1 of 7 A Long Winter s Nap by Jan Black 1 Wouldn t it be funny if your mom said to you, It s time for bed, Honey. It s almost November! Well, if you were a bear cub, your mother might be getting you ready to go into a deep sleep around October. 2 That deep sleep is called hibernation. Bears who live where it is cold go into hibernation to survive the winter. By taking this long nap, they can get through the chilly and snowy months when the food they eat, like berries and nuts, cannot be found. 3 Have you ever heard someone say they are as hungry as a bear? Bears need to eat a lot of food before hibernation. They eat so much that they may gain up to forty pounds of fat in a week. 4 During the winter, bears will live off the fat stored in their bodies. Bears are able to do that because their bodies use a lot less energy during hibernation. That is because their heartbeats slow down. Their breathing slows down, too. Their bodies don t grow and body temperature drops. 5 If you were going to sleep all winter, wouldn t you want to be in a safe, protected place? That is what a bear wants, so it will look for a cave or a hollow tree to use as its den. It makes a bed using grass, leaves, and twigs. The bear may start to hibernate as early as October and might not wake up until April or May, when the weather is warm again. 6 When the bear awakens, it will have lost much of the fat that was gained. But springtime will bring a fresh supply of berries and nuts to enjoy until it is time to hibernate again in the fall. (Lexile Level:1010) New York Department of Education, www.nysedregents.org *Permission granted for classroom use.
2 of 7 Grizzly Bear 1 Grizzly Bear, Grizzly Bear, Where have you been? Over the mountains - I ll go there again. 2 Grizzly Bear, Grizzly Bear, What have you done? Eaten blueberries Made ripe by the sun. 3 Grizzly Bear, Grizzly Bear, What have you found? Ice-cold spring water Deep from the ground. 4 Grizzly Bear, Grizzly Bear, What do you dream? Sweet tasting salmon Swimming upstream. 5 Grizzly Bear, Grizzly Bear, Where do you creep? Into my dark cave Alone, let me sleep! (Lexile Level: )www.canteach.com*permission granted for classroom use.
Student name Date 3 of 7 SECTION 1: Selected-Response Assessment Questions 3.RI.9 (DOK 2) 1. According to both the article and the poem, what do bears like to eat? a. grass b. honey c. leaves and twigs d. berries 3.RI.9 (DOK 2) 2. Write each detail in the correct area of the Venn diagram. eats food goes into the cave heartbeat slows down hibernates makes a bed dreams about salmon Poem: Grizzly Bear Both Passage: A Long Winter s Nap 3.L.4 (DOK 2) 3. Read the following sentence from A Long Winter s Nap. If you were going to sleep all winter, wouldn t you want to be in a safe, protected place? Which of the following sentences uses the word safe in the same way? Mark all that apply. a. The family lives in a beautiful, safe community. b. We put our money and jewels in a safe at the bank. c. The umpire called the runner safe at home base. d. We arrived safe and sound at the park.
4 of 7 Read the following passage and the recipe then answer the questions that follow. Let s Bake Sugar Cookies Nobody is actually sure who created the very first cookie. But the first cookie may have been a mistake. Many cooking experts believe that a long time ago cooks who wanted to test the temperature of their ovens would bake a small amount of cake batter to find out if the oven was hot enough to bake an entire cake. These test cakes were called keokje, which means little cake in Dutch. Dutch immigrants who came from the Netherlands brought the recipe to the United States. Our word cookie may have come from their word keokje. Cookies were also very popular in England, but the English call them biscuits, as do Australians. Almost every country has a word for cookie. In Spain, they are called galletas, and in Italy, cookies are called biscotti. Americans must not be the only people who enjoy cookies. (Lexile Level: 970) Diebels. https://diebels.uoregon.edu *Permission granted for classroom use. 3.L.4 (DOK 2) 4. What does the word preheat mean from the recipe Sugar Cookies. a. to heat after b. to heat before c. to heat again d. to heat over 3.RI.3 (DOK 2) Read each sentence. Mark T if the sentence is true and F is the sentence is false. 5. The first cookie was created in England. 6. Cookies are found around the world but have different names. 7. Immigrants brought cookies to the United States. 8. Cookies were created on purpose. 9. In Australia, cookies are called biscotti. 3.W.1 (DOK 3) 10. How do many people believe the first cookies were created? Short Constructed-Response Scoring Guide: Student writes a sentence to answer the question. Student uses information from the text for their answer. Demonstrates command of English grammar and usage. Meets _0-2_ of the criteria
5 of 7 SUGAR COOKIES INGREDIENTS: 1 cup butter or margarine 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup white sugar 2 eggs 2 tablespoons vanilla extract 3 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder DIRECTIONS: 1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. Lightly grease a cookie sheet. 2. Mix together the butter (or margarine), white sugar, brown sugar, and eggs. 3. Add vanilla to the mix and stir with a spoon. 4. Add the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Then mix well. 5. Drop by spoonfuls onto a lightly greased cookie sheet. 6. Bake at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 12 minutes or until lightly brown. (Yields 3 Dozen Cookies) 3.RI.3 (DOK 2) 11. What do you do after you add the vanilla? a. Bake in the oven b. Stir with a spoon c. Add the butter d. Add the flour 3.RI.3 (DOK 3) 12. What do you need to do to the cookie sheet before you drop the batter on it? e. Preheat the cookie sheet. f. Place foil on the cookie sheet. g. Sprinkle the cookie sheet with flour. h. Grease the cookie sheet. 13. Write a compound sentence using a conjunction from the word bank. and or so but yet Short Constructed-Response Scoring Guide: Create a compound sentence using a conjunction from the word bank. Demonstrates command of English grammar and usage. Meets _0_ of the criteria
6 of 7 SECTION 3: Extended Constructed-Response Assessment Item 3.W.1, 1a,1.d (DOK 3) 14. The passage, A Long Winter s Nap, starts with the statement: Wouldn t it be funny if your mom said to you, It s time for bed, Honey. It s almost November! Imagine if people had to hibernate as well. How would you feel about hibernating? What would you need to do to prepare? Support your opinion with examples from the text. Extended Constructed-Response Scoring Guide: Advanced All criteria plus: Uses precise/descriptive words and language. Provides more than three details. States an opinion about hibernating. Gives three ways to prepare for hibernation. Uses information from the text to support ways to prepare. Demonstrates command of English grammar and usage. Progressing Completes _3_ of the criteria Completes 0-2 of the criteria
7 of 7 SECTION 4: Essential Questions with Big Idea Responses Student Directions: Write a Big Idea response for the following Essential Question. Include supporting details and any vocabulary terms from what you have been learning for your response. 15. How can your writing help others understand your opinion? Essential Questions-Big Ideas Scoring Guide: Advanced All criteria plus: Makes connections to other areas of school or life Provides example(s) as part of explanation States Big Idea correctly in own words Provides supporting detail(s) Includes vocabulary of unwrapped concepts in explanation Progressing Completes 2 of the criteria Meets _0-1_ of the criteria