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Grade 4
Reading
Assessment 1
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2005-06
10-10-05
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Directions for Administration:
Today you will be taking the District LCAP Assessment Test. This is a test of how
well you understand the material we have covered over the last nine weeks.
Three different types of questions appear on this test: multiple choice, short
answer, and extended response.
All of your answers must be marked or written on your assessment.
There are several important things to remember:
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6.
Read each selection to see what it is about. You may look back at
the reading selection as often as necessary.
Read each question carefully. Think about what is being asked. If a
graph or other diagram goes with the question, look at it carefully
to help you answer the question.
When you write your answers, write them neatly and clearly in the
space provided.
When you are asked to select the answer, make sure you fill in the
circle next to the answer. Mark only one answer.
If you do not know the answer to the question, skip it and go on. If
you have time, go back to the questions you skipped and answer
them before you hand in your assessment.
If you finish the assessment early, you may check over your work.
When you are finished and your test has been collected, you may
take out your silent work.
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Directions: Read the following selection and answer the questions.
Ode to Mi Gato
by Gary Soto
He’s white
As spilled milk,
My cat who sleeps
With his belly
Turned toward
The summer sky.
He loves the sun,
Its warmth like a hand.
He loves tuna cans
And milk cartons
With their dribble
Of milk. He loves
Mom when she rattles
The bag of cat food,
The brown nuggets
Raining into his bowl.
And my cat loves
Me, because I saved
Him from a dog,
Because I dressed him
In a hat and a cape
For Halloween,
Because I dangled
A sock of chicken skin
As he stood on his
Hind legs. I love mi gato,
Porque I found
Him on the fender
Of an abandoned car.
He was a kitten,
With a meow
Like the rusty latch
On a gate. I carried
Him home in the loop
Of my arms.
I poured milk
Into him, let him
Word Bank
Spanish words in the poem
and their meanings:
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mi gato
my cat
porque
because
huevo
egg
Lick chunks of
Cheese from my palms,
And cooked huevo
After huevo
Until his purring
Engine kicked in
And he cuddled
Up to my father’s slippers.
That was last year.
This spring, He’s excellent at sleeping
And no good
At hunting. At night
All the other cats
In the neighborhood
Can see him slink
Around the corner,
Or jump from the tree
Like a splash of
Milk. We lap up
His love and
He laps up his welcome.
1.
An ode is a special kind of poem. What is this ode about?
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A. white cats
O
B.
O
C. the poet’s cat
O
D. chicken
all cats
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2.
If the cat in this poem had a chance to go outside for a day, what do you
think he would most likely do?
O
A. chase other cats
O
B.
O
C. hunt with other cats
O
D. drink milk
sleep in the sun
(3-2)
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3.
In the title Ode to Mi Gato, what do the words “mi gato” mean?
O
A. white milk
O
B.
O
C. tuna cans
O
D. egg
my cat
(2-9)
4.
Use details from the poem to tell how the cat in the poem became the
speaker’s pet.
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One
Only one of me
and nobody can get a second one
from a photocopy machine.
Word Box
expectancylooking forward to
something
happening
rage-angry
Nobody has the fingerprints I have.
Nobody can cry my tears, or laugh my laugh
or have my expectancy when I wait.
But anybody can mimic my dance with my dog.
Anybody can howl how I sing out of tune.
And mirrors can show me multiplied
many times, say, dressed up in red
or dressed up in gray.
Nobody can get into my clothes for me
or feel my fall for me, or do my running.
Nobody hears my music for me, either.
I am just this one.
Nobody else makes the words
I shape with sound, when I talk.
But anybody can act how I stutter in a rage.
Anybody can copy echoes I make.
And mirrors can show me multiplied
many times, say, dressed up in green
or dressed up in blue.
-James Berry
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(a) Write a synonym in the box for each word.
Word
Synonym
mimic
howl
(b) Write an antonym in the box for each word.
