2nd Grade Reading Review Wild Weather

Why did the author write the passage?

• to teach readers how to make origami birds

• to tell readers how birds find their way to the south

• to tell readers about when he was stuck in bad weather

• to teach readers about the many different kinds of weather

What does the water cycle chart show?

• where rain comes from

• what times of year it rains

• which places get the most rain

• why it rains more than it snows

What is one way that hurricanes are different from tornadoes?

• Hurricanes have high winds.

• Hurricanes form over water.

• Hurricanes happen on flat land.

• Hurricanes are seen in the winter.

Chuck says we can prepare for bad weather before it happens. What does prepare for mean?

• stop

• find

• be afraid

• get ready

At the end of the passage, what are Chuck, Natasha, and Sonny going to do?

• find food in the lake

• rest in the sun

• fly south

• go home

What causes warm air to rise and what is the effect?

• The sun heats the land causing the air above the land to get warm, cool air takes its place

• The sun does not do anything to the land

• The sun cools the land causing the air above the land to get cold

• The sun cools the land causing the air above the land to get warm

What text feature helps you understand what causes wind?

• Heading

• Fact Box

• Glossary

• diagram with arrows

Who is the main characters in the story?

• Natasha

• the author

• Chuck

• Sonny

How are Sunny and Chuck alike?

• They are both real birds

• they are both paper birds

• They are both birds

• None of the above

Where does the story take place, and how does the setting affect what happens?

• The story happens in a dream, but it has no effect on the events

• The story happens in a store, but the characters never go inside

• The story happens outside as he flies south through wild weather

• The story happens anywhere and the place doesn't matter