Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest

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Reading Response Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest

Answer each question using part of the question and support from the text. Score your answer using the rubric in the box provided.

RUBRIC You SCORE one point for each:  You have used part of the question in the answer  You have answered what the question asked  You have supported using information from the text

1. Compare and contrast 2 rivers on page 43. (How are they alike and how are they different?) Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Question 1 My Score: ______Peer Score: ______Teacher Score: ______

2. Reread page 49. What is the main idea(What is it mostly about?) and ONE supporting detail. Question 2 My Score: ______Peer Score: ______Teacher Score: ______

3. If someone asked you what Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest is about, how would you summarize it? Summarize in 4-6 sentences. Use information from the text as examples.

Question 3 Your score here will be: One point for writing about the beginning of the story One point for writing about the middle of the story One point for writing about the end of the story My Score: ______Peer Score: ______Teacher Score: ______

4. Reread page 50. The author mentions several large waterfalls. What do you think the area around these waterfalls looks like? Support your answer. Question 4 My Score: ______Peer Score: ______Teacher Score: ______

5. Mount Everest is the highest mountain, BUT Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain. Look back at page 45. Write the reason that the tallest and highest are not the same. Use details from the selection to support your answer.

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Reading Reteach Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest Compare and Contrast

When Comparing and Contrasting you should be thinking in your head, “How are these things alike and how are they different?”

Modeled Example: How are a river and an ocean alike? ______How are a river and an ocean different? ______

Practice: Compare and Contrast each pair. Tell how they are alike and how they are different. A tree and a flower

A mountain and a hill

An adult and a child

A butterfly and a bird