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Grade 5 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions CCSS: CCRA.R.1, RI.5.1
Due to their incredible force and unpredictability, floods can cause tremendous damage. They can ruin houses, roads and buildings. Floods can take down trees and cause mudslides. Floods often leaves mud, sand and debris behind. It can take months to clean up after a flood.

Based on what you have read, you can INFER or CONCLUDE that:
  1. Cleaning up after a flood can be expensive and take time.
  2. Floods only occur along the coast.
  3. Floods are not that dangerous.
  4. After flood waters dry up, the problem is over.
Grade 5 Cause and Effect
Due to sending home various notes from the office and writing reminders in their planners, the students brought in a total of 435 packages of pasta for the school-wide service project.

What is the EFFECT?
  1. The students brought in packages of pasta.
  2. The students at MLR were participating in a project.
  3. The students at MLR were very generous.
  4. Notes went home and reminders were written in planners.
Grade 5 Poetic Devices CCSS: CCRA.R.5, RL.5.5
Wind
Blowing briskly
Leaves fall
From
The
Trees
We rake
Colored leaves
In
A
Big
Pile.

And jump.

What type of poem is this?
  1. Free Verse
  2. Haiku
  3. Rhyme Scheme
  4. Diamante
Grade 5 Main Idea
Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet explored the Mississippi River. Marquette was born in France. He went to Catholic schools and planned to become a missionary. He came to America to teach the Indians about his church. He heard about the great river from the Indians. Jolliet was a French Canadian explorer. He was sent to the Mississippi in hopes of finding a good trade route. Although their goals were different, Marquette and Jolliet worked together to explore the river.

The main idea in this passage is:
  1. It tells where Jolliet was born.
  2. It describes the Mississippi River.
  3. It tells who first discovered the Mississippi River.
  4. It compares the two explorers, Marquette and Jolliet.
Grade 5 Sequence of Events CCSS: CCRA.R.5, RI.5.5
For each pie, take a tin plate half the size of an ordinary dinner plate. Butter it and cover the bottom with a puff pastry, as you do for pies. Lay on it five or six select oysters, or enough to cover the bottom. Butter them and season with a little salt and plenty of pepper. Spread over this an egg batter, and cover with a crust of the pastry, making small openings in it with a fork. Bake in a hot oven fifteen to twenty minutes, or until the top is nicely browned.

What do you do first with the tin pie plate?
  1. Put the puff pastry on the bottom
  2. Lay on it five or six select oysters
  3. Butter it
  4. Cover with a crust of the pastry
Grade 5 Metaphor CCSS: CCRA.R.4, RL.5.4
Read these lines from the poem:

The engine was an old lion / roaring but weak in the core.

What does this metaphor mean?
  1. The engine was probably dying, but it still made noise.
  2. The engine was probably missing important parts.
  3. The engine was making strange, animal-like sounds.
  4. The engine of the vehicle was shaped like an old lion.
Grade 5 Author's Purpose CCSS: CCRA.R.6, RL.5.6

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First be sure to check the date on the bread. Then take out the peanut butter, jelly and a knife. Then, take the knife and put it into the peanut butter and then spread it on one side of each piece of bread. Next, take the jelly and spread it on one of the slices on top of the peanut butter. Now it's time to put one slice on top of the other. You can cut the sandwich either in half or in quarters.

The author wrote this piece to...
  1. entertain
  2. persuade
  3. convince
  4. inform
Grade 5 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions CCSS: CCRA.R.1, RI.5.1
Mars, a reddish orange planet often seen in the night sky, has long been of interest to humans. Many years ago, scientists used telescopes to chart the movements of Mars. Modern scientists can do more than just look at Mars through a telescope.

Based on the passage, how has modern science helped those with an interest in Mars?
  1. They can only use telescopes to see the planet.
  2. They can obtain new, in-depth information about the planet.
  3. They can fly to visit the planet on their own.
  4. They can learn about other planets as well.
Grade 5 Point of View CCSS: CCRA.R.6, RL.5.6
I was shaking like a leaf. My palms were sweating. My heart was pounding so loudly I was sure everyone around me could hear it. I hated presentations.

This passage is written using which point of view?
  1. first person
  2. second person
  3. third person
Grade 5 Figurative Language
Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence below.

Education is your passport to satisfying employment.
  1. simile
  2. metaphor
  3. hyperbole
  4. personification
Grade 5 Figurative Language
Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence.

"Fine, fresh, fierce, we got it on lock."
  1. hyperbole
  2. alliteration
  3. onomatopoeia
  4. simile
Grade 5 Figurative Language
Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence.

"It's the house telling you to close your eyes."
  1. personification
  2. hyperbole
  3. alliteration
  4. onomatopoeia
Grade 5 Theme CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RL.5.2

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What is the theme of this poem?
  1. A dream lost
  2. The value of hard work
  3. Learning a new game
  4. It hurts to fail
Grade 5 Point of View CCSS: CCRA.R.6, RL.5.6
Which pronoun is an example of those used in third person point of view?
  1. I
  2. They
  3. You
Grade 5 Poetic Devices CCSS: CCRA.R.5, RL.5.5
Eel
Greasy, long
Winding, swimming, moving
An eel is strange.
Fish

What type of poem is this?
  1. Haiku
  2. Limerick
  3. Free Verse
  4. Cinquain
Grade 5 Summarizing CCSS: CCRA.R.5, RL.5.5
Eric was very excited and confident that he was going to win the soccer match because he is one of the best goalies. During the game, he tried hard and worked with his team, but nothing went his way. The other team worked harder and scored more points than Eric's team.

Which sentence best goes with this short story?
  1. They won the victory.
  2. Eric's team was defeated.
  3. They were excited.
  4. After the game, Eric's team got pizza.
Grade 5 Idiom CCSS: CCRA.R.4, CCRA.L.5, RL.5.4, L.5.5a, L.5.5b
What does the idiom the sky is the limit mean?
  1. Everyone has some limitations.
  2. The possibilities are endless.
  3. It will be a difficult journey.
  4. Not everything comes easily.
Grade 5 Story Elements CCSS: RF.5.4, RF.5.4a
Tone is the central idea or concern of a literary work.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Main Idea
Consider how many activities you do outside of school. Remember that school needs to be a priority. It's great to do extra things--as long as they don't rob you of needed energy for learning. If you feel like you are too busy, ask your parents if you can cut down to one or two favorite things. You may try one activity one semester (i.e. being in a play) and something different the next (playing a sport). We often feel we have to do everything at once at once, and that can wear us out!

The main idea in this passage is:
  1. People often feel as if they are too busy.
  2. The author suggests trying activities at different times.
  3. We should try to do as much as we can at once.
  4. School should be a priority.
Grade 5 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.5.5, L.5.5a
'Once by the Pacific' by Robert Frost

The shattered water made a misty din.
Great waves looked over others coming in.

The figurative language in line 2 of this poem
  1. compares the waves to one another.
  2. exaggerates the size of the waves.
  3. makes the waves seem human.
  4. makes the reader hear the waves.
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