Common Core: 1st Grade English Language Arts : Reading: Informational Text
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Example Question #1 : Common Core: 1st Grade English Language Arts
Wolves
A wolf is a wild dog. They do not live in houses like a dog does, but they look alike.
Body
Like a dog, a wolf walks on four legs and has a lot of fur. The fur keeps the wolves warm. Some wolves live in cold weather and need a lot of fur. The Arctic is a very cold place and many wolves live there.
Food
A wolf does not eat the same food as a dog. A wolf eats other animals. One animal that a wolf eats is called a deer. A wolf can run very fast, so it is able to catch a deer.
Family
A wolf does not live alone. Wolves live in groups called packs. A pack is like a family. There can be as many as 20 wolves in a pack.
Why do you think wolves have a lot fur?
To keep them cool
To keep them warm
To help them swim
To help them hide
To keep them warm
The answer to this question can come from reading a few sentences from the text.
Like a dog, a wolf walks on four legs and has a lot of fur. The fur keeps the wolves warm. Some wolves live in cold weather and need a lot of fur.
We are told that wolves have a lot of fur and that the fur keeps the wolves warm. By connecting these two sentences, we can find the correct answer. "To keep them warm".
Example Question #1 : Common Core: 1st Grade English Language Arts
Passage 1: Wolves
A wolf is a wild dog. They do not live in houses like a dog does, but they look alike.
Body
Like a dog, a wolf walks on four legs and has a lot of fur. The fur keeps the wolves warm. Some wolves live in cold weather and need a lot of fur. The Arctic is a very cold place and many wolves live there.
Food
A wolf does not eat the same food as a dog. A wolf eats other animals. One animal that a wolf eats is called a deer. A wolf can run very fast, so it is able to catch a deer.
Family
A wolf does not live alone. Wolves live in groups called packs. A pack is like a family. There can be as many as 20 wolves in a pack.
Passage 2: Gray Wolves
Gray Wolves used to live all over America. Now, they only live in some parts of America. They form groups, or packs, of 7 to 8 wolves. They live and look for food together.
There are two leaders in every pack. One leader is a girl wolf and one leader is a boy wolf. The leaders pick where the pack lives and what they eat.
Do not let the name trick you. Gray Wolves are not just gray. Their fur can be black, white, or gray.
What is another name for a group of wolves?
Arctic
Live
Fur
Pack
Pack
The answer to this question can be found in both passages.
Passage 1: "A wolf does not live alone. Wolves live in groups called packs."
Passage 2: "Gray Wolves used to live all over America. Now, they only live in some parts of America. They form groups, or packs, of 7 to 8 wolves. They live and look for food together. "
The correct answer is "Pack".
Example Question #2 : Common Core: 1st Grade English Language Arts
Wolves
A wolf is a wild dog. They do not live in houses like a dog does, but they look alike.
Body
Like a dog, a wolf walks on four legs and has a lot of fur. The fur keeps the wolves warm. Some wolves live in cold weather and need a lot of fur. The Arctic is a very cold place and many wolves live there.
Food
A wolf does not eat the same food as a dog. A wolf eats other animals. One animal that a wolf eats is called a deer. A wolf can run very fast, so it is able to catch a deer.
Family
A wolf does not live alone. Wolves live in groups called packs. A pack is like a family. There can be as many as 20 wolves in a pack.
What does the word “alone” mean?
To be sad
To be happy
To be by yourself
To be in a group
To be by yourself
We can use the words around "alone" in the text to help us learn the meaning.
A wolf does not live alone. Wolves live in groups called packs.
These sentences tell us that a wolf lives in a group, not alone. A group has many things in it. So "alone" must mean just one person. The correct answer is "to be by yourself".
Example Question #3 : Common Core: 1st Grade English Language Arts
Wolves
A wolf is a wild dog. They do not live in houses like a dog does, but they look alike.
Body
Like a dog, a wolf walks on four legs and has a lot of fur. The fur keeps the wolves warm. Some wolves live in cold weather and need a lot of fur. The Arctic is a very cold place and many wolves live there.
Food
A wolf does not eat the same food as a dog. A wolf eats other animals. One animal that a wolf eats is called a deer. A wolf can run very fast, so it is able to catch a deer.
Family
A wolf does not live alone. Wolves live in groups called packs. A pack is like a family. There can be as many as 20 wolves in a pack.
What section would we find out what a wolf eats?
Food
Family
Body
Food
This text is split up into three sections: body, food, and family. What an animal eats is known as its food. So, we would want to look in the food section to find out what a wolf eats.
Example Question #4 : Common Core: 1st Grade English Language Arts
Wolves
A wolf is a wild dog. They do not live in houses like a dog does, but they look alike.
Body
Like a dog, a wolf walks on four legs and has a lot of fur. The fur keeps the wolves warm. Some wolves live in cold weather and need a lot of fur. The Arctic is a very cold place and many wolves live there.
Food
A wolf does not eat the same food as a dog. A wolf eats other animals. One animal that a wolf eats is called a deer. A wolf can run very fast, so it is able to catch a deer.
Family
A wolf does not live alone. Wolves live in groups called packs. A pack is like a family. There can be as many as 20 wolves in a pack.
How are dogs like wolves?
Neither answers are correct
Dogs and wolves have four legs
Dogs and wolves have a lot of fur
Both answers are correct
Both answers are correct
We are told in the opening of the text that wolves and dogs look alike. Then, in the "Body" paragraph we are told that dogs and wolves have four legs and a lot of fur. This means that both answer choices are correct.
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