Name___________________________ The Mixed-up Chameleon

On a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon. It moved onto a brown tree and turned brownish. Then it rested on a red flower and turned reddish. When the chameleon moved slowly across the yellow sand, it turned yellowish. You could hardly see it.

When the chameleon was warm and had something to eat, it turned sparkling green. But when it was cold and hungry, it turned gray and dull.

When the chameleon was hungry, it sat still and waited. Only its eyes moved -- up, down, sideways -- until it spotted a fly. Then the chameleon�s long and sticky tongue shot out and caught the fly. That was its life. It was not very exciting. But one day���the chameleon saw a zoo?

The chameleon thought: How small I am, how slow, how weak! I wish I could be big and white like a

polar bear. And the chameleon�s wish came true. But was it happy? NO! I wish I could be as handsome as a flamingo. I wish I could be smart like a fox. I wish I could swim like a fish. I wish I could run like a deer. I wish I could see things far away like a giraffe. I wish I could hide in a shell like a turtle. I wish I could be strong like an elephant. I wish I could be funny like a seal. I wish I could be like people.

Just then a fly flew by. The chameleon was very hungry. But the chameleon was very mixed-up. It was a little of this and it was a little of that. And it couldn�t catch the fly.

I wish I could be myself. The chameleon�s wish came true. And it caught the fly.

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Focus: Predict what you think will happen to the chameleon.

Focus: Tell what part is fantasy (fiction).

Focus: Do you think this will make the chameleon happy? Tell why or why not.

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ELA2R4b Make predictions from text ELA2R4f Distinguish fact

from fiction.

ELA2R4b Make predictions from text

The Mixed-Up Chameleon

by: Eric Carle

Name:_____________

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Focus: What do you think the chameleon’s next wish will be?

Focus: The Chameleon wanted to be like others. Who would you like to be like? Tell why.

Respond:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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ELA2R4b Make predictions from text

ELA2R4h Makes connections

Name _______________________________ Chameleon 4

handsome caught excited almost turning spotted sticky

1. We ________________ the stray dog near the school.

2. The boy ___________________ three chameleons.

3. The chameleon is __________________ green.

4. A chameleon�s tongue is really __________________!

5. This game is ___________________ and fun.

6. I ______________ finished my papers today.

1. _______________

2. _________________

3. _________________

4. _________________

5. _________________

6 _________________

7. _________________

Syllables 1, 2, 3

1. exciting _____

2. chameleon _____

3. sticky _____

4. handsome _____

5. myself _____

6. hide _____

7. hungry _____

ABC Order __saw __why

__ chameleon _1_animals __dull

__brownish __hungry

animalsanimalsanimalsanimals

Name__________________________________ Chameleon 2

people, sideways striped, interesting, animals, thought, cuddly

1. The chameleon became all of the ________________________.

2. This book is very __________________________.

3. Most____________________ are very nice.

4. A crab walks ___________________.

5. I __________________ I saw a turtle under that log.

6. A zebra has __________________ lines.

7. A teddy bear is ___________________.

ABC Order __didn�t 1 angry __wasn�t __flamigo __brownish __ people __strong

1. ________________

2 ________________

3. ________________

4. ________________

5. __________________

6. __________________

7. ___________________

Compound wordsself ball ways bone foot boat yard

1. bare___________________

2. my___________________

3. side___________________

4. after___________________

5. dog___________________

6. back___________________

7. foot___________________

angry foot

Name _______________________________________ Chameleon 3

brownish interesting cuddly wait When tongue

1. That story was very funny and _______________________.

2. Please ____________ for me to come.

3. The chameleon used its __________________ to catch the fly.

4. The ______________________ color wasn�t pretty.

5. My cat is very sweet and ____________________.

6. ___________ are we going to lunch?

Base word

1. glasses glass____

2. jumped ______________

3. biggest ______________

4. looked ______________

5. taking ______________

6. running ______________

7. funniest ______________

1. not shiny _____

2. good-looking _____

3. flamingo _____

4. interesting _____

5. thought _____

6. spotted _____

7. barely _____

8. sideways _____

A. hardly

B. exciting

C. saw

D. handsome

E. dull

F. pink bird

G. think

H. to the

right or to

the left

Match: Words that mean the same.Write the letter on the line.

