TELPAS Practice

Why is the telescope activity on the back field?

Analyze and Evaluate Information and Ideas · TELPAS Grade 3 reading. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.

Reporting category 3: make inferences, draw conclusions, and think about why the author wrote a text and how it is built.

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.

Why is the telescope activity on the back field?

  • The bugs for the library come from the back field.
  • The cafeteria is too small for building rockets.
  • The gym is closed after 6:00.
  • Students must be outside to see the sky.Correct answer

Why “Students must be outside to see the sky.” is correct

This asks the student to infer a reason the poster does not give. Looking at the moon through a telescope means looking at the sky, and you need to be outdoors to do that. The other choices mix up details from the other rows or add facts that are not on the poster.

Why the other answers are wrong

  • The bugs for the library come from the back field. — The poster does not say where the bugs come from; the bug activity is in the library.
  • The cafeteria is too small for building rockets. — The rockets are built in the gym, and room size is not mentioned.
  • The gym is closed after 6:00. — The poster says nothing about the gym closing.

Practice more of this

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

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