Answer Key Grade 3. Practice Test. Clouds, Wind, and Storms Just the Wind

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1 Answer Key Grade 3 Clouds, Wind, and Storms Just the Wind

2 1. Part A Which text structure does the author use most often to explain things about the wind? A Correct. The author is mostly explaining what causes wind. B Incorrect. The author is not explaining how wind and the Sun are alike and different. C Incorrect. The author is explaining how wind is created. The Sun not a problem. D Incorrect. The text does not support the idea that all weather is created in the same way and in the same order. Which detail from the text supports the correct answer in Part A? A Incorrect. This is a definition, not an example of cause-and-effect. B Correct. This is a cause-and-effect statement. C Incorrect. This describes a location, not a cause-and-effect relationship between ideas D Incorrect. This is a definition, not an example of cause-and-effect. 2. Part A What is a main idea of the passage Clouds, Wind, and Storms? A Incorrect. This does not tell what this passage B Incorrect. This does not tell what this passage C Incorrect. This does not tell what this passage D Correct. This tells what this passage is mostly about. E Incorrect. This does not tell what this passage F Incorrect. This does not tell what this passage 2. Which two details support the correct main idea from Part A? A Incorrect. This detail does not support this main idea. B Incorrect. This detail does not support this main idea. C Incorrect. This detail does not support this main idea. D Incorrect. This is a main idea, not a detail. E Correct. This detail supports this main idea. F Correct. This detail supports this main idea. 3. How does paragraph 3 about Chicago and Lake Michigan help readers better understand the main idea? A Incorrect. This is not how the paragraph supports the main idea about wind. B Incorrect. This is not how the paragraph supports the main idea about wind. C Correct. This supports the main idea about the wind. D Incorrect. This is not how the paragraph supports the main idea about wind. 4. What is an anemometer? A Incorrect. The text explains how an anemometer is used to help readers understand what it is. B Incorrect. The text explains how an anemometer is used to help readers understand what it is. C Incorrect. The text explains how an anemometer is used to help readers understand what it is. D Correct. The text supports this definition of an anemometer. 1 of 5

3 5. Look at this diagram. On the basis of what you read in the text, what does this diagram illustrate? A Incorrect. The diagram supports the main idea of the text, which is not about where trees grow best. B Correct. The diagram supports this main idea of the text. C Incorrect. The diagram supports the main idea of the text, which is not about why air is warmer near the ground. D Incorrect. The diagram supports the main idea of the text, which is not about ways wind warms and cools the Earth. 6. Part A Which part of the poem tells about a problem for the narrator? A Incorrect. This part tells what the wind is doing. It does not tell about a problem for the narrator. B Incorrect. This part tells what the wind is doing. It does not tell about a problem for the narrator. C Incorrect. This part tells what the wind is doing. It does not tell about a problem for the narrator. D Correct. The narrator of the poem uses I to tell about a problem. E Incorrect. This part tells what someone other than the narrator is saying. It does not tell about a problem for the narrator. Which part of the poem offers a solution? A Incorrect. This part tells what the wind is doing. It does not tell about the solution to a problem for the narrator. B Incorrect. This part tells what the wind is doing. It does not tell about the solution to a problem for the narrator. C Incorrect. This part tells what the wind is doing. It does not tell about the solution to a problem for the narrator. D Incorrect. This part does not tell about the solution to the narrator s problem. E Correct. This part tells the solution to the narrator s problem, which is about feeling afraid of the wind. 7. Part A Who is the narrator of Just the Wind? A Correct. The young narrator is comforted by grandpa at the end of the poem. B Incorrect. This poem is mostly about the wind, but this is not who is telling the story. C Incorrect. Although an elephant is mentioned in the poem, this is not who is telling the story. D Incorrect. Although grandpa is mentioned, this is not who is telling the story. Which parts of Just the Wind support the correct answer to Part A? You can choose more than one. A Incorrect. This does not support the correct answer to Part A, which is about the narrator of the poem. B Incorrect. This does not support the correct answer to Part A, which is about the narrator of the poem. C Incorrect. This does not support the correct answer to Part A, which is about the narrator of the poem. D Correct. This tells something about the narrator of the poem. E Correct. This tells something about the narrator of the poem. F Correct. This tells something about the narrator of the poem. 2 of 5