Name____________________________________ Chameleon 1

Sequence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

______ Next she sat in the chair and broke it.

______ Goldie was frightened and ran away.

______ Goldie went to the Bear�s house.

______ Bear found Goldie asleep in his bed.

______ Then Goldie went upstairs to take a nap.

______ First she tasted his bowl of soup.

1. _____________________

2. _____________________

3. _____________________

4. _____________________

5. _____________________

6. _____________________

7. _____________________

1. child ________________

2. first ________________

3. move ________________

4. sound ________________

5. make ________________

6. answer ________________

7. help ________________

1

ABC order __eyelid __pride __inside 1 big __people __brown __ride __wide

Opposites silent stay last hurt

quiet destroy adult question

bigadult

Name _________________________________ Chameleon 5

flamingo, thought, elephant, mixed-up, tongue, shiny

1. The chameleon�s ______________________ was long.

2. I ________________ I saw an elephant in my house.

3. They saw a ___________________ stone.

4. The __________________________ chameleon was not happy.

5. A pink _____________________ stood by the lake.

6. An _________________ is Mrs. Thomson�s favorite animal.

Syllables 1,2,3

1. flamingo ____

2. thought ____

3. tongue ____

4. shiny ____

5. chameleon ____

6. caught ____

7. elephant ____

X out the wrong meaning

1. shiny sparkling dull

2. far near long way

3. hardly up barely

4. spotted five saw

5. dull not shiny bright

6. nice handsome good-looking

7. her me myself

8. them caught catch

9. flew fly stand

Name___________________________________ Chameleon 6

Sequence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

______ The chameleon couldn�t catch the fly.

_______ The chameleon saw all of the beautiful animals at the zoo.

_______ Next he wanted to be strong like an elephant.

_______ Life was not very exciting for the chameleon.

_______ At last he wanted to be himself.

_______ Then he wished he had a turtle�s shell.

1. can�t _____ ______

2. isn�t _____ ______

3. they�ll _____ ______

4. we�ll _____ ______

5. he�s _____ ______

6. he�ll _____ ______

7. she�s _____ _____

1. under ________________

2. top ________________

3. hard ________________

4. awful ________________

5. cloudy ________________

6. asleep ________________

7. begin ________________

can will we she is he they not

Match the opposites: end soft

great bottom sunny awake

Name: ________________________Date: _______________ Grammar TestSkill � Sentences - �The Mixed-Up Chameleon� Skill Reminder:

• A sentence tells a complete thought. • It begins with a capital letter. • It ends with an end mark. • The words are in an order that makes sense.

Tell which groups of words are sentences and which are not.

Example: Ran into the oak tree. A. sentence B. not a sentence

1. The library in town. A. sentence B. not a sentence

2. Reading a good book. A. sentence B. not a sentence

3. That one was funny. A. sentence B. not a sentence

4. You can read it to me. A. sentence B. not a sentence

5. When I listen to a story. A. sentence B. not a sentence

Write each group of words as a correct sentence.

1. a man wrote this book.

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2. The librarian it read.

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3. the children laughed.

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4. the story funny was.

_________________________________________________________

5. what part you like did?

Name ________________________________Spelling Crossword

�The Mixed-Up Chameleon�

1. We can ______________________ see the chameleon.

2. That is a big, __________________ bear.

3. It is time to go ___________________ and eat.

4. He ______________ a red-headed woodpecker on the tree.

5. I love to _________________ on the school bus.

6. It is ______________________ to go to the zoo.

7. My brother will ___________________ down the hill in a box.

8. A baby goat is called a ____________________.

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Name The Mixed-Up Chameleon

Vocabulary Review Directions: Fill in the letter of the definition that fits each vocabulary word.

1. exciting A. to one side or the other

2. handsome B. stirring up strong, lively feelings

3 dull C. almost not

4. hardly D. shining in the light as a jewel does

5. sparkling E. not bright or shiny

6. spotted F. saw something that might not be easy to see

7. sideways G. good-looking

Directions: Circle the word that goes in the sentence and write the letter on the line.

8. You could _________ see the chameleon.

A. exciting B. hardly C. dull 9. But when it was cold and hungry, it turned gray and ________.

A. dull B. sparkling C. spotted

10. The chameleon�s life was not very ___________.

A. sparkling B. handsome C. exciting

11. When the chameleon was warm and had something to eat, it turned ___ green.

A. sparkling B. spotted C. dull

12. The chameleon�s eyes moved up, down , and ___________.

A. exciting B. sideways C. hardly

13. I wish I could be ________ like a flamingo.

A. dull B. sparkling C. handsome

14. The chameleon ______ a fly.

A. spotted B. hardly C. exciting

Name ____________________Date ____________ Study Guide The Mixed � Up Chameleon

Vocabulary Wordsdull exciting handsome sideways

sparkling hardly spotted

1. A very good-looking man is _________________________.

2. We ___________________________ a red bird up in the tree.

3. The paint on the old bike is ___________________________.

4. The girl�s ring was _____________________________ gold.

5. We could ___________________ see the sun behind the clouds.

6. This story is interesting and ___________________________.

7. A chameleon can move its eyes _________________________.

Comprehension8. This story is most like a _________________________.

A. science book B. fantasy story C. true story D. folktale

9. At the beginning of the story, what happens when the chameleon moves fromone thing to another? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

10. When does the chameleon turn sparkling green?

_________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

11. When does the chameleon gray and dull?

_________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

12. What do chameleons eat?

_________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

13. How does a chameleon catch its food?

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14. When the chameleon sees the animals in the zoo, how does it feel about itself?

