Parker is writing a story for her class about a dog that helps people who are blind. Parker wants to revise her story to add better detail about the main character. Read the draft paragraphs of her story and complete the task that follows.

About a year ago, a young Black Labrador puppy was adopted by a loving and helpful family. The family named the pup Bailey, and they taught her how to assist people who are blind.

Each day, Bailey learned a new skill for being a good guide dog. She learned how to listen very carefully to commands, and she also learned how to warn people when there was danger. Bailey seemed to beam with pride and happiness every time she was praised for her good work. She knew she was destined for great things in life. Bailey wanted nothing more than to help people. Bailey wagged her tail in delight when she heard, "Good girl! What a helpful dog you are!“

Finally, the day arrived for Bailey to go to her new home. A lovely lady who had lost her eyesight only a month earlier adopted the helpful dog. Bailey quickly became her faithful friend and assistant. Bailey always made sure the woman was safe both at home and in the neighborhood. In return, the woman made sure Bailey felt loved and treasured.

Choose the best sentence to add detail to show or explain who the main character is.

A student is writing a report for science class about recycling. The student wants to revise the draft to include more information about recycling paper. Read a portion of the report and complete the task that follows.

Recycling is when waste and other materials are turned into new products. This prevents possibly useful materials from being wasted. It also cuts down on pollution and energy use.

There are a lot of materials that can be recycled, such as plastic, glass, metal, clothing, electronic equipment, and paper. Paper is one of the most common items that people recycle.

Aluminum can be recycled from cars, planes, computers, bicycles, wires, cookware, and cans. When glass is recycled, it is usually separated by color because glass will keep its color after it is recycled.

Although we normally think of recycling as something new, history shows that humans have recycled for thousands of years.

My notes on recycling:

• people have recycled for thousands of years

• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

• cuts down on pollution

• cuts down on energy use

• many materials can be recycled

Choose the sentence that adds information to the idea developed in the second paragraph of the report.

A student is writing a report for his teacher about his class's food drive. The student wants to revise the draft to delete details that do not support the main idea. Read this part of the report and complete the task that follows.

We set a goal of collecting one hundred cans of food in four weeks. This number was chosen because we have twenty-five students in the class and hoped that each student could try to collect one can per week. Some students asked their families to donate cans to the effort. Other students put up posters around their churches or neighborhoods to encourage other people to donate food. Two students who play soccer after school asked their teammates to lend a hand. After three weeks, we have already gathered two hundred cans of food.

The next challenge in this project will be to find volunteers to pack up the cans and transport them to the food bank downtown. We plan to ask for parents to assist with this part. Three students are making fliers to send home with everyone in class that will ask for parent drivers. There are only three days left before my family goes on vacation. We hope to deliver the food on Tuesday, October

Choose the sentence that should be deleted because it does not contain details that support the main idea of the report.

A student is writing a report for his teacher about raising frogs. Read the draft of the report and complete the task that follows.

When Robert brought the frog eggs to school, they looked like tiny jelly balls. They were attached like a bunch of grapes to a rock under the water of the aquarium tank. For several days, nothing seemed to be happening. We worried that something had gone wrong. Frog eggs will not hatch if the water is not clean enough or if the temperature is too cool. Then, one morning Katie noticed that the eggs had hatched. Tadpoles were swimming around the tank like a swarm of tiny bees. It was disappointing that we were not able to see the hatching itself, raising frogs has been very interesting so far.

Choose the best two phrases to connect “It was disappointing that we were not able to see the hatching itself” and “raising frogs has been very interesting so far.”

A student is writing an opinion article for the teacher about too much homework. The student wants to revise the draft to improve the development of ideas. Read the draft of the article and complete the task that follows.

Students these days have too much homework. At my school, students get more than an hour and a half of homework every night, and that doesn’t include our daily reading.

First of all, our homes should not feel like another form of school. We listen and work all day at school. Home should be for spending time with our families and friends. However, the amount of homework the average fourth-grade student receives is taking away important family time and time to play. Kids also need to get enough sleep to do well in school. Sometimes we have so much homework in so many different subjects that we are up way past our bedtimes trying to get it done.

However, other people believe homework gets students ready for high school and makes them more responsible. They also say homework makes parents get more involved in their child’s learning. I disagree. I believe it’s more important to spend fun times with your family instead of arguing over homework.

After you’ve worked on schoolwork all day long, it’s not fun to go home and do homework. I hope teachers, principals, students, and parents can find an answer and end the problem of too much homework!

Choose the sentence that best supports the underlined reason in the second paragraph.

A student is writing a story for her teacher about a bike ride. Read this part of the story and complete the task that follows.

