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Peter was as bright as a shining star.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Alliteration
• Idiom

I stood perfectly still, just like a statue.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Alliteration
• Idiom

For years scientist have wanted to know the spider's secret.  The threads of spider webs are so tiny, yet so strong.  How can these threads be so strong?  Now scientists have found out.  The inside of the spider's thread is soft.  It helps the web stretch without breaking.  The outside of the web is hard and strong.  This paragraph mainly tells:

• who makes thread soft
• how spiders make strong thread
• how scientists make strong thread
• why spiders spin webs

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

An INFORMATIONAL text

• is fiction
• is nonfiction
• could be either

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.3.7

A book with wizards and magic would be considered...

• realistic fiction
• autobiography
• fantasy
• historical fiction

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CCSS.RL.3.1

A type of text that provides facts about many different topics. They are meant to “inform” the reader.

• Fantasy 
• Persuasive Writing 
• Biography 
• Informational Text 

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CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.3

The crowd said a  ________ during the game to help the team win the game.

• hoop
• miracle
• vehicle
• chant

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Scrabble is a game that provides hours of challenging fun for you and your friends. In this game you use your letters to build new words from words already on the game board. Scrabble is a fun way to learn new words and meanings.
What is the main idea of the passage?

• Scrabble is challenging and fun.
• Scrabble is a good game for Scrabble is a good game for building vocabulary.
• It takes skill to play a good game.
• Scrabble can take hours to play.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

Benjamin Franklin invented many things that made life easier in the late 1700's. He invented the lightning rod that saved many homes from fires. He also invented the Franklin stove. The stove could heat a room better than a fireplace and saved people a lot of fuel. He also invented a special kind of glasses called bifocals. This new kind of glasses helped people to read better.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?

• Benjamin Franklin thought reading was important.
• Benjamin Franklin was not afraid of fire.
• A Franklin stove can heat a whole room.
• Benjamin Franklin was a great inventor.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

_________ is a contraction for it is OR it has.

• It's
• Its
• Its'
• I'ts

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CCSS.L.4.1G