2nd Grade Mid-Term Benchmark Assessment - Reading
The Big Egg
Sam lived on a farm and had a job to do. He had to wake up
early every day to feed the chickens and get their eggs. One
morning Sam went outside to do his job. He reached down and
got three eggs from the first chicken. He reached down and got
two eggs from the second chicken. He reached down and felt a
huge egg under the third chicken. He could not believe it. The
egg felt strange. It was much bigger and heavier than the
others. He looked at it with surprise. Sam smiled and said, “So
that’s where my baseball went!”
1. What two things did Sam have to do each morning?
__________________ and __________________
2. How many eggs did Sam collect before he found the
“strange egg”? _____________
3. What funny thing happened in this story?
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
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WCPS 2nd Grade Benchmark Assessment Page 1 The Spider Web
Nina raced her brother Carlos down the sidewalk. “I’m
going to win!” Nina laughed, peeking back at him.
Then Nina ran right into a spider web. She jumped around,
screaming. “Is it on me? Get it off of me! Get the spider
off of me!”
Nina slapped her hair. She pulled off the sticky web. “Where’s the
spider?” Nina cried.
Nina swiped at her face and arms. “I think it’s crawling all over
me. It must be huge! Do you see it?” She asked Carlos. “Do you
see the spider?”
Carlos smiled. He pointed to the sidewalk. “There’s your spider,”
he said.
They watched a baby spider hurry away.
“And guess what.” Carlos laughed. He dashed past the finish line.
“I won!”
4. Who are the main characters in this story?
_______________________ and _______________________
WCPS 2nd Grade Benchmark Assessment Page 2 5. How does Nina feel when she runs into the web?
a. tired
b. hurt
c. sad
d. scared
6. When Nina runs into the web, how does it feel?
a. soft
b. furry
c. sticky
d. hard
7. Look at the picture below.
Is this a picture of the beginning of the story or the end of the
story? __________________________
How can you tell?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
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Use a word from the box to complete each sentence.
spider
screaming
dashed
peeking
8. Sam ______________________ across the playground.
WCPS 2nd Grade Benchmark Assessment Page 3 9. There is a gray ______________________ climbing on the
wall.
10. A kitten was ______________________ at me from a hole in
the fence.
11. My baby brother was ______________________ loudly
because he was hungry.
Words with two Meanings
Each of the words below has more than one meaning. Write two
sentences for each word, one for each meaning.
Example: bark
a) A sycamore tree has white bark.
b) The dog will bark at strangers.
12. saw
a) _______________________________________________
b) _______________________________________________
13. ring
a) _______________________________________________
b) _______________________________________________
Write the plural of the following nouns
14. rock _______________
15. dish
________________
WCPS 2nd Grade Benchmark Assessment Page 4 16. class ________________
Put the following words in alphabetical order.
17. rock
rat ruler roast
18. What is the synonym of “always”?
a. never
c. serious
b. forever
d. happy
19. What is the antonym of “wet”?
a. dry
c. bright
b. moist
d. huge
Write the words that each contraction stands for:
20. it’s _________________________
21. can’t ________________________
22. haven’t ______________________
Write the contraction for:
23. we will ______________________
WCPS 2nd Grade Benchmark Assessment Page 5 24. I am ________________________
25. you are ______________________
WCPS 2nd Grade Benchmark Assessment Page 6 2nd Grade Mid-Term Benchmark Assessment - Mathematics
2. Six friends are playing a game.
1. Annika buys 10 gifts.
Then 4 friends go home.
Leroy buys 7 gifts.
How many friends are
playing now?
How many gifts did Annika and
Leroy buy in all?
Three children made a table to show how many stickers they have.
Stickers Collected
Fernando
8
0
9
Kathleen
4
8
6
Mohammed
5
7
3
WCPS 2nd Grade Benchmark Assessment Page 7 3. How many stickers does
Kathleen have?
4. How many stickers does
Mohammed have? 5. How many more stickers does
Kathleen have than Mohammed?
7. Joe buys 2 green cars and
7 red cars. Then Joe buys
5 yellow cars. How many
cars does he have now?
Numbers on Racing Flags
Red Flag
25
Blue Flag
14
Yellow Flag
32
Green Flag
6
Orange Flag
17
6. How many of these
children have in all?
do the
8. Reuben checked 9 books out of the
library. He returned 3 of the books.
How many books does he have left?
9. Use the chart to find what color the
secret flag is.
The secret flag has an odd number
in the ones place and an even
number in the tens place.
What color is the secret flag?
10. Patty made 4 headbands last
week. She made 8 this week. Next
week, she will make 12.
11. Julia painted 12 pictures and
made 3 clay baskets at school. Julia
took 5 pictures home.
WCPS 2nd Grade Benchmark Assessment Page 8 How many headbands will Patty
make the following week?
How many pictures are left at school?
12. A bush had 18 berries.
13. These animals live in a big
garden:
A raccoon ate 9 of the berries. Then
the raccoon ate 6 fish.
37 snails
How many berries are left?
49 worms
12 moths
How many animals live in the garden
altogether?
14. Sam has 45¢. He has exactly
enough money to buy an orange
for 30¢ and an apple.
15. Which activity is the favorite of
the greatest number of children?
How much does the apple cost?
Favorite Home
Activity
Reading books
9
Coloring pictures
8
Playing games
10
Playing with toys
4
WCPS 2nd Grade Benchmark Assessment Page 9 2nd Grade Mid-Term Benchmark Assessment Answer Sheet
Name ________________________________________________
14. rocks
Reading Assessment
1. Feed the chickens & get their eggs
2. 5
3. Answers will vary. “The chicken
thought the baseball was an egg.”
4. Nina & her brother Carlos
5. d
6. c
7. At the end. Carlos is ahead of
Nina. (Answers will vary)
15. dishes
16. classes
17. rat, roast, rock, ruler
18. b
19. a
20. it is
21. can not
22. have not
23. we’ll
24. I’m
8. dashed
25. you’re
9. spider
Math Assessment
10. peeking
11. screaming
1. 17
9. red
2. 2
10. 16
12. a) Answers will vary.
3. 18
____________________________
____________________________
b) Answers will vary.
4. 15
_______________________________
5. 3
_______________________________
13. a) Answers will vary
6. 18
____________________________
____________________________
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7. 14
b) Answers will vary
_______________________________
8. 6
nd Grade Benchmark Assessment WCPS 2
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11. 7
12. 9
13. 98
14. 15 cents
15. Playing Games
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