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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 T W O Louise Ulrich 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 Copyright ©2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc 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 0-07-141532-7 The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title: 0-07-137406-X 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@mcgrawhill.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; 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Practice Skill: Beginning Word Sounds Practice Skill: Ending Word Sounds Consonant Blends What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Consonant Blends Vowel Sounds What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Vowel Sounds Chapter Word Recognition Word Recognition What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Word Recognition Compound Words What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Compound Words Contractions What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Contractions Chapter Spelling Spelling What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Spelling Root Words, Suffixes, and Prefixes What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Root Word, Prefixes, and Suffixes Chapter Capitalization and Punctuation 34 36 38 38 38 38 38 39 40 40 40 40 Capitalization What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Capitalization Punctuation What Second Graders Should Know Periods Question Marks Exclamation Marks Commas What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Punctuation Practice Skill: Capitalization and Punctuation Together 43 43 43 43 44 44 45 45 45 46 46 46 46 46 47 47 Chapter Grammar Skills Parts of Speech What Second Graders Should Know Nouns Pronouns Verbs Adjectives What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Parts of Speech Sentences What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Sentences 49 49 49 49 51 51 52 53 53 53 Chapter 10 Breaking It Down Main Idea What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Main Idea 53 vi 57 57 57 57 58 58 60 60 60 60 60 60 61 61 61 62 65 65 65 65 65 66 66 66 68 68 70 70 70 71 71 73 73 73 74 74 74 CONTENTS Sequence What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Sequence Characters and Settings What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Characters and Settings Chapter 11 Reading Comprehension What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do Predicting Outcomes What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Predicting Outcomes Drawing Conclusions What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Drawing Conclusions Cause and Effect What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Cause and Effect Chapter 12 Literary Genres Fact versus Opinion What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Fact versus Opinion Reality versus Fantasy What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Reality versus Fantasy Biography What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Biography Poetry What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Poetry 76 76 76 76 77 78 78 78 78 79 Chapter 13 Study Skills 81 What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do Alphabetical Order What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Alphabetical Order Dictionaries What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Dictionary Entries Graphs What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Graphs Parts of a Book What Second Graders Should Know What You and Your Child Can Do What Tests May Ask Practice Skill: Parts of a Book 81 81 82 82 82 82 82 84 84 85 85 85 86 86 86 87 87 89 89 89 89 90 90 91 91 91 91 91 vii 92 92 92 92 92 93 93 93 93 93 97 97 97 97 98 98 98 98 98 99 99 99 99 101 101 101 101 101 102 102 102 103 103 Appendix A: Web Sites and Resources for More Information 105 Appendix B: Read More about It 109 READING, GRADE TWO: GET READY! Appendix C: What Your Child’s Test Scores Mean Glossary 131 111 Answer Keys for Practice Skills 133 Appendix D: Which States Require Which Tests 119 Sample Practice Test 135 Appendix E: Testing Accommodations 129 Answer Key for Sample Practice Test 180 GRADE viii TWO READING, SKILLS MY CHILD … WORD GRADE TWO CHECKLIST HAS LEARNED IS WORKING ON MEANINGS PICTURE WORD VOCABULARY MEANINGS IN CONTEXT ANTONYMS SYNONYMS HOMOPHONES BEGINNING ENDING WORD SOUNDS CONSONANT VOWEL WORD AND HOMONYMS WORD SOUNDS BLENDS SOUNDS RECOGNITION COMPOUND WORDS CONTRACTIONS SPELLING ROOT WORDS SUFFIXES PREFIXES