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5.18 Reading Progress Monitoring

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4 questions

Goal: Identify the central idea and support it with evidence from the text.

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Question 1

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Which statement best identifies the central idea of the text? HINT: Read paragraph 5

Living things are grouped together but only individuals can change their environments.

Living things interact with similar organisms but need different species to survive.

Living things can grow or shrink based on how well the species works by itself.

Question 2

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Which quote from the text best supports the answer to question 1?

“No living thing can live without many other living things around it.” (Paragraph 5)

“It’s a lot easier to squish one bee than it is a swarm of bees coming right at you.” (Paragraph 4)

“It all begins with one living thing. You are a person. One organism.” (Paragraph 2)

Question 3

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What does the word “classify” mean as it is used in paragraph 1?

to judge someone

to place in a group

to look over carefully

Question 4

4.

Which quote from paragraph 1 supports the answer to question 3?

“Let’s see... you are a person, right?”

“You belong to a group called ‘students.’”

“to find out how a living thing fits into the world"