Reading Comprehension: "Syrup Season" Unit 6 week 1 page 9

How many paragraphs are in this story?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

What time of the year is "syrup season" in Vermont?

• early winter

• fall

• summer

• late winter

What is the main idea of this story?

• How much people like syrup.

• How syrup is collected and made.

• How hard it is to collect sap.

• What people like to put syrup on.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What has been bored into tree trunks?

• taps

• buckets

• pancakes

• maple trees

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

True or False?

Syrup comes right out of the tree and is bottled that way.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

Why was it harder to make syrup in the past?

• because the trees didn't grow as big back then.

• People had to go to each tree and collect a bucket.

• They didn't have computers back then.

• People just got tired easier back then.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

Once the sap is brought to the "sugar house", what is the next step?

• gather sap from the trees

• bottle the syrup

• boil the sap to get the water out of it.

• test the syrup

True or False?

Syrup is made only in Vermont.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

How much sap does it take to make one gallon of syrup?

• 4 gallons

• 14 gallons

• 1 gallon

• 40 gallons

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.A.2

According to the story, what do most people like to put syrup on?

• pancakes

• sausage

• waffles

• cinnamon rolls

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3