U1 W3 "City of Parades" Weekly Assessment

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Read the sentence from the article.

People place pink and purple flowers on the roadside.

Based on the word road and side, what is the meaning of the compound word roadside?

A  the side of a road

B  a road with two sides

C  the side of a driveway

D  a road that goes sideways

Which three words from the article are compound words?

A  bagpipes

B  cultures

C  firecrackers

D  sidewalks

This has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B.

Part A: What is the paper dragon in the Chinese New Year Parade a sign of?

A  The acrobats are coming.

B  The parade is about to end.

C  The lion dancers are coming.

D  The parade is about to begin.

Part B: Underline the sentence from the passage that best supports your answer in part A.

This is a two-part question. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B.

Part A: Why does the author talk about the Columbus Day Parade at the end of the article?

A  It has the most spectators

B  It is the least important parade.

C  It is the final parade of the year.

D  It has the fewest floats in the parade. 

Part B: What text evidence supports your answer in part A?

A  The Columbus Day Parade takes place in October.

B  The parade celebrates Italian-American culture.

C  Italian Americans play music and perform dances.

D  The Columbus Day Parade is the last cultural parade of the year. 

How does the author organize the article to show that Chicago is the city of parades?

A  by explaining how much each parade started

B  by comparing and contrasting each of the parades

C  by telling the sequence in which the parades happen

D  by telling the number of people that take part in the parades

What is the passage or article mostly about? What is the MAIN IDEA of the passage?

A. Chinese New Year celebration.

B.  The different parades celebrated in Chicago throughout the year by people of different cultures.

C.  The big city of Chicago.

D.  St. Patrick's Day parade.

Read the sentence from the article. 

People place pink and purple flowers on the roadside.

Based on the word road and side, what is the meaning of the compound word roadside?

A  the side of a road

B  a road with two sides

C  the side of a driveway

D  a road that goes sideways

Which three words from the article are compound words?

A  bagpipes

B  cultures

C  firecrackers

D  sidewalks

This has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B.

Part A: What is the paper dragon in the Chinese New Year Parade a sign of?

A  The acrobats are coming.

B  The parade is about to end.

C  The lion dancers are coming.

D  The parade is about to begin.

This is a two-part question. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B. 

Part A:   Why does the author talk about the Columbus Day Parade at the end of the article?

A  It has the most spectators

B  It is the least important parade.

C  It is the final parade of the year.

D  It has the fewest floats in the parade. 

Part B:  What text evidence supports your answer in part A?

A  The Columbus Day Parade takes place in October.

B  The parade celebrates Italian-American culture.

C  Italian Americans play music and perform dances.

D  The Columbus Day Parade is the last cultural parade of the year. 

How does the author organize the article to show that Chicago is the city of parades? 

A  by explaining how much each parade started

B  by comparing and contrasting each of the parades

C  by telling the sequence in which the parades happen

D  by telling the number of people that take part in the parades

What is the passage or article mostly about?  What is the MAIN IDEA of the passage?

A. Chinese New Year celebration.

B.  The different parades celebrated in Chicago throughout the year by people of different cultures.

C.  The big city of Chicago.

D.  St. Patrick's Day parade.

U1 W3 "City of Parades" Weekly Assessment

U1 W3 "City of Parades" Weekly Assessment

Part B: Underline the sentence from the passage that best supports your answer in part A.

Read the sentence from the article. People place pink and purple flowers on the roadside.Based on the word road and side, what is the meaning of the compound word roadside?

Which three words from the article are compound words?

This has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B.Part A: What is the paper dragon in the Chinese New Year Parade a sign of?

Part B: Underline the sentence from the passage that best supports your answer in part A.

This is a two-part question. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B. Part A: Why does the author talk about the Columbus Day Parade at the end of the article?

Part B: What text evidence supports your answer in part A?

How does the author organize the article to show that Chicago is the city of parades?

What is the passage or article mostly about? What is the MAIN IDEA of the passage?

Read the sentence from the article.

People place pink and purple flowers on the roadside.

Based on the word road and side, what is the meaning of the compound word roadside?

This has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B.

Part A: What is the paper dragon in the Chinese New Year Parade a sign of?

This is a two-part question. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B.

Part A: Why does the author talk about the Columbus Day Parade at the end of the article?