The Journey: Stories of Migration

What does the word migrate mean in the sentence below?
The geese migrate when they fly south for the winter.

• learn to find their way
• move to a new place
• chatter to each other
• stop often to swim

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Which words are a synonym for migration? Choose all that apply.

• move

• eat

• travel

• destroy

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What does the word chilly mean in the sentence below?
Ms. Sardini put on a sweater because she felt chilly.

• afraid
• cold
• lonely
• generous

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Read this sentence from the article.
And in the sudden darkness there is a terrible thunderous noise.
Why did the author use the word thunderous in the sentence above?

• to show how soft the noise was
• to show how loud the noise was
• to show how scary the noise was
• to show how scratchy the noise was

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CCSS.RI.2.4

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A whale must migrate for its survival. What is the meaning of the word survival?

• to harm another

• to freeze

• to stay alive

• to die

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Read this sentence from the article.
Within minutes they will fly off again, leaving behind them a totally devastated landscape.
What does the author mean by the word devastated in the sentence above?

• beautiful
• different
• interesting
• ruined

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Grasshoppers who have plenty of food behave differently than grasshoppers with little food because -

• grasshoppers with plenty of food stay in the same place.

• grasshoppers with plenty of food change their body features often.

• grasshoppers with little food will die first.

• grasshoppers with little food camouflage in order to find more food.

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Which of the following statement provides an example of why gray whales migrate?

• Gray whales migrate to search for mating partners.

• Gray whales migrate to find food in the warmer waters of the south.

• Gray whales migrate to have babies in the warmer waters of the south.

• Gray whales migrate to provide people with excitement.

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Which of the following statements does not provide the reader with a similarity between locusts and gray whales.

• Locusts and gray whales migrate to a different location.

• Locusts and gray whales return to the same place where they started.

• Locusts and gray whales travel in groups.

• Locusts and gray whales migrate to find food.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

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Tana and Lua like to go hiking. While Lua loved to bring her dog and walk the trail, Tana loved to bike. Both girls really enjoyed finding natural waterfalls to swim in. Tana and Lua also really loved eating fresh fruit along the trails. Tana loved the hike up, while Lua loved the trek back down.
In what ways can you compare the two girls?

• Tana and Lua both liked to bring their dogs on the trail.
• Tana and Lua both were scared to eat fruit along the trail
• Tana loved the hike up, while Lua loved the trek back down.
• Tana and Lua both liked finding natural waterfalls to swim in.

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