Cool Cats

What can you learn from this picture?

RI.1.1, RI.1.6

• A) Cats are popular pets.

• B) Whiskers help cats move around safely and quietly.

• C) Whiskers are on a cats face.

• House cats like to catch mice and rats.

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CCSS.RI.1.6

CCSS.RI.1.7

CCSS.RL.1.7

CCSS.RL.2.7

CCSS.RL.K.7

How are tigers and cats DIFFERENT? (Contrast)

RI.1.1, RI.1.3, RI.1.7, RI.1.9

• A) Tigers like water. Cats do not like water.

• B) They are both cats.

• C) They can both have stripes.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Which sentence is a context clue to figure out the meaning of "popular" in the sentence "House cats are very popular pets."

RI.1.1, RI.1.4, RI.1.11

• A) "House cats have large eyes."

• B) "In the United States, there are about 95 million house cats living with families."

• C) "Most house cats have 12 whiskers on each cheek."

• D) "Their spine helps them fit into small spaces."

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

What text feature can we use to figure out the meaning of a bold, unknown word?

RI.1.4, RI.1.5, RI.1.11

• A) Table of Contents

• B) Glossary

• C) Caption

• D) Heading

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What can you learn about whiskers from this text?

RI.1.1 & RI.1.6

• A) Cats like to meow.

• B) Most cats have white whiskers.

• C) Cats are cute.

• D) Whiskers help cats sense things.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.K.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.1.2