Grade 4 Florida Unit Assessment

Florida Treasures Grade 1 Student Books Sample Answers for Constructed-Response Questions

Grade 1, Unit 4 Week 6: Show What You Know (Blackline Masters) “What Grasshopper Learned”

Question 5 READ THINK EXPLAIN

2-point The main idea is that it is good to plan ahead. Grasshopper learned in the story to plan ahead for winter. Answer

1-point It is good to plan ahead like Ant did. Answer

“What Does the Weather Chart Say?”

2-point Today is ______. (Students should write the correct day of the week.) Answer I would put the ______on a weather chart for today. (Students should choose the correct weather picture, sun, rain, clouds, snow, or wind, from the chart.)

1-point It is ______. (Students should write the correct day of the week.) Answer I would put the ______on the chart. (Students may not

2-point Rex buried the bones in the snow. When the snow melted the bones were uncovered. The family could see the bones. Answer

1-point Because the bones were under the snow. The snow was gone. Answer

“The Tall Giraffe”

2-point Giraffes’ necks are long. Giraffes can reach the tops of trees and eat the tiny leaves. Answer

1-point Giraffes have long necks. They use them to eat the leaves. Answer

2-point First, Jen and James packed food, kites, and maze books for a picnic. Next, they played in the park. Then it rained. Finally, they Answer went under the picnic table and did mazes.

1-point First, Jen and James packed. They played at the park. Then it started to rain. They sat under the table. Answer

“Life of a Butterfly”

2-point First, the egg hatches into a caterpillar. The caterpillar eats all the time. Next it makes a shell and hangs upside down. Now it is Answer a pupa. Finally, the butterfly comes out of the shell.

1-point First it is an egg. Then it is a caterpillar. Then it is a pupa. Then a butterfly comes out of the shell. Answer