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WorksheetsReading Warm Up (October 18-22nd)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Eruption Creates Spectacular Lava Lake:
Which question would NOT be helpful for a reader to ask while reading this selection?
What causes Kilauea to erupt?
What is the population of Hawaii?
Why was Pele exiled to Hawaii?
Why did Namaka battle Pele?
Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Eruption Creates Spectacular Lava Lake:
According to local folklore, why did Pele create volcanoes when she arrived in Hawaii?
She wanted to be known for something.
She was angry about being kicked out of Tahiti.
She wanted to hurt her sister.
She really enjoyed volcanic eruptions.
Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Eruption Creates Spectacular Lava Lake:
What change, if any, should be made in the selection?
Change Kilauea's to Kilaueas
Change went to goes
Change maui to Maui
Change Halema'uma'u Crater to Halema'uma'u crater
California Company Hopes to Pave the World's Roads with Recycled Plastic:
Which detail does NOT support the inference that plastic-repaved roads are better?
more resistant to potholes and cracking
last about three times longer
saving cities and states a substantial amount of money
the rock is simply a filler
California Company Hopes to Pave the World's Roads with Recycled Plastic:
The reader can infer that Weaver is biased in favor of plastic-repaved roads because...
he cannot stand plastics in landfill
he does not want to deplete a natural resource, rocks
his company makes money from plastic-repaved roads
potholes once ruined his car
California Company Hopes to Pave the World's Roads with Recycled Plastic:
What changer, if any, should be made in sentence selection?
Change potholes to potwholes
Change longer to longest
Change citys to cities
Change filler to filer
The World's Smallest-Known Reptile is About the Size of a SunFlower Seed!
Which detail supports the inference that the island of Madagascar is very unique?
an island off the coast of Africa
about 75 percent of its animals are only found there
long-necked giraffe weevil
new reptile species
The World's Smallest-Known Reptile is About the Size of a SunFlower Seed!
The reader can infer that the animals on Madagascar are only found there?
the air is not polluted
there is a great deal of fresh water
it has an environment with many trees
the animals are unable to travel across water
The World's Smallest-Known Reptile is About the Size of a SunFlower Seed!
What change, if any, should be made in the selection?
Chage Madagascar to madagascar
Change africa to Africa
Change long-necked to longer-necked
Change and to or
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Which element from the selection could be found in either fiction or non-fiction?
Munchkins
Wicked Witch of the East
cyclone
a character who kills a wicked witch
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Which of the following are NOT characteristics of fiction?
setting
characters
facts
problem
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
What change, if any, should be made in the passage?
Change Munchkins to munchkins
Change East to east
Changed carried to carryed
Change nothing to anything
Athletes to Watch at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
What identifies this selection as a non-fiction?
The events that take place cannot really happen.
The author tells about a person in history.
The author tells about real events.
The author includes information about skateboarding.
Athletes to Watch at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Why does the author include Sky's age in years and days?
The author wants to be very precise.
The author shows that Sky is 32 days younger than the last record holder.
The author is amazed that someone is so young can be included in the Olympics.
The author shows that Sky is 32 days older than the last record holder.
Athletes to Watch at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
What change, if any, should be made in the selection?
Change competed to competes
Change swimmer to swimer
Delete the comma after Amsterdam
Change further to father
