Reading Assessment 2.3

Take your time and do your best. Look back at the passage to help you answer the questions. Voting The students in Mr. Jensen's third-grade classroom are standing in a circle having a discussion. What should their classroom pet be? Some students want a hamster. Trish tells the class why. "A hamster is as quiet as a mouse. It's easy to take care of. It will teach us about mammals." Other students dislike that idea. They want a snake for a classroom pet. Jonah says, "A snake is more interesting and unusual. It will teach us about reptiles." The students are unable to agree on their pet. Mr. Jensen asks the students to be reseated so they can take a vote. The students who want a hamster raise their hands. Mr. Jensen counts the students who raised their hands. To be sure, he recounts their hands and then writes the number on the board. He does the same for the students who want a snake. Which pet do you think wins? Sometimes it is not easy for a group of people to agree on one decision. Voting is the best way to decide issues. Voting offers people choices. By having the opportunity to vote, people decide which choice they like best. The choice that receives the most votes wins. The winning choice tells what most of the people in the group think. Just as the students voted in the classroom, people in our country have the chance to vote for people in our government. Voting is one of our greatest rights. Through voting, citizens decide what people they want in office to run the government. They vote for people who will represent them. They also vote for people that will state their views. Citizens also help decide what actions the government should take. Voting is one way that citizens make their voices heard. They choose between the people running for President. The winner becomes president for four years. He or she leads the entire country. Voting can help groups make decisions. Voting helped the students in Mr. Jensen's class choose a pet. The students raised their hands to select which animal they wanted as their classroom pet. So which animal won the most votes in Mr. Jensen's classroom? It was the snake! 1. Read this sentence from the article."Mr. Jensen asks the students to be reseated so they can take a vote."What does the prefix re- in reseated tell about what the students will do? They will sit again. They will lose their seats. They will wait to be seated. They will stand up from their seats. 2. Read this sentence from the article."The students are unable to agree on their pet."What does it mean that the students are unable to agree? They can agree They cannot agree They will agree later They have already agreed 3. Which evidence from the article BEST shows that the author thinks voting is fair? Some students want a hamster The choice that receives the most votes wins Mr. Jensen counts the students who raised their hands Sometimes it isn't easy for a group of people to agree 4. Read this sentence from the article."To be sure, he recounts their hands and then writes the number on the board."What does recounts mean? count again count aloud count before count accidentally 5. Based on evidence from the text, the author would MOST LIKELY agree with the idea that voting does not offer us many choices. it is easy for groups of people to agree on one decision. voters tell the government who we want to represent us. we do NOT have the opportunity to vote for the people in our government. 6. Read this sentence from the article.Jonah says, "A snake is more interesting and unusual."If usual means "common," what does unusual mean? not common being common acting common equally common 7. Based on evidence from the text, the author would MOST LIKELY agree with the idea that voting is a hard thing to do voting is not important the side with fewer votes should win voting helps groups to make decisions 8. Read this sentence from the article."A hamster is as quiet as a mouse."What does as quiet as a mouse mean? lazy quick silent tiny 9. What is the MAIN idea of the article? voting is an important right for citizens choosing a President is an important decision third-grade students should be allowed to vote it is hard for a group of people to make a decision 10. The author uses the events in Mr. Jensen's classroom to support his view that a snake is the best classroom pet voting can only work with children groups of people find it easy to make a decision people should have a choice in what they want