Unit 4 Lesson 2 - Comprehension

About how old is the saguaro cactus when it started to grow arms?

• ten years

• thirty five years

• fifty years

• more than a hundred years

Which sentence from the story best supports your answer from question 1?

• Even with protection, the cactus was only a little more than an inch tall by 1870.

• One morning in the year 1860, a tiny green sprout appeared in the Sonoran Desert.

• Thirty-five years had passed.

• When the saguaro was fifty years old, it started to grow arms—not just one or two, but five!

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

What did the saguaro dream about?

• its parents

• the history of the desert

• its own history

• the last big rain

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

What was the effect of the hawk fighting the owl?

• The saguaro dropped its fruit.

• The other birds joined the battle.

• The animals below ran away.

• The summer rain began to drift in.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Which phrase describes the heat of the desert?

• cactus could not continue

• desert animals are upset

• baked in the midday sun

• showed their rising panic

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

What did the Great Horned Owl do?

• made holes in the cactus

• lived in holes others had made

• stole another birds nest

• built a stick nest

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

What caused the palo verde tree to die?

• not enough water

• animals ate it

• the shadow of the saguaro

• insects

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is the biggest problem in this story?

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

What did the birds cooperate to do?

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

Why did the saguaro want to drop its fruit?

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5