Reading Answer Key
Grandma Lena’s Radio
2. B
4. B
28. C
29. C
30. B
31.
For all 4 points:
Response correctly identifies an emotion and provides three supporting details
Example:
He loves her
1. Renny feels lucky to live near Grandma Lena
2. Renny likes listening to Grandma Lena’s stories
3. Renny likes to help Grandma Lena
For 3 points:
Response correctly identifies an emotion and provides two supporting details
Example:
He appreciates her.
1. Renny likes listening to Grandma’s stories
2. Renny helps in the garden
For 2 points:
Response correctly identifies an emotion and provides a supporting g detail.
Example:
He loves her.
1. Renny feels lucky to live near her.
For 1 point:
Response correctly identifies an emotion
Example:
He likes her a lot.
0 Points:
Response is incorrect or irrelevant.
32. A
33. A
34. A
35. C
36. Find information from the selection to fill in the blanks.
When Grandma Lena was a young girl, she would catch____.
She also liked to listen to______on her radio.
2 points:
Response correctly fills both blanks.
Lightning bugs, baseball games
1 point
Response correctly fills 1 blank.
Lightning bugs
0 points
Response is incorrect or irrelevant.
The Smallest Life Around Us
37. A
38. A
39. B
40. A
41. using the reading selection, complete the web with four important details about microbes.
4 points:
Identifies 4 of the following details
1. Microbes live in the air.
2. Microbes have been on earth for a very long time.
3. Microbes are very tiny.
4. Microbes cause many changes.
5. Microbes make food change color and smell bad.
6. Microbes live everywhere
7. Microbes are tiny plants and animals
8. Microbes are very small
3 points:
Identifies 3 of the above details
2 points:
Identifies 2 of the above details
1 point:
Identifies 1 of the above details
0 points:
The response is incorrect or irrelevant
42. A
Math Answer Key
1. A
2. B
3. A
4. B
5.
For 2 points:
The response shows two correct lines of symmetry for each shape with no incorrect lines
or
Note: The square may have a combination of vertical/horizontal and diagonal lines.
The pentagon should only have lines from a vertex to a midpoint of the opposite side.
1 point:
The resp0onse shows at least one correct shape with or without incorrect line(s). or The
response shows two correct lines of symmetry for one figure
0 points:
The response indicates no understanding of the concept or task.
6. C
7. C
8. B
9. A
10.
2 points:
The response correctly completes the pattern and explains the rule correctly.
8, 10, 14, 20, 28, 38
Examples of correct rules:
• Growing pattern
• Growing pattern by to more each time
• Add 2, then 4, then, 6, then 8, then 10
• Goes up by consecutive even numbers
• Goes up by 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
• Increase the number that goes up 2 more each time
• Going 2 more each time
1 point:
The response completes the pattern but does not explain rule or correctly explains the
rule but does not write the numbers correctly
For example: 28, 38, the rule is to add 2
0 points:
The response indicates no understanding of the concept or task.
11. B
12. B
13. C
14. B
15.
4 points:
The response indicates:
• Correct total
• Correct strategy or work for first part
• Complete table with number of items and cost
• Table totals $0.85
Examples of correct answers:
Part A:
$0.10 + $0.10 + $0.15 + $0.15 + $0.15 + $0.15 + $0.15 + $0.25 + $0.25= $0.145 or $1.45
Or
2 x 10 = 20, 5 x 15 = 75, 2 x 25 = 50 20+75+50= $0.145 or $1.45
Part B:
(Any one of the following tables is correct)
3 points:
The response completes 3 of the 4 bullets correctly
2 points:
The response completes 2 of the 4 bullets correctly
1 point:
The response completes 2 of the 4 bullets correctly
0 points:
The response completes no bullets correctly
16. B
17. A
18. A
19. C
20.
2 points:
The response shows six different combinations of shirts and hats using pictures or
words.
Examples:
G and W
Red shirt - orange hat
Red shirt - green hat
G and R
OR
Blue shirt - orange hat
G and B
Blue shirt - green hat
O and W
White shirt - orange hat
O and R
White shirt - green hat
O and B
1 point:
The response shows one to five correct combinations of shirts and hats.
0 points:
The response indicates no understanding of the task or the underlying skills, concepts
tasks or processes
21. A
22. A
23. B
24. A
25.
2 points:
The response states each child gets 3 oranges with 2 left over and shows correct work or
strategy.
Examples of correct responses:
• Grouping 6 sets of 3 oranges
• Writing a description
2
1
• 20 ÷ 6 = 3r 2 or 3 6 or 3 3
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•
•
•
•
20 – 6 – 6 – 6 =2
20 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 = 2
Repeated addition
Numbers oranges 1-6 (groups of 6)
Labels oranges with 6 letters (groups of 6)
OR
The response states each child gets an equal amount with the correct amount
left over…is also correct
For example: 2 each with 8 left over OR 1 each with 14 left over.
1 point:
The response states 3 oranges each with or without the remainder and no or
incomplete explanation/strategy
OR
The response shows a correct strategy with an arithmetic error
0 points:
The response is incorrect or irrelevant.