A Group of Athletic Fifth Grade Students Read and Discussed

Multiple Choice

A group of athletic fifth grade students read and discussed the novel, Travel Team, a story about neighborhood basketball teams. Their teacher correctly realized that her students almost seemed to comprehend the novel better than she did primarily because they:

A) played on basketball teams and had the background knowledge and vocabulary
B) were able to apply phonics generalizations as they read
C) did not have a genuine interest in the story
D) were able to discuss the novel with their parents