🧱 Part 1: Understanding Brick and Mortar Words

1. What is a "brick word"?

2. What is a "mortar word"?

3. Circle the correct answer: Which type of word helps you understand the main idea of a story?

Brick words

Mortar words

4. Think about the shed story. What was the main problem the character faced?

🔍 Part 2: Identifying Brick and Mortar Words

5. Read this sentence and underline the BRICK words (important content words):

"The enormous dragon soared through the cloudy sky above the ancient castle."

6. In the same sentence above, circle the MORTAR words (connecting words like "the," "and," "through").

7. Check all the words below that are BRICK words:

elephant

and

mysterious

the

adventure

of

8. List the three steps for using the Brick and Mortar strategy when reading:

Step 1: _________________________________

Step 2: _________________________________

Step 3: _________________________________

9. Why is it helpful to focus on brick words when you're reading a difficult passage?

10. Write one sentence using at least 3 brick words about your favorite hobby: