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Bubble, Bubble, Spittlebug by Beverly J.
Letchworth
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• 17 Which sentence explains why people should
  push the foam back
• after looking at the baby spittlebugs?
• A. The foam protects the baby spittlebugs from
  drying out.
• B. The foam from the baby spittlebugs helps the
  plant grow.
• C. The foam keeps the baby spittlebugs from
  falling off plants.

IA18 Make connections (cause and effect) within
a text (Reading GLE 2.3.1)
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• 18 What is the meaning of the word moist in
  paragraph 5?
• A. Dry
• B. Wet
• C. Cold

IC14 Interpret vocabulary critical to the
meaning of the text (Reading GLE 1.3.2)
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IC11 Demonstrate understanding of major ideas
and supporting details (Reading GLE 2.1.3)
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• Text-based details may include, but are not
  limited to the following
• The foam keeps the baby spittlebugs bodies
  moist.
• It also provides them with a home.
• It tastes bad/prevents other animals from eating
  it/protects from danger.

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The foam is important because it tastes so bad
that not many animals will reach inside the foam
to get the bugs. It is also important because it
keeps the spittlebugs body moist so they dont
dry out.
(C) it tastes so bad that not many animals will
reach inside the foam to get the bugs and (A)
because it keeps the spittlebugs body moist so
they dont dry out.
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Baby spittlebugs use the foam to protect them
from danger. They also need the foam for a home.
(C) use the foam to protect them from danger and
(B) They also need the foam for a home.
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Spittlebugs live in foam. They suck juice out of
Plants.
(B) Spittlebugs live in foam.
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it keeps them safe protecs them from other
animals.
(C) it keeps them safe protecs them from other
animals.
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1. The babes have fome. 2. Whene they tern into
aldouts and they dont have eny more fome.
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• 20 What is the authors purpose for writing this
  selection?
• A. To persuade people to protect spittlebugs
• B. To describe the appearance of spittlebugs
• C. To inform about the lives of spittlebugs

IA19 Analyze author's purpose (including distingu
ishing between fact and opinion) and evaluate
effectiveness for different audiences (Reading
GLEs 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.4)
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• 21 According to the captions under the pictures,
  which statement is true?
• A. Baby spittlebugs live in foam.
• B. Baby spittlebugs look like frogs.
• C. Baby spittlebugs hatch in spring.

IA16 Demonstrate understanding of text features
(titles, headings, and other information
divisions, table of contents, captions) and
graphic features (Reading GLE 2.2.2)
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• 22 Based on the information in the selection,
  what will most likely
• happen to baby spittlebugs if the foam blows
  away?
• A. The baby spittlebugs will stay wet.
• B. The baby spittlebugs will lay eggs.
• C. The baby spittlebugs will be eaten.

IC13 Make inferences or predictions based on the
reading (Reading GLE 2.1.5)
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IA17 Compare and contrast information presented
in text (Reading GLEs 2.3.1, 2.4.5, 2.4.6)
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• Text-based differences may include, but are not
  limited to
• babies make foam/adults dont make foam
• babies dont jump around/adults jump around
• babies live inside the foam/adults dont live in
  foam (meadow)
• babies dont look like frogs/adults look a little
  like frogs
• babies use foam for protection/adults do not use
  foam for protection
• babies dont lay eggs/adults lay eggs
• babies eat more juice than their bodies
  need/adults do not eat more juice than their
  bodies need
• babies are not called froghoppers/adults are
  called froghoppers

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The differences between the baby spittlebug and
the adult spittlebug is a mother spittlebug lays
her eggs on a plant late summer. The babie
spittlebugs hatch in spring. They begin to eat
juices from the plant. And the baby spittlebug
eat more juice than their bodies need for food.
The extra juice mixes with a special substance
that the spittlebugs produce.
(F) mother spittlebug lays her eggs on a plant
late summer and (G) And the baby spittlebug eat
more juice than their bodies need for food.
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Baby bugs stay in the foam adult bugs are in
the meadow. Baby bugs eat juices from the plant
and adults hop from plant to plant to find food.
(C) Baby bugs stay in the foam adult bugs are
in the meadow and (B) adults hop from plant to
plant to find food.
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One differens is that adult spittlebugs dont live
in foam. Baby spittlebugs do live in foam.
(C) adult spittlebugs dont live in foam. Baby
spittlebugs do live in foam.
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Adult spittlebugs are called froghopers. And
Little spittlebugs are called babys.
(H) Adult spittlebugs are called froghopers.
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baby spittlebugs live in a home adult spittlebugs
dont.
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