October, Week 3, FRIDAY: 3rd Daily Reading Ready Test

Name (First and Last)

1. How can the reader identify this selection as an autobiography? (TEKS: 3.6F, CCSS: RI.4.1)

• The author wrote about important events in another person’s life.
• It was written by the author about his own life.
• The selection explains details about how to start a program.
• It describes how Paul spoke to the school board.

2. The author first got the idea for Paul’s Packs – (TEKS: 3.6B, CCSS: RI.3.1)

• when he saw a homeless man on the side of the road
• after learning some of the students in his school didn’t eat regularly
• after he presented his idea in front of the school board
• while he was volunteering at a soup kitchen

3. The way the school board reacted to Paul’s proposal shows that the board was – (TEKS: 3.6F, CCSS: RI.4.1)

• willing to support his backpack program
• more interested in helping people in other cities
• eager for him to become a school board member
• unfamiliar with helping people in need

4. In paragraph 4, supportive means – (TEKS: 3.3B, CCSS: RI.3.4)

• loyal
• uncooperative
• helpful
• negative

5. The author wrote this selection most likely to – (TEKS: 3.10A, CCSS: RI.4.1)

• tell the reader about important events in his life
• help the reader understand the importance of helping homeless people
• teach the reader how to start a successful backpack program
• motivate the reader to help hungry people

6. Paul was most likely bothered by overhearing the conversation at school because he – (TEKS: 3.6F, CCSS: RI.4.1)

• doesn’t want the school to cancel summer vacation
• thinks his teacher will wonder why he isn’t in class
• was afraid they would get mad at him for listening
• had no idea the problem existed

7. The details in paragraph 3 show that Paul believed that – (TEKS: 3.6F, CCSS: RI.4.1)

• sometimes there is nothing that can be done about a situation
• telling a teacher is the best thing a student can do if he needs help
• all children ate regular meals at school and at home
• the idea for Paul’s Packs was fantastic

8. What is one theme presented in this selection? (TEKS: 3.8A, CCSS: RI.4.2)

• It is important to volunteer at a soup kitchen or packing backpacks.
• Helping others may not be easy, but it is rewarding.
• Be sure to donate nonperishable items to food banks and other programs.
• It takes many people to help just a few.

9. Paul first realized he needed to help people who were hungry when he – (TEKS: 3.7C, CCSS: RI.4.1)

• overheard a conversation between a teacher and a student
• spoke to a school board member one evening
• started getting donations of nonperishable food items
• noticed a hungry man on the way home from school one day