Science Stem Question Grid for Grade 2, Avenues Level C, Volume 1
Prepared by Debbie Barr for Guilford County School System ESL Department, November 2009
Goals
Student
Page
and
Stem Question and Foils
Objectives
Number
Correct
Answer
UNIT 1
When the lady in the taxi sang, what part of her body vibrated to
make the sound?
THE
ADVENTURES
OF TAXI DOG
20-21
A. lips
B. vocal cords
4.05
B
4.04
C
2.03
A
C. throat
D. lungs
What part of Jim and Maxi's bodies vibrated to allow them to hear
the lady sing?
THE
ADVENTURES
OF TAXI DOG
20-21
A. vocal cords
B. skin
C. ear drum
D. nose
Look at the picture. What was the weather like on the night the
baby was due?
THE
ADVENTURES
OF TAXI DOG
22-23
A. snowy
B. rainy
C. windy
C. hot
1
Which is an example of a mixture?
A MOVIE IN
MY PILLOW
20-23
A. an avocado
B. fruit salad made of mangoes, papayas, and watermelon
3.05
B
2.04
C
Goal 1
vocabulary:
planned
incidental
instruction
A
4.01
D
3.04
C
C. a glass of sweet tea
D. a mango
What is used to measure heat from the sun?
A MOVIE IN
MY PILLOW
20-23
A. wind vane
B. rain gauge
C. thermometer
D. anemometer
Miss Sha-Sha-She-Sha is a ____.
A MOVIE IN
MY PILLOW
26
A. carnivore
B. herbivore
C. decomposer
D. insect
The street is noisy because ____. (Choose the best answer.)
A. there is a lot of traffic and many people are talking.
LUNCH IN THE
CITY
40-41
B. air vibrates and makes sound waves.
C. objects vibrate and make sound waves.
D. traffic and talk cause the air and objects to vibrate and make
sound waves.
Hot oil is a ____.
CHINATOWN
54
A. gas
B. solid
2
C. liquid
D. mixture
Sounds like a sizzle or a shout make the eardrum and the____,
anvil, and stirrup bones vibrate.
CHINATOWN
54-55
A. hammer
B. nail
C. screw driver
Goal 4
vocabulary:
planned
incidental
instruction
A
3.04
B
2.03
2.05
C
3.01
3.04
D
D. saw
UNIT 2
MRS.
MCNOSH AND
THE GREAT
BIG SQUASH
20-21
The part of the squash that Mrs. McNosh scraped out was
____.
A. a gas
B. a solid
C. a liquid
D. hot
What type of weather did NOT help the carrots, wheat, and
corn grow?
CLEVER ANA
AND THE
GREEDY
GIANT
80-96
A. rain
B. sunshine
C. snow
D. warm temperatures
FARMS
108-125
Which two foods are liquids?
3
A. wheat and broccoli
B. lettuce and corn
C. lemons and oranges
D. milk and orange juice
UNIT 3
What did the heat from the sun cause? (Choose the best
answer.)
RAIN
4-5
A. It made the animals hot.
B. It made the land dry.
2.05
C
2.04
A
2.06
A
2.05
B
C. It made everything hot and dry.
D. It did not affect the land
How did the animals know rain was coming?
RAIN
6-15
A. Their senses told them.
B. They used a thermometer.
C. They used a wind vane.
D. They used a rain gauge.
How did the weather change in this story?
RAIN
4-27
A. It was hot and dry and then it rained.
B. It did not change.
C. It was cold and then it got hot.
D. It was windy then the air got calm.
RAIN
What happened after the rain came?
4
28-33
A. The air got cold.
2.06
B. Everything got hot and dry again.
C. Snow fell.
D. It got very windy.
A ____ measures how much rain falls.
PUDDLES TO
THE SKY
140-141
2.04
A. anemometer
Goal 2
vocabulary:
direct
instruction
B. thermometer
C. barometer
D. rain gauge
D
This poem is about ____.
PUDDLES TO
THE SKY
140-141
Goal 2
vocabulary:
direct
instruction
A. hurricanes
B. the water cycle
C. clouds
B
D. how to stay dry on a rainy day
What happens to puddles after the rain stops?
WHERE DO
PUDDLES
GO?
A. They condense.
144-146
C. They evaporate.
2.05
Goal 2
vocabulary:
direct
instruction
B. No one knows.
D. They freeze.
WHERE DO
PUDDLES
GO?
148-149
What are clouds made of?
Goal 2
vocabulary:
direct
instruction
A. water vapor drops
B. ice
C. snow flakes
5
C
A
D. cotton
When the cloud cried, it created ____.
EVA'S CLOUD
173-176
A. evaporation
B. precipitation
C. temperature
Goal 2
vocabulary:
direct
instruction
B
Goal 2
vocabulary:
direct
instruction
B
D. air pressure
Which is NOT a word about water?
SHOW WHAT
YOU KNOW
192
A. water cycle
B. anemometer
C. moisture
D. precipitation
6