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STAAR Blitz Day 6

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9 questions

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Question 2

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Short Constructed Response:

Read the question carefully. Then enter your answer in the box provided.
Based on the information in paragraphs 2 and 3, explain one way hornbills and toucans are similar or one way they are different.

Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

(1 point for answer, 1 point for text evidence)

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Question 9

9.

The author wants to combine the ideas in sentences 2 and 3.

In the space provided, write a new sentence that combines these ideas in a clear and effective way.

Question 1

1.

Based on the information in paragraph 2, what happens after the toucan eats fruit?

A. The toucan rustles among the leaves.

B. The toucan perches on the tree branches.

C. The toucan spits out the seeds.

D. The toucan makes a loud sound.

Question 3

3.

What happens as a result of the toucan being a poor flier?

A. The toucan is easy prey for other animals.

B. The toucan must hop from branch to branch.

C. The toucan has a hard time getting food.

D. The toucan has a huge beak.

Question 4

4.

Read the diagram.

Which highlighted sentence from paragraph 3 best completes the diagram?

Select the answer in the text.

The hornbill’s call sounds just like a big dog barking. There are 54 species of hornbills that
we know of now. All have giant bills. Like toucans, hornbills are also rainforest helpers.
They feast on figs, their favorite fruit. Then they pass the seeds through their bodies.
Sometimes the fig seeds grow into new fig trees. 

Question 5

5.

According to paragraphs 4 and 5, the scarlet macaw uses its beak to – Select TWO correct answers.

fly fast

make noise

pull itself up when climbing

swing on branches

open hard nuts

Question 6

6.

Based on the information in paragraph 5, what can the reader infer?

Macaws use their colorful bodies to scare away predators.

Macaws use their bills to help them survive.

Macaws can’t use their bills.

Macaws use their claws to open fruit.

Question 7

7.

The most likely reason that the author provides the information in paragraphs 4 and 5 of “Rise and Shine” is –

to explain how scarlet macaws use their claws and bills to help them climb and eat

to explain how scarlet macaws fly fast to get to their food quickly

to explain how the scarlet macaw finds food

to explain how scarlet macaws only eat fruit and no other foods

Question 8

8.

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 2?

Change birds to bird

Change to to two

Change dooring to during

No change is needed.