Selection Comprehension Choose the best answer for each question. 1. How does Carolyn MOST LIKELY feel when she watches Dana and Josh in the show? She does not care how they do. She is angry they perform so well. She wishes they would make a mistake. She is proud but thinks she will do better. 2. Why does Carolyn forget the words when she goes onstage? She has not practiced enough. The kids are making too much noise. She gets nervous in front of the crowd. Greg asks her to switch poems with him. 3. Why does Mrs. Lasiter whisper I am the river from offstage? She is telling Carolyn what to say. She is practicing a children s song. She is welcoming the audience. She is making fun of Carolyn. 4. What is Carolyn s BIGGEST problem in the story? She thinks Mama does not care about her enough. She worries that Mrs. Lasiter does not like her. She does not get to be first in the program. She thinks the audience feels sorry for her. Selection Comprehension Loved Best 109
5. How is Carolyn DIFFERENT just before and just after she goes onstage? Before she is kind, but after she is mean. Before she is afraid, but after she is brave. Before she is ashamed, but after she is proud. Before she is sure of herself, but after she is upset. 6. Why does Carolyn think she isn t the favorite child? Mama tells Daddy she likes Dana the best. Mama gives Dana and Josh special attention. Mama thinks Dana was better in the program. Mama says young children like Dana are cuter. 7. At the end of the story, how does Carolyn MOST LIKELY feel? happy helpful selfish confused 8. What is this story MOST LIKE? a poem a fairy tale realistic fiction historical fiction Selection Comprehension Loved Best 110
READ THINK EXPLAIN Written Response (worth two points) 9. COMPARING TEXTS What did both Carolyn in Loved Best and the shepherd boy in The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf do that was the SAME? Use information and details from BOTH stories to support your answer. Sample two-point response: Carolyn and the boy both pretended something that wasn t true. Carolyn pretended to be sick. The boy pretended a wolf was near. They both just wanted attention. Selection Comprehension Loved Best 111 TOTAL SCORE: /8 + /2
Phonics/Spelling: C-le Syllable Choose the word that best completes each sentence. 1. The author chose a good for the book. titel title titelle titele 2. We need to the newspapers before recycling them. bundelle bundele bundle bundel 3. I do my homework at the. table tabel tabelle tabele 4. The tower of blocks is about to. toppel toppelle toppele topple Phonics/Spelling: C-le 112 TOTAL SCORE: /4
Focus Skill: Plot Read the passage. Then choose the best answer for each question. Cereal and Milk for Breakfast One Sunday, Isabel sat at the dinner table with her family. Meatloaf? she shrieked in horror. I hate meatloaf. I wanted pizza. Isabel, said her mother, you always want pizza! Eat your meatloaf. Wait a minute, said Isabel s dad. I think Isabel should have what she wants. Let her eat pizza for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Yes! celebrated Isabel. Monday and Tuesday were great! Isabel ate cheese pizza for breakfast, sausage pizza for lunch, and pepperoni pizza for dinner. On Wednesday, Isabel took a bowl from the cupboard. She took out cereal and began pouring it into the bowl. Her mother took it away and gave her a slice of cheese pizza. Isabel didn t know what to do. She d asked for this. Now what would she do? Mom, I don t want pizza for breakfast, she complained. I want cereal and milk. You wanted pizza, and you got pizza. That s all you can have to eat. After soccer practice, the family sat down to eat dinner. Everyone had a plate of delicious ham and macaroni and cheese. That smells so good! said Isabel. At her place was a plate of pizza. Isabel couldn t stand to even look at it! She looked at her mom and said, Mom, I apologize for being so rude! Thank you for cooking such wonderful meals. I would love to eat them. Focus Skill: Plot 113
Mom got up from the table and returned with an extra plate. She loaded it with ham and macaroni and cheese and handed it to Isabel. Mom winked and asked with a smile, What would you think of cereal and milk for breakfast tomorrow? 1. What is Isabel s main problem in the story? She doesn t want to eat meatloaf. She can eat only pizza. She has an argument with her family. She doesn t want to help in the kitchen. 2. How does Isabel first try to solve her problem? She treats her family with respect. She refuses to eat meatloaf. She eats ham and macaroni and cheese. She gets out a bowl and cereal for breakfast. 3. What happens to Isabel during the story? She gets weary of eating pizza. She learns to cook. She joins a soccer team. She learns to try new foods. 4. How does Isabel solve her problem? She cooks her own food. She eats when her family is gone. She apologizes to her mother. She plays soccer at dinnertime. Focus Skill: Plot 114 TOTAL SCORE: /4
Use Context Clues Choose the best answer for each question. 1. The sign warned us to be cautious when walking on the wet floor. What does cautious mean? awake careful dangerous brave 2. Reading glasses magnify small print. What does magnify mean? to make larger to be able to read to understand to give a reply 3. I was furious when I found out my friend hadn t told me the truth. What does furious mean? afraid unusually happy very angry brave 4. The teacher demonstrated how to make a model of a volcano. What does demonstrated mean? gave away held tightly questioned showed Use Context Clues 115
5. The letter was written on blue stationery. What does stationery mean? desk paper ink book 6. The new factory will produce computers. What does produce mean? to make to invent to buy to break 7. I made the decision to try out for the math team. What does decision mean? guess money secret choice 8. We got a glimpse of the boat as it zipped across the lake. What does glimpse mean? stay away soak with water quick look come near Use Context Clues 116 TOTAL SCORE: /8
Robust Vocabulary Choose the word that best completes each sentence. 1. She when she heard the bad news. praised perplexed sobbed astonished 2. He felt when she received a gift that he wanted. envious brief encouraging soothing 3. The coach was when we won the game. inquisitive envious ferocious astonished 4. The famous singer made a stop to sign autographs. dense brief soothing perplexed 5. We the puppy when it followed our command. praised swooned astonished sobbed Robust Vocabulary 117
6. The baby stopped crying when he heard the sound of his mother s voice. inquisitive chuckling soothing astonished 7. She was so nervous about the performance that she as she walked on to the stage. astonished swooned perplexed praised 8. The teacher s words made me feel better. encouraging astonished envious chuckling 9. The child s let us know the clown was funny. rivalry encouraging soothing chuckling 10. The brother and sister ended their. suspect rivalry expert brief Robust Vocabulary 118 TOTAL SCORE: /10
Grammar: Possessive Nouns Read each sentence. Choose the word that completes the sentence. 1. I found a collar. dogs dog s dogs s dogs 2. The two closets were clean. girls girl s girls girls s 3. Only one leaves had turned colors. tree trees trees tree s 4. We saw the huge nests. eagles eagles eagle s eagles s Grammar: Possessive Nouns 119 TOTAL SCORE: /4
Oral Reading Fluency Our solar system used to have nine planets. Now it has eight. In August 2006, scientists decided that Pluto was not a planet at all. Pluto is very small. It is even smaller than our moon. Pluto is also very far away from Earth. It is so small and so far away that it is hard to see, even with a telescope. No space probe has ever gone there. As a result, scientists know very little about Pluto. Since Pluto was discovered in 1930, scientists have wondered whether it really is a planet. This is partly because it is so small and so far away. Now scientists have decided to answer the question. First they had to answer another question. What is a planet? They found that all the other planets have at least three things in common. Pluto has only two of these things. Scientists decided to give Pluto a new title, dwarf planet. Dwarf planets, like the other planets, go around the sun. They also have a nearly round shape. 11 20 33 45 60 71 78 86 96 108 118 128 138 148 158 169 172 Oral Reading Fluency 120 /WCPM