4th/5th grade review Quarter 1

Weather reporters have to give out a lot of information. That's why they use pictures. The pictures help them tell us about the weather without using so many words. Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is. They need to know where the warm air is. They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area. Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short. The pictures help weather reporters get the information out in a fast way.
Which sentence best describes the main idea of the paragraph?

• Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is
• Pictures help weather reporters get information out in a fast way
• Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short
• They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area

If you are feeling sad, you can make yourself feel better by doing a few simple things. You can take a walk (or get another form of exercise), you can talk to a friend, or you can write down your feelings. Writing down the good things in your life will help too. Doing something good for someone else will also help you feel better. If you still feel a little sad, act happy. It works like magic to make you feel better!
What is the main idea?

• Sometimes people feel sad.
• You should do good things for others.
• We're not always happy.
• There are many ways to make yourself feel better. 

Koala's fur has many uses. Their thick fur protects them from the heat and the cold. The fur is like a raincoat when it's raining. Fur on the koala's bottom is extra thick so the koalas can easily rest in trees.

What is the main idea of the text?

• How koalas rest in trees

• How fur helps koalas

• How koalas keep warm

• How koalas' fur is like a raincoat

Why are key details important?

• They help me understand the main idea
• They are names of characters
• They are always written in bold print
• They are not important

Which best describes a summary?

• a really long detailed piece of writing
• the entire text told in your own words
• a dumb thing that teachers make you write
• the main ideas and important details of a text

What is the main idea?

• Its the authors point of view
• Is what the passage is mostly about
• It is the sequence of the story.

Read the text summary and determine if it is scientific, historical, or technical.

A sheet of instructions for library volunteers that

tells how to shelve books according to the Dewey

Decimal System

• Technical

• Historical

• Scientific

Read the text summary and determine if it is scientific, historical, or technical.

An article that lists the causes of global warming as well as future predictions if humans do not change their current harmful behaviors.

• Technical

• Historical

• Scientific

Read the text summary and determine if it is scientific, historical, or technical.

A book about Ruby Bridges and her experience

being the first African American student to attend

an all-white school in 1960

• Technical

• Historical

• Scientific

Informational texts are written...

• to torture us in school

• like art, for us to enjoy

• to inform us on a specific topic

• to inform us of the past, specifically