4 8. Which part of Just the Wind makes the wind seem softest? A Correct. The wind is softest when it is just beginning to blow. B Incorrect. The word hard in this part of the poem tells readers the wind is not soft. C Incorrect. In this part of the poem, the wind whips up big waves. These words do not create a soft image. D Incorrect. In this part of the poem, the wind huffs and puffs to blow a house down. These words do not create a soft image. 9. Read these lines from Just the Wind : It blows through the woods and through the trees. It blows quite hard when elephants sneeze. Which is the most likely reason the author included these lines in the text? A Correct. Picturing an elephant sneeze is funny. B Incorrect. These lines are not facts about the wind. C Incorrect. The author is helping readers picture something, not telling a sequence of events. D Incorrect. The author does not explain why elephants sneeze. 10. Which word in the poem is a synonym for fret? A Correct. The two words have very similar meanings. B Incorrect. Little is a synonym for small. C Incorrect. Leave is a synonym for go. D Incorrect. Wind is a synonym for breeze. 11. Part A Where you would expect to find Just the Wind in a library? A Correct. This is a poem and would likely be found in a poetry book. B Incorrect. Encyclopedias include facts about many different things, but rarely include poems. C Incorrect. Although science magazines may include articles about the wind, they do not usually include poems like Just the D Incorrect. This text is not organized like a short story. It includes stanzas and rhyme. Where you would expect to find Clouds, Wind and Storms in a library? A Incorrect. Clouds, Wind and Storms is not a poem, so it is very unlikely it would be in a poetry book. B Incorrect. Although encyclopedias include short sections about many different topics, this is not the best answer. C Correct. This is the most likely place to find an article like Clouds, Wind and Storms. D Incorrect. Clouds, Wind and Storms informs readers of facts about the wind, so it is not a short story. 12. Part A Which text structures are used in Just the Wind? Choose all that apply. A Correct. This text structure is in Just the B Correct. This text structure is in Just the C Correct. This text structure is in Just the D Incorrect. This text structure is not in Just the E Correct. This text structure is in Just the F Incorrect. This text structure is not in Just the 3 of 5

5 12. Which text structures does the author of Clouds, Wind, and Storms use? Choose all that apply. A Incorrect. This text structure is not in B Correct. This text structure is in C Incorrect. This text structure is not in D Correct. This text structure is in E Incorrect. This text structure is not in F Correct. This text structure is in 13. You have read two texts about the wind. Write an essay that compares and contrasts: the genre of each text the central ideas in the two texts Be sure to include specific details from both texts to support your response. Scoring Rubric 4 The response gives full evidence of the ability to locate, select, interpret, and integrate information from the two texts to identify the genre of each text and to compare and contrast the main ideas. The response includes the effective use of facts and details from the texts to support the main ideas such as: Clouds, Wind, and Storms is a nonfiction informational text. It tells why there is wind. It gives an example of how this happens in Chicago, which is next to a large lake. Just the Wind is a poem about a child s fear of the wind. It tells a story about how the wind becomes scarier and scarier to the narrator. The poem has some funny parts, as when an elephant sneezes. It also has scary parts, as when the wind becomes strong enough to blow a house down. 3 The response gives sufficient evidence of the ability to locate, select, interpret, and integrate information from the two texts to identify the genre of each text and to compare and contrast the main ideas. The response provides uneven use of facts and details from the texts to support the main ideas. 2 The response gives partial evidence of the ability to locate, select, interpret, and integrate information mostly from one text to identify the genre of each text and to compare and contrast the main ideas. Flaws are present. 1 The response is related to the topic: to identify the genres of the texts and their main ideas, but provides little or no focus with minimal use of facts and details from the texts. 0 A response gets no credit if it is vague and/or includes no relevant information from the text to show that the student understands the genres of the texts and their main ideas. 4 of 5

6 1. Part A 2. Part A E F Part A E 7. Part A E F Part A 12. Part A E F E F 13. Constructed Response 5 of 5