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F O R S TA N DA R D I Z E D T E S T S R E A D I N G, G R A D E O N E Molly Maack Carol Turkington Series Editor McGraw-Hill New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto abc McGraw-Hill Copyright © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher 0-07-138684-X The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title: 0-07-137405-1 All trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners Rather than put a trademark symbol after every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use names in an editorial fashion only, and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark Where such designations appear in this book, they have been printed with initial caps McGraw-Hill eBooks are available at special quantity discounts to use as premiums and sales promotions, or for use in corporate training programs For more information, please contact George Hoare, Special Sales, at george_hoare@mcgraw-hill.com or (212) 904-4069 TERMS OF USE This is a copyrighted work and The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc (“McGraw-Hill”) and its licensors reserve all rights in and to the work Use of this work is subject to these terms Except as permitted under the Copyright Act of 1976 and the right to store and retrieve one copy of the work, you may not decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, reproduce, modify, create derivative works based upon, transmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish or sublicense the work or any part of it without McGraw-Hill’s prior consent You may use the work for your own noncommercial and personal use; any other use of the work is strictly prohibited Your right to use the work may be terminated if you fail to comply with these terms THE WORK IS PROVIDED “AS IS” McGRAW-HILL AND ITS LICENSORS MAKE NO GUARANTEES OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY OR COMPLETENESS OF OR RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED FROM USING THE WORK, INCLUDING ANY INFORMATION THAT CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH THE WORK VIA HYPERLINK OR OTHERWISE, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE McGraw-Hill and its licensors not warrant or guarantee that the functions contained in the work will meet your requirements or that its operation will be uninterrupted or error free Neither McGraw-Hill nor its licensors shall be liable to you or anyone else for any inaccuracy, error or omission, regardless of cause, in the work or for any damages resulting therefrom McGraw-Hill has no responsibility for the content of any information accessed through the work Under no circumstances shall McGraw-Hill and/or its licensors be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, punitive, consequential or similar damages that result from the use of or inability to use the work, even if any of them has been advised of the possibility of such damages This limitation of liability shall apply to any claim or cause whatsoever whether such claim or cause arises in contract, tort or otherwise DOI: 10.1036/007138684X To my son, Watson Gregory Maack, who I look forward to teaching how to read independently and how to apply the skills in this book I hope he will one day develop a love of reading Molly Maack This page intentionally left blank READING, GRADE ONE Contents Skills Checklist ix Introduction Types of Standardized Tests The Major Standardized Tests How States Use Standardized Tests Valid Uses of Standardized Test Scores Inappropriate Use of Standardized Test Scores Two Basic Assumptions A Word about Coaching How to Raise Test Scores Test Questions Chapter Test-Taking Basics What This Book Can Do How to Use This Book Basic Test-Taking Strategies On to the Second Chapter Chapter Word Analysis What First Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Letter Recognition Chapter Vocabulary What First Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Vocabulary Chapter Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homophones 21 Synonyms What First Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Synonyms Antonyms What First Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Antonyms Homophones What First Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Homophones 2 3 4 7 Chapter Word Meanings in Context 11 What First Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Word Meanings in Context 11 11 12 12 15 Chapter Word Sounds 15 15 17 17 Beginning and Ending Word Sounds What First Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do vii Copyright 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies Click Here for Terms of Use 21 21 21 22 22 23 23 23 24 24 25 26 26 26 26 29 29 29 30 30 33 33 33 33 READING, GRADE ONE: GET READY! What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Beginning Word Sounds Practice Skill: Ending Word Sounds Vowel Sounds What First Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Vowel Sounds Rhyming Sounds What First Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Rhyming Sounds Chapter Spelling What First Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Spelling 34 34 35 36 36 36 36 37 37 37 37 38 38 Listening Comprehension What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Listening Comprehension Picture Comprehension What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Picture Comprehension Sentence Comprehension What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Sentence Comprehension Story Comprehension