Reading 3rd grade STAAR

Reading 3rd grade STAAR

Stay calm and do your best

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1 Read this sentence from paragraph 4. Instead of paying Tama with money, the company pays her with cat food. This sentence helps the reader know that the train company —

• A treats Tama well

• B has too much food

• C does not think Tama looks healthy

• D wants to find a new home for Tama

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2 Throughout the selection, the author describes Tama as being —

• F adventurous

• G brave

• H friendly

• J clever

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3 Why did the train company decide to operate the station without workers?

• A The train company was unable to find a person who wanted the job of stationmaster

• B The people who came to the train station were there only to see the stationmaster cat.

• C The train station was located in an area where people did not want to work.

• D The train company was not earning enough money to pay people.

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4 Tama has been given two cat assistants because she —

• F is too busy to work

• G is too famous to work

• H needs more time to rest

• J needs more time to eat

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5 The reader can tell that Tama is allowed to stay at the station because she —

• A cares for other cats

• B walks people to the train

• C sits inside the ticket booth

• D attracts more passengers

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6 In paragraph 7, the word promoted means —

• F finished with a task

• G discussed by others

• H required to work more hours

• J given a better job

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7 Which sentence shows that people are interested in learning about Tama?

• A She spent most of her time at Kishi Station.

• B She walks around the station in her uniform and greets passengers.

• C Tama has been featured in many newspaper and magazine articles as well as on television shows and in video clips.

• D From stray cat to famous stationmaster, life is sweet for Tama!

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8 In what way does Tama’s presence at the train station help the nearby town?

• F People in the town want to work at the train station.

• G People in the town enjoy taking pictures with the visitors.

• H People who come to see Tama often spend money in the town.

• J People who come to see Tama want to move to the town.

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9 The author wrote this selection most likely to —

• A show the reader how cats are different from other animals

• B explain why some stray cats like to be around people

• C share an opinion about why cats make great pets

• D inform the reader about a special cat that lives in an unusual place

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10 The details in paragraph 8 show that Adams believes that —

• F sometimes doctors cannot make people laugh

• G sometimes humor can help people heal

• H doctors should be required to wear funny costumes

• J patients should be required to joke with doctors

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11 Which words from paragraph 3 help the reader understand the meaning of excelled?

• A in school

• B like most kids

• C performed well

• D at math and science

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12 What is the most likely reason Adams opened his own hospital?

• F He wanted to work in a hospital that had an unusual name.

• G He needed a place where he could treat patients while writing a book.

• H He wanted to provide medical care to patients in the way he believed was best.

• J He needed a place where he could teach medical workers how to make patients laugh.

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13 How can the reader identify this selection as a biography?

• A It tells about a book that Adams wrote.

• B It tells about important events from Adams’s life.

• C It explains details about a hospital Adams helped start.

• D It describes the training that doctors receive at Adams’s hospital.

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14 The photographs are included in the selection to show —

• F different costumes Adams wears to amuse people

• G how Adams trains people who work at his hospital

• H how Adams raises money for new hospitals

• J different reactions people have when Adams wears a costume

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15 In paragraph 10, the reader can use the suffix “-less” to know that the word effortless means —

• A the result of trying hard

• B without having to try hard

• C a person who tries hard

• D the process of trying hard

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16 The author ends the selection with the information in paragraph 11 in order to —

• F share advice about how the reader can help sick people

• G describe one way Adams makes people laugh

• H provide the reader with information on how to become a doctor

• J identify the number of books Adams has written