4.1:Secret of the Winter Count (comprehension)

What does Emma mean when she says she is Metis?

• She is an only child.

• She can see little people.

• She knows arithmetic.

• She is of mixed ancestry.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

A Winter Count is

• a history of a people

• a buffalo hide with pictures

• drawings by a tribe

• an outstanding event

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CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.9

In order for the drought to end, who has to see the little people?

• Star Walker

• a child

• Emma

• the Blackfoot tribe

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CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

In order for Emma to know where the water was

• she had to dream little people

• she had to use multiplication

• she had to draw a horse

• she had to dig a well

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CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What can the reader infer from the italicized paragraph on page 341?

• Emma enjoys coming up with math equations.

• Emma put the clues together by using math.

• Emma has a huge imagination.

• Emma wants to memorize the story to share it with her family.

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CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RL.3.1

How does paragraph 80 contribute to the falling action?

• It introduces the conflict that they need water.

• It highlights the role that Star Walker is in Emma's life.

• It introduces the conflict that it is the worst drought in Montana's history.

• It leads to the resolution and the realization that the Little People had chose Emma to save the people.

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The reader can tell that "The Secret of the Winter Count" is historical fiction because it ---

• describes events that take place in the future.

• includes a combination of factual and imagined details

• describes event that took place long ago

• includes events that could never happen

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CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.9

Based on the details in paragraph 108, the reader can conclude that Emma ---

• makes up stories about dreams

• feels proud to be helping her family out

• feels frustrated because she knows she is correct.

• enjoys being around the people in Blackfoot village

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CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RF.5.4C

Which detail from the text supports the idea that Emma feels proud at the end of the text?

• Emma beamed. "I'll be happy to do my arithmetic from now on, because it turns out those tricky numbers are actually pretty darn useful!"

• Emma's father stuck out his hand, and shaking the storyteller's hand, said, "And we will share our cattle with your people."

• Star Walker then turned to Emma, and spoke, "It was the Little People all along.They came to you in your dream, Emma, and you were clever enough to understand their message.

• Emma's mother hugged her, and shouted, "You did it! My wonderful daughter did it!"

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2