Reading Info Ordinary School Day

Ordinary School Day

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Multiple Choice

Which best describes the author's purpose in "A Day in an American School"?

• to show that students should like music class like Mark does

• to entertain with a story about Mark at his school

• to inform about an American school today

• to explain how a day in a Japanese school is better than a day in a American school

Multiple Choice

Which sentence from the text best describes the main idea of "An Ordinary School Day in Japan"?

• "Kids all around the world go to school."

• "You might be surprised when you learn about schools in other countries."

• "Students are assigned to different areas of the school."

• "Every school is going to be different in certain ways, no matter where it is."

Multiple Choice

How does the map add to the reader's understanding of "An Ordinary School Day in Japan"?

• The map shows where Japan is found in the world.

• The map shows where Rina and Shigeto live in Japan.

• The map shows the location of all the schools in Japan.

• The map shows the streets that Rina and Shigeto use to travel in Japan.

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence from "An Ordinary School Day in Japan."

"This translates to 'parents and children' because it is chicken and eggs."

Why does the phrase "parents and children" mean "chicken and eggs"?

• Parents feed chicken and eggs to their children.

• Parents and children eat chicken and eggs together.

• Chicken is eaten by parents like eggs are eaten by children.

• Eggs come from chickens like children come from their parents.

Multiple Choice

In "An Ordinary School Day in Japan," under which heading can the reader find information about how students spend breaks during the school day?

• Classes

• Lunch Time

• Cleaning Time

• Learning at School

Multiple Choice

Read the sentences from "An Ordinary School Day in Japan."

"The students learn all subjects from their homeroom teacher. They are assigned a homeroom teacher as first graders. Unlike in American schools, the teacher remains with the same class all the way through sixth grade!"

Based on the prefix un-, what does unlike mean?

• not like

• seems like

• will be like

• used to be like

Open Ended

Read the paragraph from "A Day in an American School." Choose the sentence that best supports the idea that Mark does not eat his favorite lunch each day.

At lunchtime, Mark follows his class into the cafeteria. He then gets in the lunch line. The cafeteria serves a different lunch every day. Mark's favorite lunch is cheese pizza. Every morning, Mark listens to the announcements for the lunch menu. He always hopes for pizza. Many of Mark's friends bring lunches from home. Mark and his friends will sometimes trade desserts.