Reading Comprehension Questions

Passage about a girl planting a community garden, Grade 5. Literal: What did Maya plant first, and who helped her? Inferential: Why do you think the neighbors were unsure at the start? Vocabulary in context: the text says the garden flourished — what does flourished mean here? Open discussion: Have you ever worked on something with others that turned out better than alone? What made the difference? Answer guide: literal — tomatoes, with her grandfather; inferential — they had not seen an empty lot used that way before and doubted it would work; vocabulary — grew well and thrived.