Library Pretest for Classroom Objectives

Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants. They will look and behave much like real humans. We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to respond in kind! Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience. They will be smart, strong, and untiring workers whose only goal will be to make our lives easier.

What is this selection mainly about?

• 1. Someday we will have robots that will be our personal servants.

• 1. Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience.

• 1. Robots will look and behave much like real humans.

• 1. We will be able to talk to robots and they will be able to respond.

Getting a New School

They are building a new school near my house. Every day I watch the workers drive huge tractors and push a ton of dirt. They have big cranes that help them place tall beams in the ground. The workers build walls using bricks. Every day it looks more and more like a school. Mom says I will go there in the fall.

Why do you think this story is called "Getting a New School?"

• 1. Because a tractor can move a lot of dirt.

• 1. Because big cranes help put tall beams in place.

• 1. Because school walls are made with bricks.

• 1. Because a new school is being built.

It was in the middle of summer and all Jane wanted was ice cream to cool her off. It was sweltering out.

What does sweltering mean?

• very cold

• icy

• very hot

• stinky

Read the following sentence.

"The grasshoppers devoured everything around them."

Using context clues, we can determine that the meaning of the word "devoured" is __________.

• ate

• landed on

• flew over

• ignored

The suffix "er" means __________.

• 1. act of, state of, result of

• full of

• 1. one who, that which

• 1. not having, without

The prefix "non" means:

• in

• not

• half

• between

To show differences or point out how things are different is to _____________.

• describe

• compare

• summarize

• contrast

To find the similarities or point out how things are the same is to _________.

• contrast

• compare

• describe

• trace

The skunk starts hissing, clicking its teeth, and stamping its feet. What can you infer?

• 1. The skunk is spraying you.

• The skunk is biting you

• 1. The skunk is warning you.

• 1. The skunk is playing with you.

What can you infer from this statement?

"Skunks are nocturnal, meaning they are active at night while you are sleeping."

• 1. Skunks are busy both day and night.

• 1. Skunks sleep all the time.

• 1. Skunks are busy during the day.

• 1. Skunks sleep during the day.