Word
Antonym
rage
nobody
(3-6, 2-2, 2-4)
6.
Who is the speaker in this poem?
O
O
O
O
A.
B.
C.
D.
The poet
The dog
Nobody
Anybody
(5-4)
7.
From what point of view is this poem written?
O
O
O
O
A.
B.
C.
D.
first-person
second-person
third person
fourth person
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Directions: Read the following title page and answer the question.
8.
Based on this title page, what do you think this story will be about?
O
O
O
O
A.
B.
C.
D.
It is the story of a country.
It is the story of a historic battle.
It is the story of famous inventions.
It is the story of a boy in a war.
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Directions: Read the Content page and answer the questions.
Contents
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Glossary
Credits
9.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Ohio’s Land………………………………....
The First People…………………………….
Historic American Indians………………….
The Struggle for Ohio………………………
A New State………………………………...
The Gateway State………………………….
Ohio in the Civil War……………………….
Industry and Immigrants……………………
A New Century of Progress………………..
Good Times and Hard Times……………….
End of a Century……………………………
Making a Living in Ohio……………………
Government for All of Us…………………..
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60
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96
114
130
150
166
180
202
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What chapter would tell you about what types of jobs are in Ohio?
O A. Chapter 12
O B. Chapter 7
O C. Chapter 3
O D. Chapter 9
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10. Between which two guide words in the dictionary would you find the word
immigrant?
O
O
O
O
A.
B.
C.
D.
between illness and immature
between immediate and impact
between impart and important
between immerse and immobile
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Directions: Read the selection and answer the questions.
Rabbit’s New Coat
By Clare Mishica
Rabbit listened to her friend Bluebird sing. She looked at his bright blue
feathers. “You’re lucky,” Rabbit said. “I cannot sing, and I have such plain brown
fur.”
“I like your fur,” said Bluebird.
“It’s not as fancy as your
feathers,” complained Rabbit. “My fur
is dull and drab. It’s not nearly as bright
and pretty as your feathers.”
Rabbit thought about her ordinary brown fur all morning. She thought
about it while she nibbled some grass. She thought about it while she napped in
the shade of a bush. She thought about it when she hopped over some
blueberries. The Rabbit had an idea.
Rabbit rolled over and over in the blueberries. The juicy berries made blue
spots on her fur. Rabbit smiled. Now she had a fancy, blue-spotted coat.
Rabbit hopped through the meadow. She wanted to show off her new
blue-spotted fur. She found Bluebird and showed him the bright blue spots that
decorated her fur.
“How beautiful,” said Bluebird.
Suddenly, a fox jumped out from behind a bush.
“I like your spots, too,” he growled. “I’m hungry, and now you cannot hide
from me!”
Rabbit ran away as fast as she could and hid under a bush. When the fox
came by, he saw her bright blue spots in the bush and chased after her. Rabbit
ran and ran. She slipped into a hole under some tree roots. The fox couldn’t
reach her. Rabbit trembled as she waited and waited. Finally, the hungry fox
left.
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“Are you okay?” asked Bluebird, flying down from a high tree branch.
“Yes,” said Rabbit. Then she hopped over to a big puddle. Rabbit rolled
over and over in the puddle and washed off all her blue spots.
“You’re lucky you have a brown coat,” said Bluebird. “It helps you hide
from the fox.”
“Yes,” agreed Rabbit. “I love my brown coat, too!”
11. Why does the fox say, “I like your spots, too.”?
O
O
O
O
A.
B.
C.
D.
He wants to be friendly.
He can now see Rabbit better.
He admires beautiful things.
He wants blue spots also.
(3-7)
12. Read this dictionary entry.
slip v. 1. to lose one’s balance. 2. to move smoothly and quickly. 3.
to make a mistake.
Now read these sentences from “Rabbit’s New Coat.”
Rabbit ran and ran. She slipped into a hole under some tree roots.
Which meaning of slip is used in the sentence?
O
O
O
O
A.
