Common Assessment #9 Review

Which statement summarizes the passage?

• Eating with your fingers is the same as using a fork and spoon.

• People once ate with their fingers and used stones and wood.

• Stirring spoons can easily be made by tying a shell to a stick.

• Soup is tasty to eat with bread if you slowly soak up the soup.

Answer explanation

Look for a short way to tell the reader about the passage. Tell the reader the main points. Do not tell things that are not important. In this passage, things people once used as forks and spoons are described. They used their fingers, stones and wood, for example. Those are the main ideas from the passage. The wrong answers do not talk about the main idea of the passage.

Which is the BEST summary of this paragraph?

• Some people run out of fresh water. They might be able to get it if icebergs are moved to them.

• It does not rain much in some places. That is bad because rain gives people water for drinking.

• In cold places, water turns into ice and makes icebergs. The ice can melt and make fresh water.

• An iceberg is something that is big and heavy. Such a large thing is not easy for people to move.

Answer explanation

Look for a short way to tell the reader about the passage. Tell the reader about the main points. Do not tell things that are not important. In this passage, some places do not have enough water. Icebergs might be able to give water to people in these places. Those are the main ideas from the passage. The wrong answers do not talk about the main idea of the passage.

What happens after someone sneaks up to steal the bone?

• Someone is chosen to play the part of the dog.

• The "dog" sits in the chair with his or eyes shut.

• A small object needs to be placed under the chair.

• Everyone sings, "Doggy, Doggy, where's your bone?"

Answer explanation

Look at the directions and find the step that says "someone sneaks up and steals the bone." This step is step 1 under "How to Play." Look at what happens after this step. Step 2 says that "everyone needs to sing, 'Doggy, Doggy, where's your bone?'"

What is the first step in playing the game Tag?

• to have the person who is "it" run after the other players

• to find at least three players to play the game

• to choose one of the players to be "it"

• to have the person who is "it" yell "Go!" to start the game

Answer explanation

The first step is Step 1. It says, "Find at least three players to play the game."

"Beetles can be found on land or in fresh water."

Where in the passage can the sentence above ^ belong?

• under the subheading "What They Eat"

• under the subheading "What They Look Like"

• under the subheading "How They Stay Alive"

• under the subheading "Where They Live"

Answer explanation

This sentence tells you where beetles can be found. Beetles can be found where they live, which is "on land or in fresh water." This is why the sentence belongs in the paragraph under "Where They Live."

Everybody in my class is voting on how to spend our bake sale money. We made one hundred dollars from the sale. I think we should use the money to buy toys for kids who don't have a family. It is Christmastime and people should be nice to each other. As a little boy myself, I know that a nice toy car or a warm hat would make a kid very happy. I could ask my sister what little girls would want as gifts. I could think of twenty gift ideas!

Based on this paragraph, the writer thinks that...?

•  people should ask little girls to give gifts to the kids.

• people should be nice to each other during Christmas.

• people should give a lot of toy cars to boys in his class.

• people should have bake sales in his school each year.

Answer explanation

In the fourth sentence of the paragraph, the writer says "It is Christmastime and people should be nice to each other." This sentence shows an example of the writer's opinion.

Select the two sentences from the piece that show the author's point of view about weather.

• Tornadoes that happen over water are called waterspouts.

• Weather can be very strange.

• Weather can cause some pretty strange things to happen, but it sure makes for interesting reading!

• Fish fell from the sky near Thomasville, Alabama, in 1957.

Answer explanation

In the piece, the author talks about how strange weather can be. Therefore, the sentences that best show the author's point of view about weather are "Weather can be very strange," and "Weather can cause some pretty strange things to happen, but it sure makes for interesting reading!"

What is Ms. Blue helping Dan and Susan study in the picture above?

• spelling

• reading

• writing

• sharing

 Coach Jones has very large gym classes. All of his classes have more girls than boys. He decided to make a chart to show how many girls and boys he has in each class.

Which of these charts shows his classes?

• X

• W

• Z

• Y

In which month and year were 30 parking tickets given?

• July 1999

• February 1999

• July 2000

• February 2000