is1. Stop and think.  Choose the thought that is a text-self connection. a good time to read? Choose the best answer. I think it is funny that Sparky was chasing his tail. Why did his brother keep falling? This reminds me of when my dad lost his keys and we were late to school.

       I got close enough to the school bus to see Drake Dexter stick his tongue out at me from the back window as it drove off, but I missed the bus.

    2.  Stop and think.  Choose the thought that is a text-self connection. akind of book should you read?  Choose the best answer. Dexter is mean. This reminds me of when a boy picked on me at school. I would be upset if I missed the bus.

        Dad was going to drive me, but he still couldn’t find his keys, and mom wanted to help look, but she couldn’t without her glasses, which we could have told her were on top of her head, if she had said she didn’t know where they were. Billy just kept trying to stand up and boomaranging back down, and Sparky had scooted under Billy, chasing his own tail.

      Billy sat on Sparky, Sparky yelped, Mom leaned down to pick Billy up, her glasses fell from the top of her head to in front of her eyes, she found Dad’s keys, and Dad drove me to school.

      And what did my teacher say?

      “It’s testing day.”

      I wanted to tell her there was no point in testing me, since I could just tell her the whole earth was stupid today, including me, but she had a pile of freshly sharpened number 2 pencils, a stack of crisp scantrons, and a look that said, “I don’t want to do this either, so let’s get it over with.”

      I tried to remember everything anyone had ever told me about taking tests: “Stay calm.” “Do your best.” “Think positively.”

3.  Stop and think.  Choose the thought that is a text-self connection.

Where can you read?      Choose the best answer. He is having a really bad day. I remember when I got really nervous before a test. Why do they have to take a test?

     It actually started to work. I mean, things could be worse, right? I could have spent the whole morning worrying about the test, which I would have, if I hadn’t totally forgotten about it. Instead, I was too busy trying not to laugh at Billy, who was kind of funny, now that I thought about it, even though Sparky probably didn’t think so.

      By the time I got home after school, Sparky had obviously forgiven Billy because they were playing together as though nothing had happened.

      When Sparky jumped on me and licked my face, I forgot all about the test again, and, this time, it was already over with.

      Rolling on the floor with Sparky, wiping soggy dog kisses off my face with the back of my hand, I didn’t hear the phone ring when my teacher called to tell Mom I got the highest score in my class, even higher than Drake Dexter!

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