Standardized GRADE 3 READING Practice s With Question-by-Question Strategies and Tips That Help Students Build -Taking Skills and Boost Their Scores Michael Priestley
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Contents Welcome to... 4 1... 8 2...30 3...49 Answer Sheet...69 Answer Keys 1...71 2...79 3...87 Scoring Charts Student Scoring Chart...94 Classroom Scoring Chart...95
1 Name Date Read each passage and the questions that follow. Look at the s tips for understanding the passages and answering the questions. Then choose the best answer to each question. Directions: Read this story about a girl and her mother. Then answer questions 1 5. The Pot of Milk Once upon a time in India, a young girl named Gheta lived in a small house with her mother. The mother worked hard to make enough money to support herself and her daughter. Every day, she milked their one cow. Then she took the milk to the market and sold it for a few rupees. Take a quick look at the questions before you begin reading so you know what to look for. One day after the mother milked the cow, the cow fell ill. The mother could not leave the sick cow alone, for the animal was the most valuable thing she owned. So she handed her daughter a clay pot full of milk and said, Take this to the market and sell it. Gheta grumbled, for she was used to lying in the shade and dreaming while her mother worked. But she understood that if she did not sell the milk, there would be no food for dinner. On the way to the market, Gheta got hot. She sat down to rest in the shade of a big banyan tree. As she rested, she dreamed about her future. Think about why Gheta has to go to the market. Where is Gheta while she is dreaming? 8
1 Name When I sell the milk, she said to herself, I will use the money to buy some eggs. When the eggs hatch, I will have chickens. I will sell the chickens and buy a young goat. When the goat is fully grown, I will sell it for some fruit trees. I will plant the trees, and then I will gather the fruit to sell. With the money from the fruit, I will buy lots of land. I will plant rice in the fields. When I harvest the rice, I will sell it and use the money to build a fine house! One day I will be cooking a big meal in my new kitchen. The food will smell so good that flies will come in the window. I will be angry, and I will kick the flies just like this! Gheta gave a big kick and knocked over the pot of milk! The clay pot did not break, but all the milk spilled out. There was nothing she could do except turn around and go home. When Gheta walked into the house, her mother told her that the cow was fine. Then she asked, Where are the rupees? Gheta told her what had happened, and her mother got very upset. But Gheta said, It was a good thing I did not take our cow to the market. If I had kicked her instead of the pot of milk, she would have run away! We lost a little milk, but we still have the cow, so we can get more. The mother said that was so, and her anger slowly faded. After that, Gheta stopped dreaming and started working. She often took milk to the market, but she never again stopped to rest. Think about the lesson Gheta learns. Questions 1 5: Choose the best answer to each question. 1. Which words from the story have almost the same meaning? A angry and alone B walked and kicked C ill and sick D fine and valuable Read every answer choice before you pick one. Think about the meaning of both words. 9
1 Name 2. Why does the mother send Gheta to the market? A The mother does not feel well. B The mother has to care for the cow. C The mother is angry with Gheta. D The mother thinks Gheta can get more money. 3. Where is Gheta when she kicks over the pot of milk? A at home B under a tree C at the market D in a field of rice 4. How does Gheta keep her mother from being too angry? A She explains that things could be worse. B She helps the cow get better. C She tells her she will have a fine house someday. D She says someone took the milk from her. 5. The lesson in this story would be most helpful to a person who A plans to travel to India. B does chores at home. C doesn t like milk. D often daydreams. Go back to the passage to see why Gheta had to go to the market. Go back to the passage to see where Gheta stops to rest. Look at the ending to see what Gheta said or did. Think about the lesson in the story and why Gheta had to learn it. 10
1 Name Directions: Read this passage about how the body heals cuts. Then answer questions 6 10. Cuts and How They Heal Your skin is a covering that protects your body. When you get a cut, it makes a hole in that covering. Have you ever wondered how your body repairs cuts? A team of workers does the job. You can t see the workers because they are microscopic, but this is what they do. As soon as you get a cut, an alarm goes out and special cells rush to the scene. The first step is to stop the bleeding. This job is done by cells called platelets. When platelets touch the rough edges of a cut, they get sticky, like glue. In a minute or two, they close the cut. The bleeding stops. Next, little threads begin to form in the blood just below the platelet plug. The threads form a kind of net and harden. This is a scab. Scabs may not be pretty, but they are very useful! They protect your skin while it heals. Your body s next task is to kill any germs that have entered through the hole in your skin. This is a task for white blood cells. They swim to the cut and eat up the germs! The white blood cells keep the cut from getting infected. Once the bleeding has stopped, the scab has formed, and the white blood cells have killed any germs, your body has one last important job to do. It must replace the skin cells that were damaged. Have you ever seen a big hole in a wall? Have you watched someone repair the wall? First, they fill the hole with plaster or joint compound. Then, they use a special tool to smooth out the filling. Last, they paint over the repair so you can t tell where the hole was. Your body does something similar with the hole from a cut. Cells called fibroblasts make a tough substance called collagen to fill the hole. Then, skin cells grow over the collagen and cover it up. In most cases, after a week or two, the surface of the skin will look just as it did before the accident. However, if the cut was deep or ragged, sometimes a scar will remain. The scar is the collagen. What is this passage mainly about? Notice the sequence of steps: first... next... 11