CAPITALIZATION PUNCTUATION PARTS OF SPEECH SENTENCES MAIN IDEA SEQUENCE CHARACTERS READING FACT AND SETTINGS COMPREHENSION VS OPINION REALITY VS FANTASY BIOGRAPHY POETRY ix Copyright 2001 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Click Here for Terms of Use SAMPLE PRACTICE TEST CHARACTERS AND SETTINGS Directions: Read the passage Choose the best answer to each question The New Baby Paul walked slowly into the living room of his house It was filled with people talking and laughing They all crowded around his mother, who was holding his new baby brother No one noticed Paul How he wished his baby brother had never been born! His mother and father used to spend the weekends doing lots of fun things with him Now all they could talk about was his brother Paul was worried that now that his little brother was here, his dad wouldn’t have time for him anymore “Paul!” he heard his mother call “Paul, come here!” He looked up and saw his mother smiling at him She had handed his brother to Paul’s grandmother “Paul is the special guest here today,” his mother told the crowd of visitors “He’s the big brother It’s his job to show the baby how to lots of things His brother will count on him to teach him lots of things, like how to throw a ball.” Suddenly, Paul grinned and hugged his mother 137 Where does this story take place? ࠗ A in Paul’s house ࠗ B in a classroom ࠗ C in the cafeteria ࠗ D in the gym 138 What is the location of this story like? ࠗ A silent and empty ࠗ B noisy and crowded ࠗ C dark and scary ࠗ D bright and hot 139 How does Paul probably feel when his mother calls to him? ࠗ A angry ࠗ B happy ࠗ C lonesome ࠗ D mad 136 How does Paul feel at the start of the story? ࠗ A happy about the new baby ࠗ B tired from the new baby ࠗ C confused about the new baby ࠗ D upset about being ignored 167 READING, GRADE TWO: GET READY! PREDICTING Directions: Read the passage Choose the best answer for the question that follows Story Raw fish, called sushi, is popular in Japan The people in Japan also eat beef cooked with noodles and vegetables, and fried fish and vegetables Many of these dishes are also popular in the United States 140 What is the best title for this passage? ࠗ A Popular Japanese Food ࠗ B What Is Sushi? ࠗ C How to Fry Fish ࠗ D What I Like to Eat Directions: Choose the best answer for each question 141 What is a book titled Flopsy and Mopsy Bunny Paint Easter Eggs most likely about? ࠗ A a tale about two rabbits ࠗ B a mystery involving secrets at Easter OUTCOMES 142 The best title for a book about all different kinds of animals that live in the ocean would be ࠗ A The Adventures of a Boy Fisherman ࠗ B Flying Fish and Me ࠗ C Wynken, Blynken, and Nod ࠗ D The Encyclopedia of Sea Creatures Directions: Read the following passage and then choose the sentence that describes what would happen next First Jake took his pumpkin and scooped out the insides Then he cut a face into it Then he put a candle inside the pumpkin shell 143 ࠗ A Jake lay down and went to sleep ࠗ B Jake threw the pumpkin at the trick or treaters ࠗ C Jake lit the candle in the pump- kin ࠗ D Jake went to put on his cos- tume ࠗ C two friends on a holiday ࠗ D a sad story about a poor family GO 168 SAMPLE PRACTICE TEST Directions: Read the following passage Choose the statement that best describes what the story will probably be about It was dark outside The wind howled in the trees, and some tree branches began to scratch against the window upstairs Not a light glowed anywhere in the entire town 144 ࠗ A The story will probably be about a scary mystery ࠗ B The story will probably be about something funny ࠗ C The story will probably be about happy children on a farm ࠗ D The story will probably be about weather 169 READING, GRADE TWO: GET READY! DRAWING CONCLUSIONS Directions: Read the following passage Choose the best answer to each question Jill and Sarah were walking in the woods They were gathering flowers “Oh look!” Jill cried “There is a little baby bear Isn’t he cute!” As she ran over to the bear, she heard something in the bushes It was a very big bear! “I think that’s the mother,” Sarah whispered 145 What will probably happen next? ࠗ A The girls will continue gather- ing flowers ࠗ B Sarah and Jill will turn and run ࠗ C Sarah and Jill will offer some flowers to the mother bear ࠗ D Sarah and Jill will sit down and have lunch 146 Who is Sarah? ࠗ A Jill’s aunt ࠗ B Jill’s mother ࠗ C the bear ࠗ D Jill’s friend 170 Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question Mother sent Jared to his room for breaking his sister’s toy As Jared left, he said “I didn’t