On the Road to a Better School Bus

What type of non-fiction is "On the Road to a Better School?"

• expository (also called informational)

• narrative (also called creative or literary)

• actually, it's fiction...

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Which of the following isn't a proper noun?

• GreenFields

• Jonny

• U.S. Department of Transportation

• school bus

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Write a main idea for this story. Remember that a main idea should be just one sentence.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Write a summary of this story. Remember that a summary is one paragraph (so, a few sentences).

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Who is quoted in this story?

• Jonny

• Jonny and his sister

• No one

• Jonny and the U.S. Department of Transportation

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What is the main text structure evident in this story?

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Sequence

• Chronological

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

What does energy-efficient mean?

• Cheaper gas

• Using a small amount of energy to provide the power needed

• Using electricity instead of gas

• Using natural resources to power machines

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is the author's purpose (reason) of including the illustration?

• It helps the reader visualize how the design changed over time and the benefits of the new design

• To show how much faster the buses can go with the new windshield

• To illustrate how much gas can be saved over time

• To show how all vehicles can benefit from Jonny's idea.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

In the word played, what part is the suffix?

• app

• ed

• There isn't a suffix, only a prefix

• The whole word

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What's wrong with the following quote? "It's never really over until all the school buses become super-efficient".

• it's should be its

• buses should be Buses

• really should be spelled realy

• the period at the end should be inside the quotation like this: super-efficient."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3