TELPAS Practice

Where should a student go at 6:30?

Basic Understanding of a Variety of Texts · TELPAS Grade 3 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.

Science Night

Poster titled Pecan Grove Science Night — Thursday with a schedule of times, activities and places: 6:00 Build a paper rocket, Gym. 6:30 Look at bugs with a magnifying glass, Library. 7:00 Test what floats and what sinks, Cafeteria. 7:30 Look at the moon through a telescope, Back field. A note at the bottom says: Bring a grown-up. Every student gets a free science journal.
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Pecan Grove Science Night — Thursday

6:00 Build a paper rocket — Gym

6:30 Look at bugs with a magnifying glass — Library

7:00 Test what floats and what sinks — Cafeteria

7:30 Look at the moon through a telescope — Back field

Bring a grown-up. Every student gets a free science journal.

The question

Choose the best answer.

Where should a student go at 6:30?

  • To the gym
  • To the cafeteria
  • To the libraryCorrect answer
  • To the back field

Why “To the library” is correct

This tests reading across a row of a schedule. The 6:30 line says to look at bugs with a magnifying glass in the library. Each wrong answer is the place for a different time on the same poster.

Why the other answers are wrong

  • To the gym — The gym is for paper rockets at 6:00.
  • To the cafeteria — The cafeteria is for floating and sinking at 7:00.
  • To the back field — The back field is for the telescope at 7:30.

Practice more of this

More reading practice for Grade 3, or see the TELPAS practice test for 3rd grade.

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