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WorksheetsCKLA Beginning of the Year Reading Assessment
Total questions: 1
Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins
Explain why the axe slipped and flew out of the Woodman's hands into the pool.
Despair means the feeling of having lost hope that something will improve. Why was the Woodman in despair?
He didn't finish cutting down the tree he had started cutting down.
He didn't want to tell Mercury what had happened.
He wanted the golden axe.
He didn't know how he would get his axe back.
Part A: How did the Woodman show honesty, or the quality of being fair and truthful? Find two examples in the text and write them below:
The Woodman showed honesty by:
Part B: What could the Woodman have done that didn't show honesty?
What good fortune did the other Woodmen in the village hope to easily win?
getting a golden axe and a silver axe in addition to their own
losing their own axes in the pool in the forest
returning the next day to find their hidden axes
showing honesty to Mercury when he asked what the trouble was
The moral of the story is "Honesty is the best policy." Explain what this moral means, using evidence from the text.
Knowing what Banneker accomplished in his life, what does the word outstanding mean in the following sentence from paragraph 5?
Benjamin Banneker's abilities were outstanding.
unpaid
excellent
poor
average
Part A: Benjamin Banneker was curious about the world around him. Using evidence from the text, fill in the column labeled "Part A: What Benjamin Banneker built or made".
Part B: Now that you have identified things Banneker built or made, use evidence in the text to help you determine why he built or made these things. Record your answers for why Banneker built each item in the column labeled "Part B: Why he built or made this".
In paragraph 6, the author notes the following: Jefferson reacted favorably to the almanac and responded to Banneker's comments politely. Using evidence from the text, explain why Jefferson might have reacted favorably to the almanac and why he might have responded to Banneker's comments politely.
In paragraph 5, the author states that Thomas Jefferson was aware of Banneker's talents and requested that Banneker be made part of a group that was planning the design for the nation's capital. Using information from the text, explain why Thomas Jefferson might have requested that Banneker be part of an important group planning the design of the nation's capital.
In paragraph 5, what does the following sentence mean?
You have so many blood vessels in your body, they could circle the earth more than two times if they were strung together!
If you took all the blood vessels from your body and put them together in one long string, you could wrap that string around the earth more than two times.
If you took all the blood from your body and put it in one place, it would wrap around the earth more than two times.
If you took all the blood vessels from your body, each one is long enough to circle the earth on its own more than two times.
If you took all the blood vessels from your body and put them together in one long string, you could wrap that string around the earth less than two times.
Part A: List the important jobs blood has in the body in the following chart.
Part B: Using information from the chart, give at least two reasons why blood is important to the body.
Which blood vessels carry blood away from the heart and which blood vessels carry blood back to the heart?
Veins carry blood away from the heart; arteries carry blood back to the heart.
Veins carry blood away from the heart; capillaries carry blood back to the heart.
Arteries carry blood away from the heart; capillaries carry blood back to the heart.
Arteries carry blood away from the heart; veins carry blood back to the heart.
Which of the following shows the correct sequence of where blood goes when it circulates through the body?
heart → lungs → heart → veins → capillaries → arteries → heart
heart → lungs → heart → arteries → capillaries → veins → heart
heart → lungs → veins → heart → capillaries → veins
lungs → arteries → heart → capillaries → veins → heart → lungs
Part A: Fill in the following chart comparing the physicians Galen and Harvey and their beliefs.
Explain the belief of Galen regarding: How Blood Is Used in the Body; Where Blood Starts before Going through the Body.
Then, explain the belief of Harvey regarding both: How Blood Is Used in the Body; Where Blood Starts before Going through the Body..
You should have a total of 4 sentences.
Part B: Using information from the chart and information from the text, explain how Harvey's work changed the way doctors thought about the heart and blood vessels.
In paragraph 8, the author states that it might seem like it would take hours or days for blood to circulate through your body. Using evidence from the text, explain why it might seem that blood would take so long to circulate through your body.
