2021 STAAR Grade 3 Reading - Huntsville ISD | Library (2024)

one who helps others

to help again

not able to help oneself

too much help

The labels on the map “Porcupines in North America”

The labels on the map “Porcupines in North America”

The caption under the photograph next to paragraph 6

The subheading “Super Quills”

To tell the reader where to find porcupines in the wild

To describe how a porcupine acts around an attacker

To provide the reader with many different facts about porcupines

To explain why porcupines look different from other animals

On the Menu

Little Pricklies

At Home up a Tree

Super Quills

Sleep

Hide

Walk

Chew

To show that porcupines live in Canada and in part of the United States

To show that porcupines can be found only in the United States

To show that porcupines are mostly found in Alaska

To show that porcupines live only near oceans

at her classmates

down the trail

with the tour guide

gently in her hands

is easy to please

enjoys being alone

loves and respects nature

has been to a forest on another field trip

People do not always learn from their mistakes.

Spending time outdoors can be rewarding.

Rules are made for the safety of everyone.

Making the right choice can be difficult.

She stops to take a photograph.

She listens to what Cooper tells her.

She remembers the tour guide’s words.

She starts to jog toward her classmates.

angry, because she doesn’t like what she is thinking to herself

uncomfortable, because she knows that she is making a mistake

curious, because she wants to study the rock and learn more about it

proud, because she realizes that she is the one who found an unusual rock

She wants to take pictures of the geode.

She is good at recalling important ideas.

She is not sure what the tour guide meant.

She is considering what she should do with the geode.

She cannot think of a way to make the rock useful.

She realizes that the rock should stay in its natural surroundings.

She is afraid of what others might say if she keeps it.

She is worried that Cooper will try to take it away from her.

Layla wishes the tour guide had selected a more interesting path for the group to walk in the park.

Layla thinks the tour guide is boring.

Layla thinks the tour guide saw the geode near the trail and forgot to talk about it.

Layla respects the tour guide’s knowledge.

tired from doing schoolwork

excited about being on a field trip

concerned about hiking in a national park

curious about where her class will go next

the geode looks beautiful as it shines

Layla really wants to keep the geode

the forest has many other hidden geodes

Layla is wondering how the geode formed

first seen

not seen

seen together

seen from below

Straight

Thick

Dark

Soft

Sloth Style

Slow Movers

Sloth Snacks

Staying Safe

To suggest that some sloths can move fast if they have to

To show that sloths are a lot like other animals that live in trees

To show that some sloths have become well known to scientists

To suggest that sloths have a special quality that helps them survive

Sloths spend a lot of time in trees.

Scientists want to know more about sloths.

Some sloths are much bigger than others.

Sloths may not be as lazy as they look.

The sloth is the slowest mammal on Earth. (paragraph 1)

One thing that scientists do know is that sloths are very different from most other animals. (paragraph 2)

With gentle brown eyes and a flat little nose, the sloth might win the award for cutest animal. (paragraph 4)

Sloths grow to be only about 25 inches long—around the size of a human baby. (paragraph 4)

To provide the reader with interesting facts about sloths

To encourage the reader to support a place that helps sloths

To explain to the reader the biggest dangers that sloths face

To show the reader what it is like to visit a sloth sanctuary

surprised to find a big pile of leaves

excited to go through the pile of leaves

curious about what is hiding under the leaves

worried about the amount of leaves on the ground

Each stanza contains lines that rhyme.

Each stanza creates an image for the reader.

Each stanza describes a new event for the reader.

Each stanza repeats important lines.

are colored

look along the street

sound as they fall

feel in the darkness

that the speaker is talking

the number of leaves there are

how carefully the speaker is moving

each step the speaker is taking

Lines 7 through 9

Lines 12 and 13

Lines 26 and 27

Lines 32 and 33

confused

curious

upset

pleased

The mulberry bark makes light-colored paper, while the fig bark makes dark-colored paper. (paragraph 7)

The bark is stripped from the trees. (paragraph 8)

Next the bark is boiled in a pot of water and ashes for hours until it breaks apart into strips. (paragraph 8)

The strips of bark are placed on a flat, wooden drying board. (paragraph 9)

To show how bark art is different from other art

To interest the reader in learning about bark art

To describe how bark art has changed over time

To tell the reader why villagers made bark art

It has been flattened.

It is made from strips.

It has been crumpled.

It is hard to draw on.

He learned about a different kind of amate.

He found that people were still making amate.

He realized how amate had been used in the past.

He learned that amate was made many years ago.

The first paragraph

The section titled “Bark Paintings Now and Then”

The section titled “Making Bark Paper”

The boxed section at the end of the selection