Adelina's Whales

We wondered what was rumbling.

• leaving an unusual mark

• creating a flash of light

• giving off a pleasant odor

• making a low rolling sound

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Jesse looked out over the lagoon.

• range of snowcapped mountains

• beach covered with sand dunes

• body of shallow water

• hills covered with rocks

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Steve climbed that massive rock.

• jagged

• enormous

• dangerous

• majestic

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Some fish live in tropical waters.

• warm

• calm

• polluted

• unfamiliar

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

The birds fly over the bluff.

• forest

• prairie

• cliff

• ocean

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Have you met the new biologist?

• scientist who studies chemicals

• scientist who studies living things

• scientist who studies rocks

• scientist who studies stars

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Where is Laguna San Ignacio?

• near a large city in Oregon

• in a desert in Arizona

• on the coast of Baja California

• in the mountains of New Mexico

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

According to scientists, why did the mother whales come to Laguna San Ignacio?

• to have their babies

• to visit Adelina

• to play with the boats

• to eat the fish

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Which detail best supports the main idea that Adelina had a good understanding of nature?

• She was a bright ten-year-old girl

• She lived her whole life in La Laguna

• She was awakened by the sound of the whales exhaling

• She could tell time by the way the light reflected on the water

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which event happened first?

• Adelina walked to the beach after school to look for the whales

• Adelina ran to see a mother whale and her new born calf

• Adelina's grandfather had his first visit with a friendly whale

• Adelina's father and grandfather took people to see the whales

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3