Tracking Monsters
Authored by Patricia Cardoza
English
5th Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz assesses students' comprehension of an informational text about Gila monsters and the scientific research methods used to study them. Designed for 5th grade reading level, the questions evaluate multiple essential reading skills including identifying text structures and purposes, extracting specific factual details, understanding vocabulary in context, and making logical inferences from textual evidence. Students need a solid foundation in distinguishing between informational and fictional texts, recognizing author's purpose, and understanding how text features like photographs and subtitles support comprehension. The content requires students to demonstrate their ability to locate explicit information, synthesize details across multiple paragraphs, use context clues for vocabulary development, and draw reasonable conclusions about character motivations and scientific processes. Created by Patricia Cardoza, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 5. This comprehensive reading assessment serves multiple instructional purposes in the elementary classroom, functioning effectively as a post-reading comprehension check, formative assessment tool, or homework assignment following a guided reading lesson on informational texts. Teachers can use this quiz to evaluate students' mastery of key reading comprehension strategies while simultaneously building content knowledge about desert wildlife and scientific research methods. The quiz aligns with Common Core State Standards RI.5.1 (citing textual evidence), RI.5.2 (determining main ideas), RI.5.4 (determining word meanings), RI.5.6 (analyzing author's purpose), RI.5.7 (using text features), and RI.5.8 (explaining how authors use evidence), making it an excellent resource for standards-based instruction and progress monitoring in reading comprehension skills.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What identifies "Tracking Monsters” as informational text?
It gives you information about a mythical creature.
It gives you information about a famous character.
It gives you information about an animal in a fable.
It gives you factual information about a lizard.
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CCSS.RI.3.5
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
The author wrote this selection most likely to- -
give you information about a monster that is extinct.
give you information about Gila monsters and why scientists study them.
give you information about a monster from a fictional story.
persuade you to catch a Gila monster.
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.6
CCSS.RI.6.9
CCSS.RL.4.6
CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Why do Scientists use radio telemetry instruments?
To track Gila monsters
To track bears
To track lions
To track people
Tags
CCSS.RI.3.5
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Why are Gila monsters difficult to study?
They are difficult to study because they are too tiny to be seen.
They are difficult to study because they are fast and can’t be found.
They are difficult to study because they are nocturnal and spend a lot of time in underground burrows.
They are difficult to study because they hide on top of tall trees.
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.2
CCSS.RI.5.2
CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RL.4.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
“Unlike a rattlesnake, a Gila Monster can’t inject venom.” When they are threatened they-
mix their venom with their saliva, so when they bite, the venom trickles into the victim.
run away to safety.
fight to the death.
play dead.
Tags
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
How does including photographs of scientists using radio telemetry help the reader better understand this selection?
They help the reader know where the setting is at.
The reader knows what Gila monsters look like.
They help the reader understand what radio telemetry looks like.
The reader knows how many scientists are out there.
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.5
CCSS.RI.2.5
CCSS.RI.K.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
In paragraph 12, which word helps the reader understand what microchip means?
rice
tag
monsters
biologists
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
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