Text Evidence Task cards (Informational) (purple set)

Which sentence tells how Sally Ride heard that NASA was looking for astronauts?

• Sally Ride was born on May 26, 1951 in Encino, California.

• Her first mission was to work as an astronaut on the Challenger Space Shuttle.

• Sally Ride was the first American woman in space on June 18, 1983.

• In 1977, Ride saw a newspaper ad that said NASA was looking for astronauts.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

Which sentence gives evidence about a polar bear’s life cycle?

• Polar bears hunt on land or in the water.

• Polar bear babies are born in December or January.

• A polar bear can smell a seal up to 20 miles away!

• They have a thick layer of fat to keep them warm.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

Which sentence describes how the rain forest is helpful to people who are sick?

• Scientists think that half of Earth’s plants and animals live in the rain forest.

• Rain forests get 75 inches of rain or more each year!

• Plants in the rain forest help scientists make new medicines.

• There are three layers in the rain forest: the canopy, the under story, and the forest floor.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which sentence tells about why David Strickler made a banana split?

• Strickler was scooping ice cream when he was asked to make something different.

• The banana split was first made in 1904 by David Strickler in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

• Strickler’s banana split had three scoops of ice cream: chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.

• The banana split was similar to the sundae which was first made by Chester Platt in 1892.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which sentence tells how Frederick Douglass was able to escape slavery?

• Frederick Douglass was born on February 1818 in Talbot County, Maryland.

• Douglass gave speeches and wrote a book to tell everyone that slavery was wrong.

• Douglass was born a slave but escaped to the north in 1838, dressed as a sailor.

• Douglass wanted equal rights for all people and spoke out for women’s right to vote.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which sentence gives evidence about how a bald eagle hunts?

• Bald eagles are birds of prey.

• Bald eagles live 20 – 30 years in the wild.

• Bald eagles have sharp talons (claws) that they use to catch prey.

• A bald eagle’s nest is large and can be up to eight feet wide!

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which sentence describes how much rain deserts get?

• Many animals who live in deserts are nocturnal (awake at night) and sleep underground in the day time.

• A desert gets 10 inches of rain or less each year.

• Deserts can be hot, like the Sahara Desert or cold like the Antarctic Desert at the South Pole.

• Sometimes deserts have dust storms.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which sentence tells about why ravioli had no tomato sauce for a few hundred years?

• Tomato sauce was not used in Italy until the 1500s when tomatoes were first brought into the country.

• No one knows for sure where ravioli was first made.

• Most think that ravioli was invented in Italy in the 1300s.

• In 1549, Bartolomeo Scappu, a famous chef, served ravioli to the pope in Rome.

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Which sentence tells why Eleanor Roosevelt became famous?

• In 1905, she married Franklin Roosevelt, and became the First Lady when he was elected president in 1933.

• Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11, 1884 in New York City, New York.

• In World War II, Eleanor joined the Red Cross and visited sick and wounded soldiers.

• Eleanor believed in equal rights for all people.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which sentence gives evidence about what a lion eats?

• Lions live in groups with 3 – 30 members.

• Lions may be found on savannas in Africa.

• Female lions hunt for prey.

• Lions are carnivores (meat eaters) and eat zebra, water buffalo, antelope, wildebeest, and impala.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.5.2