Week 34 Spiral (4th 9 weeks)

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1. What is the central idea of the passage?

• a. Reading therapy dogs can help children with reading skills.
• b. Dogs are good listeners.
• c. Children feel better about reading.
• d. Reading therapy dogs are really cool.

2. Which of the following supports the central idea?

• a. Dogs can not read.
• b. The dog helps its new friend relax.
• c. The more children read, the more that their reading skills improve.
• d. Only some dogs can be reading therapy dogs.

3. Which of the following best describes the author’s perspective?

• a. Dogs can make the best pets.
• b. Reading can be an adventure.
• c. Therapy dogs are only good for children.
• d. Animals, such as dogs, can be helpful to people.

4. What is the meaning of enhance as it is used in this sentence? Studies show that reading therapy dogs can enhance reading skills.

• a. improve
• b. erase
• c. make worse
• d. love