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News Scoop April 23, 2004



This Issue:
Table of Contents
Cover Story
Cover Story - Spanish Version
Mini-Lesson
Comprehension Quiz
Teacher's Guide and Worksheets

Comprehension Quiz

"A Thirsty World"

Directions:

  1. Print the student quiz with the ten questions below.

  2. Customize this quiz by changing questions 9 and 10.

  3. Find the answer key to the quiz in this week's Teachers' Guide. Look under the ANSWERS section on page 2.

  • Article: "Water Troubles"


    1. This story is mostly about the

    1. world's water problems.
    2. many ways you and your family can save water.
    3. pollution of our drinking water sources.

  • Article: "Water Troubles"


    2. Which of the following is NOT a fact about the world's water?

    1. More than one billion people do not have safe drinking water.
    2. Most of the earth is made up of fresh water.
    3. Oceans cover much of the earth.

  • Article: "Water Troubles"


    3. Which of the following harms our water sources?

    1. pollution
    2. the conserving or saving of water
    3. Both A and B

  • Article: "Water Troubles"


    4. In which of the following resources would you most likely find more information about how to conserve, or save, water?

    1. All About the Water Cycle
    2. What You Can Do to Protect Our Water
    3. Protecting the Rain Forests

  • Article: "Ready to Make Some Noise"


    5. A cicada is a

    1. tree.
    2. bug.
    3. worm.

  • Article: "Ready to Make Some Noise"


    6. The author wrote this article to

    1. tell you about a group of cicadas that will soon appear above ground.
    2. explain the effects of cicadas on people and pets.
    3. compare cicadas with other flying bugs.

  • Article: "Food for Thought"


    7. Which of the following is an opinion about school gardens?

    1. About 25,000 U.S. schools involve students in gardening activities.
    2. Some teachers use school gardens for lessons in math and art.
    3. School gardens are the best way to teach students math, art and science.

  • Article: "Food for Thought"


    8. You can tell from reading this article that

    1. gardening takes too much time away from math.
    2. gardening is another way to learn in school.
    3. gardening is not an activity that kids enjoy.

  • Article: "Top 5"


    9. Which of the following states has the most amount of forestland?

    1. California
    2. Oregon
    3. Alaska

  • Article: "Food for Thought"


    10. Students at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in California study math by measuring plant beds. What are some other ways that students can use a garden to study math?

Customize questions 9 and 10

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