TELPAS Practice

What will students do right after the planetarium show?

Basic Understanding of a Variety of Texts · TELPAS Grades 4–5 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 schedule. Then answer the questions.

Field Trip Schedule

Schedule titled Fourth Grade Field Trip to the Science Museum — Thursday: 8:30 Leave school by bus. 9:15 Planetarium show: The Night Sky. 10:15 Fossil Hall: dinosaur bones and ancient sea shells. 11:30 Lunch in the picnic area. 12:15 Hands-on lab: build a simple machine. 1:30 Bus leaves the museum. A note at the bottom says: Pack a lunch in a paper bag with your name on it. Parent chaperones will each lead a group of five students. Stay with your chaperone at all times.
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Fourth Grade Field Trip to the Science Museum — Thursday

8:30 Leave school by bus

9:15 Planetarium show: The Night Sky

10:15 Fossil Hall: dinosaur bones and ancient sea shells

11:30 Lunch in the picnic area

12:15 Hands-on lab: build a simple machine

1:30 Bus leaves the museum

Pack a lunch in a paper bag with your name on it. Parent chaperones will each lead a group of five students. Stay with your chaperone at all times.

The question

Choose the best answer.

What will students do right after the planetarium show?

  • eat lunch in the picnic area
  • visit the Fossil HallCorrect answer
  • build a simple machine
  • get back on the bus

Why “visit the Fossil Hall” is correct

This tests reading a schedule in order. The planetarium show is at 9:15, and the next line is the Fossil Hall at 10:15. The student has to read down the list and find the row directly below the one named in the question.

Why the other answers are wrong

  • eat lunch in the picnic area — Lunch comes after the Fossil Hall.
  • build a simple machine — The lab is in the afternoon, after lunch.
  • get back on the bus — The bus leaves at 1:30, at the end of the day.

Practice more of this

More reading practice for Grades 4–5, or see the TELPAS practice test for 4th and 5th grade.

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