3.13.D Use text features to locate information and make and verify predictions about contents of text
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Grade 3
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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- Q1Which section provides information about the rules of the contest?Arturo’s Desert EagleThe Great Paper Airplane Fly-OffKen Blackburn’s Simple Paper AirplaneThe Museum Display60sUse text features to locate information and make and verify predictions about contents of text
- Q2Which of these is the best summary of the selection?When a baby hippo was in danger, Tonie Joubert knew just what to do. Joubert named the hippo and let her stay in his house. When the hippo grew too large for the house, she slept on the back porch.Tonie Joubert found a weak baby hippo near his house and decided to take care of her. With Joubert’s help, the hippo grew big and strong. The hippo seems to like staying with Joubert, and she is treated like a member of the family.When Tonie Joubert found a baby hippo, he realized that she needed to be cared for. He fed the hippo a special kind of milk until she became healthy. The hippo became very large and began to break furniture in Joubert’s house.Tonie Joubert decided to keep a baby hippo he found lying next to a river. The hippo became friendly with the family dogs and now visits other hippos in the area.60sUse text features to locate information and make and verify predictions about contents of text
- Q3Which of these is the best summary of the selection?Potato chips are crunchy and salty. They are one of the most popular snacks in the world. They have also been around for a long time. The first chips were made because of a complaining customer.Potato chips had an unusual start, but they soon became a well-known snack. They were sold at restaurants first and then at grocery stores. Today potato chips come in many flavors. They are enjoyed by people around the world.After potato chips were first made, it did not take long before many people wanted them. However, it was not always easy to get potato chips. Soon, though, people could buy potato chips at many grocery stores.After potato chips were first made, many people decided to start making and selling their own potato chips. Today potato chips are made in different ways around the world and are seasoned using a variety of flavors.60sUse text features to locate information and make and verify predictions about contents of text
- Q4Which text feature in the article helps the reader understand how water flows from underground to people?The title of the articleThe arrows in the diagram after paragraph 6The photograph next to the titleThe photograph next to paragraph 360sUse text features to locate information and make and verify predictions about contents of text
- Q5What is the best summary of the selection?One day after walking with her dog Rex, Leonie Allan noticed that he was trying to show her something down the road. Then Rex went off and returned holding a joey gently in his mouth. After spending some time in a wildlife sanctuary, the joey was returned to the wild.After Leonie Allan took her dog Rex for a walk on a spring morning, he was acting strangely. He kept looking down the road and using his nose to show Allan something. She was concerned about how Rex was acting. Then he came to her with a joey in his mouth.After a walk one morning, Leonie Allan’s dog Rex rescued a four-month-old joey. That afternoon Rex and the joey played together until the joey was taken to a wildlife sanctuary. There the joey received care for a year and a half.One spring day Leonie Allan took her dog for a walk. After their walk Rex found a joey down the road. Allan and wildlife experts were thankful that Rex rescued the joey.60sUse text features to locate information and make and verify predictions about contents of text
- Q6Which part of the article helps the reader understand how Conner helps Cayden during a race?More RacesGetting ReadyThe Big DayThe first paragraph60sUse text features to locate information and make and verify predictions about contents of text
- Q7Which section would be most helpful to a person who wants to find information about the causes of hiccups?Award-Winning RecipeA Recipe for Curing HiccupsMaking Hiccups Go AwayWhat Is a Hiccup?60sUse text features to locate information and make and verify predictions about contents of text
- Q8To learn when pets can be microchipped, the reader should refer to the —boxed information after paragraph 6photographs of the animalsdiagram of the microchipcaption under the photograph after paragraph 360sUse text features to locate information and make and verify predictions about contents of text
- Q9The caption under the first photograph in the selection explains —why the photograph was takenthe age of the photographwho is in the photographwhere the photograph was taken60sUse text features to locate information and make and verify predictions about contents of text
