Fourth Grade February Checkpoint
Due Friday, February 20, 2015
Directions: There are two major parts of this checkpoint. You are expected to complete all steps of the checkpoint. You will submit your answers using the February Answer Document in Google Docs. If you have any questions about what is expected of you, contact your homeroom teacher as soon as possible.
Part 1 - Listening
What Happens When It Rains
Listen to the presentation below. Then answer the questions.
Listen to the presentation below. Then answer the questions.
1. What does every living thing on the planet need to survive?
2. What would happen to birds if it didn't rain for a long time?
A. Earthworms would start eating birds.
B. Birds would likely be thirsty and hungry.
C. Birds would stop flying altogether.
D. Birds would be scared of bursts of thunder.
3. What is this passage mostly about?
A. how holes in the ground fill up with soil when it rains
B. why birds like rainwater
C. how rain affects the landscape and animals of the environment
D. how to find mud in a flower-bed
4. How can erosion change a landscape over time?
5. Open Response: Would animals survive without rain? Use evidence from the reading to support your answer.
2. What would happen to birds if it didn't rain for a long time?
A. Earthworms would start eating birds.
B. Birds would likely be thirsty and hungry.
C. Birds would stop flying altogether.
D. Birds would be scared of bursts of thunder.
3. What is this passage mostly about?
A. how holes in the ground fill up with soil when it rains
B. why birds like rainwater
C. how rain affects the landscape and animals of the environment
D. how to find mud in a flower-bed
4. How can erosion change a landscape over time?
5. Open Response: Would animals survive without rain? Use evidence from the reading to support your answer.
Part 2 - Comparing Fractions
Directions: Use your knowledge of fractions to answer the questions below.
1. Select >, <, or = to compare the fractions. Explain how you compared these fractions.
2. Select >, <, or = to compare the fractions. Explain how you compared these fractions.
3. Check all the inequalities that are true.
4. Select one inequality from question 3 that is false and rewrite it to make it true.
Amy, Beth, Katie, Gretchen, and Deb love chocolate. One afternoon, they each had a large chocolate bar. Each chocolate bar was the same size. They argued about who ate the most chocolate.
Below, find how much each girl ate:
6. Who ate the least chocolate?
7. Order what the girls ate from the least to the greatest amount.
Amy, Beth, Katie, Gretchen, and Deb love chocolate. One afternoon, they each had a large chocolate bar. Each chocolate bar was the same size. They argued about who ate the most chocolate.
Below, find how much each girl ate:
- Amy: 2/6 of her chocolate bar
- Beth: 2/3 of her chocolate bar
- Katie: 3/4 of her chocolate bar
- Gretchen: 1/2 of her chocolate bar
- Deb: 1/3 of her chocolate bar
6. Who ate the least chocolate?
7. Order what the girls ate from the least to the greatest amount.