4th Grade ELA CAASPP Comprehension 2

Click on the two sentences that best support the idea that dancing may be a better say for animals to communicate than fighting.

Not all animals cooperate the way honey bees do. Most compete for food, territory, and mates. Fights take time and energy. Rivals risk injury and death, weakening the group as a whole. So some animals dance instead, using movements to make themselves look larger, stronger, and quicker than their competition. "Don't mess with me," they say.

• Most compete for food, territory, and mates.

• Fights take time and energy.

• Rivals risk injury and death, weakening the group as a whole.

• So some animals dance instead, using movements to make themselves look larger, stronger, and quicker than their competition.

• "Don't mess with me," they say.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1

Read the summary of the "Red Fish, Blue Fish" section of the passage and the directions that follow.

An important detail is missing from the summary select the sentence that includes the missing detail.

• If threatened, male Siamese fighting fish switch back and forth between face-to-face and side-to-side positions.

• Facing each other, they flare out flaps of skin on their necks and extend their fins.

• Side-to-side, they flicker their fins and beat the water with their tails.

• The loser lowers his fins and puts his tail down.

• His bright red, blue, or purple body color fades to a dull hue.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2

Read the sentence from the passage.

Because bees steer by the sun, the dancer links her directions to its position in the sky.

Pick the word that best defines position as it is used in the sentence.

• job

• opinion

• order

• place

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.4

What is the most likely reason the author uses dialogue in the passage? Pick three choices.

• to inform the readers that animals communicate through movement

• to inform readers that animals can talk to each other the same way humans can

• to inform readers that different dance movements have different meanings to animals

• to infomr readers that animals have a spoken language that some humans can understand

• to inform readers that an animal's specific movements gives other animals important information

Pick the two sentences that should be included in a summary of the passage.

• Bees are able to communicate wit hdance when the sun is in the skh

• It takes several hours for a bee to communicate with other worker bees.

• Bees uses patterns of movement to tell other worker bees how to find food.

• Bees dance to show other worker bees the direction of food but not how far away it is.

• Bees communicate by vibrating their wings, moving side to side, and turning in circles

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2

What does the information in the section "Keep Away!" show about the author's point of view?

• It shows that the author thinks that bees are the best animal.

• It shows that the author thinks that all animal dances are frightening.

• It shows that the author thinks that animal dances weaken animal groups.

• It shows that the author thinks that animal dances are better than animal fights.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1