HAYNIE GMAS GRADE 3 ELA REVIEW

What does peer mean in this sentence?

Yin is my peer, but she looks much younger than I do.

• someone of the same age
• to look closely or curiously

What does charm mean in this sentence?

Peter can quickly charm everyone in a room, even grumpy people he doesn't know!

• a small object worn on a necklace or bracelet
• to attract or please greatly

After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of bending over backwards to entertain her nieces.

• A. Cassie was doing very little to entertain her nieces. 
• B. Cassie was making small efforts to entertain her nieces. 
• C. Cassie was trying very hard to entertain her nieces.
• D. Cassie was not trying at all to entertain her nieces. 

What is the definition of plot?

• The lesson in the story
• The sequence of events in the story
• The turning point of the story
• The conflict in the story

A Farm Picture

Through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn,

A sunlit pasture field with cattle and horses feeding,

And haze and vista, and the far horizon fading away.

by Walt Whitman

Read the poem above. What is the mood of the poem?

• gloomy

• humorous

• restful

• cold

Read the poem below and answer the question.

How do the stanzas of the poem build on each other to develop the setting of the poem?

The Fieldmouse

~Cecil Frances Alexander

Where the acorn tumbles down,

Where the ash tree sheds its berry,

With your fur so soft and brown,

With your eye so round and merry,

Scarcely moving the long grass,

Fieldmouse, I can see you pass.

Little thing, in what dark den,

Lie you all the winter sleeping?

Till warm weather comes again,

Then once more I see you peeping

Round about the tall tree roots,

Nibbling at their fallen fruits.

Fieldmouse, fieldmouse, do not go,

Where the farmer stacks his treasure,

Find the nut that falls below,

Eat the acorn at your pleasure,

But you must not steal the grain

He has stacked with so much pain.

Make your hole where mosses spring,

Underneath the tall oak's shadow,

Pretty, quiet harmless thing,

Play about the sunny meadow.

Keep away from corn and house,

None will harm you, little mouse.

• The stanzas build on each other because they each talk about summer vacation

• The stanzas build on each other because they show the changing seasons. Stanza one is about the fall. Stanza two is about the winter. Stanza 3 is about the spring. Stanza 4 is about summer.

• They stanzas build on each other because there are four stanzas in the poem.

• The stanzas do not build on each other.

What does compare mean? Choose two!

• alike

• different

• neither

• similar

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Ocean waves are very powerful. Over hundreds of years, they can wear away even the hardest kind of rock. In some places, crashing waves turn land along the coast into steep rocky cliffs.

Which sentence BEST tells the main idea of the passage?

• Ocean waves wash over rocks on the coast.

• The sound of ocean waves crashing is very loud.

• Ocean waves are strong enough to change the land.

• Some kids of rocks are so hard they last for hundreds of years.

The first year I grew a garden, I planted only short, purple flowers. How boring! Now I know, though, to plant flowers together that look different. In my opinion, a mix of a few colors in the same spot looks best. Also, plant tall flowers with shorter flowers. This will make your garden look more interesting. Another tip for getting your garden to stand out it to plant flowers in groups. That will look more natural than single flowers in a row.

Which sentence BEST describes the main idea of the paragraph?

• A garden looks the best when it is full of short, purple flowers.

• A garden looks best when the flowers are different colors and heights.

• A garden looks best when all the flowers are tall.

• A garden looks best when all of the flowers are short.

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• Subtitles

• Picture

• Italics

• Caption

• Drawing

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