B.
C.
D.
definition1
definition 2
definition 3
none of the above
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13. Explain what rabbit means by drab. Use two examples of context clues
from the story.
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14. Use the prefix and suffix boxes and the word decorate to define the
following words.
Prefixes
re-to do again
un-not
dis-not
Suffixes
lesswithout
ful-full of
orsomeone
who
decorator
redecorate
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15. Tell what lesson Rabbit learned and support it with 2 details from the
selection.
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16. You are taking a test and come to a word that you don’t understand. What
should you do to determine the meaning of the word? What is another
strategy you could use?
(3-8)
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Labor Day
A picnic, a parade, a cookout,
swimming, and the excitement of the new
school year! These are all thoughts you
may have when you think of Labor Day.
But just like every other holiday, Labor Day
has a special meaning behind it.
Labor Day was named in honor of
working people throughout the United
States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. It falls
on the first Monday of September every year. Many businesses give
their employees that day off, and many American families have
traditions of enjoying the long weekend outdoors. Most consider
Labor Day weekend the last “official” weekend of summer. In fact,
Labor Day often marks the year’s end of summertime activities such
as swimming. Some outdoor ice cream shops in the colder areas of
the country also close the day after Labor Day.
Europeans also celebrate Labor Day, but their holiday falls on
May 1st. And other countries celebrate similar holidays to honor
working people. Australia, for instance, celebrates Eight Hour Day to
remember the struggles of a shorter working day.
17.
Use the following activities to compare and contrast how Americans
celebrate Thanksgiving and Labor Day: picnic, eat turkey, parades.
(3-3)
Thanksgiving
Both
Labor day
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18. Some outdoor ice cream shops in the colder areas of the country also
closed the day after Labor Day.
Which definition of shops is used in the sentence?
shop/shŏp/ 1) a store 2) a place where certain things are made or
repaired 3) a classroom where students are trained to use machinery tools
4) buying goods
O
A. Definition 1
O
B.
O
C. Definition 3
O
D. Definition 4
Definition 2
(2-9)
Directions. Use the following chart to answer question 19.
United States Holidays
Holiday
Year It Began
Independence Day
1941
Labor Day
1894
Memorial Day
1971
Veterans Day
1938
19. Using the cart above, determine which of the following dates an American
could have celebrated Labor Day?
O
A. 1841
O
B.
O
C. 1794
O
D. 1897
1776
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Assessment 1
Ques.
1.
2.
3.
4.
GLI
3-7
3-2
2-9
5-1
Pts.
1
1
1
2
5.
3-6
2-2
2-4
4
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
5-4
5-4
4-1
4-1
2-9
3-7
2-9
2-1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
14.
2-7
2
15.
5-5
4
16.
3-8
2
17.
3-3
2
Answer
C
B
B
1 pt. for the answer: The speaker found the cat;
1 pt. for details from the text: The speaker found the cat on the
fender of an abandoned car. He carried him home in his arms
and fed him milk and cheese, etc.
mimic- copy, same
howl- yell, scream, bark
rage- calm
nobody-anybody
A.
A.
B.
A.
B.
B.
B.
It is dull and ordinary.
It is not bright.
It is not as pretty as the bird.
It is not as fancy as your feathers.
Spelling does not count
1 pt. for: someone who decorates
1 pt. for: to decorate again
The rabbit doesn’t like its fur
Rabbit gets blue spots on fur from blueberries
A fox spots and chases her
She washes off coat and goes back to brown
2 pts. for the lesson: Rabbit wanted to change, but should be
happy with herself. Or any reasonable answer.
2 pts. for details: or any reasonable answer
2 pts. for visualize, using context clues
draw conclusions, infer, dictionary…or any other acceptable
strategy
1 pt. for 2 correct items
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2 pts. for 3 correct items.
18.
19.
2-9
4-5
1
1
Thanksgiving – eat turkey; Labor Day – picnic; Both - parades
A
D
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