STAAR Reading Grade 3 2015 - Past Paper
Quiz by Texas Education Agency
Grade 3
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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- Q 1/40Score 0Read this sentence from paragraph 4. This sentence helps the reader know that the train company —29has too much fooddoes not think Tama looks healthywants to find a new home for Tamatreats Tama well
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- Q1Read this sentence from paragraph 4. This sentence helps the reader know that the train company —has too much fooddoes not think Tama looks healthywants to find a new home for Tamatreats Tama well60sDraw conclusions from the facts presented in text and support those assertions with textual evidence
- Q2Throughout the selection, the author describes Tama as being —braveadventurousfriendlyclever60sDraw conclusions from the facts presented in text and support those assertions with textual evidence
- Q3Why did the train company decide to operate the station without workers?The train station was located in an area where people did not want to work.The people who came to the train station were there only to see the stationmaster cat.The train company was not earning enough money to pay people.The train company was unable to find a person who wanted the job of stationmaster.60sIdentify explicit cause and effect relationships among ideas in texts
- Q4Tama has been given two cat assistants because she —needs more time to restneeds more time to eatis too famous to workis too busy to work60sIdentify explicit cause and effect relationships among ideas in texts
- Q5The reader can tell that Tama is allowed to stay at the station because she —walks people to the trainattracts more passengerscares for other catssits inside the ticket booth60sDraw conclusions from the facts presented in text and support those assertions with textual evidence
- Q6In paragraph 7, the word promoted means —given a better jobdiscussed by othersrequired to work more hoursfinished with a task60sUse context to understand unfamiliar words
- Q7Which sentence shows that people are interested in learning about Tama?Tama has been featured in many newspaper and magazine articles as well as on television shows and in video clips.From stray cat to famous stationmaster, life is sweet for Tama!She walks around the station in her uniform and greets passengers.She spent most of her time at Kishi Station.60sDraw conclusions from the facts presented in text and support those assertions with textual evidence
- Q8In what way does Tama’s presence at the train station help the nearby town?People who come to see Tama want to move to the town.People in the town want to work at the train station.People in the town enjoy taking pictures with the visitors.People who come to see Tama often spend money in the town.60sIdentify the details or facts that support the main idea
- Q9The author wrote this selection most likely to —show the reader how cats are different from other animalsexplain why some stray cats like to be around peopleshare an opinion about why cats make great petsinform the reader about a special cat that lives in an unusual place60sIdentify the topic and locate the author's stated purposes in writing the text
- Q10The details in paragraph 8 show that Adams believes that —sometimes doctors cannot make people laughsometimes humor can help people healpatients should be required to joke with doctorsdoctors should be required to wear funny costumes60sExplain the difference in point of view between a biography and autobiography
- Q11Which words from paragraph 3 help the reader understand the meaning of excelled?in schoolat math and sciencelike most kidsperformed well60sUse context to understand unfamiliar words
- Q12What is the most likely reason Adams opened his own hospital?He wanted to provide medical care to patients in the way he believed was best.He needed a place where he could treat patients while writing a book.He needed a place where he could teach medical workers how to make patients laugh.He wanted to work in a hospital that had an unusual name.60sExplain the difference in point of view between a biography and autobiography
- Q13How can the reader identify this selection as a biography?It tells about important events from Adams’s life.It explains details about a hospital Adams helped startIt describes the training that doctors receive at Adams’s hospital.It tells about a book that Adams wrote.60sParaphrase the themes and supporting details of fables, legends, myths, or stories
- Q14The photographs are included in the selection to show —different costumes Adams wears to amuse peoplehow Adams trains people who work at his hospitaldifferent reactions people have when Adams wears a costumehow Adams raises money for new hospitals60sExplain how various design techniques used in media influence the message
- Q15In paragraph 10, the reader can use the suffix “-less” to know that the word effortless means —without having to try hardthe process of trying harda person who tries hardthe result of trying hard60sUnderstand common prefixes and suffixes
