Ask and Answer 1
What happens when Ramon gets home from school?
He does his homework while he waits for his mother to get home, and then his mother reads the note during dinner.
How does the speaker describe the wind?
The wind is strong and cold.
What makes the flying squirrel and the flying fox a mammal?
They have fur instead of feathers.
Read the sentence from the passage.
Dear Mrs. Garcia, Ramon has been chosen for a special award.
What does the word chosen in the sentence?
To be picked or selected.
Read what Ramon's mother says in the passage.
"Let's wait until dinner," she answered. "Then I can read it to everyone."
Based on what she says, what BEST describes Ramon's mother?
A. She is nervous.
B. She is not worried.
C. She is funny.
D. She likes to eat.
She is not worried.
Why did Miss Barnes write a note to Ramon's mother?
How does the speaker know the wind is there?
The speaker can hear and feel the wind.
What is the MAIN idea of "Mammals that Fly"?
The flying fox and the flying squirrel are the same and different.
Mammals that Fly:
Read the sentence below.
In paragraph 2, what does omnivorous mean?
They eat plants and insects.
What lesson can you learn from the story?
Sometimes you have to be patient and wait. Sometimes things are not as bad as they seem.
According to the passage, what is one way the flying fox is different from the flying squirrel?
The flying fox has good hearing, and the flying squirrel does not.
What did the speaker observe moving in the wind?
kites and birds
What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
It tells how the flying fox and the flying squirrel are alike?
Mammals that Fly: In paragraph 2 what does nocturnal mean?
They are awake at night.
Why did Ramon's mother wait until after dinner to open the note?
She believed it was a good note and wanted to share it with the family.
What was Ramon's problem in this passage?
He did not want to wait to hear what his teacher said in the note.
What line does the speaker use to show the wind is strong?
I saw you toss the kites on high.
What is the main idea of paragraph 3?
It tells how flying fox and flying squirrels are different.
Read the sentence from the passage.
He did his homework while he waited because he wanted to be sure he looked good when she arrived.
What does the word arrived MOST LIKELY mean?
To get somewhere/ appeared
How would you describe Ramon in the middle of the story?
nervous/ worried
According to the passage, why is a flying fox a bat?
It has wings that it flaps to fly.
What did the the speaker compare the wind to?
ladies' skirt across the grass
How do the flying squirrel and flying fox direct themselves?
The flying fox uses its wings and the flying squirrel uses its tail.
Mammals that Fly: In the last paragraph, what does impact mean?
to have an effect
How would you describe Ramon near the end when he wanted his mom to read the letter?
impatient