By: Leonard Kessler

Relay race – a race between teams, in which each team members completes only one part of the race.

Track – a round path that runners use

Wiggle – to shake your body all over; also how some animals move along the ground

To cross the finish line – to go over the end mark for a race

Zoom – a sound that means very fast

When have you been in a race?Did you win? How did you feel?What do you do when someone else wins?How does a relay race work?

Good readers summarize as they read to help them better understand the story.

When we summarize we tell : 1. The important events in the story 2. In the order that they happened

2. What is dog’s problem at the beginning of the story?

3. How was dog’s problem solved?

1. What does worm want to do? Why can’t she?

4. Who is on each team?

5. What happened to duck?

6. How did worm save the day?

CAUSE EFFECT

Worm became

dog’s stick

Dog didn’t have a stick and he needed one to play the

game

CAUSE EFFECT

It’s a relay race, and the

characters have to give their sticks to the other team

member

Cat, Rabbit, and Duck are given sticks by Turtle, Frog, and

Dog.

CAUSE EFFECT

Duck tripped over her big

feet

Duck fell into a big mud

puddle

CAUSE EFFECT

Worm wiggled past the finish

line

The Yankees win the race!

What does this story have to do with playing games?

What did you learn from this story about the way team members must act?

What did you learn about Worm from the way she acts in the story?