Reading Benchmark

1. I rushed and had to redo my homework. What does the prefix "re-" mean?

Not do

Take apart

Do again

Go into

2. Complete the sentence. John walked to the ________ park.

Could

Water

Like

Park

3. Correctly change "have not" into a contraction.

Have'not

Haven't

Have't

Havenot

4. Jacob likes to eat Snickers bars. He thinks Snickers and Pepsi are the best snack in the world. Is Jacob stating a fact or an opinion?

Fact

Opinion

5. Brian likes to watch the Colorado Rockies. ________ also likes to watch the Broncos. Which pronoun completes the sentence.

She

It

They

He

6. Brian took me out to dinner at an elegant restaurant. This place was so fancy it had candles on the tables and the waiter wore a suit. Which words are synonyms?

Elegant and fancy

Restaurant and waiter

Brian and me

Candles and suit

7. Brian goed to the grocery store to get milk, eggs, and sugar to make cookies. Which verb belongs in the sentence?

Went

Runned

Ran

Go

8. Wednesday was the first day of school. It was a fabulous day. Don't you agree____ What punctuation mark is missing after agree?

.

!

?

,

9. Jessica likes to draw. Others say Jessica is a good friend. Teachers think Jessica is a quite student. Which of these character traits DO NOT describe Jessica?

Jessica is artistic.

Jessica is mean.

Jessica is shy.

Jessica is kind.

10. Grady came running down the hallway. He saw his daddy and smiled a big smile. Grady went and snuggled with his Daddy. Then Grady said hi to his mommy. Then, Grady stole his daddy's breakfast. What likely happened first, before Grady came running down the hallway.

Grady ran down the hall.

Grady woke up.

Grady went to sleep.

Grady took a bath.

11. 1. Grady ate the tomato. 2. I have tomatoes in my garden. 3. Grady picked a tomato off the tomato plant. 4. Grady loves tomatoes. Put the sentences in order.

1, 2, 3, 4

3, 2, 4, 1

2, 4, 3, 1

4, 1, 2, 3

12. Mrs. Lengel got scared and ran away when she saw the rattlesnake slithers across the street. Which word is written incorrectly?

Mrs. Lengel

Slithers

Rattlesnake

Ran

13. Why would an author want to write a book about George Washington becoming the first president?

To inform the reader

To persuade the reader

To entertain the reader

To share feelings with the reader

14. Find the adjective in this sentence. Mrs. Lengel likes the weather to be a comfortable 75 degrees.

Mrs. Lengel

Weather

Comfortable

Likes

15. Last night, Mrs. Lengel opened all the windows in the house. She was hot and it was cool outside. Mrs. Lengel went to sleep but for got to shut all the windows in the house. In the middle of the night, she woke up shaking and shivering. Suddenly Mrs. Lengel realized what she had done, but she didn't want to get out of bed! What is the problem?

Mrs. Lengel is cold.

Mrs. Lengel is hungry.

Mrs. Lengel is scared of the dark.

Mrs. Lengel is sleepy.

16. One day Fred decided to go to the park. At the park he saw his friends John and Eric. John and Eric were playing baseball. Fred wasn't very good at baseball so he didn't go talk to John and Eric. After a while John and Eric came to talk to Fred. They wanted to know why Fred had ignored them and would talk to them. After a little while, the three boys were all playing baseball. Fred was glad he had such good friends. Which summary best fits the story.

Fred is not good at baseball.

John and Eric are Fred's friends. They like to play baseball but Fred does not.

Fred likes baseball.

17. The mackerel dove in and out of the water before being caught on a hook. What context clues help you know what a "mackeral" is?

In and out

Water before

Caught on a hook

Mackerel

18. Which sentence is written correctly?

John went to Denver, Colorado to see the Colorado rockies play baseball.

John went to Denver, Colorado to see the Colorado Rockies play baseball.

John went to Denver, colorado to see the colorado Rockies play baseball.

John went to Denver, Colorado to see the Colorado rockies play baseball.

19. Sandy is frantically trying to unload her furniture out of the back of a pick-up truck. The dark clouds overhead, loud thunder, and flashes of lightning had Sandy quite worried her furniture would be soaked if rain started. What is the CAUSE of Sandy's concern?

The pick-up truck

Moving

The furniture

The rain

20. _ excited because ___ dog is having puppies. Which word pair correctly completes the sentence?

Your/you're

They're/their

Dad/Dad

Their/They're

21. What should be included in a summary?

Everything the author said.

Only the main idea.

The main idea and details.

Only the details.

22. Which word is NOT compound?

Stethoscope

Firefly

Eyeglasses

Rainbow

23. What part of the story supports the main idea?

Conclusion

Details

Inferencing

Main Idea

24. Curious George is a monkey. One day, Curious George saw the man in the yellow hat plant some flower seeds. This excited George. George decided to plant some things too. He planted a juice carton, a ketchup bottle, and some cucumbers. George is a silly monkey. What is the main idea?

George is a silly monkey.y

George wanted to see what happened when different things were planted.

George likes the man in the yellow hat.

George likes to experiment.

25. Which word pairs are antonyms?

Protest/argue

Roam/journey

Handily/struggle

Preserve/save

26. What am I descibing if I tell what the story is mostly about?

Conclusion

Details

Inferencing

Main Idea

27. How might you contrast zebras and tigers?

They both have stripes.

One is like a horse and one is like a cat.

They live at the zoo.

One is a boy and one is a girl.

28. The basketball player ran up and down the court shooting baskets and scoring points. What definition of RAN was used?

To make a car go.

To be in a race.

To go somewhere and do something.

To move in a specific direction.

29. What is the EFFECT of the storm in Sandy's story from question 6?

Sandy quit moving her furniture

Sandy frantically tried to move her furniture

Sandy watched the storm

Sandy waited inside until the storm was over

30. What is the suffix in the word excitement?

Ex-

Excitement

Excite-

-ment

31. What does it mean to compare?

Find the differences

Find the thing in common

Find the conclusion

State the main idea

32. Which sentence is a compound sentence?

Fred went to the zoo and the water park for his birthday.

John and Tom are students in Mrs. Lengel's class.

Frank likes to eat popcorn when he watches movies and he has 82 movies at home.

Jeff plays the piano in music.

33. It was a warm Sunday afternoon. Eric and John went to the park to play some baseball. They had fun! What is the setting?

Sunday

The park

The park on a Sunday

Having fun

34. This part of a book is arranged in alphabetical order. It has page numbers for each piece of information. It It is usually located at the back of a book. I use it if I want to find out what page a specific topic is located on. What part of the book is being described?

Table of Contents

Glossary

Index

Cover Page

35. How should Mrs. Lengel fix her problem since she doesn't want to get out of bed? Choose the solution the most closely matches the details in the story.

Pull the blanket up and cuddle under it.

Get up and shut the windows.

Go back to sleep and forget about the cold.

Ask Brian to go shut all the windows for her.