Reading Comprehension

Spider Webs

All spiders spin webs. That's because webs help spiders. Webs help spiders do three things. Webs help spiders hold eggs. Webs help spiders hide and webs help spiders catch food. Webs help spiders hold eggs. Many spiders like to lay their eggs in their webs. The webs help keep the eggs together. Webs help spiders keep their eggs safe. Webs help spiders hide. Most spiders are dark. They are brown, grey, or black. But spider webs are light. They are white and cloudy. When spiders hide in their webs, they are harder to see. Webs help spiders catch food. Spider webs are sticky. When a bug flies into the web, it gets stuck. It moves around. It tries to get out. But it can't. It is trapped! Spiders can tell that the bug is trapped. That's because spiders feel the web move and the spider is hungry. The spider goes to get the bug. As you can see, webs help spiders hold eggs. Webs help spiders hide and webs help spiders catch food. Without webs, spiders would not be able to live like they do. Spiders need their webs to survive!

This passage is mostly about

• spider colors

• spider webs

• spider food

• spider size

What is an inference?

• The meaning of an unfamiliar word
• Guessing at what the author is really trying to say
• Predicting what will happen next in the story
• A type of book to use in order to help with an unfamiliar word

If I wanted to tell how things are alike, I must...

• Compare
• Contrast
• Guess
• Predict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

Darin and Gary had worked all winter down in the basement putting together a model radio controlled airplane. Darin instructed Gary how to make every part, but he allowed Gary to do all the work himself. Gary had to cut out all of the balsa wood parts, glue the pieces together and attach the special skin onto the wooden body of the plane. They even practiced flying a radio controlled model plane on a computer program. Darin drove them to a field to test out the plane. When they returned home, Gary came home crying with his plane in a box. He never worked on a model plane again.
How old do you think Gary is?

• 2
• 11
• 22
• 52

Before the United States was a country, it was a group of English colonies.  Until 1793, England didn't really bother the American colonists.  The people handled their business the way they wanted.  However, England had a lot of war debts to pay.  Some of the money was owed because England had defended the colonies in the French and Indian War.  Citizens who were living in England wanted taxes to be lowered.  The king decided to take more control over the colonies to get the money to pay off the debts.  He started a new tax for the colonies.  After being left to make their own decisions for so long, some of the colonists did not want to give up control  They did not want to pay high taxes.  Why did England start demanding taxes in America?

• They are mean and nasty and just wanted the Americans to suffer
• England needed to sell more tea to the Colonies
• England had a lot of debt from wars
• The American Colonies were not making enough money for England

The Periodic Table of Elements
The list of elements is arranged on a scientific chart.  The chart is called the periodic table.  Each element is grouped with other similar elements.  Elements can be metals, nonmetals, or semimetals.  Semimetals have some of the characteristics of metals, and some of the characteristics of nonmetals.  Metals, nonmetals, and semimetals each have their own section on the table. What are the different types of elements? 

• Alloys, Metals, and Nonmetals
• Conductors, Tables, and Atoms
• Atoms, Molecules, and Protons
• Metals, Nonmetals, and Semimetals

Everything around you is made of matter.  Matter is made of at least one element.  An element is made of atoms that are all the same kind.  It is a pure form of matter.  Elements join together with other elements to make the different materials that we see and use every day.  Which is larger, an atom or an element?

• atom
• element

Animals in the forest have a wide variety of adaptations.  Monkeys have long tails.  They can use them almost like another hand.  This helps them swing quickly through the tops of trees.  They can even do this while holding their babies or gathering food.  Giraffes need to reach leaves at the tops of tall trees.  Having a long neck is an adaptation that allows them to do this.  How do monkeys use their tails as an adaptation? 

• they swat flies with them
• they scare predators with them
• they use them like another hand
• they don't use their tails as an adaptation

Living things adapt to their environment so they can survive.  An organism adapts when it develops a behavior that makes it more likely to survive.  It can also adapt by forming a physical characteristic or body part that helps it survive.  What does the word adapt mean in the first sentence?

• changing its eating and sleeping habits
• changing its behavior or its physical characteristics
• changing its environment or habitat
• giving birth to multiple offspring

Spider Webs
 All spiders spin webs. That's because webs help spiders. Webs help spiders do three things. Webs help spiders hold eggs. Webs help spiders hide. And webs help spiders catch food. Webs help spiders hold eggs. Many spiders like to lay their eggs in their webs. The webs help keep the eggs together. Webs help spiders keep their eggs safe. Webs help spiders hide. Most spiders are dark. They are brown, grey, or black. But spider webs are light. They are white and cloudy. When spiders hide in their webs, they are harder to see. Webs help spiders catch food. Spider webs are sticky. When a bug flies into the web, it gets stuck. It moves around. It tries to get out. But it can't. It is trapped! Spiders can tell that the bug is trapped. That's because spiders feel the web move. And the spider is hungry. The spider goes to get the bug. As you can see, webs help spiders hold eggs. Webs help spiders hide. And webs help spiders catch food. Without webs, spiders would not be able to live like they do. Spiders need their webs to survive! 
Spider webs help spiders 

• hold eggs
• catch food and hold eggs
• find water
• find water and catch food