A Rainy Day at the Farmer's Market
A Rainy Day at the Farmer's Market
Dances with Animals
Writing
Writing
100

Mathew and his family go to the farmers market regularly.

Pick the two details from the passage that best support his inference 

B, D

100

What happens after Mathew and Jose open the umbrellas?

A. The Rain begins to fall

100

Pick the two sentences that should be included in a summary of the passage.

D. Bees use patterns of movement to tell other worker bees how to find food.

F. Bees communicate by vibrating their wings, moving side to side, and turning in circles

100

What does the information in the section "Keep Away!" show about the author's point of view?

D. It shows that the author thinks that animal dances are better than animal fights.

100

What is the best way to correct punctuation error in the underlined sentence?

A.
200

Why does the author use the phrase "Keeping my fingers crossed" ?


Pick three choices 

A, E, F

200

How does the author develop the idea that Mathew takes takes responsibility for his actions?

A. Mathew stops explaining to his dad about the boots and begins helping 

200

Pick the word that best defines position as it is used in the sentence

D. Place

200
Item 18

Choose the sentence that best supports the underlined reason in the second paragraph.

D. Studies have shown that students who are active with friends and family are healthier and happier.

200

Choose the underlined word that is incorrectly capitalized.

B. City

300

The author uses the word disappointed in the passage. Click on the group of words that best shows that idea.

No such luck

300

Read the sentence from the passage. 

Choose two statements that best explain why the author chose to include this sentence.

C. To help the reader imagine the farmer's market

D. To show that it was difficult for Mathew to find Jose 

300

Read the summary of "Red Fish, Blue Fish" section of the passage and the directions that follow.

Click on the sentence from the passage that includes the missing detail.

His bright red, blue, or purple body color fades to a dull hue.

300

Item 17

Choose the best two phrases to connect "It was disappointing that we were not able to see the hatching itself" and "raising frogs has been very interesting so far." 

A. Even so

D. Despite this

300

A student found another source about pandas. Choose two of the sentences from the source that support the student's opinion.

D & F

400

Read the sentence from the passage.

D.

400

How does the paragraph about Mathew looking for his cowboy boots add to the plot?

C. Mathew gets too busy looking for them, causing him to forget the umbrellas, which sets up the problem in the story.

400

Click on the two sentences that best support the idea that dancing may be a better way for animals to communicate than fighting.

Fights take time and energy. 

Rivals risk injury and death, weakening the group as a whole.

400

Item 16

Choose the best sentence to add detail to show or explain who the main character is

B. Bailey was more helpful, loving, and intelligent than any dog the family had known

400
Item 29

The parts of the students report are shown below. In which part of the report would the facts form the source best fit?

Part D. The Places Where a Chipmunk Lives

500

The following question has two parts. Answer part A and then Part B.

Part A: correct answer is D

Part B: Correct answer is B

500

What is the most likely reason the author uses dialogue in the passage? Pick three choices 

A. To inform readers that animals communicate through movement

C. to inform readers that different dance movements have different meanings to animals

E. to inform readers that an animals specific movements gives other animals important information

500
The student wants to make sure that he has used the right words to make his meaning clearer. Click on two of the underlined words that he should change. 

There, thing

500

Item 28

Choose two of the sources that would most likely give the student more information about the ideas she has written

D & F

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