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Maple Pond Field Trip: Find the Answer

Fifth graders use a book index, an article and a web page to find answers fast and solve a pond field-trip planning problem.

Grade 5ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRI.5.7

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 5
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students choose which of several sources best answers a question.
Students use an index and a web page to locate information quickly.
Students combine details from more than one source to solve a problem.

How to use

Have students read all three sources once, then answer the questions by going back to the right source instead of rereading everything. Ask which source they chose first and why.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RI.5.7

Draw on several print or digital sources to quickly locate an answer to a question or efficiently solve a problem.

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Maple Pond Field Trip: Find the Answer

Use an index, an article, and a web page to plan a trip.

Read the sources

Room 12 is planning a field trip to Maple Pond Nature Center. Their teacher, Ms. Ortiz, gives the class three sources to help them get ready. Read all three sources. Then use them to answer the questions.

Source 1: Index from the book Life at the Pond

An index lists the topics in a book in alphabetical order. Each topic is followed by the page numbers where it is found.

Algae, 12–13
Beavers, 40–41
Dragonflies, 28–31
Frogs: eggs, 18; tadpoles, 19–21; adults, 22–25
Herons, 44
Turtles: feeding, 36; basking, 37; nesting, 38–39
Water striders, 32–33

Source 2: Article "From Egg to Frog"

A frog begins life as a tiny egg. Most frogs lay their eggs in water, often in a jelly-like clump. When an egg hatches, a young animal called a tadpole swims out. A tadpole looks more like a fish than a frog. It uses a long tail to swim, and it breathes underwater with gills.

As a tadpole grows, its body changes in many ways. First it grows back legs, and then it grows front legs. Its gills disappear, and lungs grow inside its body so that it can breathe air. Its tail gets shorter and shorter until it is gone. This process is called metamorphosis, and how long it takes depends on the kind of frog. An adult frog can swim in water or hop on land, and many adult frogs eat insects.

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