When does Valeria write in her journal?
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 letter. Then answer the questions.
A Letter to Tía Rosa
Dear Tía Rosa,
Thank you for the journal you sent for my birthday. The cover is green, my favorite color, and it has a tiny lock and key.
I write in my journal every night before bed. Last night, I wrote about our class trip to the aquarium. I touched a starfish in the touch tank. It felt rough, like the bottom of a shoe!
Mom says that when you visit us in July, I can read you some pages. But not the pages about my little brother. Those are secret!
Love, Valeria
The question
Choose the best answer.
When does Valeria write in her journal?
- Every night before bedCorrect answer
- Every morning before school
- Only on her birthday
- Only on class trips
Why “Every night before bed” is correct
This is a detail question. Valeria writes, “I write in my journal every night before bed.” The other choices use words from the letter, like birthday and trip, so the student has to find the sentence that answers when.
Why the other answers are wrong
- Every morning before school — The letter says night, not morning.
- Only on her birthday — The journal was a birthday gift, but she writes in it every night.
- Only on class trips — She wrote about a trip, but she wrote it at home at night.
Practice more of this
More reading practice for Grade 3, or see the TELPAS practice test for 3rd grade.
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