it!” Jim grinned as he saw Jared head to his room, and he thought to himself, “I got away with it.” 147 Who broke his sister’s toy? ࠗ A Jared ࠗ B Mom ࠗ C his sister ࠗ D Jim SAMPLE PRACTICE TEST CAUSE AND Directions: Read this passage and then answer the question Albert Einstein was a famous scientist His ideas helped other scientists to make the first atom bomb He also dreamed up many new ways of thinking about the world 148 Albert Einstein was EFFECT 149 As a result of his inventions, other people made ࠗ A dinner ࠗ B a new kind of telephone ࠗ C electricity ࠗ D the atom bomb ࠗ A a young man ࠗ B a brilliant scientist ࠗ C running away to sea ࠗ D friends with the king of England 171 READING, GRADE TWO: GET READY! FACT VERSUS Directions: Read the following passage Choose the best answer to each question Gliders Are Tops! Jane Krantz is the country’s top skater She is only 12 but she beats everyone else in her class Jane wears Gliders She won’t wear anything else Gliders have extra-sharp blades that help people skate faster and better Gliders come in beautiful gel colors Gliders are the best! 150 Which idea from the passage is a fact? ࠗ A Jane Krantz is 12 ࠗ B Gliders are the best ࠗ C Gliders are cool ࠗ D You’ll win if you wear Gliders OPINION 152 The author’s purpose in this passage is to ࠗ A talk about Jane’s skating ࠗ B teach you how to skate ࠗ C convince you to buy Gliders ࠗ D explain how skates are made Directions: Choose which of these sentences tells the writer’s opinion The Billy Mine is run by bad people They use ponies to pull heavy carts The ponies have to live in the mine They never see sunlight They must work even when they are sick and tired The ponies don’t get enough to eat 153 ࠗ A The mine ponies pull heavy carts ࠗ B The ponies have to live in the mine 151 Which idea from this passage is an opinion? ࠗ A Jane Krantz is the country’s top skater ࠗ B Jane beats everyone else in her class ࠗ C Jane won’t wear anything else ࠗ D Gliders are the best 172 ࠗ C The ponies never see sunlight ࠗ D The Billy Mine is run by bad people SAMPLE PRACTICE TEST REALITY VERSUS FANTASY Directions: Choose the correct answers for the following questions 154 Which of these sentences is true? ࠗ A Humans have walked on Venus ࠗ B There are people who live on Mars ࠗ C Dinosaurs still walk the earth ࠗ D Humans have explored the 155 Which of these sentences is fantasy? ࠗ A Airplanes can fly through the air ࠗ B Fairies live in flowers ࠗ C Men can live in spaceships ࠗ D Giant telescopes can peer far into space moon 173 READING, GRADE TWO: GET READY! BIOGRAPHY Directions: Read the following passage Choose the correct answer to each question William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was the greatest and most famous writer who ever lived He lived almost 400 years ago in England His plays are still enjoyed today He wrote stories about love, like Romeo and Juliet He also wrote plays about history 156 William Shakespeare was ࠗ A the first African-American in space ࠗ B the most famous writer who ever lived ࠗ C an English king ࠗ D an actor 157 One of Shakespeare’s plays was ࠗ A Romeo and Juliet ࠗ B Cats ࠗ C The Wizard of Oz ࠗ D Alice in Wonderland 174 Mother Teresa Mother Teresa was a Roman Catholic nun She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 She spent her life trying to help the world’s poor and hungry She was born in Yugoslavia in 1910 and went to India in 1930 She worked among the poor in Calcutta She founded a group of nuns who helped her 158 Mother Teresa is remembered as ࠗ A a nun who helped the poor ࠗ B a great queen ࠗ C a good doctor ࠗ D an Indian ruler SAMPLE PRACTICE TEST POETRY Directions: Read the poem excerpt Answer the following questions about the poem The Night Before Christmas By Clement Moore ’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were by the chimney with care, In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads; And mamma in her ’kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled down for a long winter’s nap, 159 From this poem, you can tell that ࠗ A it’s Christmas Eve ࠗ B it is cold 160 What does the title tell us about the poem? ࠗ A Children like to sleep ࠗ B It will be describing what hap- pens on the night before Christmas ࠗ C The moon is the main topic ࠗ D There are a lot of elves and magical creatures around 161 What does it mean that “visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads”? ࠗ A The children went to bed hun- gry ࠗ B The children were dreaming about Christmas treats ࠗ C The children were sick ࠗ D The children were arguing 162 Who is St Nicholas? ࠗ A