their sandwiches.

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