3rd-Grade CAASPP ELA Passage 2

Which sentence from the passage supports the idea that the Colman brothers have experience with making maple syrup?

• "The Coleman brothers-Nelson, Ralph, and Harold-step out their front door in Vermont."

• "As they pass 75-year-old sugar-maple trees, sap drips from holes in the trees into metal buckets."

• "Every spring, the Colemans tap holes into sugar-maple trees, then hang a bucket under each hole to catch sap."

• "They don't worry too much about why the sap is running in their trees this morning."

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1

Which sentence gives the best conclusion about sugar-maple trees?

• Sugar maple trees grow best in cold weather.

• Most sugar maple trees are about 50 feet tall.

• The sap in sugar maple trees begins flowing in early spring.

• Vermont has the best weather for growing sugar maple trees.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.3

Select the sentence from the passage that best supports the following idea:

"The sap in sugar maple trees begins flowing in early spring."

• A 50-foot-high sugar maple has nearly two hundred thousand leaves.

• The Colman brothers-Nelson, Ralph, and Harold-step out their front door in Vermont.

• Scientists say that anyone who cuts down a sugar-maple tree in freezing weather can see this is true.

• Every spring, the Colemans tap holes into the sugar-maple trees, then hang a bucket under each hole to catch the sap.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.3

The author states that many years ago, sap flow was a "most mysterious subject." How does the author explain that this is no longer true?

• by describing syrup-making as a family tradition

• by providing details about how sap becomes syrup

• by stating that sap has been studied for many years

• by mentioning that sap contains sugar and other minerals

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1

Read the sentences from the passage.

More than a hundred years ago, scientist Charles Darwin wrote that sap flow was a "most mysterious subject." Since then, many people have studied how sap flows. Much of the research has been done at the University of Vermont, where sap is still being studied.

What does this paragraph show about the author's point of view?

• He believes that no one will ever be able to solve the mystery of how sap flows.

• He believes the way sap is turned into syrup is difficult to understand and the University helps.

• He believes the way sap is formed and how it runs is still being studied at the University of Vermont

• He believes that Charles Darwin Would have been able to help the University in figuring out how sap runs.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1

What is the most likely reason the author included the legend in the passage? Pick two choices.

• to make the idea of tasting sap seem fun

• to provide details about the Iroquois way of life

• to explain how people discovered how to make syrup

• to show sap has been used to make syruup for many years

• to show how the Iroquois used to make syrup and how syrup is made today.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.5

Read the sentences from the passage.

Nelson Coleman and his brothers have made maple syrup all their lives. It is a family tradition.

what is a family tradition?

• the way that some families act

• a breakfast food that a family eats

• a place where a family likes to go together

• something that a family does year after year

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5.a

Read the sentence from the passage.

All these leaves drink in summer sunshine and make sugar.

Which statement best describes what this sentence means?

• Leaves grow larger in the summer

• Leaves use sunlight to make sugar.

• Summer is the best time to collect sugar.

• Trees with many leaves make more sugar.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5.a