Wonders U3 W2 4th grade Remembering Hurricane Katrina
Authored by Aubree Blau
English
4th Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz assesses fourth-grade reading comprehension skills through questions based on a story about Hurricane Katrina. The content focuses on key literary elements including point of view, theme identification, and character analysis, while also incorporating vocabulary development through context clues, synonyms, and antonyms. Students need to demonstrate their ability to analyze narrative perspective, identify central themes about helping others in times of crisis, and interpret figurative language such as the phrase "Herculean effort." The quiz requires students to make connections between story events and real-world situations, understand character motivations and actions, and recognize how authors use cultural elements like Spanish words to develop characters and setting. These questions assess comprehension at both literal and inferential levels, requiring students to recall specific details while also analyzing deeper meanings and author's craft. Created by Aubree Blau, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 4. This quiz serves as an excellent tool for assessing student comprehension following a guided reading lesson or independent reading assignment. Teachers can use this as a formative assessment to gauge understanding before moving to the next unit, as a warm-up activity to review previously read material, or as homework to reinforce reading strategies taught in class. The multiple-choice format makes it ideal for quick comprehension checks and data collection on student progress. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.1 for referring to details and examples when explaining what the text says explicitly, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2 for determining theme from details in the text, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.4 for determining meaning of words and phrases including figurative language, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.6 for comparing first and third-person narrations.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What point of view was the story told in?
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.1.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was a theme of the story?
You should tell the truth
You should help others in need
hard work pays off
Save your money
Tags
CCSS.RL.3.9
CCSS.RL.4.2
CCSS.RL.4.9
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RL.5.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the phrase" ..after a Herculean effort, the toys bins were overflowing."
after a little work, they got lots of toys
after no work, they got lots of toys
after a lot of work, they got lots of toys
they bought toys
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.RL.3.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Why did people go to the astrodome?
They were on vacation
They wanted to see their friends
They went to live there forever
They had no place else to go and their homes were gone.
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.1
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the author do to show kindness?
Collected toys and donated them
collected blankets and donated them
collected food and donated them
collected water and donated them
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RI.3.6
CCSS.RI.6.9
CCSS.RL.3.6
CCSS.RL.4.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An antonym for gingerly is
cautious
careful
recklessly
comfortably
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RI.3.4
CCSS.RL.3.4
CCSS.RL.5.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A synonym for resident is...
inhabitant
homeless
thoughtful
careful
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RI.3.4
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.RL.3.4
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