Name: ______________________________

The Time Capsule

by Anita N. Amin

“I’m going to make a time capsule,” Anna told her

parents at the breakfast table.

Dad looked up from his coffee mug and smiled.

“Sounds interesting. Say hello to the pilgrims for me.”

Laughing, Anna shook her head. “No, Dad. You’re

thinking of time travel. I’m building a time capsule –it’s

like a memory box. I watched my principal dig one up

from our school yard yesterday. Some students buried

the capsule thirty years ago. It had a lot of old stuff in it, so we could see what life was like

back then.”

After breakfast, Anna went to her dad's workbench in the garage. She looked around

and found an old coffee can filled with nuts and bolts. She dumped them out so she could use

it as her time capsule. She scratched her head. What should she put in the can?

With her kitten following close behind, Anna browsed through her things. She grabbed

her favorite book, her yo-yo and some photos. She packed them in the can. She pulled off her

charm bracelet and placed it in the can too.

“What else should I put in here?” she asked Kitty. “The newspaper? So people will know

what happened today?” Anna ran downstairs and brought back the newspaper. She folded it

up and in the can it went.

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 “Meow.” Kitty nudged a ball toward the can.

“Sure, Kitty, I’ll include your ball.” Anna put Kitty’s

ball in the can.

Anna put the top on and sealed the can with tape.

On the front, she wrote ANNA AND KITTY’S TIME

CAPSULE with a thick black marker.

She carried the can outside. After grabbing a shovel

from the shed, she buried her time capsule in the

garden. “All done,” she told Kitty.

After a few minutes, Anna sighed. What should she do next? She couldn’t yo-yo. Or read

her favorite book. She’d buried those. Now, she missed them.

She scratched her head, then paused. She missed the sound of her bracelet clinking too.

“Meow.” Kitty pawed the burial spot.

“Do you miss your ball?” Anna asked. “Don’t worry. I’ll get it for you.”

So Anna dug up their time capsule.

Kitty pounced on the ball.

And Anna pulled on her bracelet and read her book while yo-yoing under a tree in the

garden.

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Name: ______________________________

The Time Capsule

by Anita N. Amin

1. In the beginning of the story, what did Anna's father think

a time capsule was?

a. a memory box
b. a machine for telling time
c. a machine for traveling in time
d. a Thanksgiving play

2. List six items that Anna placed in her time capsule.

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3. Where did Anna bury her time capsule?

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4. How long had the time capsule at Anna's school been buried?

a. a dozen years b. two decades

c. three decades d. 30 minutes

5. How long was Anna's time capsule buried?

a. more than a year b. 30 minutes

c. a few hours d. less than 30 minutes

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Name: ______________________________

The Time Capsule

by Anita N. Amin

Fill in the missing letters to create a word from the story.

Then, write the full word on the line. Be sure you spell each word
correctly.

1. ___ r i ___ ___ i p ___ ___ 1. _________________________________

clue: head of a school

2. ___ ___ p s u ___ ___ 2. _________________________________

clue: small container

3. ___ ___ f f ___ ___ 3. _________________________________

clue: hot drink made from roasted beans

4. ___ ___ ___ c e ___ e t 4. _________________________________

clue: jewelry worn around the wrist

5. ___ u ___ i a l 5. _________________________________

clue: process of burying something

6. ___ a r ___ ___ r 6. _________________________________

clue: writing tool filled with ink

7. ___ o u ___ ___ e d 7. _________________________________

clue: jumped on top of something

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Name: ______________________________

The Time Capsule

by Anita N. Amin

In the story, “The Time Capsule” you read about a girl who places items in a
time capsule and buries it in her backyard garden.

Imagine you were going to create a time capsule and bury it in your yard.
Write a paragraph in which you list four things you would put in your time
capsule. Give a reason for choosing each item.

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 ANSWER KEY

The Time Capsule

by Anita N. Amin

1. In the beginning of the story, what did Anna's father think

a time capsule was? c

a. a memory box
b. a machine for telling time
c. a machine for traveling in time
d. a Thanksgiving play

2. List six items that Anna placed in her time capsule.

her favorite book, her yo-yo, photos, a newspaper, her charm bracelet
and Kitty's ball

3. Where did Anna bury her time capsule?

in the garden

4. How long had the time capsule at Anna's school been buried? c

a. a dozen years b. two decades

c. three decades d. 30 minutes

5. How long was Anna's time capsule buried? d

a. more than a year b. 30 minutes

c. a few hours d. less than 30 minutes

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 ANSWER KEY

The Time Capsule

by Anita N. Amin

Fill in the missing letters to create a word from the story.

Then, write the full word on the line. Be sure you spell each word
correctly.

1. principal 1. principal

clue: head of a school

2. capsule 2. capsule

clue: small container

3. coff ee 3. coffee

clue: hot drink made from roasted beans

4. bracelet 4. bracelet

clue: jewelry worn around the wrist

5. burial 5. burial

clue: process of burying something

6. marker 6. marker

clue: writing tool filled with ink

7. pounced 7. pounced

clue: jumped on top of something

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