Traditional Tales Artifacts L3.4 and L3.5

Read this sentence from "Pretzel the Super Snake":

They were scattered across the floor like giant rainbow sprinkles.

What does like giant rainbow sprinkles mean in this sentence?

• The floor looks like a rainbow.

• The floor has a rainbow painted on it.

• The blocks are the colors of a rainbow.

• The blocks are in the shape of a rainbow.

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Read this sentence from "Pretzel the Super Snake":

With a watery smile, she grabbed a block in one fist and threw it at Pretzel.

What does the author mean by a watery smile as it is used in this sentence?

• Libby's face was wet because she had been crying.

• The blocks had water inside that got on Libby's face.

• Pretzel's face was wet and that made Libby's face wet.

• Carlos used water to clean Libby's face to make her happier.

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Look at this sentence from the text:

Instantly, Libby grabbed two more blocks. With a giggle, she threw them at Pretzel.

What word could replace instantly in the sentence and still mean the same thing?

• slowly

• carefully

• quietly

• immediately

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Re-read this sentence: "Now I'm going to get wet, " Uncle Luke sighed. "I have five pails to carry into the house but only two arms."

What is Uncle Luke trying to say when he says, "I have five pails... but only two arms"?

• He has two of every body part.

• It would be interesting to have more arms.

• He needs help to carry all of the pails since he can't do it all himself.

• He doesn't want to carry the pails of water.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the meaning of dismally as used in paragraph 1?

• gloomily

• happily

• angrily

• quietly

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is another word for entangled as used in paragraph 1?

• released

• trapped

• caught up in

• both b and c

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

There are many definitions of the word spare. Which is closest to the meaning of how spare is used in paragraph 2?

• an extra of something

• to use a little amount of

• to save from having to do something

• barely enough

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

The stork pleaded with the farmed in paragraph 2.

Which word would best replace pleaded in the text?

• asked nicely

• screamed

• questioned

• begged

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is the best meaning of the word thieving as used in paragraph 3?

• stealing

• trespassing

• bad

• dishonest

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Read the sentence from "The Chief, the Birds, and the Rainbow."

So he gathered his paint buckets and brushes and went to work.

What does gathered mean in this sentence?

• to make up a plan

• to get things together

• to make things look pretty

• to give things to other people

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4