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Skills 3 Pre-Assessment

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10 questions
1

What is the paper airplane contest?

4

What do the teachers want to make students understand about airplanes?

4

Who expects to win the paper airplane contest because he is strong?

1

Read these sentences: “Brian won because he tried out many solutions to the problem of how to make an airplane fly very far. He did this by testing out many different designs and comparing the results. When he found the design that worked best — the paper airplane that flew the farthest — he used it.”

What does the word design mean above?

1

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.

Brian wins the paper airplane contest _______ he tried out different kinds of planes.

4

Does the paper airplane contest teach students anything about how real airplanes fly? Explain why or why not, using evidence from the story.

1

Based on the events of the story, what has a big effect on how far a paper airplane flies?

1

Paul is stronger than Brian, but his paper airplane does not fly as far Brian’s airplane.

What can be concluded from this information?

1

A problem in this passage is how to make a paper airplane that flies far.

What is Brian’s solution to this problem?

1

What is a theme of the story?