TELPAS Practice

What will the students do at 10:00?

Basic Understanding of a Variety of Texts · TELPAS Grade 2 reading. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.

Reporting category 2: find the main idea and key details, and follow what happens in stories and informational texts.

Read the poster. Then answer the questions.

Field Day

Poster titled Second Grade Field Day — Friday with a schedule: 9:00 Sack race, 9:30 Tug-of-war, 10:00 Water balloon toss, 10:30 Snack under the big oak tree. A note at the bottom says: Wear sneakers and a hat. Bring a water bottle with your name on it.
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Second Grade Field Day — Friday

9:00 Sack race

9:30 Tug-of-war

10:00 Water balloon toss

10:30 Snack under the big oak tree

Wear sneakers and a hat. Bring a water bottle with your name on it.

The question

Choose the best answer.

What will the students do at 10:00?

  • Run a sack race
  • Eat a snack
  • Toss water balloonsCorrect answer
  • Pull a rope in tug-of-war

Why “Toss water balloons” is correct

Reading a schedule means finding a time and reading across to the event next to it. The 10:00 line says water balloon toss. Each wrong choice is the event for a different time on the same poster.

Why the other answers are wrong

  • Run a sack race — The sack race is at 9:00.
  • Eat a snack — Snack is at 10:30.
  • Pull a rope in tug-of-war — Tug-of-war is at 9:30.

Practice more of this

More reading practice for Grade 2, or see the TELPAS practice test for 2nd grade.

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