UNIT 1 ASSESSMENT REVIEW

5TH GRADE BENCHMARK UNIT 1 ASSESSMENT REVIEW

​5TH GRADE BENCHMARK UNIT 1

​ASSESSMENT REVIEW

​YOU WILL NEED:

​* Your Benchmark Unit 1 Assessment Packet

​* A sharpened pencil

In today's lesson we will:

​* Review Unit 1 Assessment, Part 1

​* Address common misconceptions of the group

​* Review the 5-Step Process

​* Address Key points of identifying Main Idea and Key Details

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Multiple Choice

The following item has two parts. Answer Part A and then answer Part B.

Part A.

Which is a claim the author of the passage makes?

• Traditional farming was safer for the environment than hunting.

• Fish farms are an increasingly important source of seafood.

• People today do not have to worryabout a shortage of food.

• The government should pass a law to ban open-water fish farming.

Multiple Select

1. Part B

Which two sentences from the passage support the claim in Part A?

• "It now provides more than 40 percent of all fish produced."

• "Some use large indoor tanks that allow them to control all the factors in the process."

• "There is also no danger of fish escaping into wild waters."

•   "Despite the problems, we will surely see more fish farms in the future."

• "Smaller fish are larger fish's food source in a natural setting."

Multiple Choice

2. Which word best helps the reader understand the meaning of the word consistent as it is used in paragraph 1?

• settled

• result

• reliable

• control

Multiple Choice

3. How does the graph support a central idea of the passage?

• It shows that the amount of fish produced by fish farms has grown steadily since 1990.

• It shows that total fish farm production is measured in metric tons.

• It shows that fish farming wasn't as important in 2015 as it was in 1990.

• It shows that fish farming became a major source of foood worldwide in only twenty-five years.

Poll

TURN AND TALK:

With your partner, discuss which of the following statements is supported by the information in the graph. After discussing, select the statement your partenr-pair chose.

• There were no fish farms in the world before 1990.

• Fish farming has positively impacted global hunger.

• Soybean fish food experiments have improved fish farming.

• The world produces more than 70 million tons of farmed fish.

​If you and your partner selected, D, you are correct!

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The graph demonstrates that the world produces more than 70 million tons of farmed fish.

​Turn to page 23 of your assessment and look at #5.

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​Let's discuss this question as a group! We will use "CLAPS AND POUNDS" to deliberate!

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence from paragraph 3.

"For example, precise feeding is an important component of successful fish farming."

Which phrase best  helps the reader understand the meaning of the word component in paragraph 3? 

• "factors in the process"

• "successful fish farming"

• "uneaten food"

• "fish waste"

Multiple Choice

7. What is the author's purpose in this passage?

• to compare catching and raising fish to hunting and farming

• to persuade readers to eat more fish to support the fish farming industry

• to show how the rise of fish farming will help the world meet its demand for fish

• to prove that fish farming will never be able to meet the world's demand for fish

Open Ended

Referring to the text as a guide, what is the central idea of the text? Remember to identify the TOPIC and POINT.