• 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.
 
Why did the author write the passage?
A 
to tell a funny story about hippos
B 
to teach you how to raise hippos
C 
to explain how hippos adapt 
to where they live
D 
to get you to like hippos
 2.
 
Which does the author probably think?
A 
It is hard to learn about animals 
that live in water.
B 
It is hard to live where the sun blazes.
C 
Hippos should weigh less.
D 
Hippos are interesting animals.
 3.
 
During the night, a hippo will
probably 
.
A 
ooze more oil
B
go underwater
C 
munch on water plants
D 
go onto land to eat grass
 4.
 
Hippo babies probably 
.
A 
can swim right away
B 
are born with goggles
C 
weigh thousands of pounds
D 
do not have webbed feet
STRATEGY PRACTICE
Write the question for the part of the passage that you read again.
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WEEK
DAY
1
Tell students that most of what they will read during their lives is likely to be nonfiction. Say: It is 
important to know how to make sense of what you read. Not everything you need to know is told 
to you in the main text. Remind students of the 
Determine Important Information 
strategy, which 
was taught during Week 4. Say: As you read, think about why each piece of information is included.