“I’ll race you to the edge of the park!” yelled Quintin as he pedaled fast.

“You must be dreaming!” replied Cassie with a laugh as she soared past.

The bikes were racing side by side like racehorses until the final yards when Quintin pushed his front wheel ahead.

Which of the following descriptive words would best replace the underlined word?

A student is writing a story for her teacher about space travel. Read the draft of this part of the story and answer the question that follows.

Disaster loomed in the inky depths toward which the rocket sped. A satellite, like a tiny bug compared to the eagle-like rocket, edged into the rocket's path. Luckily, the two spacecraft did not meet. At the last minute, the rocket got by the silent, blinking satellite.

Which of the following phrases would best replace the underlined detail to make it more descriptive?

A student is writing a report on planting bulbs for science class. Read this portion of the report and answer the question that follows.

Fall is the season to plant flower bulbs. My mom has been in her flower garden for days now, planting bulb after bulb. She decides where to plant the bulb, makes a hole, gently inserts the bulb, and then covers it with soil.

Which of the following is a more exact way to say what the writer means in the underlined phrase?

A student is writing a story for school about his winter vacation. Read this draft paragraph from his story and the directions that follow.

During my winter vacation I visited my dad, and it was gloomy where he lives! The longer I stayed, the more I became used to the daily blizzards. It was still gloomy, though. Sometimes it would stop snowing, but then icy rain would fall. That made it seem gloomy all the time. Even though I had fun with my dad, I was glad to get back home to the beach!

Select the best two words to replace the underlined words in the paragraph.

A student is writing a story for language arts about her pet turtle. Read a paragraph of the story and complete the task that follows.

Anna loved her turtle. She spent hours watching the turtle as it swam in the pond she had made for him. The turtle [lived / was] in an aquarium. There were rocks and plants in the aquarium, which the turtle [walked / crawled] over. Anna fed her turtle every day. Her turtle liked to eat. Anna and her turtle were happy.

The student needs to add more exact description to her story. Click on two words that are too general and should be replaced.

A student is writing a story for language arts about learning to ski. Read the draft of the story and complete the task that follows.

This weekend, I went skiing with my friend Jack and his family. I had never been there before, so I was really excited. The mountains looked so beautiful with their peaks covered in snow.

First, Jack’s father gave me a ski lesson and I practiced for a while. Then, we rode to the ski slope on the thing that takes people to the mountain top. It was fun to slide on the skis, but I forgot how to stop and crashed into Jack. We both fell down, but we weren’t hurt. Jack’s dad was laughing. He helped us up and taught me how to stop again.

The student wants to make sure that he has used the right words to make his meaning clear.

Click on two of the underlined words that he should change.

Read the sentences below and complete the task that follows.

I have been helping my scout troop collect pet food for the animal shelter in our town. My mom helped me set up plastic tubs around our neighborhood. Each tub has a sign asking for donations. Every Monday, I stop by the tubs to see what is there. By next week, I collected over one hundred cans and bags of food. I cannot wait until we deliver the food to the shelter!

Edit the underlined sentence by selecting the sentence that uses the correct helping verb.

Read the following sentences and the question that follows.

The teacher shook her head as she looked at the mess her students had left in the art room. She had asked them to clean up after themselves yet they always rushed off before doing so. She would have to find a solution to this problem.

What is the best way to add the missing punctuation in the underlined sentence?

Read the sentences and the question that follows.

Coach Rollins called a team meeting that Saturday afternoon at practice. “I just wanted to tell you how proud I am,” the coach said. “You have been playing so well all Spring. Now we have one final game to end the season. I hope you will all play your best today.”

The whole team cheered loudly, hugged, and ran out onto the field with smiles.

Which word underlined in the paragraph is incorrect?

Read the story and the question that follows.

Today, our class went to The Fishery, a local fish store, because we are learning about fish: where they live and how they are different from people. Inside the store was very dark, except for the bright lights on top of each tank.

The girl, working in the store told me that the lights are neon, and they are used to show off the bright, colors of each fish.

The different fish were beautiful under the lights. They were bright blue, purple, yellow, and green.

I wanted to take all of the fish home.

What is the best way to correct the punctuation error in the underlined sentence?

Read the paragraph and complete the task that follows.

We went to visit my uncle in Massachusetts. He lives just outside of Boston, so we went sightseeing in the City. We went to see where Paul Revere lived. He was a famous hero in the American Revolution. After that we walked through Boston Commons, a large park. Then we went to a baseball game.

Choose the word that is incorrectly capitalized.

Read the paragraph and answer the question that follows.

