Reading Comprehension Level 3B

What is an inference?

• The meaning of an unfamiliar word
• Guessing at what the author is really trying to say
• Predicting what will happen next in the story
• A type of book to use in order to help with an unfamiliar word

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

If I wanted to tell how things are alike, I must...

• Compare
• Contrast
• Guess
• Predict

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Darin and Gary had worked all winter down in the basement putting together a model radio controlled airplane. Darin instructed Gary how to make every part, but he allowed Gary to do all the work himself. Gary had to cut out all of the balsa wood parts, glue the pieces together and attach the special skin onto the wooden body of the plane. They even practiced flying a radio controlled model plane on a computer program. Darin drove them to a field to test out the plane. When they returned home, Gary came home crying with his plane in a box. He never worked on a model plane again.
How old do you think Gary is?

• 2
• 11
• 22
• 52

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

Before the United States was a country, it was a group of English colonies.  Until 1793, England didn't really bother the American colonists.  The people handled their business the way they wanted.  However, England had a lot of war debts to pay.  Some of the money was owed because England had defended the colonies in the French and Indian War.  Citizens who were living in England wanted taxes to be lowered.  The king decided to take more control over the colonies to get the money to pay off the debts.  He started a new tax for the colonies.  After being left to make their own decisions for so long, some of the colonists did not want to give up control  They did not want to pay high taxes.  Why did England start demanding taxes in America?

• They are mean and nasty and just wanted the Americans to suffer
• England needed to sell more tea to the Colonies
• England had a lot of debt from wars
• The American Colonies were not making enough money for England

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CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.3.3

Everything around you is made of matter.  Matter is made of at least one element.  An element is made of atoms that are all the same kind.  It is a pure form of matter.  Elements join together with other elements to make the different materials that we see and use every day.  Which is larger, an atom or an element?

• atom
• element

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Animals in the forest have a wide variety of adaptations.  Monkeys have long tails.  They can use them almost like another hand.  This helps them swing quickly through the tops of trees.  They can even do this while holding their babies or gathering food.  Giraffes need to reach leaves at the tops of tall trees.  Having a long neck is an adaptation that allows them to do this.  How do monkeys use their tails as an adaptation? 

• they swat flies with them
• they scare predators with them
• they use them like another hand
• they don't use their tails as an adaptation

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

Living things adapt to their environment so they can survive.  An organism adapts when it develops a behavior that makes it more likely to survive.  It can also adapt by forming a physical characteristic or body part that helps it survive.  What does the word adapt mean in the first sentence?

• changing its eating and sleeping habits
• changing its behavior or its physical characteristics
• changing its environment or habitat
• giving birth to multiple offspring

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Every day after work Paul took his muddy boots off on the steps of the front porch. Alice would have a fit if the boots made it so far as the welcome mat. He then took off his dusty overalls and threw them into a plastic garbage bag; Alice left a new garbage bag tied to the porch railing for him every morning. On his way in the house, he dropped the garbage bag off at the washing machine and went straight up the stairs to the shower as he was instructed. He would eat dinner with her after he was “presentable,” as Alice had often said. What type of job did Paul have?

• Doctor
• Lawyer
• Ditch digger
• Store cashier

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CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.2.4

Rubin dug frantically through his backpack. It has to be here, he thought. How many times had his mother told him not to take his iPod to school. He searched his locker again without much hope. He knew he was in trouble. What inference can you make about Rubin?

• He is looking for his homework
• He is looking for his iPod
• He often gets in trouble
• He is looking for his lunch

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

The wind blew through his hair as the boy watched the clouds roll in. As the waves grew bigger and bigger, he decided it was time to ride home. What is the boy doing?

• eating breakfast
• sailing
• riding his bike
• playing with his friends

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1