Grade 3-4 Unit 2 Grammar/Reading Practice

Do you like spiders? Spiders are arachnids, not insects. They have eight legs and two body parts. Insects have six legs and three body parts. Spiders do not have wings like most insects do. Spiders do not have antennae. To catch their food, most spiders spin webs. They trap their food in their web. Spiders wrap their food in silk to keep it in the web. Spiders are interesting insects, but some think they are scary.

Select all the main ideas of this paragraph.

• Spiders have eight legs and two body parts.

• Insects have eight legs and two body parts.

• Spiders do not have wings like most insects do.

• Spiders have antennae.

• Most spiders spin webs.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Add another detail to the paragraph about spiders and insects.

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

There are many different options you can have for breakfast.

Write three detail sentences to support the main idea.

Samantha ran all the way to the school bus, but she still missed it. As she started the mile long hike to her school, she realized she had forgotten her homework on the kitchen table. She turned back to get it and saw her friend Lisa with her mom. They offered her a ride to school. She was so happy!

What point of view was this written in?

• first person

• second person

• third person

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CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Samantha ran all the way to the school bus, but she still missed it. As she started the mile long hike to her school, she realized she had forgotten her homework on the kitchen table. She turned back to get it and saw her friend Lisa with her mom. They offered her a ride to school. She was so happy!

What clues did you use to help you determine the point of view?

• bus, table, ride

• she, her, they

• ran, started, realized, turned, offered

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CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Specific words or terms used to find key information on a website or the Internet.

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CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.2D

An electronic link that allows the computer user to move to a new page within the website or to a new website.

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CCSS.L.2.2C

A small picture or symbol on a computer screen that represents a function that the computer can perform or connects readers to the information they are searching for.

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CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.2D

Provide information in the form of hyperlinks

A set of titles that the reader can click on to be connected to the information being sought.

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CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.2D