Reading Warm Up (October 18-22nd)

Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Eruption Creates Spectacular Lava Lake:

Which question would NOT be helpful for a reader to ask while reading this selection?

• What causes Kilauea to erupt?

• What is the population of Hawaii?

• Why was Pele exiled to Hawaii?

• Why did Namaka battle Pele?

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Eruption Creates Spectacular Lava Lake:

According to local folklore, why did Pele create volcanoes when she arrived in Hawaii?

• She wanted to be known for something.

• She was angry about being kicked out of Tahiti.

• She wanted to hurt her sister.

• She really enjoyed volcanic eruptions.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Eruption Creates Spectacular Lava Lake:

What change, if any, should be made in the selection?

• Change Kilauea's to Kilaueas

• Change went to goes

• Change maui to Maui

• Change Halema'uma'u Crater to Halema'uma'u crater

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

California Company Hopes to Pave the World's Roads with Recycled Plastic:

Which detail does NOT support the inference that plastic-repaved roads are better?

• more resistant to potholes and cracking

• last about three times longer

• saving cities and states a substantial amount of money

• the rock is simply a filler

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

California Company Hopes to Pave the World's Roads with Recycled Plastic:

The reader can infer that Weaver is biased in favor of plastic-repaved roads because...

• he cannot stand plastics in landfill

• he does not want to deplete a natural resource, rocks

• his company makes money from plastic-repaved roads

• potholes once ruined his car

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

California Company Hopes to Pave the World's Roads with Recycled Plastic:

What changer, if any, should be made in sentence selection?

• Change potholes to potwholes

• Change longer to longest

• Change citys to cities

• Change filler to filer

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

The World's Smallest-Known Reptile is About the Size of a SunFlower Seed!

Which detail supports the inference that the island of Madagascar is very unique?

• an island off the coast of Africa

• about 75 percent of its animals are only found there

• long-necked giraffe weevil

• new reptile species

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

The World's Smallest-Known Reptile is About the Size of a SunFlower Seed!

The reader can infer that the animals on Madagascar are only found there?

• the air is not polluted

• there is a great deal of fresh water

• it has an environment with many trees

• the animals are unable to travel across water

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

The World's Smallest-Known Reptile is About the Size of a SunFlower Seed!

What change, if any, should be made in the selection?

• Chage Madagascar to madagascar

• Change africa to Africa

• Change long-necked to longer-necked

• Change and to or

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Which element from the selection could be found in either fiction or non-fiction?

• Munchkins

• Wicked Witch of the East

• cyclone

• a character who kills a wicked witch