3rd Grade Treasures Unit 6 Review

Affixes & Multiple-Meaning Words

100

What does "slowly" mean?

a. in a slow way
b. almost slow
c. slow again
d. not slow

a. in a slow way

200

What does "sleepy" mean?

a. ready to sleep
b. without sleep
c. a person who sleeps
d. trying to fall asleep

a. ready to sleep

300

"For months, the children watched as the ship was taken apart, and then rebuilt." What does the word "rebuilt" mean?

a. built before
b. built first
c. built again
d. built wrong

c. built again

400

The word "dinosaur" probably comes from"

a. the Greek root words "dia" and "graphein", which means "draw across"
b. the Greek root words "dino" and "saurus", which means "terrible lizard"
c. the Latin root word "dies" which means "day"
d. the Latin root word "sal" which means "salt"

b. the Greek root words "dino" and "saurus", which means "terrible lizard"

500

Choose the word that has the same meaning as BOTH of the meanings:

a large boat & to send

a. fly
b. mail
c. ship
d. liner

c. ship

Text Features

100

Experimenting with Magnets

You will need:
a paper plate, a rubber eraser, a horseshoe magnet, a penny, a paper clip, a button magnet

Make a prediction: what objects will be drawn to the magnet.

To experiment:

Place the penny, eraser, paper clip, and button magnet on the paper plate. Mix them up. Then, hold the horseshoe magnet above or beneath the plate, and try to move the objects with it. Don't touch any of the objects with the magnet.

WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP IN THIS EXPERIMENT?

a. put the objects on a plate
b. cover the objects with a plate
c. touch the two magnets together
d. try to move the objects with the magnet

a. put the objects on a plate

200

What is the purpose of a caption underneath a picture?

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/photos/whales/

a. to give the reader more information about the picture
b. to ask the reader to get more information
c. to explain where the picture came from
d. to tell the reader about the artist

a. to give the reader more information about the picture

300

According to the graph, which has the HIGHEST amount of sales?

http://www.anychart.com/products/anychart/docs/users-guide/img/simpleChart.jpg

a. department stores
b. discount stores
c. juvenile specialty stores
d. men's/women's specialty stores

b. discount stores

400

Is Your Cat Right-Pawed or Left-Pawed?

What to do:

1. Use the spoon to put a little cat food in the bottle.
2. Put the bottle on its side near the cat.
3. When the cat uses its paw to get the food, write down whether the cat uses its right or left paw.
4. Repeat steps 1-3 several times.
5. Count the number of times the cat uses its right paw and the number of times it uses its left paw.
6. Decide whether your cat is right-pawed, left-pawed, or both.

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO AFTER YOU PUT THE BOTTLE WITH THE FOOD INSIDE NEXT TO THE CAT?

Write down whether the cat uses its right or left paw to get the food.

500

Field Trip to Henry Long Caverns

Don't forget that on Friday, May 2nd, Mrs. Hooper's class will visit Henry Long Caverns. We will learn how caves are formed, and we will see a colony of bats. This will be an exciting field trip, so you won't want to miss it.

Please wear your class t-shirts, bring a sack lunch, a snack, and a bottle of water. With parents' permission, you may bring a camera and a game to play on the bus.

Buses will leave the school at 8:30 a.m. We will return around 2:30 p.m.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS FLYER?

a. to tell drivers how to find Henry Long Caverns
b. to remind students about a field trip
c. to teach students about bats and caves
d. to explain how bats fly

b. to remind students about a field trip

Adjectives & Adverbs

100

Choose the word that BEST completes this sentence:

They tried to whisper _______________.

a. quiet
b. quietest
c. quietly
d. quieter

c. quietly

200

The red blanket belongs to Andrea. Molly has a fuzzy blue one. Mine is fuzzy than Molly's, but it's white.

Find the word that describes Andrea's blanket:

a. The
b. red
c. a
d. it's

b. red

300

Mine is fuzzy than Molly's, but it's white.

Choose the best way to write the sentence:

a. Mine is fuzziest than Molly's, but it's white.
b. Mine is fuzzier than Molly's, but it's white.
c. Mine is fuzzy than Molly's, but it's white.
d. Mine is fuzziness than Molly's, but it's white.

b. Mine is fuzzier than Molly's, but it's white.

400

Choose the best way to combine these sentences:

Drew and Eric play happily on the field. The field is grassy.

a. Drew and Eric play happily on the grassy field.
b. Drew and Eric play happily and the field is grassy.
c. Drew and Eric play on the field grassy happily.
d. Drew and Eric play on the field, is grassy and happily.

a. Drew and Eric play happily on the grassy field.

