Bluebird and Coyote
Authored by Jennifer Averitt
English
1st Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz assesses first-grade reading comprehension skills through questions about a story titled "Bluebird and Coyote." The questions target essential literacy skills that first-grade students develop when learning to read independently, including identifying the main idea or central message of a text, recalling specific story details in sequence, understanding cause-and-effect relationships, and building vocabulary through context clues. Students need to demonstrate literal comprehension by extracting explicit information from the text, such as character descriptions and plot events. They also need beginning analytical skills to determine the story's main message, which requires them to think beyond individual details and consider the broader meaning the author wants to convey. The vocabulary question specifically assesses students' ability to use context to understand word meanings, a critical skill for developing readers who encounter unfamiliar words. Created by Jennifer Averitt, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 1. This quiz serves as an excellent tool for assessing students' comprehension of narrative text after a guided or independent reading session. Teachers can use this quiz as a formative assessment to gauge student understanding before moving to more complex texts, or as a summative evaluation following a reading unit focused on folktales or animal stories. The format works well for individual practice, small group discussions, or whole-class review sessions where students can justify their answer choices and engage in text-based conversations. This assessment directly supports CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2 for identifying the central message or lesson in stories, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3 for describing characters and major events, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.4 for determining the meaning of words and phrases in text, making it valuable for tracking progress toward key first-grade reading standards.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the MAIN message in the story?
Be Brave
Be Smart
Be Thankful
Tags
CCSS.RL.3.9
CCSS.RL.4.2
CCSS.RL.4.9
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RL.5.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did Butterfly change color?
By going in a lake
By going down a hill
By going over a rock
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.1
CCSS.RI.5.1
CCSS.RL.4.1
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RL.6.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happened after Coyote fell?
He got back up
He told his friends
He went to the lake
Tags
CCSS.RL.1.6
CCSS.RL.2.10
CCSS.RL.3.10
CCSS.RL.3.6
CCSS.RL.K.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What color was Coyote at the end of the passage?
brown
gray
green
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the passage, it says Coyote’s fur was dusty. Which word means the same as dusty?
deep
dirty
down
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.4
CCSS.RI.2.4
CCSS.RI.3.4
CCSS.RI.K.4
CCSS.RL.3.4
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