Power Standards Practice (RL and RI)

HIDE AND SEEK:
Which question is answered in paragraph 1?
It was a glorious day for the annual family picnic.  Every year, Dave’s relatives gathered on the Fourth of July to celebrate not only the nation’s birthday, but his grandfather’s birthday as well.  An all-day picnic at Brookside Park, followed by fireworks down by the lagoon, had become a family tradition.

• How many years has the family picnic tradition been happening?
• Who gets to light the candles on Grandpa’s birthday cake?
• During which month does the family hold the picnic?
• What game do the children play during the family picnic?

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which question is not answered in paragraph 2?
Dave and his cousins had begun a tradition of their own too.  After lunch, they all played a game of hide-and-seek.  The last player to be found earned the honor of lighting the candles on Grandpa’s cake. Since Dave had won last year, he was “It” this year.

• Who gets to light the candles on the cake?
• What tradition do the children have?
• When do the children play hide-and-seek?
• Who are the easiest cousins to find?

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which question is answered in paragraph 5?
Now the adults became worried, and everyone started looking.  Aunt Pat ran frantically from family to family all over the park, asking if anyone had seen her.  Just as Uncle Bill was about to notify the police, Michael hollered, “Here she is!”

• Which family member located Rosie?
• Where was Rosie hiding in Brookside Park?
• Why will this picnic be remembered by the family?
• Why is Rosie the winner of hide-and-seek?

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What would be an appropriate question for this image?

• Where is grandma?

• Where are they traveling to?

• What's for lunch?

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

8 There he heard a softer bird sound “Eeeep!” Gently pushing branches aside, he saw a young seagull with spotted plumage rather than the gray-and-white of an adult. Its feet were tangled in plastic rings, the type that holds six-packs of soda cans.

Which question is answered in paragraph 8?

• How does the baby seagull get tangled in plastic rings?

• What does Jeff find in the bushes?

• How does the mother seagull untangle the plastic rings?

• What does the baby seagull feel toward Jeff?

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

5 What is truly remarkable is that these markers are visual. Wood mice have large eyes. They rely on their vision to find their way. House mice, by contrast, follow their own scent to get back to their nests. However, leaving a scent trail in an open field could be very dangerous. Enemies might use it to track down the little mice. Wood mice do not have to worry about this. Other animals do not know what their markers mean, and the wood mice are not telling!

39 According to paragraph 5, how are wood mice different from house mice?

• Wood mice have a better sense of smell.

• Wood mice do not mark their paths.

• Wood mice use visual clues.

• Wood mice live in nests.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

23 That afternoon, Maria stopped at the pet store on her way home from school. Ben was always asking their mother for some guppies to add to his aquarium, and as she watched the fish on display, she could see why he liked fish so much. She bought a bright yellow male and two darker-colored females to give to Ben. They took most of her allowance, but he needed something to cheer him up.

Which question is answered in paragraph 23?

• Why does Ben miss the play?

• How does Ben like the guppies?

• What does Maria name the fish?

• What does Maria buy for Ben?

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CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Weather reporters have to give out a lot of information. That's why they use pictures. The pictures help them tell us about the weather without using so many words. Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is. They need to know where the warm air is. They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area. Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short. The pictures help weather reporters get the information out in a fast way.
Which sentence best describes the main idea of the paragraph?

• Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is
• Pictures help weather reporters get information out in a fast way
• Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short
• They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Some people say that the White House has ghosts.  The most famous ghost is Abraham Lincoln.  He is often seen standing in his room looking out the window.  Even Eleanor Roosevelt said that she saw him.  There is a legend that old Abe walks back and forth all night before something terrible is about to happen.  This paragraph mainly tells:

• what Lincoln's ghost is like
• when Eleanor Roosevelt's ghost walked
• hwo many ghosts the White House has
• how ghosts show when something will happen

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Jenny visited her grandmother in the hospital.  She saw how kind and helpful the nurses were to her grandmother.  Now she wants to be a nurse when she grows up.  She wants to help sick people get well. 
What is the main idea?

• Jenny got sick.
• Jenny wants to be a nurse.
• Her grandmother was in the hospital.
• Jenny was glad the nurses were being kind to her grandmother.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2