Weird Friends Comprehension Test
Authored by Lara Tayyem
English
3rd Grade
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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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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How can the reader identify Weird Friends as Informational Text?
Shows the reader the life cycle of different animals.
Tell about the way animals help each other.
Tells a story about weird things animal friends do together.
None of the above
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.5
CCSS.RI.2.5
CCSS.RI.3.5
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which detail on page 276 best supports the idea that animals help each other in surprising ways?
They cluster side by side for protection.
They share food or a home.
They warn one another of approaching predators.
All of the Above
Tags
CCSS.RI.3.2
CCSS.RL.3.2
CCSS.RI.4.2
CCSS.RL.3.1
CCSS.RL.4.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which text structure is used in paragraph 2 (pg.277)?
Sequence
Cause and Effect
Problem and Solution
Description
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.5
CCSS.RI.2.5
CCSS.RI.3.5
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sentence best completes the chart?
Problem: The shrimp is completely blind.
Solution: _______________________________
The goby has a place to hide, and the shrimp has a guide to lead it when it’s safe to go out.
It knows how to get help.
The shrimp’s antennae feel the goby’s every move.
The goby flicks its tail.
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.5
CCSS.RI.2.5
CCSS.RI.3.5
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why do ostriches and zebras often roam the savanna together?
Ostriches have terrific ears and zebras have terrific eyes.
Ostriches and zebras attack each other.
Zebras help the lions attack the ostriches.
Ostriches have terrific eyes and zebras have terrific ears.
Tags
CCSS.RI.3.2
CCSS.RL.3.2
CCSS.RI.4.2
CCSS.RL.2.2
CCSS.RL.4.2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sentence completes this chart?
Cause: Birds land on the backs of whales and pry parasites from its skin.
Effect: _______________________________________
The birds hover over the water and wait for the whale.
The whale blows, takes a breathe, slaps its tail, and dives deep into the ocean.
Birds have to eat quickly.
Being free of these pests makes the whale feel better.
Tags
CCSS.RI.3.3
CCSS.RI.4.3
CCSS.RI.5.3
CCSS.RI.6.3
CCSS.RI.7.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
On page 282, which text structure is used in paragraph 11?
cause and effect
sequence
description
problem and solution
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.5
CCSS.RI.2.5
CCSS.RI.3.5
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
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