Inference

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Excerpt

By Lewis Carroll

After a time Alice heard a little pattering of

feet in the distance, and she hastily dried her
eyes to see what was coming. It was the
White Rabbit returning, splendidly dressed,
We can infer that the
White Rabbit is -

A close with the Duchess

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with a pair of white kid gloves in one hand
B running away
and a large fan in the other: he came
trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to C always late
himself as he came, ‘Oh! the Duchess, the D afraid of Alice
Duchess! Oh! won’t she be mad if I’ve kept
her waiting!’ Alice felt so worried that she
was ready to ask help of any one; so, when Free Response:
the Rabbit came near her, she began, in a
low, timid voice, ‘If you please, sir—’ The Why do you think the Rabbit is so
Rabbit started violently, dropped the white upset?
kid gloves and the fan, and scurried away
into the darkness as hard as he could go. What makes you think so?

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Inference
Amazing Plant Growth By Science 4 Kids

There are five essentials plants need to

grow. They are light, temperature, water,
air, and nutrients. The most important
essential is light. Plants take in light they
need for photosynthesis. Temperature also
Based on information
in the story, the reader
can conclude that plants -

A are hard to take care of

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plays an important part for the plants to B cannot survive without all of the
grow, because plants essentials
require different C can become sick very easily
temperature at different D need most of the essentials to live
stages of growth. Water
is very important for
plants. Finally, oxygen,
nitrogen, and carbon Free Response:
dioxide greatly affect Why do plants need light?
the growth of plants.
Which sentence in the text supports
your answer?
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Main Idea

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Thumbelina Excerpt By Hans Christian Andersen

During the whole summer poor little Thumbelina What is the main idea?
lived quite alone in the wide forest. She wove
herself a bed with blades of grass, and hung it A Thumbelina did not know
up under a broad leaf, to protect herself from how to care for herself.
the rain. She sucked the honey from the flowers
B Thumbelina had a very hard
for food and drank the dew from their leaves
every morning. So passed away the summer
winter.
and the autumn, and then came the winter,— C Thumbelina enjoyed her life in
the long, cold winter. All the birds who had sung the forest.
to her so sweetly were flown away, and the
D Thumbelina tried to survive on her
trees and the flowers had withered. The large
clover leaf under the shelter of which she had own in the forest.
lived, was now rolled together and shriveled up,
nothing remained but a yellow withered stalk.
Free Response:
She felt dreadfully cold, for her clothes were
torn, and she was herself so frail and delicate,
What do you think Thumbelina
that poor little Thumbelina was nearly frozen. It
began to snow and the snow-flakes, as they fell looks like?
upon her, were like a whole shovelful falling
upon one of us, for we are tall, but she was only What inference can you make
an inch high. about Thumbelina?

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Main Idea

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The Echidnas By Science 4 Kids

Echidnas are small mammals, sometimes What makes the Echidnas

known as spiny anteaters. Echidnas are unique?
covered with coarse hair and spines.
Echidna and platypus are the only egg- A They are one of the only egg-
laying mammals known as monotremes. laying mammals.
They have a long lifespan. In fact, the B They can live a long time.
longest recorded lifespan for a captive
echidna is 50 years. They are usually solitary C They are anteaters.
animals. In ancient Greek mythology, there D They like to live alone.
was a monster called Echidna.

Free Response:

What does the word solitary mean?

What is the author’s purpose?

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SUMMARIZING

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A Little Princess Excerpt By Frances Hodgson Burnett

Sara stayed with her father at his hotel for What is the best summary of the
several days; in fact, she remained with him excerpt?
until he sailed away again to India. They went A Sara stayed with her father
out and visited many big shops together, and in a hotel for awhile before he
bought a great many things. They bought, had to sail back to India.
indeed, a great many more things than Sara
B Sara stayed with her father and they
needed; but Captain Crewe was a rash,
went shopping. He bought many fine
innocent young man and wanted his little girl to
clothes for her. The clothes were so nice
have everything she admired and everything
people believed she must be a
he admired himself, so between them they
princess.
collected a wardrobe much too grand for a
child of seven. There were velvet dresses C Sara did not want her father to leave so
trimmed with costly furs, and lace dresses, and he decided to take her shopping and
embroidered ones, and hats with great, soft buy her many nice things to remember
ostrich feathers, and ermine coats and muffs, him by.
and boxes of tiny gloves and handkerchiefs D Sara and her father went shopping for
and silk stockings in such abundant supplies expensive clothes so that people would
that the polite young women behind the know she was really a princess.
counters whispered to each other that the odd
little girl with the big, solemn eyes must be at Written Response: How do you think Sara
least some foreign princess-perhaps the little feels about the clothes? Do you think she
daughter of an Indian rajah. is really a princess? Why or why not?
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Shelter By Thunderbolt Kids Select the sentence that
Living things need some shelter to protect summarizes the selection.
them from harsh weather conditions. A Most animals need a place to
Some animals live in natural habitats for get out of harsh weather
their homes. Other animals build their own conditions - for example, birds
homes. Some animals even live in other and bees.
animals’ homes. A natural shelter is a B There are two types of shelters, natural
home that the animal has made for itself. habitats and animal made natural
Animals live in different kinds of homes like shelters.
holes in the ground, caves, nests, and
C Living things need some shelter to
trees. For example, nests are built by birds
protect them from harsh weather
and other animals in trees, on the ground,
conditions. Some animals live in
and even in buildings. This is used as a
natural habitats and build their own
home for them and especially for their
homes.
eggs. Nests are usually bowl-shaped and
made of twigs, leaves, and grass held D Living things need shelter for
together by mud or saliva (spit). Bees live protection. Many animals make their
in very large colonies. The hive is made up own like birds making a nest and bees
of many six-sided cells (hexagons) stuck making a hive.
together. The queen bee lays all the eggs Written Response: Write a new title for
in a hive, and each egg is put in a cell. the selection. Why is it a good title?

