Life Cycle of a Pumpkin

Which word most specifically describes a pumpkin?

• a fruit

• a plant

• a squash

• a vine

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Part B Which sentence in the passage most helps you answer Part A?

• "It grows on a vine like other kinds of squash."

• "A pumpkin is a fruit."

• "A tiny plant is curled up inside each seed."

• "The pumpkin vine blooms with many yellow flowers."

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Part A

What is the correct order of the following list of events?

(1) True pumpkin leaves appear.

(2) The plant becomes a vine.

(3) A pumpkin seed is planted.

(4) Smooth seed leaves appear.

• 3, 2, 1, 4

• 3, 4, 1, 2

• 4, 3, 2, 1

• 3, 1, 4, 2

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CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

Which words in the passage most help you answer Part A?

• in, down, up

• pop, appear, grows

• new, true, more

• first, then, soon

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which is the main purpose of the passage?

• to convince readers to grow pumpkins

• to tell readers how to grow pumpkins

• to describe how people use pumpkins

• to explain how pumpkins grow

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

What feature of the passage helps you answer Part A?

• All the details are vivid and descriptive.

• The introduction describes pumpkins as food.

• Each part explains a stage of pumpkin plants.

• The author tells how to plant pumpkin seeds.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Part A

What does the word "jagged" mean in the following sentences from the passage?

"Then the true leaves appear. They are jagged and prickly."

• moist and slick

• bright green

• sharp and uneven

• large and real

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Part B

What antonym for "jagged" in the section "Seedling" helps you figure out the meaning of "jagged"?

• smooth

• new

• true

• prickly

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Part A

In what way are pumpkin plant leaves "like big umbrellas"?

• They protect pumpkins.

• They have sharp stems.

• They are colorful.

• There are many of them.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Part B

Which sentence from the passage most helps you answer Part A?

• "The pumpkin plant grows more leaves."

• "They also help to keep the soil…from drying out."

• "The first two leaves pop through the soil."

• "They keep the hot sun off the pumpkins."

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CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2