Summary
On Thanksgiving, Kara loved to hear the pans bang and clang as her mom cooked in the kitchen. She loved to start a checkers championship with her dad and set up the cardboard Pilgrim she’d made in school. She loved it when her cousins, aunts, uncles, grandma, and great-grandpa came for dinner. But most of all, she loved feeding biscuits to the birds.
What is the paragraph mostly about?
a. Kara made cardboard Pilgrims in school.
b. Kara has special memories of Thanksgiving.
c. Kara's dad liked to play checkers.
d. Kara's mom banged pans in the kitchen.
How do text features help people?
a. To make the text confusing.
b. To make the text easier to understand.
c. To make the text funny.
d. To make the text impossible to read.
b. To make the text easier to understand.
Carla took steps to do well on her test. First, she met with her teacher to get help. Then, her father helped her study. She looked over her notes and went to bed on time. The next morning, she made sure she got to class on time.
After she got help from her father she...
a. She met with he teacher to get help.
b. She made sure she got to class on time.
c. Took steps to do well on her test.
d. She looked over her notes and went to bed.
d. She looked over her notes and went to bed.
In the 1840s thousands of people traveled to the West. Many of these travelers followed the Oregon Trail. This route stretched from Missouri to Oregon. It led over mountains and rivers. It crossed miles of flatland, too. Most families traveled along the route in wagons. It was a long and hard trip.
In this paragraph, the word route means…
a. Travel
b. Part of a mountain
c. Path or trail
c. path or trail
What is the root word in unforgivable?
a. forgivable
b. unforgiven
c. forgiv
d. forgive
d. forgive
When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-herding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife.
The summary of this passage is:
a. There are a lot of cows in Texas.
b. There are many different, varied parts of Texas.
c. Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.
d. There are alligators in the swampland in Southeast Texas.
b. There are many different, varied parts of Texas.
Look at question #4 on your paper.
Based on the information in the chart, what place would be safest during a tornado?
a. Outside, away from windows.
b. In a car
c. Inside, close to windows.
d. In a central room, away from windows
d. In a central room, away from windows.
What is the author’s purpose in a section in a history book describing the conditions and a cause of the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930’s?
a. Entertain
b. Persuade
c. Explain
d. Informd. inform
Bev was upset. The eye doctor said she needed to wear glasses. Bev had a big scowl on her face as she tried them on. She would not even look in the mirror. Nothing her mother said made Bev feel better. Then her friend Joe came over. “Hey, cool glasses,” he said. “I want frames just like yours.” Bev’s scowl turned into a smile.
In this paragraph, the word scowl must mean…
a. grin
b. stare
c. frown
c. frown
Which guide words would appear on a dictionary page containing the word "enjoy"?
a. echo - eighty
b. effort - either
c. elbow - enter
d. elephant - emotion
c. elbow - enter
What is a summary?
a. The lesson in the story.
b. The plot of a story.
c. A long paragraph where you retell the story exactly how it happened.
d. A short paragraph about the big parts of a story that is written in your own words.
d. A short paragraph about the big parts of a story that is written in your own words.
Look at question #1 on your paper.
Under which text feature would the reader find information about how tornadoes are created?
a. Tornado Alley
b. How Tornadoes Form
c. Tornadoes are Powerful
d. Tornado Safety
b. How Tornadoes Form
Up and Away
Have you ever seen groups of birds flying in the fall? If you have, you’ve likely seen birds migrate. When birds fly to a far-off place, we say they are migrating. They are leaving home or “flying the coop.”
Why do they migrate? Birds do not just take a trip when they migrate. They fly south so that they can survive.
What could be another title for this passage?
a. Birds Flying
b. Looking for food
c. Bird Migration
d. Balloons
c. Bird Migration
Peter did not want to go to the playground. Tom did. Peter was older, and Tom couldn’t go without him. So Tom began to coax his brother. He talks about how much fun they would have. He offered to share his toys. He promised to let Peter have his pie at dinner. Finally, Peter gave in. The two boys went off to the playground.
In this paragraph, the word coax must mean…
a. Make someone happy
b. Get someone to do something
c. Get mad and hurt someone
b. Get someone to do something
Read this sentence and dictionary entry.
"Mark peered down the long, narrow hole. He couldn't believe he just dropped his phone down there!"
Narrow adj. 1. delicate 2. fragile 3. frail 4. slender
Which meaning of charge is used in the sentence?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
d. 4 - slender
Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat dinner. Will it be Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the Chicken Shack, or a big cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide. Then there was always the Pizza Shop with that great pepperoni pizza. How would she ever decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin.
What is the summary of the passage?
a. Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.
b. Jill loves Mexican food.
c. The pizza shop has the best pizza in town.
d. Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin.
a. Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.
Look at question #2 on your paper.
What information can you find under the heading Tornado Alley?
a. Where most tornadoes from in the US.
b. How tornadoes form.
c. The damage tornadoes do.
d. Ways to stay safe.
a. Where most tornadoes from in the US.
Which word has three syllables?
a. Schoolhouse
b. Spices
c. forgiveness
d. Mustard
c. Condiments
There is a vacant lot across the street from where I live. My friends and I use it as a playground because nothing is built on it.The only game we can’t play there is “hide and seek,” because there is nothing to hide behind.
The context shows the underlined word in the passage means –
a. Full of holes
b. Busy
c. Empty
c. empty
Read this sentence and dictionary entry.
"In winter, grocery stores charge too much for strawberries."
Charge (charj) v. 1. To give orders. 2. To set as a price. 3. To fill up completely. 4. To rush forward.
Which meaning of charge is used in the sentence?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
b. 2
Tabitha had to make muffins for her class Valentine’s Day party. First, she gathered all of her ingredients in the kitchen and preheated the oven. Second, she poured the muffin mix into a large bowl. Third, Tabitha measured ¼ cup of milk and poured it into the bowl then stirred it in with the mix. Fourth, she sprayed each muffin tin with cooking spray and put a spoonful of mix into each hole. Tabitha set the timer for 20 minutes and cleaned up what mess she had made.
Which sentence best summarizes the story?
a. Tabitha has a class Valentine’s Day party.
b. Tabitha likes to eat muffins.
c. Tabitha is making muffins.
c. Tabitha is making muffins.
Look at question #3 on your paper.
Which part of the article helps the reader understand the danger of tornadoes?
a. Tornado Alley
b. How Tornadoes Form
c. Tornadoes are Powerful
d. Tornadoes
c. Tornadoes are powerful.
Which of the following words use the suffix "-less" as it is used in the word "careless"?
a. bless
b. helpless
c. lesson
d. endless
e. blessing
f. powerless
b. helpless
c. endless
f. powerless
I like sports very much. I decided to enroll in a swimming class. I paid fifty dollars. After that, I would use the pool as often as I wanted. I was also allowed to bring a guest.
The context shows the underlined word in the passage means –
a. Join
b. Learn
c. Jump
a. join
Which words are listed in alphabetical order?
a. Frame, frozen, friend, from, front
b. Frozen, friend, frame, front, from
c. Frozen, front, from, friend, framed.
d. Frame, friend, from, front, frozen
d. Frame, friend, from, front, frozen