Week 10

Skill: Cause & Effect

Reading Grade 1

What Mom Makes

Sam is six! Mom wants to make a little cake

for him. She must mix it up. Then she bakes the

cake. It is yellow. Sam likes yellow. Sam’s pals

come to his home. Mom gets the cake for them.

They sit and eat it. It is good! Mom could have

made a big cake!

This test section contains Four 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. DO NOT WRITE ANY ANSWERS IN THIS TEST BOOKLET. WHEN YOU FINISH, DO NOT WORK ON ANY OTHER TEST SECTION.
1. / Why did Mom make the cake?
A. / Sam was six.
B. / It was her big day.
C. / She wanted to eat cake.
D. / Sam’s friends like cake.
2. / Why did Sam’s pals come to his home?
A. / to see Mom
B. / to bake a cake
C. / to eat cake
D. / to play with Sam
3. / Why did Mom make a yellow cake?
A. / Sam’s pals like yellow.
B. / Mom likes yellow
C. / Yellow cake is good.
D. / Sam likes yellow.
4. / Why could Mom have made a big cake?
A. / Sam wanted more cake.
B. / Sam’s pals ate the little cake.
C. / Mom wanted some cake.
D. / Sam’s pals did not like the little cake.

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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. DO NOT WRITE ANY ANSWERS IN THIS TEST BOOKLET.
Sick Day!
5. / Dan is sick. He will not go to school today. He is at home with his Mom.
Mom will call Dan’s school and ask his teacher to let him make up his work when he gets back to school. He will not take a nap. His Mom said, “You can read an animal book for fun.” Dan read the book. Now he is playing with his cat. Mom said, “Dan, you must rest.” “Then you will not be sick.”
A. Identify one cause for Dan being home with his Mom.
B.  Predict what will happen to Dan if he does not rest.
C. Draw a conclusion about how Dan’s school work will be effected if he continues to
be sick and miss school.
Do not write on this page. Please write your
answer to this open-response question in
the test answer booklet

READING Name______

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Scoring Guide

SCORE / DESCRIPTION
4 / Student will correctly identify one cause why Dan was at home with Mom. Student will correctly predict what will happen if Dan does not rest. Student will correctly draw a conclusion as to what will happen to Dan’s school work if he continues to be sick and miss school.
3 / Student will correctly identify one cause why Dan was at home with Mom. Student will correctly predict what will happen if Dan does not rest. Student will incorrectly draw a conclusion as to what will happen to Dan’s school work if he continues to be sick and miss school.
2 / Student will correctly identify one cause why Dan was at home with Mom. Student will correctly predict what will happen if Dan does not rest.
1 / Student will correctly identify one cause why Dan was at home with Mom.
0 / Student’s response is totally incorrect or irrelevant.
Blank / No student response.


Annotated Rubric/ Performance Expectations for ORQ

Core Content: RD-EP-2.0.5 Students will identify the correct sequence.

DOK: 2

Academic Expectation:

1.2 Students make sense of the variety of materials they read.

1.4 Students make sense of the various messages to which they listen.

An appropriate student response should provide evidence of the student’s understanding……….

·  Cause and effect

·  Predicting

·  Drawing Conclusions from what they have read

For example, an appropriate response to this question would show that the student can

·  Why Dan is home from school

·  What will happen to Dan if he does not get enough rest

·  Of drawing a conclusion about what will happen to Dan’s grades if he continues to miss school.

Essential Vocabulary: sequence, cause, effect, because, what happened, why it happened, then, after

Resources/Technology:

Scott Foresman Reading Series

Compass: Cause/Effect

United Streaming Videos / Language Arts – 1st grade – search: cause/effect

http://www.edhelper.com/language/reading_comprehension_skills525.html

http://www.readinga-z.com/members/index.php

Information and Resources gathered from multiple sites:

Scott Foresman Reading Series Grade 1

Grade 1 – Subject Reading
Question / First
A.E. / First CC / Second A.E. / Second CC / DOK
Level / Answer
Key / Rational/Annotation for MC Questions
1 / 1.2 / RD-EP-2.0.5 Students will identify the correct sequence. / 1 / A / Students will identify explicitly stated cause and effect relationships.
2 / 1.2 / RD-EP-2.0.5 Students will identify the correct sequence. / 1 / C / Students will identify explicitly stated cause and effect relationships
3 / 1.2 / RD-EP-2.0.5 Students will identify the correct sequence. / 1 / D / Students will identify explicitly stated cause and effect relationships
4 / 1.2 / RD-EP-2.0.5 Students will identify the correct sequence. / 1 / B / Students will identify explicitly stated cause and effect relationships

Multiple Choice Item Information: