Elise's Maple-Sap Letter

Read a letter about two family traditions.

Read the letter

Listen as your teacher reads the letter. Then answer the questions.

A Letter from Elise

March 12, 1910
Dear Theo,
Each March, my family wakes early in Vermont. We ride in a horse-drawn wagon to our maple trees. Father and I hang tin pails to collect sap. Mother boils the sap in a large iron pan. At the end, we eat pancakes with maple syrup. You told me that each October your Ohio family presses apples for cider. Your family works together and shares the cider. Our activities differ, but both are family traditions.
Your cousin, Elise

Where does Elise's family collect maple sap?

Question 1 optionsA. In OhioB. In VermontC. At a city marketD. At Theo's school

Elise's family collects sap each .

Circle the two ways the families are alike.

How are the family traditions different?

Question 4 optionsA. One family makes syrup, and one presses apples.B. One family works, and one family rests.C. One family lives with cousins, and one lives alone.D. One family shares food, and one family shares nothing.

Why can Elise call maple-sap collecting a family tradition?

Question 5 optionsA. Her family does it again each March.B. Her family tries it one time in winter.C. Her family reads about it in a letter.D. Her family buys apples from Ohio.

Think about family traditions

Use the letter and your own thinking. Circle or choose the best answer.

Mina's family plants flowers every May. Omar's family paints a family banner every May. How are these families alike?

Question 6 optionsA. Both families press apples.B. Both families repeat an activity each May.C. Both families collect maple sap.D. Both families live in Vermont.

Circle the two examples of family traditions.

A tradition is something a family does .

Which sentence about Elise's and Theo's families is supported by the letter?

Question 9 optionsA. The families have the same activity.B. The families have no traditions.C. The families have different activities but work together.D. Both families do their activity in October.

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Tell one way Elise's family and Theo's family are alike and one way they are different.