_________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

15. What is the first animal at the zoo that the chameleon wants to be like?

_________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

16. Why does the chameleon want to be like a flamingo?

_________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

17. Why does the chameleon make its last wish?

_________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

18. What does the chameleon learn is best for itself?

_________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

19. How does the chameleon get mixed up in how it looks?

_________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

20. Why is the chameleon mixed up about how to catch the fly?

_________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

Name ________________________________DOL �The Mixed-Up Chameleon�

1. me chameleonS name is zap ___ ___________________________ 2. do you chameleoN eat crickets apples are flyes ___ ___________________________

3. what do davids chameleOn like to eats___ ___________________________ 4. my Sister she liKe to play with zap ____ ___________________________

5. can billy drawed a cartoon of mY chameleon___ ___________________________ 6. me and my Parents buyed crickets at the fish shop__ ___________________________

7. zap wished he Were sometHing else___ ___________________________ 8. doeS zaps the chameleon wish comed true___ ___________________________

Reading Words for “The Mixed-up Chameleon”Write each reading word three times. Say all the words every night to an adult.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday1. chameleon2. dull3. exciting4. shiny5. turned6. brownish7. could8. hungry9. waited10. tongue

1. handsome2. hardly3. beautiful4. animals5. never6. thought7. polar8. true9. happy10. caught

1. sideways2. sparkling 3. smart4. giraffe5. shell6. turtle7. strong8. funny9. seal10. flamingo

1. spotted2. flew3. people4. mixed-up5. myself6. leaf7. yellowish8. warm9. moved10. sticky

Daily: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

1. Write Reading words 3 times each. 2.Math: Homework Skill Sheet

1. Write Reading words 3 times each. 2. Spelling: Crossword Puzzle

1. Write Reading words 3 times each. 2. Math:

Problem Solving Sheet

1. Write Reading words 3 times each. 2. Study for SPELLING and VOCABULARYTESTS on Friday.

Spelling Words for the Week. Study for your test on Friday.1. hide2. slide3. ride4. wide5. pride

6. bid 7. kid8. eyelid9. inside10. hid

11. no12. big13. brown14. eat15. people

16. exciting17. handsome18. hardly19. sidewalk20. spotted

Vocabulary Words: The words below are your child’s vocabulary words for this week. Please review them with your child. Students will have a test on these terms.

1. dull ……. not bright or clear

2. exciting …….. lively and

interesting

3. handsome……..good-looking

4. hardly……… barely, only just

5. sideways……..from side to side

6. sparkling ……shinny, bright

7. spotted …..saw

Name ________________________ Reading Words:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday1.chameleon2. dull3. exciting4. shiny5. turned6. brownish7. could8. hungry9.waited10. tongue

1. handsome2. hardly3. beautiful4. animals5. never6. thought7. polar8. true9. happy10. caught

1. sideways2. sparkling 3. smart4. giraffe5. shell6. turtle7. strong8. funny9. seal10. flamingo

1. spotted2. flew3. people4. mixed-up5. myself6. leaf7. yellowish8. warm9. moved10. sticky

Name ________________________ Reading Words:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday1.chameleon2. dull3. exciting4. shiny5. turned6. brownish7. could8. hungry9.waited10. tongue

1.handsome2. hardly3. beautiful4. animals5. never6. thought7. polar8. true9. happy10. caught

1. sideways2. sparkling 3. smart4. giraffe5. shell6. turtle7. strong8. funny9. seal10. flamingo

1. spotted2. flew3. people4. mixed-up5. myself6. leaf7. yellowish8. warm9. moved10. sticky

Name ____________________________ Reading Fluency: The Mixed-up Chameleon

Last week my class took a field trip to a wild animal park. It was so exciting. I could hardly wait to see the big cats.

First I spotted a leopard taking a nap. She looked warm and cuddly. Then I saw a lion with a great mane of hair. He turned his head sideways and roared.

Finally I saw a handsome tiger with thick, striped fur. He lay by a pool of water that was sparkling in the sun light. When he turned and looked at me, I shivered.

I think the big cats are the most interesting animals in the park. They are never dull. 107 words

Date:

___________ It took _____ minutes to read this page. ___________ It took _____ minutes to read this page. ___________ It took _____ minutes to read this page. ___________ It took _____ minutes to read this page.

Fantasy: A fantasy is a story that takes place in a make-believe world.

Name___________________________ Date ____________________

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Color the chameleon and Color the chameleon and Color the chameleon and Color the chameleon and add additional surroundings. add additional surroundings. add additional surroundings. add additional surroundings. WWWWrite 3 things he must do to stay alive.rite 3 things he must do to stay alive.rite 3 things he must do to stay alive.rite 3 things he must do to stay alive.

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Name___________________________ Date ____________________

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Draw and color aDraw and color aDraw and color aDraw and color a chameleon and chameleon and chameleon and chameleon and his surroundings. Whis surroundings. Whis surroundings. Whis surroundings. Write rite rite rite 3 things he must do to stay alive.3 things he must do to stay alive.3 things he must do to stay alive.3 things he must do to stay alive.

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Name __________________________________________________________ Date__________________________________

Scavenger Hunt The Mixed-Up Chameleon

Direction: Look in the story for the following:

Vocabulary List five animal the chameleon wanted to be like List 4 color words

1. hardly page #______________

1. 1.

2. dull page # ______________

2. 2.

3. sparkling page #_________________

3. 3.

4. spotted page #___________

4. 4.

5. exciting page # ______________

5.