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Making Meaning Grade 3 Unit 5 Exploring Nonfiction Directions: Read the selection and answer the questions. Groundhogs Groundhogs Groundhogs are rodents, like squirrels, mice, and rats. Groundhogs love to eat and eat and eat! Groundhogs eat plants and flowers. They also love to eat fruits and vegetables. Groundhogs dig burrows underground. Groundhogs hibernate in their burrows in winter. When they’re sleeping in their burrows, they stay warm and safe from danger. In the spring, groundhog babies are born. Baby groundhogs are called pups. They like to play games with each other. Mother groundhog keeps watch. If she sees danger, she makes a loud noise. When the pups hear the noise, they dive back into the burrow. Safe and sound! Mother groundhog protects her pup.
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Making Meaning Grade 3Unit 5
Exploring Nonfiction
Directions: Read the selection and answer the questions.Groundhogs
Groundhogs
Groundhogs are rodents, like squirrels, mice, and rats. Groundhogs love to eat and eat and eat! Groundhogs eat plants and flowers. They also love to eat fruits and vegetables.
Groundhogs dig burrows underground. Groundhogs hibernate in their burrows in winter. When they’re sleeping in their burrows, they stay warm and safe from danger.
In the spring, groundhog babies are born. Baby groundhogs are called pups. They like to play games with each other. Mother groundhog keeps watch. If she sees danger, she makes a loud noise. When the pups hear the noise, they dive back into the burrow. Safe and sound!
Mother groundhog protects her pup.
Making Meaning Grade 3
Unit 5Exploring Nonfiction
Name __________________________________________________Date _______
1 Any of these words could describe groundhogs in the selection “Groundhogs.” Choose the word you think best describes groundhogs in the selection.
Busy Hungry Safe
Use two details from the selection to support your choice.
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2 In the selection “Groundhogs,” which idea does the author discuss last?A. Groundhogs are born in spring. B. Groundhogs burrow underground.C. Groundhogs hibernate in winter.
Making Meaning Grade 3Unit 5
Exploring Nonfiction
Directions: Read this selection, which goes with the selection you just read. Then answer the questions.
The Burrowers
Watch your step! Beneath your feet, animals live, sleep, and eat in snug underground homes.
Prairie DogsPrairie dogs are squirrel-like animals. They often dig holes across a big area and connect the holes with tunnels and rooms. So the burrows become a town. The holes provide safe hiding places from badgers, coyotes, and eagles.
Prairie dogs are about twelve inches high. Unlike dogs, they eat plants. They got their name because their warning cry sounds like a bark.
Prairie Dogs
EarthwormsThere are over one thousand different kinds of worms known as earthworms. They live in loose soil with rotting plants mixed in. Earthworms’ color is often pale red or brown. Some are big, and some are small.
Earthworms eat the tiny bits of food they find as they dig holes. This loosens the soil and helps plants to grow. Some earthworms live ten years.
Earthworms
BadgersAmerican badgers live in the western United States. Their homes are deep burrows dug into hillsides.
Badgers have black markings on their faces and backs. They are also very low to the ground and have short legs. They use powerful arms and sharp nails to dig into the homes of other animals they eat. Gophers and mice are favorite meals.
Badger
3 Which sentence states the most important idea in the selection “The Burrowers”?A. Underground creatures eat the same foods.B. Many creatures live in homes underground.
C. Creatures that live underground bark as a warning.
4 According to the selection “The Burrowers,” which sentence tells how earthworms and badgers are different?
A. Earthworms live in plants; badgers live in the eastern United States.B. Earthworms are red or brown; badgers have black markings. C. Earthworms dig holes in hillsides; badgers dig holes in loose soil.
5 Based on the selection “Groundhogs” and the selection “The Burrowers,” what happens when prairie dogs and groundhogs know there is danger?
A. They play dead.B. They attack the enemy.C. They hide in their holes.
6 The author’s purpose for writing the selection “Groundhogs” may have been to tell the reader about animals that live underground. Use two details from “Groundhogs” that support this idea.
