Missing Pet Alert: Help Find Jojo!
ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF:
Room 204 needs your help! Our beloved class hamster, Jojo, has escaped from his habitat and is currently missing somewhere inside Oak Creek Elementary School. We believe he managed to squeeze through an unlatched feeding door during free reading time on Thursday afternoon.
Physical Description
- Name: Jojo (responds to gentle clicking sounds and the rustling of sunflower seed bags)
- Species: Golden Syrian Hamster
- Size: Approximately four inches long, plump, and round
- Color: Warm golden-brown fur with a creamy white patch on his belly and a tiny white diamond marking on his forehead
- Special Features: A small notch on his left ear from when he was a pup; extremely soft, pink paws
Habits and Likely Hiding Spots
Because hamsters are nocturnal creatures, Jojo spent most of the school day resting. However, now that he is exploring on his own, he is likely seeking dark, quiet, and warm spaces. Please keep an eye out around the following locations:
- Behind classroom bookshelves, storage bins, and cubbies
- Underneath radiator covers and teacher desks
- Inside corners of the library or cafeteria pantry
- Near paper towel dispensers in the hallways
- habitat:
- The enclosed cage or living space designed for a pet animal.
- unlatched:
- Not fastened shut or locked in place.
- nocturnal:
- Active mainly at night and resting during the daytime.
- startle:
- To surprise or frighten someone suddenly.
- crevice:
- A narrow opening or crack in a wall or hard surface.
- custodian:
- A person responsible for cleaning and taking care of a building.
- contain:
- To keep something within a fixed space or prevent it from moving freely.
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Main Idea
Identify the central idea and explain how important details develop it.
Context Clues
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Purpose
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Structure
Analyze how sections and organizational choices build the text's ideas or effects.
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- 1What is the main purpose of this announcement, and who is the intended audience?
- 2Based on the announcement, what mistake allowed Jojo to escape?
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About this announcement passage for Upper Elementary
“Missing Pet Alert: Help Find Jojo!” is a announcement reading passage about Lost Pet Announcement, written for Upper Elementary. It takes about 2 minutes to read (337 words) and comes with an interactive quiz and a printable worksheet with comprehension questions and an answer key.