Porpoises in Peril GE

What does "Peril" mean in the title in the Porpoises in Peril?

• Vacation

• Trouble

• Excitment

• Laziness

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

(a)   will help the Islanders figure out why the porpoises are getting sick.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Where does the story take place?

• An Island off the coast in Taiwan

• An Island in Hawaii

• An aquarium

• The beach in California

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

TRUE OR FALSE:

The Main Idea of a story is the whole point/ what the story is all about

• TRUE

• FLASE

• NOT SURE

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is the Main Idea of Porpoises in Peril?

• A bunch of kids taking a vacation

• Scientists trying to save a species because of underwater mining pollution

• Scientists trying to learn more about plants in a different area

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

In the quote from the book, "the porpoise population has been stable for the last 10 years," the word STABLE means:

• Uneven

• not consistent

• steady and consistent

• something impure

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which are reasons to prove that something is wrong with the porpoises

CHECK ALL THAT APPLY

• They're showing uncharacteristic behavior

• Weight loss

• evidence contaminated food supply

• Risk of population decline

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

Is the story being told in first, second or third person?

• First Person

  (I, me, us, we)

• Second Person

  (You)

• Third Person

  (He, she, they, them)

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

"They had this vacant look in their eyes," The word VACANT means:

• Unstable

• Empty, not filled or blank

• to put something in pieces

• an educated guess

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.3.4

List ALL 3 WAYS the Science Squad decides to gather evidence to prove that there is something wrong with the porpoises.