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<HEAD><TITLE>VA SOL sample Grade 3 English: Reading</TITLE>
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<H1><LEFT>Sample Reading Selection: </LEFT></h1>
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<H4><LEFT>A Honey of a Sale</LEFT></H4>
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Sample Reading Selection:
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A Honey of a Sale
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1. There once was a hardworking farmer’s daughter. She milked the cows, tended the garden,
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and cooked meals for her father. Her favorite job, though, was taking care of the bees. She
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talked to the bees, and they hummed to her. She was so gentle that they never stung her, and
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their honey was unusually sweet.
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2. Daughter, the farmer said one day, I do not know what I would do without you. It is time
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to take the honey from the beehives and sell it at market. You will get a fine price. Use that
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money to buy yourself something pretty.
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3. The farmer’s daughter thanked her father and hurried to the beehives. She told the bees about
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her father’s generous gift. What should I buy? she asked them. Ribbons for my long black
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hair? Or a sash for my dress? But the bees only hummed and left the farmer’s daughter to
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her dreaming.
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4. On market day, she set off down the road with the jars of honey in a basket. Her mind was
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full of ways to spend her money.
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5. Perhaps a new hat, she said to herself. Or gloves to warm my hands. I know! I’ll buy a
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chicken. That chicken will lay eggs, and those eggs will grow up to be more chickens. I can
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sell the eggs from all those chickens, and I’ll have lots of money. Then I’ll buy ribbons, hats,
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and gloves. I’ll even buy beautiful shoes to wear to the dance. They’ll be beautiful red shoes
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with ribbons and bells. I’ll be the prettiest dancer there! Everyone will watch me! She
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danced along in the middle of the road, but as she twirled, the basket tipped. All the jars of
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honey fell out and broke.
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6. The farmer’s daughter watched sadly as the honey spread into a sticky puddle. Oh, dear,
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she thought. I should not have been in such a hurry to spend money I didn’t have! She
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gathered up the pieces of broken jars and put them in her basket. Then she walked home
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slowly, for she had no reason to go to the market now.
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<H1><LEFT>Use Word Analysis Strategies (Phonetic/Structural)</LEFT></h1>
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