Worksheets and No Prep Teaching Resources
Worksheets and No Prep Teaching Resources
Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Winter Theme Unit
Sibling Shenanigans

Winter Theme Unit
Winter Theme Unit

Sibling Shenanigans
Print Sibling Shenanigans Reading Comprehension with Fifth Grade Work

Print Sibling Shenanigans Reading Comprehension with Sixth Grade Work

Print Sibling Shenanigans Reading Comprehension

Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 5 to 6
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   5.67

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    body-warming, chapped, minivan, nonperishable, sudsy, tradeoff, all-time, extension, outage, jets, prospective, cope, heading, Gotcha, throne, outer
     content words:    Cheyenne Williams, Southern Indiana

Sibling Shenanigans
By Brenda B. Covert 		  
1     Shoshana and Cheyenne Williams had a special breakfast of chocolate waffles with honey butter and glasses of cold milk. On normal days, the twins scrambled to get cereal or a toaster pastry before heading to school while their parents rushed off to work. However, everyone was home today, and Mom had whipped up their all-time favorite breakfast. "We ought to eat well as long as we still have power," she had said. "You never know when a power outage will occur, and then we'll have to survive on peanut butter and jelly."
 
2     The girls' eyes strayed often to the dining room window. Huge clusters of snowflakes were swirling to the ground outside their home in southern Indiana. Because the air was thick with snow, they could just barely see the woods at the edge of their property. The blustery wind whistled around the corners of the house.
 
3     "This is a terrible time for a blizzard to strike," their father grumbled. "I was supposed to meet with a prospective client today." He took a noisy sip from his coffee mug.
 
4     "At least you don't have to worry that your boss will send someone with four-wheel drive to pick you up," Mrs. Williams replied. "Chet did that to me two years ago, you know. He doesn't believe in snow days."
 
5     "Snow days!" Shoshana and Cheyenne chimed, giving each other a high five.
 
6     For the girls, a blizzard meant that school would be closed for several days. Once a few years back it had snowed so hard and long that they had missed two whole weeks of school! That was fun until they realized that the tradeoff was a shorter spring break and an extension of the school year into June. Still, blizzards were exciting. Trees cracked and fell; power lines went down, forcing them to live like pioneers; and the normal landscape was transformed into a winter wonderland. The snow itself had many uses. Shoshana favored making snow angels and building herself a snow throne, while Cheyenne enjoyed a good snowball fight and stomping out giant letters that formed words that could be read (she hoped) by passengers in the jets that flew overhead.
 
7     For the adults, a blizzard meant work and worry: shoveling snow, collecting firewood, preparing food, and worrying about survival. A blizzard might bring all kinds of problems. What if a tree fell on the house? How would they manage if the power went out for several days? How would they cope if the big freeze caused a pipe to burst?
 
8     When Mrs. Williams told her girls that they could go outside as soon as they had each done three chores, both Shoshana and Cheyenne groaned. "Can't we do that later? What if the snow stops?"
 
9     "Then I guess you'd better hurry," their mother said, filling the sink with warm sudsy water.

Paragraphs 10 to 17:
For the complete story with questions: click here for printable
Weekly Reading Books

          Create Weekly Reading Books

Prepare for an entire week at once!

Feedback on Sibling Shenanigans
Leave your feedback on Sibling Shenanigans   (use this link if you found an error in the story)

Winter Theme Unit
             Winter Theme Unit



Copyright © 2025 edHelper