School Name (Week7)
Skill: Sequencing, Fiction, Nonfiction
Subject Reading Grade 2nd
This test section contains EIGHT multiple-choice and ONE open-response (short-answer) questions. Please mark your answers for the multiple-choice questions in the spaces provided on your Student Response Booklet. Mark only one answer for each question. If you do not know the answer, make your best guess.
Type question here.
1.
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A. / What is the first step Mr. Tucker takes to grow corn?
He plants corn seeds.
O / B. / He picks the corn.
O / C. / He plows the soil.
O / D. / He picks flowers.
2. / When do birds come to eat worms and bugs in the field?
O / A. / April
O / B. / June
O / C. / July
O / D. / January
3. / People come to Mr. Tucker’s farm to ______.
O / A. / buy his corn.
O / B. / pick the corn.
O / C. / see the birds.
O / D. / buy flowers.
4. / What happens last in Mr. Tucker’s field?
O / A. / Animals make nests.
O / B. / Animals eat ears of corn.
O / C. / Birds land and eat bits of corn.
O / D. / Animals dig up the corn.
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String of LeavesMake a string of leaves to decorate a room. These simple-to-make strings make a great Fall decoration. You can drape the strings across rooms and over windows.
Supplies needed:
· Crayons or markers
· Scissors
· Glue, tape, or staples
· A long piece of green or brown yarn or string /
/ 1. First, draw a leaf on a piece of construction paper. Make sure to draw a thick stem on the top (your leaf will hang from this stem, which will be folded over). If you'd like, use a leaf pattern.
/ 2. Next, cut out the leaf. Draw the leaf veins if you wish.
Fold the leaf's stem in half.
/ 3. Attach the leaf to a long string using tape, glue, or staples. Make more leaves and attach them to the string.
Hang your string of leaves across the room for a wonderful
Fall decoration.
5. / According to the article, which of the following should be done FIRST?
O / A. / Hang your leaves.
O / B. / Attach your leaves to the string.
O / C. / Fold the stem.
O / D. / Draw your leaves.
6. / If you wanted to make a string of leaves which would you do first?
O / A. / Cut out leaves
O / B. / Get your supplies.
O / C. / Tape leaves on the string.
O / D. / Draw leaf veins.
7. / What would happen if you didn’t put a thick stem on your leaves?
O / A. / They would not look as nice.
O / B. / They would be too small.
O / C. / They would be hard to attach to the string.
O / D. / They would not look like a real leaf.
8. / What should be done after the first leaf is attached?
O / A. / Make more leaves.
O / B. / Hang your string.
O / C. / Draw the veins.
O / D. / Fold the stem.
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OPEN-RESPONSE QUESTION
Read all parts of the open-response question before you begin. Write your answers to the open-response question in the space provided on your Student Response Booklet.Sequence
9. / Sequence is important in fiction and nonfiction.
A. Describe how the author showed the correct sequence in EITHER Visitors in the Cornfield the first passage OR String of Leaves, the second passage.
B. Explain why sequence is important in the example you chose in Part A.
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Do not write on this page. Please write your
answer to this open-response question in
the test answer booklet
Student Name______
Scoring Guide
3 –Students describes either signal words or text features from either passage that indicate correct sequence, however, explanation of importance to reader lacks clarity..
2 –Student does not clearly describe the signal words or text features from either passage and explanation of importance is weak or nonexistent.
1 -Student shows minimal or no understanding of signal words and text features and their importance..
Annotated Rubric/ Performance Expectations for ORQ
Academic Expectation: 1.2 Students make sense of a variety of materials they read.
Core Content: RD-EP-2.0.4 Students will identify the correct sequence.
RD-EP-2.0.1 Students will distinguish between fiction and nonfiction texts.
Ceiling DOK Level: 1 Question DOK Level: 1
Question Type (circle): Scaffold, Single Dimension/Component, Two or More Relatively Independent Components, Student Choice, Respond to Provided Information
An appropriate student response should provide evidence of the student’s understanding of correct sequence and author’s use of elements to indicate sequence.
For example, an appropriate response to this question would show that the student can
A. Identify transitional elements (sequence signal words) and text features (Numbered steps, bullets, pictures) used by authors in fiction and non fiction.
B. Explain that sequence is important in fiction so that the reader can follow the events in a story. As a result the story will make sense to the reader and will follow a logical order.
Sequence is important in nonfiction (such as a how-to) so that the reader can complete the task in the manner described and end up with a desirable result.
Essential Vocabulary:
Fiction/Nonfiction, plays, poetry, short stories, letters, articles, sequence
Resources/Technology:
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/Three_Pigs_Activity_Card.pdf
http://www.quia.com/pp/1298.html
http://www.quia.com/pp/1308.html
http://www.quia.com/pp/3903.html
Grade ? -- SubjectQuestion / First
A.E. / First CC / Second A.E. / Second CC / DOK
Level of MC Question / Answer
Key / Rational/Annotation for MC Questions
1 / 1.2 / RD-EP-2.0.5
Students will identify the correct sequence.
DOK 1 / DOK Ceiling Level / 1 / C / The answer is C because the first thing Mr. Tucker does is plow the field.
2 / 1.2 / RD-EP-2.0.5
DOK Ceiling Level 1 / DOK Ceiling Level / 1 / A / The answer is A because April is when the birds
eat the bugs and worms from the field.
3 / 1.2 / RD-EP-2.0.5
DOK Ceiling Level 1 / DOK Ceiling Level / 1 / A / The answer is A because Mr. Tucker raised corn for people to buy.
4 / 1.2 / RD-EP-2.0.5
DOK Ceiling Level 1 / DOK Ceiling Level / 1 / C / The answer is C because this is what happens last in the story.
5 / 1.2 / RD-EP-2.0.5
DOK Ceiling Level 1 / DOK Ceiling Level / 1 / D / Fromf the steps listed, “Draw the leaves” would be done first.
6 / 1.2 / RD-EP-2.0.5
DOK Ceiling Level 1 / DOK Ceiling Level / 1 / B / From the steps listed, “Get your supplies” would be done first. The supply list comes first in the article.
7 / 1.2 / RD-EP-2.0.5
DOK Ceiling Level 1 / DOK Ceiling Level / 1 / C / The purpose of the thick stem is for attaching to the string.
8 / 1.2 / D RD-EP-2.0.5
DOK Ceiling Level 1 / DOK Ceiling Level / 1 / A / The article directed the reader to make more leaves after attaching the first leaf.
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