Over the weekend, my mother and I went to a swim meet because we knew one of the swimmers, Dave, who is my cousin. She said to me We're going to see your cousin swim in a contest. The meet was exciting because all the swimmers were working very hard. Dave was swimming very quickly. He did really well and came in third. He was so excited he let out a cheer when they announced his name. He got an award. We all went out to eat afterward. He was really hungry and had two hamburgers.

What are the two changes in punctuation that will correct the underlined sentence?

A student wrote a sentence that contains an error in punctuation. Click on the underlined word that should be followed by a comma.

Every morning, my sweet new puppy tries to climb the stairs to get to my bedroom but he never makes it up more than one step.

A student is writing a report about the landforms of Italy. The student found the following sources. Which source would most likely have information for the report?

A student is writing a research report about the sky. Read the sentences from her report and the directions that follow.

It is a clear day in the summer. The sun shines brightly on your face. You lie down on the soft carpet of green grass and look up at the bright blue sky. Suddenly you ask yourself, "If air has no color, then what makes the sky blue?"

Choose two of the sources that would most likely give the student more information about the ideas she has written.

A student is writing a research report about sea stars. She wrote an opinion in the report. Read the sentences from the report and the directions that follow.

Amazing Sea Stars

Sea stars are sea animals with hard, spiny skin. They crawl along the ocean floor. Most sea stars have five arms. They also have tube feet on their underside. Sea stars have a surprising ability. It is truly astonishing.

The student took notes about sea stars. Which note supports the student's opinion?

A student is writing a research report about writing letters. He wrote an opinion in the report. Read the opinion and the directions that follow.

The Internet has only been around for a short time. Before the Internet, the telephone was a usual way to contact people. And before the telephone, the telegraph was used. But people have written letters for centuries. Some people can express their ideas in a letter better than they can on a computer, and letters can be saved and read many years later. A letter is a special gift that can be enjoyed now and for many years to come.

The student found another source about writing letters.

Which sentence from the source supports the student's opinion?

A student is writing a research report about the beginnings of music. He found a source. Read Source 1 and the directions that follow.

Source 1

Music is very important in people's lives. It helps people to come together. It is an important part of many events. How did music begin? It probably started with mothers talking to their babies. They talked to them in a sing-song voice. The babies connected with this musical sound. It pleased and calmed them. Then, music became a way for families or other groups to tell stories. More and more people began connecting through music. After a while, larger groups gathered for the purpose of music. Finally, the concert was born.

The student took notes about the beginnings of music. Choose all of the notes that support the author's opinion in Source 1.

A student is writing a research report on how and why cats purr. She found a source. Read Source 1 and the directions that follow.

Source 1

Do cats choose to purr? The answer is yes, they do. Cats actually make the choice to purr the same way humans make the choice to smile or laugh. Purring by a cat shows a friendly mood. They create the purring sound by using a few parts of their bodies. Their voice boxes and other muscles work together to make that low rumbling sound that we come to expect when cats are curled up on our laps. What's very interesting is that a cat's purr has healthy benefits for both cats and humans, including strengthening bones. Feeling weak? Find a cat to hold, and it can make your bones stronger.

The student took notes about how and why cats purr. Choose two notes that support the author's opinion in Source 1.

A student is writing a research report about early bicycles. He found a source. Read Source 1 and the directions that follow.

Source 1

Bicycles were invented in the nineteenth century. These early bicycles were a very helpful tool. One of the first bicycles was a "walking machine." It was made by Baron von Drais in 1817. It looked like a bicycle, but a person had to push against the ground with his or her feet to move it.

The student took notes about early bicycles. Choose two notes that support the author's opinion in Source 1.

A student is writing a research report about panda bears. He wrote an opinion in the report. Read the sentences from the report and the directions that follow.

A panda bear has black hair around its eyes, ears, nose and all across its tummy. The rest of its fur is white. A panda has a short, stubby tail. It has five claws and an extra finger, kind of like a thumb, that starts at its wrist bone. It uses this extra finger to grip and eat bamboo. Panda bears love to eat lots and lots of bamboo.

The student found another source about pandas. Choose two of the sentences from the source that support the student's opinion.

Read the sentence from the passage.

Because bees steer by the sun, the dancer links her directions to its position in the sky.

Pick the word that best defines position as it is used in the sentence.

What does the information in the section “Keep Away!” show about the author’s point of view?

Pick the two sentences that should be included in a summary of the passage.

What is the most likely reason the author uses dialogue in the passage? Pick three choices.

Read the passage excerpt.

Not all animals cooperate the way honey bees do. Most compete for food, territory, and mates. Fights take time and energy. Rivals risk injury and death, weakening the group as a whole. So some animals dance instead, using movements to make themselves look larger, stronger, and quicker than their competition. “Don’t mess with me,” they say.

