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Gecko Echo Reading Connections
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Gecko Echo Reading Connections
Read the story carefully. Then answer the questions using clues from the story and your own ideas.
At the edge of a quiet town, a little gecko lived in a crack beside a bike repair shop. One afternoon, Zach-Mae rolled a bicycle inside. Its bell rang: DING! The sound bounced off the shop’s bare brick walls and came back softer: ding … ding.
The gecko froze. Then it crept out to investigate. Zach-Mae tapped the bell again. DING! Ding … ding. “That little sound came back,” she said. “It’s an echo.”
Hamish, who was fixing a tyre, explained that an echo occurs when a sound is heard again after bouncing off a surface. The gecko watched as Zach-Mae rang the bell near a pile of soft cloths. This time the sound seemed quieter because the cloth absorbed some of it.
The gecko had been startled at first, but now it was curious. It crept along the wall, listening. When the shop door opened, the echo faded into the busy street sounds. The gecko settled back into its crack. Tomorrow, it decided, there might be another sound worth exploring.
Story clues
Use details from The Gecko Echo to answer.
1.What sound first catches the gecko’s attention?
- A bicycle bell
- A barking dog
- A loud horn
2.What does Hamish say an echo is?
3.How does the gecko feel at first, and how does it feel later? Give one clue from the story.
4.True or false: The bell sounds louder when Zach-Mae rings it near the soft cloths.
TrueFalse
5.Complete the sentence: The echo faded when the shop door opened and the gecko heard the street sounds.
6.Put these events in the order they happen. Write 1, 2 and 3 beside them: the gecko settles into its crack; Zach-Mae rings the bell; Hamish explains the echo.
Make connections
Think about how the story connects to sounds and places you know.
7.Which place would be most likely to make a clear echo: a soft, carpeted room or a hard-walled tunnel? Explain why.
8.The gecko was curious about a new sound. Describe a sound you have noticed and what you wondered about it.
9.Imagine you are the gecko. What would you investigate next in the bike repair shop, and what might you discover?
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