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AUTHOR’S PURPOSE

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Indian Flying Fox By Tech India Project

The Indian Flying Fox roosts in large The author included the image
groups of hundreds to thousands of to –
individuals on large trees in rural and
urban areas, close to agricultural A explain how the wings work
fields, ponds, and by the side of B suggest they are little
roads. They feed on a wide variety of C show what they look like
fruits and flowers, both wild and
cultivated. A single young is born What is the author’s purpose?
between April to early June. It travels
long distances, up to 95 miles to and A To Persuade
from its home at night in search of B To Inform
fleshy berries. C To Entertain

Written Response: What does the word

roosts mean?

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Puss in Boots By Hans Christian Andersen

Once upon a time there was a miller who left What is the main message
his three sons his mill, his donkey, and his cat. in the story?
The division was soon made. Neither the lawyer
nor the attorney was sent for. The eldest had A People should be happy with
the mill, the second the donkey, and the what they get.
youngest nothing but the cat. The youngest, as
B People should share with their
we can understand, was quite unhappy at
family.
having so poor a share. "My brothers," said he,
"may get their living handsomely enough by C People need to work hard in life.
joining their stocks together; but, for my part,
when I have eaten up my cat, and made me What is the author’s purpose?
a muff of his skin, I must die of hunger.” The
Cat, who heard all this, without appearing to A To Persuade
take any notice, said to him with a grave and B To Inform
serious air:— "Do not thus afflict yourself, my
C To Entertain
master; you have nothing else to do but to
give me a bag, and get a pair of boots made
for me, that I may scamper through the Written Response: How do you feel
bushes, and you shall see that you have not so about the youngest getting the
poor a portion in me as you think." cat?

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Task Card Recording Sheet

Read the text on each task card and record your
answer to each question on the recording sheet below.
Card
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Multiple Choice Answers Short Answer Responses

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 Mini Set - Task Cards
Answer Key & Breakdown
Question
Topic CCSS/TEKS Answer Reading
Level

Inference R.L.3.1, R.L.4.1, R.L.5.1 D Lexile: 670

1 3.6(F), 4.6(F), 5.6(F) 3rd Grade
Inference R.I.3.1, R.I.4.1, R.I.5.1 B 3-5th Grade
2 3.6(F), 4.6(F), 5.6(F)
Main Idea R.L.3.2, R.L.4.2, R.L.5.2 D Lexile: 500
3 3.6(G), 4.6(G), 5.6(G)
3rd Grade
Central Idea R.I.3.2, R.I.4.2, R.I.5.2 A 3-5th Grade
4 3.9(D)(i), 4.9(D)(i), 5.9(D)(i)
Summary R.L.3.2, R.L.4.2, R.L.5.2 B Lexile: 790
5 3.7(D), 4.7(D), 5.7(D)
4th Grade
Summary R.I.3.2, R.I.4.2, R.I.5.2 D 3rd – 5th
6 3.7(D), 4.7(D), 5.7(D)
Features R.I.3.5, R.I.4.5, R.I.5.5 C 3rd to 5th
7 3.9(D)(ii), 4.9(D)(ii), 5.9(D)(ii)
Grade
Author’s Purpose R.I.3.6, R.I.4.6, R.I.5.6
3.10(A), 4.10(A), 5.10(A) B
Author’s Purpose R.L.3.6, R.L.4.6, R.L.5.6 A 3rd to 5th
8 3.10(A), 4.10(A), 5.10(A)
Grade
C

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Using Google Forms as Quizzes

See below for simple instructions for using Google Forms as Quizzes. I highly
recommend watching the this video tutorial to get more familiar with the process if you
are new to Google Forms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm3KyqbaMJA&t=360s
1. Once you click one of the links you will be prompted to make a copy.

2. Follow the instructions.

3. Google will then add the resource to your Google DriveTM.

4. The resource is now yours to edit and use as you wish. You can rename, change color,
manipulate questions, change point values, etc.

5. Hit Send in the upper right corner to distribute to your students through email.

6. Students will receive an email and all they need to do is hit Fill out Form.

7. Students won’t get their scores until you release them.

8. To see the finished quizzes go back into the form in Google Drive.

9. Click Responses near the top to see the scores by individuals or as a group (multiple choice
questions are auto-graded). *Short Answers – require teacher feedback - see next page*

10. Release scores to students.

11. Students will get an email with their scores and be able to see which ones they missed along
with the correct answers.

12. Export scores if you would like.

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How to grade short answer questions?

1. Click on Responses near the top.

2. Then click on Individual.

3. The multiple-choice questions will already be graded. All the short answer
questions will be in red with a red X until you read over them and assign a
point value. (You will see the point value blank.)

4. Read the student’s response. If they are completely correct assign the
maximum point values, 3 points. If they are partially correct you can assign 2
or 1 point. If they are incorrect assign 0 points.

5. Save the changes you made. If you assigned the maximum point value the
questions will come up green. Any amount lower will appear red.

6. Now you can release the scores for students.

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