A Place for Frogs

What is the selection mainly about?

• how people can help frogs survive

• how frogs can hide from predators

• how tadpoles grow into adult frogs

• how frogs help improve life for people

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CCSS.RI.5.2

How do frogs help farmers?

• They eat insects that might eat crops

• Their behavior can predict the weather

• They provide more food for growing crops

• Their sounds scare away dangerous animals

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CCSS.RI.5.3

How can chemicals used to grow crops affect frogs?

• they make the frogs grow bigger and stronger

• they make it hard for tadpoles to grow into frogs

• they block the sun's rays and can damage the frogs' eggs

• they dry up ponds so frogs need to find another place to lay eggs

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CCSS.RI.5.3

Because frogs are eaten by other animals, they are an important part of the --

• food chain

• habitat

• system

• exchange

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CCSS.RI.5.3

Why is this selection an informational text?

• it includes vivid details

• it is written about an animal

• it explains facts about nature

• it is meant to entertain readers

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CCSS.RI.5.8

What information does the sidebar on page 258 provide?

• a frog's life cycle

• about the eggs of a frog

• where frogs live

• there is no sidebar on page 258

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CCSS.RI.5.1

Which detail from the story supports the problem that natural homes for frogs are being destroyed?

• people started building homes, businesses, and parking lots on land where Houston Toads live

• Frogs don't know what roads are dangerous, and drivers can't always stop on time.

• Citizens stop traffic while frogs hop across the road.

• People protect these part time ponds.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.8

According to the text, how can humans keep frogs alive?

• by using less oil, coal and natural gas

• by feeding healthy food to the frogs

• by keeping more frogs as pets

• there is nothing we can do to help them

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CCSS.RI.5.1

Why are frogs important?

• they eat insects from crops

• they warn us of dangers that might affect other plants and animals

• they are an important part of the food chain

• all of the answers are correct

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.3

What do Harlequin frog tadpoles eat?

• extra eggs laid by their moms

• other frogs' eggs

• other tadpoles

• other frogs

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CCSS.W.5.2B