Day 6 STAAR Blitz

Which sentence completes the diagram?

• Giraffes eat leaves of acacia trees.

• Giraffes eat for as many as 20 hours a day.

• Giraffes can be 17-18 feet tall.

• Giraffes’ water comes from their food.

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

How does the author organize this selection?

• By describing facts about giraffes and the patterns of their behaviors

• By providing the actions of a giraffe in chronological order

• By providing the problems giraffes face and what a zoo does to solve the problems

• By describing mysteries of giraffes and how zoos are discovering more about them

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

One result of a giraffe being so tall is -

• they have a black mane and black tuft on their tail

• they can reach tall branches for food

• they live in East Africa

• most water comes from their food

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Which sentence from paragraph 3 best supports the idea that giraffes do not have to drink water often? Underline your answer in the selection.​ ​ (a)  

• Most of their water comes from their food
• Some giraffes consume 140 pounds of food a day!

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Read this sentence from paragraph 4: "Herds are not organized, and they don’t have leaders." This sentence helps the reader know that -

• giraffes are the tallest animals

• giraffes move from herd to herd

• giraffes have strong leaders

• giraffes have one calf at a time

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

What is the most likely reason the author included paragraphs 5 and 6?

• To provide the reader with more facts about giraffes

• To show the reader how giraffes drink

• To provide the reader with facts about what giraffes eat

• To show the reader what giraffes look like

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Which sentences from the selection provide information about the giraffe's size? Select TWO answer choices.

• When grown, they can be 17-18 feet tall. (paragraph 1)

• Giraffes are so tall that they can reach branches and leaves six feet off the ground. (paragraph 2)

• If you look closely, you can see a short black mane and a black tuft on the tail. (paragraph 1)

• They browse for as many as 20 hours a day. (paragraph 3)

• Most of their water comes from their food. (paragraph 3)

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

What change is needed in sentence 3?

• Change animals to animal

• Change feed to fed

• Change meet to meat

• No change is needed in sentence 3.

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

Sentence 2 repeats information. In the space provided, rewrite sentence 2 in a clear and effective way.

(1) Some animals graze and browse. (2) They feed and they eat on grasses, leaves, twigs, roots, and bark. (3) Other animals feed on meet. (4) They are predators.