500

Choose the word that best completes this sentence:

The pond is not _________ for swimming.

a. safe
b. safer
c. safely
d. more safely

a. safe

Story Elements

100

Ants

Did you know that some ants grow their own food? They live in large groups in underground nests with many rooms. Some of these rooms are gardens in which the ants grow their own food.

Many of these ants travel into the forest each day to look for leaves. A group of these ants can strip the leaves off a tree in one day! Then the ants march back down into the tunnels that lead to their gardens. They bite the leaves into pieces that are used to help the gardens grow.

What genre is this story?

a. nonfiction article
b. fantasy
c. realistic fiction
d. science fiction

a. nonfiction article

200

Ants

Did you know that some ants grow their own food? They live in large groups in underground nests with many rooms. Some of these rooms are gardens in which the ants grow their own food.

Many of these ants travel into the forest each day to look for leaves. A group of these ants can strip the leaves off a tree in one day! Then the ants march back down into the tunnels that lead to their gardens. They bite the leaves into pieces that are used to help the gardens grow.

What is the author's purpose for writing this?

The author wrote this to INFORM the readers about ants.

300

Marta and Luis wanted to go on an adventure. One day, a ship sailed into port. The kids were really interested in seeing what was on it, so they went to explore. While they were exploring, the ship left the dock for India with the kids still on board. Marta and Luis were fearful, so they went below deck to take a nap. The captain of the ship found them, sleeping, and decided it was too late to turn back. He made the children cook's helpers, and they were in charge of washing dishes. Marta and Luis had wanted an adventure, but not like this!

What is the theme of this story?

a. Washing dishes is hard work.
b. Be careful what you wish for.
c. Children should travel to India.
d. Sleeping is best done at home in your own bed.

b. Be careful what you wish for.

400

Marta and Luis wanted to go on an adventure. One day, a ship sailed into port. The kids were really interested in seeing what was on it, so they went to explore. While they were exploring, the ship left the dock for India with the kids still on board. Marta and Luis were fearful, so they went below deck to take a nap. The captain of the ship found them, sleeping, and decided it was too late to turn back. He made the children cook's helpers, and they were in charge of washing dishes. Marta and Luis had wanted an adventure, but not like this!

What can you say about the children's behavior?

a. Marta is mean to Luis.
b. Luis is braver than Marta.
c. The kids are not adventurous.
d. The kids are not careful.

d. The kids are not careful.

500

At one time, some strange animals walked this earth. Before there were any people, these animals roamed the ountains, forests, and rivers. Some of these strange animals were as small as chickens. Others were as big as fifteen elephants put together. From bones that have been found, we have learned many things about these animals.

There is still much to learn about animals like the thunder lizard. Only a few parts of its skeleton have been found. As people find more of its bones, experts will study them. They hope to learn more about what it looked like and how it lived. Knowing more about thunder lizard may help them understand animals that live today.

Based on the passage, how do experts learn about animals that are no longer living?

a. They study what the animals would eat.
b. The experts study how the ground shook when they walked.
c. The experts study their bones.
d. They would study pictures of them.

c. The experts study their bones.

Miscellaneous

100

Choose the word that best completes this sentence:

This is the _______ day of the year.

a. long
b. most long
c. longer
d. longest

d. longest

200

Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation:

a. The letter was dated May, 7 1932.
b. The letter was dated May 7, 1932.
c. The letter was dated, May 7 1932.
d. The letter was dated May 7 1932!

b. The letter was dated May 7, 1932.

300

Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation:

a. Mandi please, answer the telephone.
b. Mandi, please answer the telephone.
c. Mandi please answer the telephone?
d. Mandi please answer the, telephone.

b. Mandi, please answer the telephone.

400

My Shadow

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

One morning, very early, before the sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.


Which is an example of personification in the last stanza? HINT: Personification is when the author gives human characteristics to an animal or thing.

a. the sun coming up
b. dew on the buttercups
c. rising early in the morning
d. the shadow sleeping in bed

d. the shadow sleeping in bed

500

My Shadow

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

One morning, very early, before the sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.


Which group of words from the first stanza is an example of assonance? HINT: Assonance is the repetition of the same (or similar) vowel sounds in a group of words.

a. "have a little shadow that"
b. "can be the use of him"
c. "see him jump before me"
d. "jump into my bed"

a. "have a little shadow that"