Reading Inventory Prep

Galen and twenty other students were going home on a bus. The driver became sick. He couldn't drive the bus. Galen jumped into the driver's seat. He steered the bus away from a cliff. Galen was ______.

• sick

• short

• brave

• young

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

The hummingbird is a tiny bird. It can actually flap its wings back and forth two hundred times a second. It's wings move so fast that they look like a blur. This flapping helps the hummingbird stay in air while feeding from flowers. Hummingbirds can ________ while flying.

• sing

• hum

• sleep

• eat

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.RF.2.4A

CCSS.RI.2.1

People used to think toads were poisonous. They believed toads caused illness and bad luck. Now people know that toads eat insects that invade gardens. When they are left alone, toads can live up to fifteen years. Toads are __________.

• poisonous

• helpful

• harmful

• endangered

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.4

Few people would be foolish enough to walk around lions and other wild animals. Today you can drive through wild animal country if you keep your car windows closed. The first place you could drive around wild animals opened in 1967. It is called "Lion Country Safari." Lion Country Safari is a _____________ place.

• safe

• wild

• far away

• dangerous

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.4

Elephants use their trunks the way people use their hands. The trunk has thousands of muscles and is very strong. The tips of the trunk act like fingers and allow elephants to pick up food. Elephants stay cool by spraying water through their trunk. An elephant's trunk can ________________.

• hurt people

• be rough and dry

• be useful

• help them chew

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.4

Popcorn is one of the most popular snack foods of all time. Native Americans ate popcorn long before the Pilgrims arrived. They also made it into necklaces and used it to decorate their homes. Popcorn is not a ________ snack.

• good

• hot

• salty

• new

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.RI.2.4

In 1988 people from many different countries came together to help free three gray whales that were trapped in the Alaska ice. If the whales were not free, they would die. It took three weeks to get the whales out of the ice. The whales were __________.

• rescued

• moving

• feeding

• swimming

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.RF.2.4A

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.4

Gold and silver are two kinds of metal. Both are shiny and beautiful. Even though both are hard, silver is used to make rings so the ring will stay in a perfect circle. If rings were made from gold, they would get crushed. Silver is _______ than gold.

• shinier

• harder

• softer

• prettier

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.L.2.5B

Mr. Phillips often tells interesting stories about the people in the pictures on his wall. The pictures are of members of his family who lived long ago. One of them was given a medal for fighting in the Civil War. Another hid in a ship and took a voyage across the ocean when he was only 11 years old. Mr. Phillips family was very ____________.

• courageous

• nervous

• big

• frustrated

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.4

Carol is a 2 year old elephant at the San Diego zoo. She paints with her trunk. Carol can swing a brush across a canvas and make pictures. Her paintings are sold to make money for the zoo. Carol is a very _______ elephant.

• shy

• large

• old

• talented

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.RI.2.4