Open Up - Grade 3 - ELA - Module 4 - Mid Unit 1 Assessment - Formative Library | Library

Directions: Read pages 8–9 of One Well three times. Then answer the questions below. You can use the note-catcher to organize your thinking, but this will not be assessed:

What is one of the main ideas of this passage? Underline the best answer. (SL.3.2)

Everything needs water to live.

The amount of water on Earth doesn’t change; it cycles over and over again.

Oceans are salty because rivers collect salt from rocks and soil on the way to the ocean.

Water vapor rises and cools into clouds, which create rain, hail, and snow.

SL.3.2

Which three details from the passage best support the main idea? Underline the three best answers. (SL.3.2)

“Gradually, clouds collect more and more water droplets.”

“Year after year, water continuously circulates through the water cycle.”

“The same water just keeps going through a cycle over and over again.”

“It takes about one million tiny water droplets to make just one raindrop.”

“When water droplets get too heavy, they fall from the clouds in the form of hail, snow or rain.”

“The amount of water on Earth doesn’t change.”

SL.3.2

Directions: Read pages 8–9 of One Well to yourself and answer the questions below. Be sure to use the text to answer the questions:

Part A: What are the steps of the water cycle? Put the first step at the top, and the last at the bottom. (RI.3.1, RI.3.3)

When water droplets get too heavy, they fall from the clouds as rain, hail, or snow.
The water droplets form clouds, which collect more and more water droplets.
Water evaporates into the air as water vapor
Precipitation (rain, hail, and snow) returns to rivers, lakes, and oceans.
As water vapor rises, it cools into tiny water droplets.

RI.3.1

RI.3.3

Part B: What has to happen before water can rise into the air as water vapor? (RI.3.1, RI.3.3)

RI.3.1

RI.3.3

What does the prefix “re” mean in the word recycling? Underline the best answer. (RI.3.4, L.3.4b)

over

new

circular

again

RI.3.4

L.3.4.b

Read this sentence from page 8.

“The same water just keeps going through a cycle over and over again.”

Which sentence below uses the word cycle in the same way it is used in the sentence above? Underline the best answer. (RI.3.4)

In the frog life cycle, an adult frog lays eggs.

In a triathlon, an athlete has to swim, cycle, and run.

She had to cycle 3 miles home from school.

It is important to recycle cardboard boxes.

RI.3.4

Part A: Reread Paragraph 4 on page 8. What is condensation? Use the text to help you determine the meaning of the word. (RI.3.4, L.3.4a)

RI.3.4

L.3.4.a

Part B: Which detail in the text helps you to understand the meaning of the word condensation? (RI.3.1, L.3.4a)

The average white cloud weighs about twice as much as a blue whale

When water droplets get too heavy, they fall from the clouds in the form of hail, snow, or rain.

It rises into the air as water vapor.

As water vapor rises, it cools into tiny water droplets.

RI.3.4

L.3.4.a

What does precipitation mean? Use a dictionary and write a definition in your own words below. (RI.3.4, L.3.4d)

RI.3.4

L.3.4.d

10.

Read this sentence from page 8. 

“These droplets form clouds.” 

If the suffix “let” means small, what do you think a droplet is? (RI.3.4, L.3.4b)

RI.3.4

L.3.4.b

11.

Read this sentence from page 8. 

“Year after year, water continuously circulates through the water cycle.”

Use what you know about the meaning of the word circle to write a definition for the word circulate below. (RI.3.4, L.3.4c)

L.3.4.c

RI.3.4

12.

What does the diagram at the bottom of page 8 help the reader understand about the water cycle? Underline the best answer. (RI.3.7)

Heat rises from the ocean and trees to form clouds in the sky.

When it rains, rivers run down from the mountains into the ocean.

Water vapor rises and cools to form clouds, which then cause rain, hail, or snow.

It rains and snows in the mountains.

RI.5.7

13.

What is a noun? Underline the best answer. (L.3.1a)

a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea

a word that describes an action or state of being

a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

a word used to replace a noun

SL.3.1.a

14.

What is the function of the noun rainforest in this sentence: 
“The water you drank today may have rained down on the Amazon rainforest five years ago.” (L.3.1a)

SL.3.1.a

15.

What is a pronoun? (L.3.1a)

a word that that replaces a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

a word used to replace a noun

a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea

a word that describes an action or state of being

SL.3.1.a

16.

Reread Paragraph 1 on page 8. What word does the pronoun it replace in this paragraph? (L.3.1a)

L.3.1.a

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