The Grand Canyon: a trail through time

The passage says that the Colorado River made a channel. What is a channel?

• a new lake

• a roaring noise

• a mound of land

• a pathway for water

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CCSS.RI.3.4

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Who built the granaries—storage places for grain—into the Canyon walls?

• Canyon guides

• Canyon visitors

• Anasazi Indians

• Havasupai Indians

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CCSS.RI.4.5

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

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What is the main way the author builds the passage?

• She names difficult problems and explains how they can be solved.

• She talks about what happens over time during a day in the Canyon.

• She asks and answers common questions about the Canyon and its history.

• She gives important information first and then moves to the less important.

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Where does the Grand Canyon A Trail Through Time take place?

• The Colorado River

• The Grand Canyon National Park

• The Rim of the Canyon

• The View of The Woodland

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

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CCSS.RL.5.6

The author helps us to visualize the text. How does the following sentence help you visualize? A predawn storm rumbles over Grand Canyon National Park

• how the canyon looks

• how the canyon feels

• how the canyon sounds

• how the canyon smells

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

The author helps us to visualize the text. How does the following sentence help you visualize? Wildflowers stand around them in patches of purple and pink.

• how the canyon looks

• how the canyon smells

• how the canyon feels

• how the canyon sounds

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

The text says that the Colorado River made a channel. What is a channel?

• a new lake

• a roaring noise

• a mound of land

• a pathway for water

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

The mountains stand like sentries on the plateau. This is a simile, the author compares mountains to _______.

• top hats

• canyons

• soldiers

• a century

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Fossils are embedded in the rock layers. What does the word embedded mean?

• to be firmly set into something

• to be floating above the surface

• to be around the canyon

• to be noticed by pack mules

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

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CCSS.RL.5.1

Why can visitors to the Grand Canyon find shells and fish teeth in some of the rock  layers?

• Burrowing animals move these objects up from the river.

• The land was covered by water long ago.

• Riders bring food with them and leave some behind.

• The Indian people buried their food scraps there.

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CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

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