In this step, you're searching for the main idea of what you will be reading
What is step 1 or skim the text
100
(FROG) This is another word for vital as used in paragraph 2
What is necessary or important
100
(FROG) The author wrote this selection most likely to explain what?
a. the reasons that scientists have been unsuccessful at freezing organs
b. how the word frog survives in harsh conditions
c. how wood frogs hibernate or migrate to warmer climates
d. the scientific studies that involve wood frogs
What is how the wood frog survives in harsh conditions
100
What does the picture of the bristlecone pine help the reader to know?
What is the conditions it lives in; the dry environment
100
What can the reader conclude about wood frogs from learning that they hop away after thawing out?
a. Wood frogs are not truly frozen during winter months
b. Wood frogs have a special process for storing energy
c. Wood frogs have a unique ability to know the temperature
d. Wood frogs are not harmed by the body-freezing process
What is wood frogs are not harmed by the body freezing process
200
You go back to the story to prove the answer to the question is correct
What is the 4 step, or answer and justify
200
(TREE) These words help the reader understand the meaning of thrive in paragraph 2
What is grow well
200
(FROG) Which of these ideas is supported by information in paragraph 5 and 6?
a. Water helps the wood frog thaw its limbs
b. The temperature of its surroundings determines how long a wood frog stays frozen
c. The time it takes for a wood frog to thaw is equal to the time it takes for the frog to freeze
d. The wood frog thaws faster than its surroundings
What is the temperature of it's surroundings determines how long a wood frog stays frozen.
200
The diagram of the wood frog helps the reader understand -
A. which features can be used to identify a wood frog
B. Which characteristics make wood frogs able to freeze
C. which temperatures the wood frogs are able to survive
D. which studies involving wood frogs have been performed
What is which features can be used to identify a wood frog
200
The reader can infer that the long life span of bristlecone pines is mainly a result of -
A. their location in the Great Basin
B. their root systems and outer wood
C. the actions of park rangers
D. the soil of the White Mountains
What is their root systems and outer wood
300
In this step you're looking for what is most important or what is being asked of you before you read
What is step 2 or previewing the questions
300
(TREE) These words help you know the meaning of scarce in paragraph 3
What is in years of extreme drought
300
What is the main idea about bristlecone pines presented in the selection?
A. They are found in mountainous areas
B. They are able to adapt to extremely harsh conditions.
C. They are protected by park rules
D. They provide scientific clues about their environment.
What is they are able to adapt to extremely harsh conditions
300
The map included with the selection helps the reader better understand -
What is where the frogs live; they live in cold areas
300
The reader can conclude that the wood frog and bristlecone pine are alike because -
A. they live in the cold
B. they both have natural defense against their environment
C. they are endangered
D. they live a long time
What is they both have natural defense against their environment
400
If you're stuck on a question, you might try doing this to your answers
What is process of elimination (will also except Worst, Tricky, Best)
400
(FROG) In paragraph 4, this is another word for die
What is decay
400
The information is paragraph 4 helps explain why -
A. many bristlecones are found in the White Mountains
B. droughts in the White Mountains can affect the bristlecones
C. some bristlecones can allow a part of themselves to die
D. insects succeed in getting through the thick bark of bristlecones
What is some bristlecones can allow part of themselves to die
400
The bar graph included with the selection helps the reader better understand -
What is that the life span of trees vary greatly
400
In which magazine would a reader most likely find articles about both wood frogs and bristlecones?
A. Park Attraction
B. Tales from the Forest
C. Wonders of the Natural World
D. Cold Critters