MAKING INFERENCES
INFERENCE TASK CARD 1 (3.6F, 4.6F)
We can infer that the White Rabbit is-
A. close with the Duchess
B. running away
C. always late
D. afraid of Alice
D. afraid of Alice
MAIN IDEA TASK CARD 1 (3.6G, 4.6G)
What is the main idea?
A. The one egg did not hatch with the rest.
B. The mother duck does not enjoy waiting on the eggs.
C. The little ducks are interested in the great big world.
D. The mother duck is waiting for her eggs to hatch.
D. The mother duck is waiting for her eggs to hatch.
SUMMARIZING TASK CARD 1 (3.7D, 4.7D)
Which sentence best summarizes the excerpt?
A Sara’s father was sending her away to school and she was excited about living with other little girls.
B Sara had few troubles when she lived with her father in India.
C Sara was nervous about leaving her father and being sent away to school.
D Sara wanted her father to come with her to school and she would help him with his lessons
C Sara was nervous about leaving her father and being sent away to school.
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE TASK CARD 1 (3.10A, 4.10A)
What is the most likely reason the author includes the size?
A To compare the Edmontosaurus and the T-Rex
B To provide facts about the Edmontosaurus
C To suggest the T-Rex is the only predator bigger
What is the author’s purpose?
A To Persuade
B To Inform
C To Entertain
A To compare the Edmontosaurus and the T-Rex
B To Inform
POETRY TASK CARD 1 (3.9B, 4.9B)
The descriptions in the fourth stanza help the reader picture the children –
A upsetting their father
B not going to bed
C playing upstairs
D trying to be sneaky
D trying to be sneaky
INFERENCE TASK CAR 2 (3.6F, 4.6F)
Based on the information in the story, the reader can conclude that plants-
A. are hard to take care of
B. cannot survive without all of the essentials
C. can become sick very easily
D. need most of the essentials to live
MAIN IDEA TASK CARD 2 (3.9Di, 4.9Di)
What is the selection mostly about?
A. Leaves take in carbon monoxide.
B. Plants are important because they produce oxygen.
C. Plants conduct photosynthesis.
D. Scientists need to study plants.
B. Plants are important because they produce oxygen.
SUMMARIZING TASK CARD 2 (3.7D, 4.7D)
Which is the best summary?
A Plants and animals need a certain habitat to live.
B Plants and animals live in habitats. Sometimes humans can hurt the habitat.
C There are many habitats. Elephants live in forests. But humans are hurting their habitat.
D There are many kinds of habitats. For example, hot, dry, forest or caves. Elephants like forests.
C There are many habitats. Elephants live in forests. But humans are hurting their habitat.
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE TASK CARD 2 (3.10A, 4.10A)
Why did the author include this part?
A To describe where the narrator lives
B To reveal what is in the fields
C To tell the reader about the narrator
What is the author’s purpose?
A To Persuade
B To Inform
C To Entertain
A To describe where the narrator lives
C To Entertain
POETRY TASK CARD 2 (3.6F, 4.6F)
The caterpillar is most likely -
A worried
B scared
C happy
D brave
C happy
INFERENCE TASK CARD 3 (3.6F, 4.6F)
We can infer that the narrator-
A. lost all his money
B. missed being with Tom
C. likes living with the widow
D. enjoys being a robber
MAIN IDEA TASK CARD 3 (3.6G, 4.6G)
What is the main idea?
A. Thumbelina did not know how to care for herself.
B. Thumbelina had a very hard winter.
C. Thumbelina enjoyed her life in the forest.
D. Thumbelina tried to survive on her own in the forest.
D. Thumbelina tried to survive on her own in the forest.
SUMMARIZING TASK CARD 3 (3.7D, 4.7D)
What is the best summary?
A Pippi’s father was lost at sea, but Pippi believed he was alive on some island and king of the island. She hoped he would return for her someday.
B Pippi lost her father at sea but believes he would return for her.
C Pippi’s father was a king, and she was a princess. She was very excited to tell everyone her story.
