March, Week 3, FRIDAY: 4th Daily Reading Ready Test

Name (First and Last)

1. An important idea presented in this selection is that – (TEKS: 4.8A, CCSS: RI.4.2)

• patience is required in order to be successful
• a new discovery may be just around the corner
• difficult questions are not easily answered
• people were interested in Jane’s discovery

2. Jane most likely studied the chimpanzees in the wild because – (TEKS: 4.6F, CCSS: RI.4.1)

• they could be named more easily
• the chimps would not belong to the circus
• she didn’t agree with caging animals
• the chimpanzees would act the chimpanzees would act normally

3. What is the BEST summary of the section titled “Discoveries?” (TEKS: 4.7D, CCSS: RI.4.2)

• In 1960, Jane Goodall, an anthropologist, decided to study chimpanzees in Africa. Even though she had no training, she decided to record and observe how they interacted in the wild.
• Jane Goodall was an anthropologist who studied chimpanzees in Africa. She made many interesting discoveries. She learned that they ate termites and meat.
• Scientists all over the world had studied chimpanzees, but Jane Goodall made some new discoveries about them in Africa.
• During Jane’s time with the chimps, she discovered many interesting things. They could make and use tools to gain food. Also, they had been thought to only eat plants, but Jane soon found out they ate meat.

4. The photograph included with the selection shows – (TEKS: 4.6F, CCSS: RI.4.1)

• the species that were the subject of Jane’s research
• the country in which Jane completed her research
• the process Jane followed to complete her records and observations
• that people were interested in Jane’s discovery