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Close-Reading Questions
Refer
to this week’s cover story, “A Bright Idea,” to respond to the questions
below. Reread the article to find details that support your answers. Remember
to write in complete sentences.
1. A
ccording to the text, what happened to Micaiah and Josiah to give them the
idea for Sneaker Lights?
2. How does Josiah Brown think their invention can help people?
4. How does the “Creative Kids” sidebar support what the author states in the
first paragraph?
5.
According to the sidebar, what inspired Carson Kropfl to create the miniskateboard?
6.
How does the photo of Sadie McCallum help readers’ understanding of the text?
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3. Why do you think Micaiah and Josiah applied for a patent?
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Problem and Solution
Common Core RI.3.3
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Super Solutions
In ”A Bright Idea,” you read about the inventions of some amazing kids.
Below, each inventor states his or her problem. Complete the sentences with their
solutions. Then think of a problem and come up with a possible solution of your own.
Micaiah and Josiah Brown
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Sneakers with
be
built-in lights can
e,
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really expens
so we . . .
Sadie McCallum
It was difficult
to get around with
a regular walker,
so I . . .
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Carson Kropfl
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YOU!
I hated leaving
my skateboard
outside my school,
so I . . .
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STEVE BOYLE PHOTO (MICAIAH & JOSIAH BROWN); ANDREW LIPOVSKY/NBC/NBCU PHOTO BANK VIA GETTY IMAGES (SADIE MCCALLUM); ANA VENEGAS/ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER/SCNG (CARSON KROPFL)
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Be a Quiz Whiz!
For each question below, fill in the circle next to the correct answer.
1.Which word from “A Bright Idea” has almost
the same meaning as invention?
A patent
C picture
B creation
D accident
2.Sadie McCullum is featured in the sidebar
because she invented ____.
A a new type of skateboard
B a toy that lights up
C something to help herself move
around
D shoe lights with the Browns
3.Which detail shows how the Browns’
invention could be useful to others?
A “Micaiah and Josiah created the lights by
accident.”
  6.Which detail BEST shows the main idea of
“Slimy Secret”?
A “Frogs eat by catching insects and other
prey with their long tongues.”
B “ But for frogs, it's a matter of survival.”
C “When a frog’s tongue first touches its
prey, the saliva is thin and watery.”
D “They learned that a frog’s saliva changes
to do different jobs at different times.”
  7.If a frog’s saliva is thick and sticky, one
can infer that the frog is ____.
A shooting out its tongue to catch prey
B coating an insect’s body with saliva
C pulling in its tongue with an insect
stuck to it
D digesting an insect in its stomach
something big!’ Micaiah says.”
C “In the meantime, they encourage other
kids to give inventing a try.”
D “ ‘Our invention can help people save
money,’ Josiah told Scholastic News.”
  8.In A Shocking Shot, Hernando Rivera
photographed a ____ of ____ over Volcán
de Colima.
A bolt; lava C flash; lightning
B spark; ash D friction; particles
4.Which would Micaiah and Josiah MOST
likely say to a kid with an idea for an
invention?
A “You're too young.”
B “Inventing is too hard.”
C “You can do it!”
D “Wait until you're older.”
  9.Why are photographs like Rivera’s so
difficult to take?
A Volcanoes do not usually erupt.
B It's not possible to know when volcanic
5.Which of the following is an example of a
subheading?
A patent
B A Bright Idea
C Scholastic News
D Seeing the Light
10.The map in “Hot Spots” shows ____.
A the names of all the famous volcanoes
B what the famous volcanoes look like
C how the volcanoes differ from one
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lightning will strike.
C Volcanoes are dangerous to photograph.
D Volcanic ash is too hot for most cameras.
another
D where the famous volcanoes are located
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B “ ‘You’re never too young to make
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Reading a Diagram
Common Core RI.3.7
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Inside a Volcano
Now that you’ve read about Volcán de Colima, study the diagram below to learn more
about how volcanoes like Colima erupt. Use the diagram to answer the questions.
ASH
5. LAVA
3. VENT
3. VENT
2. MAGMA CHAMBER
EARTH’S MANTLE
MAGMA
EARTH’S CRUST
1. EXTREME PRESSURE AND HEAT
How a Volcano Erupts
1.Earth is made up of four layers—the
inner core, the outer core, the mantle,
and the crust. Extreme pressure
and heat deep inside Earth melts
the rock that makes up the mantle.
2.Some of this hot liquid rock, or
magma, rises to Earth’s crust. It
collects in pools called magma
chambers.
3.Gas bubbles build up in the magma.
They cause the magma to push out
of a volcano’s vents, or openings.
(This is similar to what happens when
you open a shaken soda bottle.)
4.The magma erupts from the volcano.
It is now called lava. Ash, gases, and
chunks of solid rock burst out too.
5. The lava cools and hardens into rock.
1.A magma chamber is shown in which one of Earth’s layers?
 inner core
 outer core
 mantle
 crust
2.What causes rock to turn into magma? ________________________________________
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3. What are the openings in a volcano called? __________________________________________
4. What happens to lava as it cools? __________________________________________________
5. According to the article “A Shocking Shot,” where does volcanic lightning occur? _______
____________________________________________________ Circle that area on the diagram.
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4. ERUPTION
ASH