Selection: C-4

C-4

Grade level: 3

Word count: 1243 words

Author: Mary Dunn

Synopsis: Rachel Carson sounded an alarm about the environment while everyone else was asleep.

Excerpt: No excerpt is available for this question.

Question: What is another good title for this selection?

1. Warrior for the Environment
2. The Woman Who Loved Birds
3. The Cape Cod Shoreline
4. Why Chemicals Are Bad

Selection: C-25

C-25

Grade level: 3

Word count: 1130 words

Author: Marshif Quoyle

Synopsis: How do green plants matter? Let us (lettuce!) count the ways.

Excerpt: The links in that food chain begin with a green plant and then go on to insects and worms.

People and other large animals are at the end of many food chains. A food chain ends with an animal that will not be eaten by another animal.

The second link in any food chain is always a creature that eats plants.

Question: Think about what you read. Put these links to a food chain in order, from the first link in the last.

1. plant
2. grasshopper
3. frog
4. hawk

Selection: C-48

C-48

Grade level: 3

Word count: 1339 words

Author: Charles Reade

Synopsis: Is there a hidden treasure on an old man's farm? The old man searches even while his neighbors laugh and his wife doubts him.

Excerpt: "What difference does it make if I cut all the roots?" the old man shouted. "These old trees aren't worth a penny a piece. They are all in such poor condition! All together the do not give us enough good apples to make a living. These trees will make us into beggars! During my father's time, these trees used to produce wagon loads of the very finest fruit. How I wish these trees were all dead!"

Summer passed. Autumn followed. The old man's old trees had more apples than they had ever had before. In fact, the branches of the old trees staggered under their weight of fruit. The old man and his wife sold the apples and made more money than they could ever use.

Question: Which character changes the most, and in what way does the character change?

1. The old man changes the most because at first he thinks the trees are worthless, but then he learns they are the treasure.
2. The wife changes the most because at first she is looking for the treasure, but then she doubts that it really exists.
3. The neighbors change the most because at first they help the old man dig holes, but then they start to laugh at him.
4. The stranger changes the most because at first he makes a lot of noise, but later he sneaks away from the old man.

Selection: C-60

C-60

Grade level: 3

Word count: 1197 words

Author: Jacque Summers

Synopsis: This story tells how one Native American girl found a special way to use the basket she made.

Excerpt: No excerpt is available for this question.

Question: This selection is mainly about a

1. shy girl who discovers a way to communicate comfortably with others.
2. grandmother who teachers her granddaughter to speak in a loud, strong voice.
3. chief who entertains children with stories about animals.
4. new way to make baskets so they are colorful and useful.