What advantage does the sea anemones get from the crabs besides transportation?

The sea anemones always have food scraps to nibble on.

The sea anemones always have a new home.

The sea anemones’ stinging tentacles scare away octopuses.

The sea anemones can’t walk so the crabs provide transportation.

What happens when the impalas start dancing nervously?

This warns the baboons that an attacker is approaching and they scare it away.

The baboons get nervous and show their fangs.

How do the horse mackerel and Portuguese man-of-war help each other?

The Portuguese man-of-war is well fed.

Why does the sooty shearwater let the tuatara stay in its nest?

The tuatara cleans the sooty shearwater’s burrow.

The tuatara is a slow and lazy reptile.

The sooty shearwater rarely builds its own nest.

The sooty shearwater is afraid of the tuatara.

What can the reader conclude about the relationship between the water think-knees and the crocodile?

They are friends that help keep each other’s nests safe.

They are enemies because the water thick-knees is the crocodile’s prey.

The crocodile finds food for the water thick-knees.

The water thick-knee helps keep the crocodile’s nest clean.

How do bats and birds help new fruit trees grow?

Bats and birds eat fruit and drop seeds that become new trees.

Bats and birds clear out old branches to make nests.

Bats and birds pick up the old fruit on trees so that it does not rot.

Bats and birds protect the trees by keeping other animals away from them.

How do trees help birds?

Trees provide a safe place for a nest.

Trees use oxygen to make fruit.

Which detail best supports the idea that animals cannot survive without plants?

Fruit trees in rain forests feed birds, monkeys, and other animals.

In this way, animals help spread trees and plants to many new places.

Earthworms move through the soil and mix it up so that it is just right for plants.

Weird Friends Comprehension Test

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English

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3rd Grade

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Practice Problem

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Hard

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CCSS

RI.3.2, RI.1.5, RI.3.3

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This quiz comprehensively assesses third-grade reading comprehension skills through an informational text about symbiotic relationships between different animal species. Students must demonstrate their ability to identify text structures including cause and effect, problem and solution, and description while analyzing specific examples of mutualism in nature such as ostriches and zebras, shrimp and goby fish, and whales and birds. The questions require students to extract supporting details from specific page references, complete cause-and-effect charts, and draw conclusions about animal behaviors and relationships. To succeed on this assessment, students need strong literal and inferential comprehension skills, the ability to distinguish between different organizational patterns in nonfiction text, and sufficient background knowledge about animal adaptations and interdependence in ecosystems. Created by Lara Tayyem, an English teacher in Kuwait who teaches grade 3. This comprehensive reading assessment serves multiple instructional purposes including formative assessment of students' informational text comprehension and their understanding of text structures. The quiz works effectively as a post-reading assessment after students have completed the "Weird Friends" text, allowing teachers to evaluate whether students can identify key details, understand cause-and-effect relationships, and make inferences about animal behaviors. Teachers can use this assessment for homework following a guided reading lesson, as a review activity before a unit test on animal relationships, or as a benchmark to determine which students need additional support with nonfiction comprehension strategies. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1 for asking and answering questions about key details, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.3 for describing relationships between concepts, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.8 for identifying logical connections between sentences and paragraphs.

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Weird Friends Comprehension Test

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How can the reader identify Weird Friends as Informational Text?

Which detail on page 276 best supports the idea that animals help each other in surprising ways?

Which text structure is used in paragraph 2 (pg.277)?

Which sentence best completes the chart?Problem: The shrimp is completely blind.Solution: _______________________________

Why do ostriches and zebras often roam the savanna together?

Which sentence completes this chart? Cause: Birds land on the backs of whales and pry parasites from its skin. Effect: _______________________________________

On page 282, which text structure is used in paragraph 11?

What advantage does the sea anemones get from the crabs besides transportation?

What happens when the impalas start dancing nervously?

How do the horse mackerel and Portuguese man-of-war help each other?

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