Assess students' ability to analyze how substituting a single word (noun, verb, adjective, or connector such as not/and/but) in simple sentences and picture-supported short stories changes literal meaning, implied meaning, and story outcomes; tasks include identifying the changed word and its part of speech, predicting and justifying how plot or character actions shift using textual and pictorial evidence, choosing alternative words to create specific effects, and explaining reasoning in age-appropriate language with visual supports.