What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Story Comprehension 39 39 39 41 41 Chapter Language Mechanics 43 Grammar What First Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do Capitalization What First Graders Should Know What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Capitalization Punctuation What First Graders Should Know What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Punctuation Word Usage What First Graders Should Know What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Word Usage Chapter Reading Comprehension What First Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do 43 43 43 45 45 45 45 46 46 46 46 47 47 48 48 51 viii 52 53 53 53 54 54 55 56 56 56 Appendix A: Web Sites and Resources for More Information 59 Appendix B: Read More about It 63 Appendix C: What Your Child’s Test Scores Mean 65 Appendix D: Which States Require Which Tests 73 Appendix E: Testing Accommodations 83 Glossary 85 Answer Keys for Practice Skills 87 Sample Practice Test 89 Answer Key for Sample Practice Test 51 51 52 52 118 READING, SKILLS MY CHILD … WORD GRADE ONE CHECKLIST HAS LEARNED IS WORKING ON ANALYSIS LETTER RECOGNITION VOCABULARY SYNONYMS ANTONYMS WORD MEANINGS IN CONTEXT BEGINNING ENDING VOWEL WORD SOUNDS WORD SOUNDS SOUNDS RHYMING SOUNDS SPELLING CAPITALIZATION PUNCTUATION WORD USAGE READING COMPREHENSION LISTENING PICTURE COMPREHENSION SENTENCE STORY COMPREHENSION COMPREHENSION COMPREHENSION ix Copyright 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies Click Here for Terms of Use READING, GRADE ONE: GET READY! Directions: Read each question and choose the correct answer Example: In which pair the words begin with the same sound? A bat pig B city cool C can kid D go jump In which pair the words begin with the same sound? A queen quote B oven ice C gas jelly D ran pig G is for get H is for hat J is for jelly What is K for? A church Answer: C can SOUNDS Cut along dashed line WORD kid B chain C chin In which pair the words begin with the same sound? D kind A hen when B ball pen C hair hat A bunny D can chin B seat Choose the word that begins with the same sound as the word bird C lamb In which pair the words begin with the same sound? A fun get B shine jump C goat get D dog cat D glass GO 104 SAMPLE PRACTICE TEST Directions: Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions Example: Which of these words has the same ending sound as in the word cart? A sag B sat A witch C sip B wash D case C crack D church Answer: Cut along dashed line Which word has the same ending sound as the word for this picture? B sat Choose the words with the same ending sound A tart feet B sun basket C big truck D show hard Which of these words has a different ending sound than the others? A rag B rug C rip D rig Directions: Choose the letter that makes the ending sound as in the word for the picture below Example: A S B P C H D R Answer: D R GO 105 READING, GRADE ONE: GET READY! 10 Which word has the same vowel sound as in neat? A sweet B red A D B T C G D S C said D bed 11 Which word has the same vowel sound as in broke? A head B road C cat Directions: Match the word with the same vowel sound as the underlined word in each question Example: Which word has the same vowel sound as in loot? A loop B hop D cool 12 Which word has the same vowel sound as in sign? A sun B sat C mile D moon C nap D hip Answer: A loop GO 106 Cut along dashed line Choose the letter that makes the ending sound as in the word for the picture below SAMPLE PRACTICE TEST Directions: Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions Example: Which of these animal names rhymes with cat? A hippo 14 Which of these words rhymes with nest? A beat B nut C barn D best B bear C rat D hare Answer: Cut along dashed line C rat 13 Which of these words rhymes with bread? 15 Which two words rhyme? A all, air B hog, slog C ran, run D get, gull A bad B rid C bed D rod 107 READING, GRADE ONE: GET READY! SPELLING Directions: Choose the correctly spelled word in each question Example: A note Directions: Choose the answer to fill in the blank correctly Pat and Sandy are friends Pat is short and Sandy is ta What letters go in the blank? B noat A tt C noit B dd D nout C ll Answer: D ss Cut along dashed line A note A cake B caik C cak D kake A hors B hurse C horse D hoars The ook is filled with fish A ch B br C bo D bl A smil B smail C smile D smal GO 108 SAMPLE PRACTICE TEST A flur B flower C flor D fleure The man is wearing a _at A c B h C i 10 A orang B oringe C orange D orang Cut along dashed line D r Directions: Choose the word that is spelled correctly A tran B traine C train D trin A bear Directions: Choose the word that is spelled incorrectly 11 A heart B cart C church D wher 12 A barn B bir B goat C beare C goos D bur D girl 109 READING, GRADE ONE: GET READY! Directions: Read these sentences Then choose the word that should begin with a capital letter Example: Our friends are moving to ohio MECHANICS jim rode his scooter down the street A jim B rode A friends C scooter B are D street C moving D ohio Answer: D ohio We are going to disneyland for our summer vacation ginger pye the cat likes to play ball Cut along dashed line LANGUAGE A ginger pye B cat C likes D ball A going B disneyland C summer D vacation Directions: Choose the sentence that shows correct capitalization Example: A Tim is Going to town today Sue went to the park on tuesday night B I love Chocolate pudding A went C In March, we go to Paris B park D where are you going? C tuesday D night Answer: C In March, we go to Paris GO 110 SAMPLE PRACTICE TEST A tomico