D Pippi’s father was a sea captain who sailed on the great ocean. One day he was lost at sea, blown overboard in a storm and disappeared. Pippi never saw her father again.
A Pippi’s father was lost at sea, but Pippi believed he was alive on some island and king of the island. She hoped he would return for her someday.
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE TASK CARD 3 (3.7D, 3.10A, 4.7D, 4.10A)
The excerpt is mostly about –
A what the Lion-tailed macaques eat
B where the Lion-tailed macaques live
C why the Lion-tailed macaques is rare
What is the author’s purpose?
A To Persuade
B To Inform
C To Entertain
B where the Lion-tailed macaques live
B To Inform
POETRY TASK CARD 3 (3.9B, 4.9B)
What is happening in the second stanza?
A The lily is drying out and needs rain.
B The lily is happy to be in the sun.
C The lily got too much rain.
D The lily needs more sunshine.
A The lily is drying out and needs rain.
We can infer that flowers-
A. do not live very long
B. are the most beautiful plants
C. live for weeks and months
D. do not always bloom
A. do not live very long
MAIN IDEA TASK CARD 4 (3.9Di, 4.9Di)
What makes the Echidnas unique?
A. They are one of the only egg-laying mammals.
B. They can live a long time.
C. They are anteaters.
D. They like to live alone.
A. They are one of the only egg-laying mammals.
SUMMARIZING TASK CARD 4 (3.7D, 4.7D)
What is the selection mostly about?
A Animals need camouflage.
B What camouflage means.
C The two ways animals use camouflage.
D Predators use camouflage for hunting.
C The two ways animals use camouflage.
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE TASK CARD 4 (3.10A, 4.10A)
Why was the excerpt written this way?
A To explain how the ugly duckling is different
B To help the reader connect with the mother duck
C To show how the mother duck feels about the ugly duckling
What is the mother duck’s purpose?
A To Persuade
B To Inform
C To Entertain
C To show how the mother duck feels about the ugly duckling
A To Persuade
POETRY TASK CARD 4 (3.9B, 4.9B)
The descriptive language in the third stanza helps the reader picture -
A the beach
B a shell
C the ocean
D a crab
B a shell
INFERENCE TASK CARD 5 (3.6F, 4.6F)
We can infer that Mary is-
A. a happy child
B. a mean child
C. an unhappy child
D. an untrustworthy child
C. an unhappy child
What is the main idea?
A. Little Red-Cap did not like her grandmother's big teeth.
B. Little Red-Cap went to see her grandmother.
C. Little Red-Cap found her grandmother looking very different.
D. Little Red-Cap was scared to go into her grandmother's house.
C. Little Red-Cap found her grandmother looking very different.
SUMMARIZING TASK CARD 5 (3.7D, 4.7D)
What is the best summary of the excerpt?
A Sara stayed with her father in a hotel for awhile before he had to sail back to India.
B Sara stayed with her father and they went shopping. He bought many fine clothes for her. The clothes were so nice people believed she must be a princess.
C Sara did not want her father to leave so he decided to take her shopping and buy her many nice things to remember him by.
D Sara and her father went shopping for expensive clothes so that people would know she was really a princess.
B Sara stayed with her father and they went shopping. He bought many fine clothes for her. The clothes were so nice people believed she must be a princess.
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE TASK CARD 5 (3.9Dii, 3.10A, 4.9Dii, 4.10A)
The purpose of the image is to –
A explain why the Nilgai is endangered
B show what the Nilgai looks like
C suggest that the Nilgai are dangerous
What is the author’s purpose?
A To Persuade
B To Inform
C To Entertain
B show what the Nilgai looks like
B To Inform
POETRY TASK CARD 5 (3.6F, 4.6F)
What is the poem really talking about?
A The time when the wind and the leaves played together.
B The time in the year where it begins to get cold.
C The time for leaves to fall from the trees and blow in the wind.
D The time when leaves turn colors and like to go out and play.
C The time for leaves to fall from the trees and blow in the wind.