Based on paragraphs 4 and 5, what can the reader infer about the staff members at the resort?

• They needed more training to learn how to help animals.

• They used the resort’s blog to share information about native wildlife.

• They wanted to make sure that Big Bird learned a necessary skill.

• They thought that having Big Bird at the resort would discourage tourists from visiting.

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CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

How does the author organize the information in paragraph 3?

• The author uses cause and effect to explain why the appearance of pelicans changes.

• The author uses logical order to help the reader understand how pelicans came to look the way they do.

• The author uses sequential order to show what is interesting about the way pelicans fish

• The author uses compare and contrast to explain what male and female pelicans look like.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

The author’s primary purpose for writing the selection is to —

• share interesting facts about a large species of bird

• explain how the staff at a resort is taking care of a large bird as it grows up

• tell about the methods bird experts use to encourage birds to fly

• describe how a lost bird caused problems for tourists at a beach resort

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Which sentence from the selection conveys the idea that people were beginning to follow Big Bird’s story?

• Startled tourists may have assumed the bird was an adult because of his large size

• They cared for Big Bird, as they called the young pelican, and nursed him back to health.

• The staff members, however, were not discouraged.

• After some more practice, Big Bird rewarded his growing fan club with a video of a successful flight.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

The author includes the quotations from the resort’s blog mainly to —

• help the resort contact people who may know of a flock that Big Bird could join

• show the park authority that Big Bird is being well cared for at the resort

• share details about Big Bird’s progress as he was learning to fly

• encourage tourists to visit the resort to see Big Bird

In paragraph 2, the details about how great white pelicans catch fish support the idea that Big Bird —

• could not have survived on his own without help

• left his flock because he was unable to find food

• had injuries that kept him from fishing on his own

• was not familiar with the food at the resort

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2