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Passage A: The missing label
On Monday, Nia found two identical seed pots beside the classroom window. One had a label reading 'beans'; the other label lay facedown in a puddle. Nia did not guess what it said. She set it on a dry towel and asked Mr. Chen where the class kept its planting notes. The notes showed that the left pot held beans and the right pot held peas. Before moving either pot, Nia wrote a fresh label for the peas and fastened it to the right pot. Then she moved both pots away from the dripping watering can.
These events are fictional. Keep track of what Nia actually knows and what she still needs to check.
Passage B: The book exchange
The school book exchange has three shelves. The top shelf holds books ready to borrow. The middle shelf is for returned books waiting to be checked. The bottom shelf holds books that need repair. Each afternoon, two helpers inspect the middle shelf. If a book is complete and dry, they move it to the top shelf. If pages are loose, they place it on the bottom shelf and leave a note for the repair team. Readers may borrow a top-shelf book without leaving another book, but they should return it when finished. The system helps volunteers keep damaged books out of the borrowing collection until they are repaired.
This is an explanation of a fictional school's process. Answer from its stated rules, even if your own library works differently.
1. Locate details
Warmup
In Passage A, what source did Nia use to identify which seeds were in each pot?
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Answer: In the class planting notes
She asked where the notes were kept, then used their record of left-pot beans and right-pot peas. She did not identify the seeds by looking at them.
Warmup
In Passage B, which shelf holds books waiting to be checked?
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Answer: The middle shelf
The passage gives each shelf a separate purpose. Ready-to-borrow books belong on the top shelf.
2. Put events in order
Core practice
In Passage A, did Nia replace the pea label before or after moving the pots?
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Answer: Before moving them
The text says 'Before moving either pot' she fastened the fresh label. Keeping their positions unchanged helped her use the notes correctly.
Core practice
In Passage B, what must happen before a returned book moves from the middle to the top shelf?
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Answer: Helpers must check that it is complete and dry.
A return is not automatically ready to borrow. The inspection comes first.
3. Infer from evidence
Stretch
What does Nia's choice to check the notes suggest about how she solves problems?
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Answer: She checks evidence instead of guessing.
She does not guess what the wet label said and uses the written record. Accept similar answers about being careful or checking information.
Stretch
A book has loose pages in Passage B. Why should it not go straight to the top shelf?
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Answer: It needs repair before it is ready to borrow.
The passage routes loose-page books to the bottom shelf and says damaged books stay out of the borrowing collection until repaired.
4. Work out meaning in context
Core practice
In Passage A, what does 'fastened' mean when Nia fastened the label to the pot?
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Answer: Attached or secured
She put the new label on the correct pot so it would stay with it. Accept attached, fixed or secured.
Core practice
In Passage B, what does 'inspect' mean?
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Answer: Examine or check carefully
The next sentence explains what helpers check: whether the book is complete and dry.
5. Identify the main idea
Core practice
Give a one-sentence summary of Passage A.
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Answer: Nia uses planting notes to replace a missing label accurately, then moves the pots away from the leak.
A useful summary includes the problem, the evidence-based solution and the action to prevent more trouble. It need not use these exact words.
Core practice
What is the main purpose of Passage B?
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Answer: To explain how the book exchange checks and sorts books for borrowing or repair.
The shelf rules and inspection steps serve this main idea. The passage is not mainly a story about one borrowed book.
Separate Final Challenge: what can you conclude?
For Multiple choice, use: yes, any dry book may be borrowed; no, it must be checked and moved to the top shelf; yes, if a reader leaves another book; no, all returned books need repair. Mark the second answer correct.
Final Challenge
A complete, dry book is on the middle shelf. According to Passage B, is it already available for a reader to borrow? Explain.
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Answer: No. Only top-shelf books are available; helpers must check and move it first.
Its condition fits the requirement, but its current location means the process is not finished. Combine the borrowing rule with the inspection step.
Use an answer-and-evidence routine
These are practice passages, not a standardized reading test or a diagnosis. Timing and text complexity should match the readers. Avoid projecting the downloadable host key because it includes every answer.
- Ask for an answer and a phrase from the text that supports it.
- Accept equivalent wording when the meaning and evidence match.
- If an answer relies on a personal assumption, ask which sentence supports that assumption.
- Read the passage aloud when decoding is a barrier, while keeping the text visible.
- For a paper review, you can award one point for the answer and one for relevant evidence; keep this teacher rubric separate from the app's normal scoring.
Turn the practice into a game board
Use five categories: Details, Sequence, Inference, Vocabulary, and Main Idea. The two questions in each numbered section make a ten-question board. Keep the Final Challenge separate. These are original practice materials; choose skills your group has studied rather than treating the result as a grade-level assessment.
Open the template library, select 5th Grade General Review, and choose Use Template. Rename the five Categories, then replace the ten regular prompts in Add Questions. Choose Open-ended for these written-response prompts and enter the accepted answer and explanation. Keep or edit the separate Final Challenge. Use Review & Launch and Practice Mode to check the board before hosting. An account is required; the downloadable text is a planning sheet, not an automatic import.
Keep the two passages on a separate player handout or shared display. Paste the relevant sentence into a prompt if students will not have the passage beside them. The game does not automatically display a passage alongside each question; preview readability before hosting.
Use this with the game
Create your own game. An account is required. Add selected questions manually and preview before hosting.