RI 5.1/ RI 5.7/ RI 5.4

What is the name of this text feature?

• label

• photograph

• caption

• diagram

"Asteroids are large objects in our solar system that orbit

the sun. They are made from rock and metal. Some are so large they have moons just like planets do. Meteoroids are like asteroids, but they are smaller. A meteoroid can be as small as a pebble, or even a grain of sand."

How are meteoroids different from asteroids?

• Meteoroids are different from asteroids because they are larger than asteroids.

• Meteoroids are different from asteroids because they are smaller than asteroids.

• They aren't different. They are the exact same thing.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

"In 1848, gold was discovered in a river near San Francisco.

News of the find spread across the United States and even to other countries. Soon thousands of people were coming to California with dreams of finding enough gold to make themselves rich. By 1855, the California gold rush was over."

How long did the gold rush last?

• There is not enough information to answer this question.

• The gold rush lasted for 18 years.

• The gold rush lasted for 7 years.

• The gold rush never ended because it is still going on.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

I was upset that the ebook file was truncated because I couldn't find out how the story ended.

Truncated means:

• finished

• boring

• too long

• cut short

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

"I was upset that the ebook file was truncated because I couldn't find out how the story ended."

What context clues help you know that truncated means "cut short"?

• couldn't find out how the story ended.

• I was upset

• ebook file

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CCSS.L.5.4A

"Over 600 thousand people die of malaria each year. Most of those people live in sub-Saharan Africa and most of them are children under five years old. When people in malaria-stricken countries sleep under insecticide-treated mosquito nets, they are much less likely to get malaria. Unfortunately, only about 5% of children in sub-Saharan Africa sleep under insecticide-treated nets, so the mosquitoes are able to get to them."

How is malaria transmitted? Which answer is the BEST RAP answer?

• Malaria is transmitted through mosquito bites.

• People in Africa can get malaria. I know this because the text says, "Most of those people live in sub-Saharan Africa."

• People in Africa can get malaria.

• Malaria is transmitted through mosquito bites. I know this because the text says, "When people in malaria-stricken countries sleep under insecticide-treated mosquito nets, they are much less likely to get malaria."

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CCSS.RI.5.1

We are depleting the Earth's reserves of oil. Someday there will not be any left.

Depleting means:

• using up

• adding to

• saving up

• creating

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

We are depleting the Earth's reserves of oil. Someday there will not be any left.

What context clues help you know that 'depleting' means using up?

• Earth's reserves

• there will not be any left

• oil

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

Which of the following is a correctly written 'prove it'?

• I know this because the text says, "(straight from the text)"

• I know this because the text says (straight from the text)

• I know this because the text says, "(what the text says BUT in my own words)."

• I know this because the text says (in my own words from the text).

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Which of the following is NOT a text feature?

• diagram

• label

• photograph

• context clues