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The author’s purpose for writing the selection “The Burrowers” may have been to tell the reader about animals that live underground. Use two details from “The Burrowers” that support this idea.
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Making Meaning Grade 3Unit 5
Exploring Nonfiction
Reading RubricGrade: 3 Pilot Year: 2004 Released Year 2005Passage Title:
Groundhogs Strand and Target
IC13 Sample Test Question Number:
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Any of these words could describe groundhogs in the selection “Groundhogs.” Choose the word you think best describes groundhogs in the selection.
Busy Hungry SafeUse two details from the selection to support your choice.
0 points No answers1 point A 1-point response states or implies
which words best describes groundhogs in theselection, and provides one text-based detail to support the choice.
2 points A 2-point response states or implies which word best describes groundhogs in theselection, and provides two text-based details to support the choice.Examples:Busy: Groundhogs are making burrows. They are playing games.Hungry: Groundhogs love to eat. They eat plants, flowers, fruits, and veggies.Safe: Groundhogs sleep in their burrows. Mother groundhog keeps watch.
Text-based details may include but are not limited to:Busy/Hungry/Safe:A. They love to eat.B. They eat plants/flowers.C. They eat fruits/vegetables.D. Make/dig burrows/holes.E. They sleep in their burrows/stay warm.F. They like to play games with each other.G. In spring, groundhog babies are born.H. Mother groundhog keeps watch/protects her pup.I. If she sees danger, she makes a loud noise.J. Pups dive back into burrow.
2 In the selection “Groundhogs,” which idea does the author discuss last?
1 points Answer is A.
3 Which sentence states the most important idea in the selection “The Burrowers”?
1 points Answer is B.
4 According to the selection “The Burrowers,” which sentence tells how earthworms and badgers are different?
1 points Answer is B.
5 Based on the selection “Groundhogs” and the selection “The Burrowers,” what happens when prairie dogs and groundhogs know there is danger?
1 points Answer is C.
Grade: 3 Pilot Year: 2004 Released Year 2005Passage Title:
Groundhogs/The Burrowers
Strand and Target
IC19 Sample Test Question Number:
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The author’s purpose for writing the selection “Groundhogs” may have been to tell thereader about animals that live underground. Use two details from “Groundhogs” thatsupport this idea.
The author’s purpose for writing the selection “The Burrowers” may have been to tellthe reader about animals that live underground. Use two details from “The Burrowers” that support this idea.
4 points A 4-point response provides• one text-based detail from “Groundhogs” that tells the reader about animals thatlive underground• a second text-based detail from “Groundhogs” that tells the reader about animalsthat live underground• one text-based detail from “The Burrowers” that tells the reader about animals thatlive underground• a second text-based detail from “The Burrowers” that tells the reader about animalsthat live undergroundExample: Groundhogs dig burrows underground. Groundhogs hibernate in theirburrows in the winter. Prairie dogs dig
holes that connect. Earthworms eat tiny bits of food as they dig holes
3 points A 3-point response provides two text-based details from one selection and one text-based detail from the other selection that tell the reader about animals that live underground.
2 points A 2-point response provides two text-based details from one selection or one text-baseddetail from each of the two selections that tell the reader about animals that live underground
1 point A 1-point response provides one text-based detail from one of the selections that tellsthe reader about animals that live underground..
Text-based details may include, but are not limited to:
Groundhogs:A. Dig burrows underground.B. Hibernate in their burrows in winter.C. Sleep in their burrows.D. Pups dive into the burrow for safety.
The Burrowers:AA. “Animals live, sleep, and eat in snug underground homes.”BB. Prairie dogs dig holes across wide areas.CC. Prairie dogs connect the holes with tunnels and rooms, forming towns.DD. Prairie dogs hide from badgers, coyotes, and eagles.EE. Earthworms live in loose soil/rotting plants.FF. Earthworms eat the tiny bits of food they find as they dig holes.GG. Badgers dig deep holes into hillsides.HH. Badgers use powerful arms and sharp nails to dig into the homes of other animalsthey eat.
