Exit Ticket Wednesday

Read the following information about the origin of the word supervise.
This information helps the reader know that the word supervises in paragraph 6 means-

• encourages

• judges

• determines

• watches

In paragraph 1, the prefix mis- helps the reader determine that the word misshapen means-

• badly shaped

• having many shapes

• before being shaped

• being shaped again

How can the reader tell that attending the picnic is important to Christopher?

• He tries to be very careful when he arrives at school on Friday

• He invites his friends to sit next to him on the bus ride to school.

• He tells the principal what happened in Mr. Gregg’s class.

• He hasn’t been to the principal’s office this week.

What is the central idea of the article?

• Salamanders play an important role in their environment,

• Scientist study how different salamanders behave.

• Salamanders need to live in certain temperatures.

• People should visit the salamanders that live in aquifers.

Which sentence from the article supports Salamanders play an important role in their environment.

• Salamanders are generally long and skinny. (paragraph 5)

• The aquifer is a source of drinking water for over 2 million people. (paragraph 10)

• The salamanders are key to keeping the balance of animals the same, which means that the water stays healthy. (paragraph 11)

• To stay healthy, the water in the aquifer needs to keep moving and stay around 70 degrees. (paragraph 12)