and Sam are making snowballs B I like to ride the subway when I go to New York City C Jamie has a birthday on tuesday, March 16 D The Peach pie was good, but the Apple pie was the best! C Brent rode his bike to town D Brent rode his bike to town Answer: C Brent rode his bike to town Which sentence is punctuated correctly? A Will here is your book? Cut along dashed line A Jorge took his dog to Town B Will Here is your book B I want to go home C Will, here is your book C My birthday is in april D Will here is your book D what day is it? A Let’s go to the Park B Tom and emma went to buy pizza C Today is Monday, September Which sentence is punctuated correctly? A Crystal, that’s a nice project! B Crystal that’s, a nice project! C Crystal, that’s, a nice project D Crystal, that’s a nice, project D My rabbit’s name is john Directions: Read each sentence and choose the correct answer Example: 10 Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly? A Harold, please finish your cake? Which sentence is punctuated correctly? B I don’t think that the teacher is here A Brent rode his bike to town C Watch out for that, fire B Brent rode his bike to town D Where, are you going GO 111 READING, GRADE ONE: GET READY! Example: Shonda going to win first place A are B were 13 you ever been to a play? A Have B Are C Were D Was 14 My sister is than Rachel’s sister C be A small D is B smallest Answer: D is 11 Herman and Shane going to the store A are B is C would C smaller D smalls 15 Yesterday we saw one cat Today we saw two A cat B catz C cats D catten D be 12 you going to get a new haircut? A Is B Ain’t C Are D Was GO 112 Cut along dashed line Directions: Read each sentence and choose the correct word to fill in the blank SAMPLE PRACTICE TEST Directions: Read each sentence Choose the correct pronoun for the underlined words Example: Please take Mary and me to the park A us B them C they D we 16 I like to play with Ben A her B him C us D them 17 That sled belongs to Jim and me A them B ours C us D we Cut along dashed line Answer: A us 113 READING, GRADE ONE: GET READY! READING COMPREHENSION Directions: Parent says to child: “I am going to read you a part of the story Then choose what you think might happen next.” Why was Kara making a cake? A She was hungry B It was her mother’s birthday Parent reads: C It was time for breakfast Four of Jimmy’s friends came to the door One had a glove Another had a ball Two had bats They all went out to Jimmy’s backyard D Her teacher was hungry What were the boys going to do? Directions: Look at each picture and answer the question about it Cut along dashed line A play baseball B sing C build a fort D play soccer Parent reads: Kara got out a recipe book Then she got out some milk, flour, and sugar She mixed everything together Next, she poured the batter into a pan She put the pan in the oven After a while, she took the pan out of the oven and placed it on the counter to cool Soon it would be time to ice it and put in some candles Then she would carry it out to her mother as a surprise What was Kara doing? A making mud pies B cleaning the kitchen Example: Why are these children happy? A They are eating dinner B They are playing a game C They are sleeping D They are watching a movie Answer: B They are playing a game C baking a cake D doing her homework 114 GO SAMPLE PRACTICE TEST Directions: Read each sentence below Decide which word goes with the sentence Example: When you go to sleep, use one of these A pillow What you think the people are watching? A a movie B a baseball game Cut along dashed line C a car race D a pet show B drink C bandage D pencil Answer: A pillow If you want a drink, use this A cup B dog C bed D car Why is this child sad? If you see a sad movie, you might this A He is saying goodbye to someone A cry B He lost his favorite toy C fall asleep C His brother teased him D run away B laugh D He broke a lamp GO 115 READING, GRADE ONE: GET READY! Directions: Read the story and then answer the questions My name is Frosty I like to eat hay My little girl brings me sugar lumps I live in the barn with a cat and a goat I like to jump over fences I neigh when I am hungry What is Frosty? A rabbit B horse C mouse D chicken A new family moved in next door They have a boy my age He is a soccer star Saturday the doorbell rang My mom answered the door She came into my room with a new boy “This is David,” she said He was carrying a soccer ball 10 Who is David? A the boy’s father B the boy’s uncle C the new neighbor What does Frosty like to eat? A goats 11 What did David bring with him? B hay A a soccer ball C cheese B a blanket D milk C a puppy D a pizza 116 Cut along dashed line D the boy’s brother This page intentionally left blank READING, GRADE ONE Answer Key for Sample Practice Test Word Analysis 10 D C C A A B B D D B Vocabulary 10 C A C C B A D A C D Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homophones 118 B A A C 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 B B A A D C B A C B B D C Word Meanings in Context B A C D B A C C B 10 C 11 D 12 C Word Sounds C C 10 11 12 13 14 15 A D A A C B C A B C C D B Spelling 10 11 12 A C C C B B C A B C D C Language Mechanics B C 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 A A B B C C A B A C A C C B C Reading Comprehension 10 11 A C B C A A A B B C A ... Heller Get Ready! for Standardized Tests: Reading, Grade by Louise Ulrich Get Ready! for Standardized Tests: Reading, Grade by Joanne Baker Get Ready! for Standardized Tests: Reading, Grade by... 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