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P R E V I E W

B efo re You Read
Olga’s

Think Does your school have concerts? What's your
Flute
favorite musical instrument?

This story is
Characters
realistic fiction.

Realistic fiction is
All stories have characters. Characters are the people,
a story that isn't
animals, or things that are in the story. There are main
true, but it could
characters and secondary characters. happen.

Main characters are the most important characters.

The story is about them.

Secondary characters aren't as important as the

main characters.

Laura and her baby sister, Clara, are listening to
Beth Cody Kimmel is a
some soft and slow music. Laura loves the low children's book writer.

notes. She feels calm. Clara falls asleep. She lives in New York.

Main character: Laura Secondary character: Clara

Read the story. Write the names of the characters.

Sam m y plays the trum pet but he
doesn't like to practice. He plays

a piece of m usic for his teacher,

Mr. Green. The m usic is loud and

awful. His teacher is unhappy.
Sam m y practices every day now.

1 Main character:

2 Secondary character:

The title of the story is "Olga's Flute." How do you

think Olga feels when she plays her instrument?

Reading: Characters U n itm 1 3 7