Humphrey the Lost Whale Comprehension RiR

How do whales communicate?

• nudging each other

• song

• they don't

• with bubbles

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

How is the water in the San Francisco Bay different than the wide open ocean in a way that impacts large whales?

• its more shallow

• its a different color

• its choppier

• its colder

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What description best details the type of whale a humpback is?

• a toothed whale

• a baleen whale

• a dolphin

• a small whale

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What kinds of sounds were intended to scare Humphrey?

• motors

• whales eating

• banging pipes

• sharks attacking

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why would Humphrey die if he didn't make it back out to the ocean?

• he needs salt walter

• he needs more room to move around

• he needs the food supply of the ocean

• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What was the last obstacle that Humphrey faced leaving the river?

• sharks

• a small bridge

• poachers

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is at least one way the volunteers helped Humphrey?

• The volunteers banged on pipes to get Humphrey to turn around out of the river.

• They played sounds of whales eating food hoping that this would lure him back out to sea.

• The roared the motors in the boats to get him to move.

• The local aquarium came to pick Humphrey up to take him to their whale hospital.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Humphrey is the only whale that has ever swam up into a river.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1