LEVEL D

Benchmark Passage Quick Check Animals Like to Eat

Name Date
1. What is the main idea 5. Listen to this sentence from the
of the passage? passage: Some deer like to eat
seeds, too. Which word means
A All animals eat the the same as too?
same food.
B Some birds like to A two
eat bugs. B also
C Animals like to eat C more
different things.

2. Food is for
all animals.
A hidden
B cooked
C important
3. How are birds and deer
the same?
A They like to eat fish.
B They like to eat bugs.
C They like to eat seeds.
4. In which group do bugs, seeds,
fish, and deer belong?
A animals
B food
C plants

Instructions: Sit next to the student and read the first question as you run your finger under the words. Ask the
student to wait to answer until you have read all the choices. Repeat them if necessary. Have the student choose
the best answer. Repeat with the remaining questions.
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 LEVEL D
Benchmark Passage Quick Check Answer Sheet Animals Like to Eat

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

C Animals like to eat different things.  Main Idea and Details
2. Food is for all animals.
C important  Make Inferences / Draw Conclusions
3. How are birds and deer the same?
C They like to eat seeds.  Compare and Contrast
4. In which group do bugs, seeds, fish, and deer belong?
B food  Classify Information
5. Listen to this sentence from the passage: Some deer like to eat seeds, too.
Which word means the same as too?
B also  Vocabulary

Instructions: Sit next to the student and read the first question as you run your finger under the words. Ask the
student to wait to answer until you have read all the choices. Repeat them if necessary. Have the student choose
the best answer. Repeat with the remaining questions.
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