Open Up - Grade 3 - ELA - Module 4 - Mid Unit 1 Assessment

What is one of the main ideas of this passage? Underline the best answer. (SL.3.2)

• Water vapor rises and cools into clouds, which create rain, hail, and snow.
• The amount of water on Earth doesn’t change; it cycles over and over again.
• Oceans are salty because rivers collect salt from rocks and soil on the way to the ocean.
• Everything needs water to live.

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SL.3.2

Part B: What has to happen before water can rise into the air as water vapor? (RI.3.1, RI.3.3)

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RI.3.1

RI.3.3

What does the prefix “re” mean in the word recycling? Underline the best answer. (RI.3.4, L.3.4b)

• new
• again
• circular
• over

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RI.3.4

L.3.4.b

Read this sentence from page 8.“The same water just keeps going through a cycle over and over again.”Which sentence below uses the word cycle in the same way it is used in the sentence above? Underline the best answer. (RI.3.4)

• She had to cycle 3 miles home from school.
• In the frog life cycle, an adult frog lays eggs.
• In a triathlon, an athlete has to swim, cycle, and run.
• It is important to recycle cardboard boxes.

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RI.3.4

Part A: Reread Paragraph 4 on page 8. What is condensation? Use the text to help you determine the meaning of the word. (RI.3.4, L.3.4a)

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RI.3.4

L.3.4.a

Part B: Which detail in the text helps you to understand the meaning of the word condensation? (RI.3.1, L.3.4a)

• The average white cloud weighs about twice as much as a blue whale
• When water droplets get too heavy, they fall from the clouds in the form of hail, snow, or rain.
• It rises into the air as water vapor.
• As water vapor rises, it cools into tiny water droplets.

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RI.3.4

L.3.4.a

What does precipitation mean? Use a dictionary and write a definition in your own words below. (RI.3.4, L.3.4d)

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RI.3.4

L.3.4.d

Read this sentence from page 8. “These droplets form clouds.” If the suffix “let” means small, what do you think a droplet is? (RI.3.4, L.3.4b)

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RI.3.4

L.3.4.b

Read this sentence from page 8. “Year after year, water continuously circulates through the water cycle.”Use what you know about the meaning of the word circle to write a definition for the word circulate below. (RI.3.4, L.3.4c)

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L.3.4.c

RI.3.4

What does the diagram at the bottom of page 8 help the reader understand about the water cycle? Underline the best answer. (RI.3.7)

• It rains and snows in the mountains.
• When it rains, rivers run down from the mountains into the ocean.
• Heat rises from the ocean and trees to form clouds in the sky.
• Water vapor rises and cools to form clouds, which then cause rain, hail, or snow.

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RI.5.7