Text Interpretation: Ivo's Floating Experience

Text interpretation activity, aimed at students in the third year of elementary school, with questions developed about the text: Ivo's floating experience.

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SCHOOL: DATE:

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Ivo's floating experience

The monkey Ivo would love to be able to float through the air like a feather or a snowflake. – Huuuuum… – He mutters, scratching his chin. – What could I use to make myself use to float?
Watching his lab, he spots a box of dishwashing detergent and an idea keeps poking at his mind.
– Soap bubbles float in the air. Could I use them to get afloat? – he asks himself. He quickly mixes the detergent powder and bubbles begin to grow. Soon he has a canister full of big bubbles. He starts catching bubbles in the air and trying to tuck them under his arms so he can float. They pop and run down the sides.

– Faster, faster! – He yells, increasing his speed, but the bubbles keep popping.
Ivo still can't get up off the ground, so he struggles to work even faster. He soon became completely soaked, and the soap bubbles running down his body began to puddle on the floor.
'Something's going wrong…' he mutters. The doorbell rings. When Ivo opens the door, he sees the hippopotamus Horacio, his neighbor. Horacio looks surprised and stutters:
– Er, Ivo, my mom baked some cookies and we'd like to share them with you… Um, were you taking a shower?
Ivo looks at the splash of soapy water dripping from his body and says:
– Oh yes, Horacio. Exactly. Thanks for the cookies. Until later!
Sometimes it's hard to explain our dreams.

Questions

1) What is the title of the text?
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2) What was the dream of monkey Ivo?
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3) What is Ivo looking for in your laboratory?
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4) The monkey sees a box of dishwashing detergent, what idea crosses his mind?
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5) Ivo starts grabbing the bubbles in the air and trying to put them under his arms so he can float. What doesn't work?
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6) Still unable to get up off the ground, he soon becomes completely soaked, and starts making a puddle on the ground. At that moment Ivo receives a visit, who is it?
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7) What was Horacio doing at Ivo's house?
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8) Does Horacio think what Ivo is doing when he sees everything wet?
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Per Helia Higa.

At answers are in the link above the header.