Unit 3 Review

Which sentence states the main idea of this text?

• The best way for children to learn is by letting them play.

• Adults know better than children.

• Children learn nothing from playing.

• Children should only sleep and go to school.

Which detail, if added, would support the main idea of the passage?

• Imaginative play can be done for free.

• Wooden toys are better than plastic ones. 

• Always recycle the toys you have outgrown.

• Games of the old days are making a comeback. 

Which sentence suggests that letting children play and use their imagination helps to learn life lessons?

• Play is more than just fun. (paragraph 1)

• 
  Little kids enjoy make-believe games or playing house. (paragraph 2)

• Kids can use things around the house on their make-believe race track. (paragraph 2)

• When kids imagine, they learn how to solve problems. (paragraph 2)

What is the meaning of the word knowledge as it is used in paragraph 1?

• The way of imagining things

• The games that children play

• The state of knowing something

• The work that children do

What is the main idea of this passage?

• Listening to favorite music helps the brain grow.

• A brain can be studied under an MRI machine.

• A study shows that listening to music makes the brain alert and active.

• 
  Scientists study how music is good for the brain.

What is an effect of music on the brain?

• A person’s brain will thank the listener.

• The brain works hard to make sense of the music.

• The brain ignores the music and sounds it makes.

Which detail supports the idea that music helps the brain?

• It says listening to music gives the brain a workout.

• Listen to your favorite tunes.

• Try listening to something new.

• Either way, your brain will thank you.

Which section provides information about how clouds covering the sky are measured?

• Temperature

• Weather

• Wind

• Cloud Coverage

What is the meaning of the word fraction as it is used in paragraph 4?

• A big number

• The temperature

• 
  Part of a whole

• 
  The measurement of rain

Look at the illustration. What additional information about the weather can be learned from the illustration?

• Wind affects how cold the weather is.

• Sunny weather means light rain.

• Rainy weather means cloudy weather.

• Windy weather means dark clouds.