Spark Time 9/3 and 9/4

Open Ended

How do you usually approach understanding a nonfiction text when you read it for the first time?

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to be able to determine evidence that supports inferences drawn from an informational text?

• It helps us understand the author's opinion.

• It allows us to make accurate conclusions based on facts.

• It makes reading more entertaining.

• It helps us memorize the text.

Open Ended

If you are trying to convince your parents to let you attend a birthday party of your friend, what evidence would you give them?

Multiple Choice

What are the expectations for Spark time sessions, and what assessments will be taken during these sessions?

• Attendance is expected and one pre-test and one post test will be taken.

• Only attendance is required, no assessments.

• There will be weekly homework assignments only.

• You only need to attend if you want extra help.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following steps should you follow to take the pre-test using the Navvy app?

• Go to ClassLink, click on the Navvy app, take the pre-test, notify in Zoom chat when done.

• Go to Google, search for Navvy, take the test, email the teacher.

• Open Zoom, click on Navvy, take the test, leave the meeting.

• Go to ClassLink, click on any app, take the test, notify in Zoom chat when done.

Multiple Choice

After finding the text that supports your answer, what should you do next?

• Highlight or underline it and make a note of where it is found.

• Ignore it and move on.

• Rewrite the entire passage.

• Ask someone else to find it for you.

Open Ended

Why do you think it is important to read a passage in its entirety, FIRST?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are examples of observational learning in animals, according to the passage?

• Chimps using moss sponges

• Dolphins learning from each other

• Crows using tools

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

According to the passage, why do baby chimps learn new skills more easily than adult chimps?

• They are smarter than adults

• They stay close to their mothers and see skills repeated often

• They are forced to practice more

• They have better memory

Open Ended

Explain how observational learning works in chimpanzees and give an example from the passage.

Multiple Choice

What is the main way young chimpanzees learn new skills according to the passage?

• By being directly taught by their parents

• By watching and copying their mothers and other adults

• By reading instructions left by other chimps

• By trial and error without observing others

Multiple Choice

Based on the text, what is one advantage humans have over chimpanzees when it comes to learning new skills?

• Humans are physically stronger

• Humans have a special advantage in teaching each other

• Humans can live longer

• Humans eat different foods

Open Ended

How confident do you feel about determining evidence that supports inferences from an informational text after today's lesson?

Open Ended

In one sentence, summarize the main idea of "Aping Apes."