Benchmark Review

Benchmark Review

1. What is the best summary of this passage?

A. Fish have different kinds of fins so they can swim in the water, walk on land, or even fly through the air. The different types of fins include caudal, dorsal, and pectoral fins.

B. The bodies of fish are specially designed to float and swim in water. Fish use fins to glide or swim quickly. Some fish have bodies that can walk on land and fly through the air.

C. Some fish can swim very fast in the water, like the sailfish who can swim over 50 miles an hour. Other fish can swim easily through a maze of coral like the slender eel.

D. Fish live on the floor of the ocean. They use their fins to move around and gather food because they are too heavy to float in the water like fish with swim bladders.

Poll

Why did your get this question right or wrong?

• I went back to the story to help me retell the important parts.

• I didn't understand the question.

• I didn't go back to the story to help me answer this question.

• I need more help on summary.

3. The information in this passage leads the reader to believe -

A. fish living on the ocean floor have large swim bladders

B. sailfish are too fast to catch

C. a fish cannot swim unless it has fins

D. most fish swim at speeds of five to ten miles per hour

8. From reading the article, the reader can conclude that -

F. no fish can travel on land

G. fish only need the tail fin to move through the water

H. not all fish have swim bladders to float and sink in the water

J. sailfish have the largest fins of all sea creatures

Poll

I know a question is an inference question because...

• It will tell me in the question.

• It will say the reader/can tell/believe

• I will just know it is an inference.

5. Look at this web about a mudskipper.  Which of these belongs in the empty box? 

A. Glides through the air

B. Moves across mud flats

C. Lives on the ocean floor

D. Does not use its tail to swim

10. What information is included in the section, "Bats' Vital Roles"?

F. Where the three species of vampire bats live in the world

G. How to recognize different species of bats based on their wings

H. What jobs bats do to help and protect humans and plants

J. Why vampire bats rely on mammal blood for food and nutrients

Poll

How will you know the question is Central Idea with Supporting Details?

• It will ask me directly what the central/main idea is.

• It will have a big box with smaller boxes, it will ask what it is mainly/mostly about, it will ask me what a certain section is about.