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Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 16mins

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Inferencing means:

make a prediction

write a summary

take a guess

choose what's most important

This step helps guide your reading. It involves who, what, when, where, why, and how.

Synthesizing your understanding

Determining importance

Generating questions

This step involves "hidden information." It is the information that is NOT stated in the text.

Making mental images

Making inferences

Monitoring reading

The wind blew through his hair as the boy watched the clouds roll in. As the waves grew bigger and bigger, he decided it was time to ride home. What is the boy doing?

eating breakfast

sailing

riding his bike

playing with his friends

Lucy was furious about her spelling grade. She kicked her desk and ran out of the classroom.
Why does the author use the word furious instead of mad in the example above?

Furious is a fancier word than mad.

Lucy was really upset.

Lucy wasn't that mad at all.

Lucy was going home.

What is the meaning of the word stretches as it is used in this sentence?

"Long stretches of sand and the hot sun make it feel like a desert." (paragraph 1)

growing pieces

shrinking areas

unused pieces

unbroken areas

What is the meaning of the word scurry as it is used in this sentence?

"Little shore birds scurry in and out of the waves." (paragraph 2)

fly carefully

peck lightly

move quickly

walk slowly

Floods can cause tremendous damage. They can ruin houses, roads and buildings. Floods can take down trees and cause mudslides. It often leaves mud, sand and debris behind. It can take months to clean up after a flood.
What is the main idea?

Floods can cause a lot of damage.

Floods cause mudslides.

Floods damage houses and roads.

Weather reporters have to give out a lot of information. That's why they use pictures. The pictures help them tell us about the weather without using so many words. Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is. They need to know where the warm air is. They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area. Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short. The pictures help weather reporters get the information out in a fast way.

Which sentence best describes the main idea of the paragraph?

Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is

Pictures help weather reporters get information out in a fast way

Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short

They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area

10.

When the cat wants inside, he will paw at the door.

An animal's foot

To scratch or hit

11.

The campers made a fire to cool their hot dogs

Burning to produce heat, light and flames

To tell someone they've lost a job

12.

The farmer added a final post to the fence.

A wooden pole

A listing of information

13.

The wolf pack attacked the zebra.

A group of objects

A group of animals

14.

Gabe had to track his math facts progress

To follow something

To record information

15.

Police the area for litter.

To continue to watch for something

An officer of the law

16.

The patient sat in the waiting room at the doctor's office.

a sick person

able to wait calmly

17.

I was very patient waiting my turn in line.

a sick person

able to wait calmly

18.

My dad put bark in our flower beds.

outer covering of a tree

sound made by a dog

19.

What is this?

Stair

Stare

Sale

Sail

20.

What is this?

Meet

Ate

Meat

Eight

21.

What is this?

Cord

Meat

Chord

Meet

22.

What is this?

Wrap

Bare

Rap

Bear

23.

What is this?

Rap

Meet

Wrap

Meat

Reset

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Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 16mins

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