Directions: reading skills Practice tests
Two Reading Skills Practice Tests can be found on pages 13-16 of this Teacher’s Edition. You can photocopy them and use them all at once, or have students do just two pages at a time. Directions for giving the tests and the answer key are below.
OBJECTIVES:
To expose students to a standardized-test format; to assess students’ skills.Reading Skills Practice Test #1
A. Phonics: Consonants
This section checks a student’s knowledge of consonant sounds, including blends.
Say: We will write a letter or letters on each line to finish the word. Look at the picture in the sample.
(Point to the sample.) What is it? (a tree) If you write tr on the line, the word is tree. Now, write the missing letter or letters on the lines for 1-5.
B. Phonics: Vowels
This section checks a student’s knowledge of short and long vowel sounds.
Say: We will write a letter or letters on each line to finish the word. Look at the picture in the sample.
(Point to the sample.) What is it? (a bat) If you write a on the blank line, the word is bat. Now, write the missing letter or letters on the blank lines for 1-5.
C. High-Frequency Words
Say: I will read aloud one word in the sample. Circle the word I read aloud: an.
Say: Each column has three words. I will read one of them aloud. Listen carefully. Circle the word.
1. when 2. has 3. then 4. please 5. once
D. Vocabulary: Picture-Word Match
This section checks a student’s ability to attach meaning to print and to identify decodeable words.
Say: Look at the sample. Read each word under the picture. Which word goes with the picture? (cat) Fill in the bubble next to cat. Now, fill in the bubbles next to the words that go with the pictures for 1-5.
Practice test #1
A. Phonics: Consonants
SAMPLE: tr
1. gr 2. fr 3. dr 4. ck 5. sk
B. Phonics: Vowels
SAMPLE: a
1. ee 2. a, e 3. i, e 4. oa 5. a, e
C. High-Frequency Words
SAMPLE: an
1. when 2. has 3. then 4. please 5. once
D. Vocabulary: Picture-Word Match
SAMPLE: cat
1. children 2. house 3. eye 4. shirt 5. sing
Practice test #2
A. Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics
1. He 2. Mr. Gray 3. I 4. going 5. plays
6. Florida. 7. swim 8. black and white.
9. ran 10. his
B. Article Comprehension
1. zebras 2. a group of zebras 3. grass
4. Some possible answers:
• Zebras have black stripes and white stripes. • Zebras are a lot like horses.
• Wild zebras live in Africa. • Zebras watch out for lions.
Answer Keys
Reading Skills Practice Test #2
A. Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics
This section checks a student’s ability to use capitalization, subject-verb agreement, and punctuation.
Say: Choose the correct word or words for each sentence. Fill in the bubble next to each correct answer.
B. Article Comprehension
This section checks a student’s ability to comprehend short nonfiction.
Say: Read the article. Then fill in the bubble next to the best answer to each question. After that, write a sentence about what you read.
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A. Phonics: Consonants and Consonant Blends
Look at each picture.
Write the missing letter or letters on the line.
B. Phonics: Short and Long Vowels
Look at each picture.
Write the missing letter or letters on the lines.
Reading Skills Practice Test #1
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C. High-Frequency Words
Fill in the bubble next to the word your teacher
says out loud.
D. Vocabulary: Picture-Word Match
Fill in the bubble next to the word that names
each picture.
Sample
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cat
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kite
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kit
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child
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children
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change
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hose
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horse
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house
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short
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shirt
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shoe
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sing
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sign
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sew
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eye
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ask
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an
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when
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what
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walk
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him
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his
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has
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thank
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think
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then
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please
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pretty
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put
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was
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once
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A. Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics
Read each sentence. Fill in the bubble next to the choice
that best completes each sentence.
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Reading Skills Practice Test #2
Grade 1
1.
______ loves dogs.
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He
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My friend lives in ________
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florida
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Florida.
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Florida?
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________ is Sam’s dad.
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mr gray
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mr. gray
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Mr. Gray
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They ________.
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swimming
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swim
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swims
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Emily and _______ dance.
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me
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The soccer ball is ________
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black and white,
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black and white.
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black and white
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Are you __________ there?
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will go
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going
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go
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Sara ________ to school.
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run
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rans
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ran
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She ________.
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plays
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play
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That is ________ book.
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his
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1. What animal is this story about?
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lions
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zebras
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horses
2. What is a herd?
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a group of zebras
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one zebra
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a kind of grass
3. What is one thing zebras eat?
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lions
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chicken
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grass
4. Write a sentence that tells one fact about zebras.
B. Article Comprehension
Read the story. Then answer each question.
Fill in the bubble next to the best answer.
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