Unit 3 Mid-Unit

​Unit 3 Mid-Unit Assessment

​Grade 4

Multiple Choice

1. Part A: What is the main idea of the passage?

• The author looked at the "super moon", the biggest and brightest moon in twenty years.

• When the author looked at the "super moon", it turned out to be unexciting.

• While looking at the "super moon", the author noticed nighttime happening.

• The author looked at the "super moon" after learning about it in the media.

Multiple Select

1. Part B: Choose two sentences from the passage that support the main idea in Part A.

• "After a late Sunday dinner, I decided to go outside and see the 'super moon.'"

• "I could clearly make out mountains, valleys, and craters."

• "It didn't look that much different from other lovely full moons."

• "Today, we know that Earth orbits the sun (not the other way around)."

• "While I was enjoying these deep thoughts, I heard loud crunching and cracking noises."

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of paragraph 4? Select the sentence that best states the main idea.

• The night sky made me think about how people once believed Earth was the center of the universe.

• Today, we know that Earth orbits the sun (not the other way around).

• Our sun is a tiny star among countless other stars.

• Many ordinary people today know much more about the sun, the moon, and the stars than the greatest scientists.