• Practice for every day of the school year • Help students prepare for standardized testing

SKILL PRACTICE
Read the question. Fill in the bubble next to the correct answer.
 1.
 
If you were a child in 1939, you
might play with 
.
A 
crayons 
B 
action figures
C 
Mr. Potato Head
®
D 
a Furby
®
 2.
 
During what time period did
children first play Candy Land
®
?
A 
1970s–2000
B 
1700s–1900
C 
1900s–1930s
D 
1940s–1960s 
 3.
 
Based on the timeline, which one is true?
A 
Children today do not play with the 
kinds of toys made long ago.
B 
Many toys are popular for a long time.
C 
Electronic games were invented about 
100 years ago.
D 
Most toys are made for boys.
 4.
 
Which information is not part of 
the timeline?
A 
the first Disney character made as a toy
B 
toys that even adults play with
C 
what the first Beanie Baby
®
looked like
D 
about how many years LEGO
® toys
have been around
STRATEGY PRACTICE
Discuss the kinds of information the timeline presents. 
Visual Information
Dollhouse
Roller skates
Jigsaw puzzle
Talking doll
Toy train
Teddy bear
Crayons
Mickey Mouse
®
Stuffed toy
Monopoly
®
Slinky
®
Tonka
®
 trucks
Candy Land
®
Mr. Potato Head
®
LEGO
®
Game Boy
®
Action figures
Tickle Me Elmo
®
Beanie Babies
®
Furby
®
Leapster
®
Xbox
®
Wii
®
Guitar Hero
®
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Nonfiction Text Features 
Visual Information
DAY 5
READ THE PASSAGE
Decide which details are the most important.
Life in an Ant Colony
This diagram shows a small part of an ant colony. Thousands of ants often live 
together. Groups of ants do different jobs to help the colony. For example, some 
ants guard the home. They know who to keep out because every ant in the colony 
has the same smell. Outsiders smell different.
SKILL PRACTICE
Read the question. Fill in the bubble next to the correct answer.
 1.
 
Which one best describes a diagram?
A 
It is a photograph.
B 
It is a graph that compares. 
C 
It is a description of something.
D 
It is a drawing that shows information.
 2.
 
What do the labels in the diagram show?
A 
the names of the rooms
B 
the jobs the ants do 
C 
the kinds of ants living inside
D 
the food the ants eat
 3.
 
Based on the diagram, which one is true?
A 
All of the ants stay inside.
B 
The queen ant is protected.
C 
Colonies have more than one queen.
D 
Ants are messy insects.
 4.