Transcript Making Inferencesx

Making Inferences
5th grade
With your PARTNER….
• Decide who will be person A and person B
• Person A will read the passage aloud
while person B follows along
• Person B reads and answers the
questions, person A will check the person
B’s answers and coach or cheer as
needed.
President Grover Cleveland loved to go fishing. He
liked to h have his picture taken weighing a big
fish, and he would always brag about the size of
the fish he caught. When his second child was
born, he wife asked the doctor how much it
weighed. Servants searched the White House,
but no scale could be found. Then someone
remembered the scale the president used for
weighing fish. The scale was brought up form the
cellar, and the newborn baby was paced upon it.
The baby weighed 20 pounds!
The president’s scale was often used for
a. weighing babies
b. weighing vegetables
c. weighing fish
Servants found the scale
a. in the cellar
b. In the president’s car
c. In a store
Mrs. Cleveland had her baby
a. in a hospital
b. In the White House
c. while on a fishing trip
The story suggests that
a. Mrs. Cleveland had a very big baby.
b. The scale was dirty.
c. The fish the president caught were not as big as
he said they were.
The Killer Rabbits
You probably think of rabbits as harmless, gentle
creatures, but in Australia they are a menace. Rabbits
almost destroyed Australia once, and the fight against
them still goes on. Rabbits breed very rapidly. In Europe
and America their numbers are kept down by rabbiteating predators such as the hawk and the wolf. Rabbits
were first brought to Australia by an English settler in
1859. By 19090 rabbits had nibbled away so much grass
that much of Australia's grazing land had turned into a
desert. Rain brought up just enough grass for the
rabbits to eat. There was not enough for sheep and
cows. Australians shot, trapped, and poisoned rabbits by
the millions, but the land never completely recovered. In
Australia today the rabbit remains an enemy to every
farmer and rancher.
1.
Before 1859, there were no
a. settlers in Australia
b. rabbits in Australia
c. deserts in Australia
2. Rabbits ran wild in Australia because
a. There were no rabbit-eating predators
b. people thought they were cute
c. They liked the desert
3. Because of the rabbits
a. Sheep and cows starved to death
b. No rain fell in Australia
c. People died of poisoning
4. In Australia today,
a. Rabbits are under control.
b. It is too dry for farming or ranching
c. Rabbits are still a problem.
Is It a Fruit or a Vegetable?
What is the difference between a fruit and a
vegetable? You probably think you know – but a
botanist might not agree with you. A fruit is part
of a plant that contains seeds. A vegetable is
any vegetative part of the plant – leaves, stems,
roots, or tubers. Celery, cabbage, and carrots
are vegetables; apples and oranges are fruits.
Everyone would agree on those. But what about
tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, and corn? Nearly
everyone would call each of those foods
vegetables – but to be strictly accurate, you
would have to call them fruits!!
1.
2.
3.
4.
The part of a plant that bears the seeds it the
a. fruits
b. vegetable
c. root
Vegetative means
a. Poisonous
b. green
c. Growing
A peanut is really a
a. A fruit
b. a vegetable
c. neither a fruit nor vegetable
Scientific names for things
a. aren’t always correct.
b. Are always hard to pronounce.
c. Aren’t always the same as popular names.
A Porpoise Named Jack
Jack the porpoise was a friend to sailors for more
than 30 years. Jack lived in the waters of
French Passage, a dangerous stretch of sea
near New Zealand. Whenever a ship appeared,
Jack would swim ahead of it, guiding it through
the hazardous current. One day a passenger on
the ship Penguin shot at Jack and wounded him.
Jack recovered from his wound and went on
guiding ships. But from that day whenever the
Penguin appeared on French passage, Jack
was nowhere to be seen.
1. Jack lived
a. Near New Zealand
b. near France
c. at Marineland
2. French passage is dangerous to ships because of
a. rocks
b. the current
c. sharks
3. Jack
a. Got even with the person who shot him.
b. Stopped guiding the Penguin
c. Disappeared from the French Passage
4. The story suggests that
a. Jack could tell one ship from another
b. Jack hated people after he was shot
c. porpoises are as smart as people
About that Midnight Ride
Every American knows the story of Paul Revere
and his famous midnight ride. Everyone knows that he
rode out of Boston to warn the people of Lexington,
shouting, “The British are coming!” What many people
don’t know is that Paul Revere never made it to warn
the people of Concord, his second destination. He was
stopped by British soldiers and turned back. Another
rider, Samuel Prescott, got through with the message.
Why is Revere famous and Prescott all but forgotten?
Besides being a patriot. Paul Revere was also a
silversmith. His beautiful silver pieces were greatly
prized, especially after his death. If he hadn’t been
known as a craftsman, he might have been forgotten,
too. Then Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote his
popular poem, “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.” The
poem became very popular. Generations of school
children were required by their teachers to memorize it.
The story Longfellow told in his poem is known much
better than the true facts.
1.
2.
Paul Revere made a living as a
a. rider
b. patriot
c. silversmith
For a while after the American Revolution
a. Samuel Prescott was a famous as a silversmith
b. Paul Revere's ride wasn’t remembered as an important event.
c. Revere’s silver work was more valuable than it was later.
3.
The famous poem about Paul Revere
a. Was written by Samuel Prescott.
b. has long been forgotten.
c. Doesn’t tell the true story.
4. If the poem had never been written
a. No one would have heard of Paul Revere
b. Paul Revere would still be remembered as a
silversmith
c. Samuel Prescott would have been forgotten.