STAAR Reading Grade 3 2013 - Past Paper
Quiz by Texas Education Agency
Grade 3
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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- Q1Which detail from the selection suggests that Jessica is smart?She has become comfortable with the family dogs.She stayed afloat on the river.She spends time with other hippos.She figured out how to unlock a door.60sIdentify the details or facts that support the main idea
- Q2Read this dictionary entry for the word free. Which meaning of free is used in paragraph 9?Meaning 2Meaning 1Meaning 3Meaning 460sUse context to understand unfamiliar words
- Q3Look at the diagram below. Which sentence best completes the diagram?Joubert knew how to make the milk Jessica needed.Joubert encouraged Jessica to play with his dogs.Joubert told Jessica’s fans about her on a website.Joubert discovered where in the river Jessica was born.60sIdentify explicit cause and effect relationships among ideas in texts
- Q4The reader can conclude that it is unusual for —people to fear large animalsa hippo to live with humansa hippo to appear on TVmother hippos to have their babies in the water60sDraw conclusions from the facts presented in text and support those assertions with textual evidence
- Q5The photograph best supports which idea from the selection?Jessica sometimes seeks the company of other hippos.Jessica’s story has made her famous around the world.Jessica was on a special diet when she was a baby.Jessica’s size makes keeping her as a pet difficult.60sCompare various written conventions used for digital media
- Q6Which 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
- Q7What does the word fortunate mean in paragraph 1?HappyWiseLuckyProud60sUse context to understand unfamiliar words
- Q8Which sentence best explains why Joubert was able to provide the care Jessica needed?He mixed egg yolks and cream and fed it to Jessica from a bottle.He knew the baby hippo was very young and weak.He carried the 26-pound animal into his house and named her Jessica.He had nursed many orphaned animals back to health.60sDraw conclusions from the facts presented in text and support those assertions with textual evidence
- Q9According to the selection, the problem with having Jessica in the house was that she —broke thingsate food that was not good for herwanted to be left alonebothered the family dogs60sIdentify the details or facts that support the main idea
- Q10Which sentence best describes Judy and Stink’s relationship?They tease each other.They tell each other everything.They like to spend time together.They are jealous of each other.60sDescribe the interaction of characters including their relationships and the changes they undergo
- Q11Look at the diagram below. Which event belongs in the empty box?Stink knocks on Judy’s door.Judy makes a promise to Mom.Judy puts a cough drop in her mouth.Mom tells Judy to get dressed for school.60sSequence and summarize the plot's main events and explain their influence on future events
- Q12What lesson does Judy learn?It is difficult to fool your mother.It is difficult to go to school on a rainy day.Mothers expect their children to do well in school.You can still have fun on a rainy day.60sParaphrase the themes and supporting details of fables, legends, myths, or stories
- Q13Which sentence best shows that Judy is upset with her brother?“Just go to school without me.”She was down in the dumps.Judy stuck out her cherry-red, no-mumps tongue at Stink.“Well, you’ll have to call me it at school ’cause you don’t get to stay home.”60sDescribe the interaction of characters including their relationships and the changes they undergo
- Q14Read the dictionary entry below. Which meaning best fits the way straight is used in paragraph 1?Meaning 2Meaning 4Meaning 3Meaning 160sUse context to understand unfamiliar words
- Q15Why does Judy put her head under the pillow?She wishes she could stay in bed.She feels like she has the mumps.She wants to look at her dictionary.She does not want to listen to her brother.60sIdentify whether the narrator or speaker of a story is first or third person