another name for the Easter Bunny ࠗ C the author doesn’t like to sleep ࠗ B the children’s grandfather ࠗ D it’s the author’s birthday ࠗ C Santa Claus ࠗ D the local fireman 175 READING, GRADE TWO: GET READY! STUDY Directions: In the following list of alphabetical words, choose the word that comes next in correct alphabetical order from the choices below 163 ate ear sat ࠗ A corn ࠗ B want SKILLS Directions: Read the following questions and choose the correct answer for each 166 Which word would you find on the following dictionary page, between the guide words cat and cot? cat cot ࠗ C dig ࠗ D rub 164 bear been bop ࠗ A bean ࠗ B bus ࠗ A cub ࠗ C biscuit ࠗ B crab ࠗ D born ࠗ C cut 165 baby ࠗ A bat ࠗ B bear ࠗ C bare ࠗ D bar bad bask ࠗ D caw 167 Which word would you not find on the dictionary page above? ࠗ A creep ࠗ B catamount ࠗ C cobblestone ࠗ D corn GO 176 SAMPLE PRACTICE TEST bat bend 171 What things could you not find in an atlas? ࠗ A how to pronounce a word ࠗ B where a city is located ࠗ C where a country is found ࠗ D what is north of a state 168 What word would you find on the dictionary page above? ࠗ A bun ࠗ B bent Directions: Look at the graph below Choose the correct answer to each question Number of favorite pizza toppings in our grade ࠗ C burp 50 ࠗ D beat 40 sausage 30 169 What word would you not find on the dictionary page above? pepperoni cheese 20 10 ࠗ A bunny ࠗ B beat ࠗ C bawl ࠗ D bee 170 If you wanted to find out how to pronounce the word glitch, where would you look? ࠗ A atlas ࠗ B encyclopedia ࠗ C dictionary 172 What does the white bar represent? ࠗ A the number of children who pre- fer cheese ࠗ B the number of children who pre- fer pepperoni ࠗ C the number of children who pre- fer sausage ࠗ D the number of students ࠗ D newspaper GO 177 READING, GRADE TWO: GET READY! 173 What does the black bar represent? ࠗ A the number of children who pre- fer pepperoni ࠗ B the number of children who pre- fer cheese ࠗ C the number of children who pre- fer sausage ࠗ D the number of students Directions: Choose the correct answer for the following questions 176 If Susan wanted to find in a book a specific page that discussed diseases of dalmation dogs, where would she look? ࠗ A glossary ࠗ B table of contents ࠗ C title page ࠗ D index 174 What does the gray bar represent? ࠗ A the number of children who pre- fer pepperoni ࠗ B the number of children who pre- fer cheese ࠗ C the number of children who pre- fer sausage ࠗ D the number of students 177 As you read a book about the planets, you come to a word you don’t understand Where would you find a definition of this word? ࠗ A table of contents ࠗ B glossary ࠗ C index ࠗ D title page 175 How many children prefer cheese? ࠗ A about 30 ࠗ B about 10 178 Tim wants to get a general idea of the topics covered in his book He would look in ࠗ C about 45 ࠗ A the table of contents ࠗ D none ࠗ B the glossary ࠗ C the index ࠗ D the title page 178 This page intentionally left blank READING, GRADE TWO Answer Key for Sample Practice Test Vocabulary 26 27 28 D B C A Picture Vocabulary B A D B C Words in Context 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 C D C D C D B B A D D B B B A B B B B Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 B A C B C A A C B C D B B C B 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 B C A D B B B D A B D D A D C D A B B C B 78 79 80 81 C A A C Contractions 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 C B C C A D A Spelling 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 C B C A B B A Word Recognition Word Sounds 44 45 46 47 48 49 A C A B C C 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 C A C B C A A Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes 96 97 98 99 B D A D 180 Copyright 2001 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Click Here for Terms of Use ANSWER KEY FOR SAMPLE PRACTICE TEST 100 101 102 103 104 105 C A A D B A Capitalization 106 107 108 109 110 111 A C D A C B Punctuation 112 113 114 115 C A D B 122 123 124 B D B Sentences 125 126 A A Main Idea 127 128 129 130 131 132 C C D A C B Sequence 133 134 135 B A D Parts of Speech 116 117 118 119 120 121 A D C C A A Characters and Settings 136 137 138 139 D A B B Predicting Outcomes 140 141 142 143 144 A A D C A Drawing Conclusions 145 146 147 B D D Cause and Effect 148 149 B D Fact versus Opinion 150 151 152 153 A D C D Reality versus Fantasy 154 155 D B Biography 156 157 158 B A A Poetry 159 160 161 162 A B B C Study Skills 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 B D A D A D A C A A A C C D B A 181 ... 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