Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader

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Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
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• Pictures
• Have you ever seen a picture that looks
  like a puzzle? If so, what you saw may have been
  a mosaic (mo-ZAY-ick). Mosaics are pictures made
  from small pieces of colored tiles, shells,
  glass, jewels, or precious metals. These
  colorful pieces are placed into wet cement. When
  the cement dries and hardens, the pieces cannot
  fall out.
• People started making mosaics at least
  5,000 years ago. The earliest mosaics were
  patterns made with a few different colors.
  Later, people learned how to make

tiles in hundreds of colors. Soon, mosaic
artists began to make pictures that looked like
real people and objects. Long ago, before people
knew how to read, they learned stories about the
past by looking at mosaic pictures. Mosaics
are common in many old churches and public
buildings. They cover the walls, ceilings, and
floors. But, mosaics arent just a thing of the
past. Some artists today still make mosaics.
You can, too! From Blast Off! Reading (2002)
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3rd Grade Topic 1 Question

• 1. How are mosaic tiles held together?
• A Taped together.
• B Glued together.
• C Set in wet cement.
• D Nailed to floors and walls.

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3rd Grade Topic 1 Answer

• C Set in wet cement.

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3rd Grade Topic 2 Question

• 2. What did the first mosaics look like?
• A Jewels
• B Stories
• C Churches
• D Patterns

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3rd Grade Topic 2 Answer

• D. Patterns

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3rd Grade Topic 3 Question

• 3. What is the author trying to do in this
  passage?
• A Help readers enjoy a good story.
• B Persuade readers to buy mosaics.
• C Tell about how colored tiles are made.
• D Explain a very old kind of art.

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3rd Grade Topic 3 Answer

• D. Explain a very old kind of art.

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3rd Grade Topic 4 Question

• 4. What kind of passage is this?
• A Fiction
• B Biography
• C Nonfiction
• D Autobiography

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3rd Grade Topic 4 Answer

• C. Nonfiction

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• Shadow Hours (By Mickey Toom)
• Sometimes at night, when all is still,
• Dark Shadows leap my windowsill.
• They dance like goblins all along
• The dresser, where they dont belong.
• Sometimes I throw a book to scare
• Them back into the midnight air-
• But usually I hide my head
• Beneath the pillows on my bed.
• I crack my door to let in light
• And check the closet every night,
• Then look beneath my bed to see
• If something there could jump at me.

• Ive never found a monster, just
• Some Tinkertoys and blocks and dust.
• The shadows that I see by night
• Are gone with the mornings yellow light.
• My mother and my father say
• There are no monsters-night or day
• They tell me that I shouldnt worry
• But I say, Better Safe Than Sorry!
• From Blast Off! 2nd Edition

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3rd Grade Topic 6 Question

• 6. How is the speaker different from his mother
  and father?
• A He feels safer.
• B He feels more fearful.
• C Hes sleepier.
• D Hes more trusting.

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3rd Grade Topic 6 Answer

• B Hes more fearful

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3rd Grade Topic 7 Question

• 7. Why does the speaker throw a book?
• A to scare away the shadows
• B because it isnt interesting
• C to keep the speaker awake
• D to wake his mother and father

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3rd Grade Topic 7 Answer

• A to scare the shadows away

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3rd Grade Topic 8 Question

• 8. What does the speaker do just before looking
  beneath the bed?
• A Check the closet
• B Throw a book
• C Turn on the light
• D Hide under the pillows

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3rd Grade Topic 8 Answer

• A Check the Closet

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3rd Grade Topic 9 Question

• 9. Which of the following best describes Shadow
  Hours?
• A Fiction
• B Poetry
• C Drama
• D Biography

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3rd Grade Topic 9 Answer

• B Poetry

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3rd Grade Topic 10 Question

• 10. What is the purpose of this poem?
• A To persuade the reader to be afraid.
• B To express sleeplessness.
• C To inform the reader about fear.
• D To entertain the reader.

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3rd Grade Topic 10 Answer

• D. To entertain the reader.

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Million Dollar QuestionGrade Level Topic 11

3rd Grade Literature
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• Name all four reasons authors write, and give an
  example of each reason.
• HINT This is commonly known as Authors Purpose!

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• To Entertain
• To Inform
• To Persuade
• To show emotion

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