Hilltop Elementary

Mrs. Kackley / Mrs. ColiadisGrade 3 Reading“Water Woman”

Lifelines

1- “Ask the audience”

2- “Phone a friend”

3- “50/50”

A: B:Biography autobiography

#1- $100

What type of selection is “Water Woman”

C: D:Realistic fiction Fiction

A- Biography

A: B:With great anger With great energy

#2- $200Amy swam furiously towards the finish.

What does furiously mean?

C: D:With great speed With great strength

B- With great energy

A: B:It builds strong muscles.

It heals skin.

#3- $300Why can swimming help someone’s asthma?

C: D:It makes lungs stronger.

It causes cramps.

C- It makes lungs

stronger.

A: She wanted the prize money. B: She was stubborn.

#4- $500Why did Amy keep swimming in races when

she was a teenager?

C: D:She would have missed swimming if she quit.

She was the best swimmer on the team.

B- She was stubborn.

A: B:She had talent. She was tall.

#5- $1,000Which sentence best tells why Amy became

a champion swimmer?

C: D:She had asthma. She worked hard.

D- She worked

hard

A: B:Turning over and over Swimming badly

#6- $2,000In this story, what does “on a roll” mean?

C: D:On a bun Winning race after race

D- Winning race after

race

A: B:They were worried about Amy.

They made fun of Amy.

#7- $4,000How were Amy’s Olympic teammates different

from her high school teammates?

C: D:They wanted Amy to quit the team.

They all quit the team.

A- They were

worried about Amy.

A: B:She knew they would enjoy the Olympics.

She wanted to let them see she wouldn’t let her teammates down.

#8- $8,000Why did Amy hope the girls from her high school

Swim team were watching their TV’s?

C: D:She wanted them to see her teammates win.

Some of those high school girls were her friends.

B- She wanted to let them see she wouldn’t let her

teammates down.

A: B:She had strong muscles.

She wouldn’t give up.

#9- $16,000Why did Amy call herself the “tough girl?”

C: D:She didn’t feel pain. She recovered from asthma.

B-She wouldn’t give up.

A: B:races teams

#10- $32,000The freestyle and the butterfly are two kinds

Of what?

C: D:pools swimsuits

A- races

A: B:One Two

#11- $64,000Amy was the first American woman to win

how many medals in one Olympics?

C: D:Three Four

D- Four

A: B:To tell about a champion

To get girls to join a swim team

#12- $125,000Why did the author write the selection, “Water

Woman?”

C: D:To tell about the 1996 Olympics

To explain about swimming

A- To tell about a

champion

A: B:She was tall, skinny & awkward.

She had asthma.

#13- $250,000Why did Amy feel like a nerd in high school?

C: D:She couldn’t swim very well.

She didn’t make the Olympic team the first time.

A- She was tall, skinny & awkward.

A: B:She made faster strokes.

She lost weight.

#14- $500,00

Amy did badly in the NCAA championship. Name 1 thing she did to improve her swimming.

C: D:She got a different coach.

She learned a different stroke.

A. She made faster strokes.

A: B:She shaved the hair off her body.

She went on a diet.

#15- $1,000,000Amy did badly in the NCAA championship.

Name another thing she did to improve her swimming..

C: D:She practiced for 6 hours a day.

She took a break from swimming for awhile.

A- She shaved the hair off her

body.

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