M9W3-It's Our Garden

1. What happens to the food scraps that students collect from meals and snacks?

• They go into a compost pile where worms eat them.
• They go into a tank where they are burned to heat water.
• They go into a landfill where they break down over time.
• They go into a greenhouse where they are mixed into the dirt.

2. The author says that the garden is flourishing in the spring. What does flourishing mean?

• drying out
• growing well
• looking colorful
• filling with weeds

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

3. Which plants are the “sisters” in a three-sisters garden?

• apples, lemon cucumbers, and carrots
• radishes, strawberries, and tomatoes
• corn, pinto beans, and squash
• basil, chives, and sage

4. How does the author present things in the passage?

• He puts things that are more important first.
• He uses time order and moves through the seasons.
• He asks questions and gives answers about gardening.
• He tells how plants are alike and how they are different.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

5. What is the passage mostly about?

• how students baked pizza in a clay oven
• how easy it was to grow good food to eat
• how college students helped children learn
• how students made a garden at their school

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2