Christmas in the Summer STAAR WARS

Which sentence does the author include to help the reader imagine people in Brazil celebrating Christmas in the hot summertime?

• If Papai Noel finds the sock, he will exchange it for a present.

• People say, "Feliz Natal" to wish each other a Merry Christmas.

• Instead of making snowmen, they make sandmen.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

What does the caption tell you about the top photograph?

• That people built a Santa out of sand on the beach.

• That Santa only comes to visit people on the beach.

• That people only build sand snowmen on the beach.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What does Noite Feliz mean?

• Merry Christmas

• Silent Night

• Santa Claus

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CCSS.RF.2.4

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

The author wrote this article to –

• Entertain with a story about people building a sand Santa

• Describe the summertime

• Tell about how people in Brazil celebrate Christmas

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CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Choose the answer choice that has these words in alphabetical order.

• Natal, Noite, Noel

• Natal, Noel, Noite

• Noel, Noite, Natal

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CCSS.RF.K.1B

Which of the following is an antonym to the word hot?

• Warm

• Toasty

• Cold

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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 paragraph 1:

Instead of making snowmen, they make sandmen.

Which of the following describes the sentence?

• It shows the cause for celebrating Christmas in the summer.

• It compares and contrasts celebrating Christmas in the summer and in the winter.

• It solves the problem of how they can celebrate Christmas in the summer.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2