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GOAL: 4

Name:
Period
Date
2 Reading A Polar Bear Grows Up

Grade: 1
Lexile Level: 260L
Domain: Life Science
Text Type: Informational
Skill/Strategy: Multi Skill/Strategy

DIRECTIONS: SAW . Use separate paper if needed.

Polar bears live in ice and snow. A polar bear baby is a cub. A cub is born with its eyes
closed. It does not have much hair. A cub drinks its mothers milk. The mother keeps the cub
warm.
The cub grows bigger. Soon the cub can walk. Its mother shows it how to hunt. She
shows it how to swim. The cub likes to play. It rolls in the snow. The cub grows stronger.
The cub learns to swim. It can find its own food. Now the cub can live by itself.

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A Polar Bear Grows Up

1. What is a cub?
a. a baby polar bear
b. a fish
c. a grown up polar bear
2. The passage describes a polar bear that is born. What is a polar bear like when it is first born?
a. It likes to play and roll in the snow.
b. Its eyes are closed and it does not have much hair.
c. It can swim and find its own food.
3. If a polar bear cub can walk, play, and swim, what do we know about the cub?
a. The cub was just born.
b. The cub grew bigger since it was born.
c. The cub cannot live in ice and snow.
4. What is A Baby Polar Bear Grows Up mostly about?
a. what a polar bear cub must learn to live by itself
b. what a newborn cub is like
c. what a newborn cub is like and what it must learn to live by itself
5. What can a polar bear cub do when it can live by itself?

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GOAL: 4

Name:
Period
Date
2 Reading A Day for Fishing

Grade: 1
Lexile Level: 290L
Domain: Earth & Space Science
Text Type: Literary
Skill/Strategy: Multi Skill/Strategy

DIRECTIONS: SAW . Use separate paper if needed.

Why do I have to wake up so early? Rosie asked.

She rubbed her eyes and looked out the window. It was still dark. Her dad was making
pancakes. Rosie put on her jeans and a shirt.
Then she ate her pancakes and was ready to go.
Rosies dad drove to the river. They saw the sun come up in the sky.
Look at the sunrise, Rosie said.
She and her dad caught two fish. They ate lunch. Then they drove back home.
Later that day, Rosie said to her dad, Look at the sunset!
They saw the bright red sky. Rosie loved her day of fishing.

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1. What did Rosie and her dad do together?
a. They went fishing.
b. They made pancakes.
c. They went to the pool.
2. At the beginning of the story, Rosie wakes up to go fishing. When did Rosie wake up to go fishing?
a. before sunrise
b. at sunrise
c. after sunrise
3. Rosie and her dad ate lunch, then they drove back home. Later that day, they saw the sunset. What does
this information tell us about when Rosie and her dad came home from fishing?
a. They came home before sunset.
b. They came home at sunset.
c. They came home at night.
4. What is A Day for Fishing mainly about?
a. how to catch a fish
b. what Rosie and her dad did on their day of fishing
c. what the sky looks like at sunset
5. What color was the sky at sunset?

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GOAL: 4

Name:
Period
Date
2 Reading A Loud Concert

Grade: 1
Lexile Level: 230L
Domain: Life Science, Physical Science
Text Type: Literary
Skill/Strategy: Multi Skill/Strategy

DIRECTIONS: SAW . Use separate paper if needed.

Sam is going to a concert today. He is excited. His brother plays the guitar. Sams family
arrives at the school.
The music starts. Sams brother holds his guitar. He plucks the strings. They vibrate and
make sound.
Sams eardrums start to vibrate too. Then Sam hears the piano. The music gets louder. A
girl plays the drums. The sound waves hit Sams ears. Its too loud.
Sams ears start to hurt. His mom gives him a pair of earplugs. Sam puts them in his ears.
Ah! Now the sound is not too loud.

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1. Where is Sam going?
a. school
b. a concert
c. band practice
2. First, Sam hears his brother play the guitar. Then what instrument does Sam hear?
a. guitar
b. piano
c. drums
3. When musicians play their instruments, the instruments vibrate and make sound waves. These sound
waves hit Sams ear. This makes Sams eardrums vibrate and he hears music. Why is Sam able to hear
the music?
a. Sound waves from Sams eardrum travel to the instruments. This makes the instruments create
music.
b. Sound waves from the instruments travel to Sams eardrum. This makes his eardrum vibrate.
c. Sams eardrum creates sound waves that allows him to hear music.
4. What is A Loud Concert mostly about?
a. Sams brother playing guitar
b. Sam and his family enjoying his brothers concert
c. why loud music and soft music are different
5. What does Sam use when the music gets too loud?

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A Baby Polar Bear Grows Up

260L

Life Science

Informational Multi
Skill/Strategy

A Day for Fishing

290L

Earth & Space Science

Literary

Multi
Skill/Strategy

A Loud Concert

230L

Life Science, Physical Science

Literary

Multi
Skill/Strategy

A Smelly Skunk

270L

Life Science

Literary

Multi
Skill/Strategy

Architects Design

270L

Technology & Engineering

Informational Multi
Skill/Strategy

Celebrate Flag Day

290L

Civics & Government, Geography Informational Multi

& Societies
Skill/Strategy

Cool in the Hot Desert

300L

Life Science

Jen's Surprise

240L

Learning about Your World

290L

Life Science

Informational Multi
Skill/Strategy

Light

210L

Physical Science

Informational Multi
Skill/Strategy

My Whiskers

280L

Life Science

Literary

Our Constitution

300L

Civics & Government, U.S.

History

Informational Multi
Skill/Strategy

Puppies, Puppies, Puppies

230L

Literary

Multi
Skill/Strategy

Sam's Helicopter Ride

280L

Literary

Multi
Skill/Strategy

What Can I Buy?

230L

Why Do We Need Rules?

File Name: Document1

Informational Multi
Skill/Strategy
Literary

Geography & Societies

Multi
Skill/Strategy

Multi
Skill/Strategy

Informational Multi
Skill/Strategy