Hilltop Elementary

Mrs. Kackley / Mrs. ColiadisGrade 3 Reading

“Turtle Bay”

Lifelines

1- “Ask the audience”

2- “Phone a friend”

3- “50/50”

A: fiction B: nonfiction

#1- $100

What kind of story is “Turtle Bay ?”

C: D:Realistic fiction Fable

C- Realistic fiction

A: B:Litter Paper

#2- $200Which vocabulary word is a synonym for trash?

C: D:Clean Garbage

A- Litter

A: B:The turtles Jiro-San

#3- $300Which character in “Turtle Bay” is described

as wise?

C: D:Taro Taro’s sister

B- Jiro-San

A: He learns things from Jiro-San. B: Jiro-San makes him

laugh.

#4- $500Why does Taro like Jiro-San?

C: D:Jiro-San lets him sweep the beach.

He likes riding in Jiro-San’s boat.

A: He learns things from Jiro-

San.

A: B:A young turtle A baby whale

#5- $1,000In this story, what is a “calf?”

C: D:A small dolphin Little swordfish

B- A baby whale

A: B:The turtles have wrinkled faces & legs

Some of them have been his pets for years.

#6- $2,000Why does Jiro-San call the turtle his “old friends?”

C: D:He has been watching the turtles lay eggs for many years.

The turtles are playful and friendly.

C- He has been watching the

turtles lay eggs for many years.

A: B: He sweeps the beach. He says that all the fish are his friends.

#7- $4,000Which of the following shows how Jiro-San is patient?

C: D:He waits on the beach for 4 nights for the turtles.

He rows to a secret cove to look for the turtles.

C- He waits on the beach for 4 nights

for the turtles.

A: B:Under the rocks In a hole on a sandy beach

#8- $8,000Where does a turtle put her eggs?

C: D:A hole on a beach On top of the sand on a beach

B- In a hole on a sandy beach

A: B:To make holes for the turtles

To make it clean & safe for the turtles

#9- $16,000Why does Jiro-San sweep the beach?

C: D:To collect rocks and shells

To make hills of sand

B- To make it clean &

safe for the turtles

A: B:All the turtles lay eggs on the beach.

All the turtles stay in the water until the people leave.

#10- $32,000What happens FIRST when the turtles arrive at

The beach?

C: D:Some of the turtles dig holes.

One turtle makes sure the beach is safe.

D- One turtle makes sure the beach is

safe.

A: B:Beach umbrellas left in the sand

Small things

#11- $64,000In this story what does “litter dropped on the

Beach” mean?

C: D:Brooms for sweeping sand

Paper,plastic, and glass left on the sand

D- Paper,plastic, and glass left on the sand

A: B:To tell what Turtle Bay is like

To tell what it’s like to live by the sea

#12- $125,000Why did the author write this story?

C: D:To give information about turtles

To explain how to clean up a beach

C- To give information about

turtles

A: B:Shy Bossy

#13- $250,000Which word best explains what Taro is like?

C: D:MeanCurious

D- Curious

A: B:An enormous cork bobbing up & down in the water

A huge green raft floating in the water

#14- $500,000

What did the author compare a swimming turtle to? (to explain how it looks while swimming)

C: D:A giant life preserver being swallowed up by the waves

A person flapping arms wildly in the huge waves

A. An enormous cork bobbing up & down in the water

A: B:One is a man and the others are animals.

They both have rough skin.

#15- $1,000,000Explain how Jiro-San and the turtles are

alike.

C: D: That They are old and wise. They both move slowly.

C- They are old and wise.

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