Horses Helping Others Exit Ticket

Reread paragraphs 3 and 4. What is the meaning of interactive in paragraph 4?

• acting apart from each other

• acting like each other

• acting in response to each other

• acting politely with each other

Which sentence from paragraph 3 or 4 helped you understand what interactive means?

• Through interactive games, the horses help the kids learn about trust, keeping themselves safe, and being sensitive to a horse's feelings and body language.

• If kids are loud and too full of energy, the horse may not want to come over to them.

• Erin uses games to help kids learn to communicate with horses.

• A rope is attached to the halter of the horse.

Read this sentence from the article: "Erin uses games to help kids learn to communicate with horses."

Which words from paragraph 2 provide a clue to the meaning of communicate?

• can’t talk

• need to learn

• with special needs

• very high energy

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then answer Part B. Part A: What is the meaning of the word sensitive in paragraph 4?

• unfeeling

• understanding

• fearful

• amazed

Which sentence in paragraph 4 supports your answer in Part A?

• Through interactive games, the horses help the kids learn about trust, keeping themselves safe and being sensitive to a horse's feelings and body language.

• If kids are loud and too full of energy, the horse may not want to come over to them.

• The horse helps the kids learn about.

• The kids are too loud and too.

4. Read these sentences from paragraph 6 of the passage.

For a kid who has a hard time talking, Erin has her use words to command the horse. One boy uttered his first sentence, "Walk on, Woody," while riding a horse!

What does the word uttered mean as it is used in the passage?

• spoke

• wrote

• understood

• heard

In paragraph 7, Erin states, “We focus on the kids’ abilities, not their disabilities.” Explain what disabilities mean?

Choose the best two answers.

• Limitations or challenges

• Talents or skills

• Disabilities are actions a person cannot do.

• Achievements or successes

6. Using evidence from the text, how does working with horses help build confidence in children with special needs?

• Becoming a helper in the program can make kids strong.

• Becoming a helper in the program can help become a helper.

• Becoming a helper in the program can build children's confidence.

• Becoming a helper in the program does not help.