Why does the notice tell students to write their names inside their coats?
Read a Short Informational Passage · ELPAC Grade 2 reading. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
A brief factual text — a notice, a label, a set of instructions — followed by questions.
Read the notice. Then answer the questions.
Lost and Found
Is your jacket missing? Look in the Lost and Found box outside the school office. The box is open before school and at lunch. Write your name inside your coat and your lunch box, so they can be given back to you if you lose them. On the last Friday of every month, things left in the box are given away to families who need them.
The question
Choose the best answer.
Why does the notice tell students to write their names inside their coats?
- So the coats look new
- So the coats can be given away
- So the coats can be given back to themCorrect answer
- So the teacher can check their spelling
Why “So the coats can be given back to them” is correct
This asks for the reason behind an instruction, and the notice gives it with the word 'so'. Teaching children to look for 'so' or 'because' right after an instruction is a quick way to answer most why-questions on notices. Ask your child what could happen if a coat with no name ended up in the box.
Why the other answers are wrong
- So the coats look new — A name inside a coat has nothing to do with how it looks.
- So the coats can be given away — Giving things away is what happens to items nobody claims. A name helps stop that from happening.
- So the teacher can check their spelling — Spelling is not mentioned anywhere in the notice.
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