Click on the two sentences that best support the idea that dancing may be a better way for animals to communicate than fighting.

Read the summary of the “Red Fish, Blue Fish” section of the passage.

The male betta fish would rather dance than fight. First, they turn toward each other and stretch out their skin and fins to look bigger. Then, they move side to side and quickly beat the water with their tails until one backs down. The loser lowers his fins and tail and swims away.

An important detail is missing from the summary. Click on the sentence from the passage that includes the missing detail.

What happens after Matthew and Jose open the umbrellas?

Read the sentences from the passage.

Finally I saw Jose. I ran over and almost collapsed.

What does the use of the word collapsed suggest?

How does the author develop the idea that Matthew takes responsibility for his actions?

How does the paragraph about Matthew looking for his cowboy boots add to the plot?

Matthew and his family go to the farmer's market regularly. Pick the two details from the passage that best support this inference.

Read the sentence from the passage.

I ran past tables of flowers, fruits, vegetables, and even homemade soaps and hand-knitted sweaters, but I could not find Jose.

Choose two statements that best explain why the author chose to include this sentence.

Read the sentence from the passage.

I knew that my friend Jose and his family were supposed to be at the market, so I searched for them, keeping my fingers crossed that it didn’t start to rain.

Why does the author use the phrase “keeping my fingers crossed”? Pick three choices.

The following question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B.

Part A: Which of these inferences about Matthew is supported by the passage?

Part B: Which sentence from the passage best supports your answer in part A?

The author uses the word disappointed in the passage. Click on the group of words in the sentence that best shows that idea.

It was a cloudy Saturday, and I thought we would be able to skip the Farmer’s Market. I had hoped to do what I wanted today, but no such luck.

Read the sentence and the directions that follow.

Participants in the Rokkaku battle were allowed to repair their kites before they competed in the next round.

Which detail from the passage best supports this conclusion?

Read the sentences from the passage.

Down on the ground, the kite flyers begin to saw their lines back and forth, trying to pull each other’s kites out of the sky. “We have engagement!” shouts the announcer. The audience cheers.

The word engagement has multiple meanings. What does the author tell the reader with the use of the word engagement?

Pick two choices.

The following question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B.

Part A: Which sentence best describes the author’s message?

Part B: Which sentence or sentences from the passage best support your answer in part A?

Part A: Choose the statement that best describes what the information presented in “Battle in the Sky!” shows about the author’s point of view.

Part B: Which sentence from the passage best supports your answer in part A?

Click on the sentence that best shows the main idea of the passage.

Rokkaku kites are six-sided “fighter kites” and can be very large. Some are even taller than an adult! Rokkaku battles began in Japan around 1649, and many other cultures in Asia and the Middle East have similar kite-fighting customs. Traditional Japanese Rokkaku kites are painted with images of heroes from folklore or history. Modern kites, however, might be decorated with any design, including animals, insects, flags, or funny faces. Included in the battle today are a rainbow kite and a five-foot-tall kite with a picture of a rock star!

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

Part A: Click on the sentence that gives the best conclusion about why it is important to be the last kite in the air.

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

The kite flyers are chasing each other around the field, each trying to wrap his or her kite string, or “line,” around someone else’s. One by one, the kites drop out of the battle, until there are only two kites left in the sky. The red-and-black kite belongs to Andrew Albosta. Andrew’s line is tangled around the other kite’s, and he begins to saw his line back and forth. The other kite wavers, then its line breaks! The kite starts floating away, then falls to the ground. When a kite touches the ground or its line is cut, that kite’s team is out. Andrew is the winner!

But the battle is not over yet. Just like a game of rock-paper-scissors, it’s the best out of three. This competition has three “heats,” or rounds. The same five kites compete in each heat. The last kite remaining in the sky at the end of each heat wins points. After all three heats, the judges add all the points together to determine the final winner.

Which detail from the presentation best supports the conclusion that Alexander Graham Bell was a dedicated scientist?

Choose two details from the presentation that support the idea that the telephone took a long time to invent.

The following question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B.

Part A: What is the main idea of the presentation?

Part B: Which sentence from the presentation best supports the main idea?

The following question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B.

Part A: Which conclusion is supported by the presentation?

Part B: Which sentence from the presentation best supports your answer in part A?

The presentation gives information about the balloons used in the Thanksgiving parade in New York City as well as information about other parts of the parade.

Complete the chart by clicking in the boxes next to the information column that match whether the information describes balloons or other parts of the parade.

Based on the presentation, which statement best describes the early bicycles?

What are the most likely purposes of the presentation? Pick two choices.

Complete the chart to show which statement matches with each type of bicycle. Click in the boxes next to the statements that match the modern bicycle or the first bicycle.