ELA Practice Assessment

Baby Frogs

Most frogs lay eggs in water. The eggs will hatch in about a week. A baby frog is a tadpole (TAD-pohl). The tadpoles live in water. Tadpoles get air from the water like fish do. It takes a tadpole three months to turn into a frog. The picture shows

How are tadpoles and fish alike?

• . Both come from frogs.

• Both have big legs.

• They get air the same way

• They can run the same way.

Where do tadpoles live?

• in the water

• . on a branch

• . on the grass

• in the dirt

Why did the author use "(TAD-pohl)" in the text?

• to show how to say a word

• to show how to spell a word

• to show what a baby fish is

• to show the name of a pet frog

What is a tadpole?

• a fish egg

• a baby fish

• a frog egg

• . a baby frog

Why did the author write this text?

• to tell about water

• to talk about fish

• to tell about tadpoles

• to talk about eggs

. What happens first in the text?

• The eggs hatch.

• Frogs lay eggs.

• Tadpoles get air from water.

• Tadpoles become frogs.

What is this text mostly about?

• how tadpoles are like fish

• how tadpoles become frogs

• how frogs lay eggs

• . how eggs hatch in water

What does the word hatch mean?

• die

• swim

• pop

• open

Baby Mouse's Big Idea

by Jean Kuhn Reprinted with permission from Highlights for Children, Inc.

1 One winter morning, Mama Mouse said, "We're out of water. Please find some and bring it to the house."

2 Three little mice walked up the hill to a puddle of water. "Perfect," said Sister Mouse. "We'll carry it to the house in our paws." But when they tried, the water leaked out of their paws.

3 "We'll carry it to the house in acorn caps," said Brother Mouse. But when they tried, the water spilled out of the acorn caps.

4 Baby Mouse said, "Let's come back tonight when the water is ice. We'll make a sled out of the ice to carry us to the house. When the sled melts in the morning, we will have water."

5 That night, the mice went back up the hill. The water was ice, and they made a sled out of it that carried them all the way home.

Adapted from: Highlights, Vol. 58, Number 12, Issue No. 626 (Dec. 2003)

How do the mice feel at the end of the story?

• angry

• careful

• hungry

• happy

Why do you think there is a picture in the story?

• to teach you how to make an ice sled

• to show you that mice are very smart

• to teach you how to take care of mice

• to show you how the mice get home