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5 Reading Student Test Booklet May 2007 This test was originally administered to students in May 2007. Not all items from the May 2007 administration will be released in this document. According to Ohio Revised Code (ORC) 3301.07.11:4(b) . . . not less than forty percent of the questions on the test that are used to compute a student’s score shall be a public record. The department [of education] shall determine which questions will be needed for reuse on a future test and those questions shall not be public records and shall be redacted from the test prior to its release as public record. This publicly released material is appropriate for use by Ohio teachers in instructional settings. This test is aligned with Ohio’s Academic Content Standards for English Language Arts. Copyright © 2007 by Ohio Department of Education. All rights reserved.
Acknowledgments Reading Selection 1: Song and Dance Man From SONG AND DANCE MAN by Karen Ackerman, copyright © 1988 by Karen Ackerman. Illustrations copyright © 1988 by Stephen Gammell. Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc. Selection 2: Lions From ZOO BOOKS: LIONS by John Bonnett Wexo, 1998, Wildlife Education, Ltd, © 1998, p. 1, 6, 8, 12, 14 (excerpted text and art p. 14). Selection 3: Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World Used by permission of Harper Collins Publishers.
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Today you will be taking the Ohio Grade 5 Reading Achievement Test. Three different types of questions appear on this test: multiple choice, short answer and extended response. There are several important things to remember: 1.
Read each question carefully. Think about what is being asked. Look carefully at graphs or diagrams because they will help you understand the question.
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For short-answer and extended-response questions, use a pencil to write your answers neatly and clearly in the space provided in the answer document. Any answers you write in the Student Test Booklet will not be scored.
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Short-answer questions are worth two points. Extended-response questions are worth four points. Point values are printed near each question in your Student Test Booklet. For most questions, the amount of space provided for your answers is the same for two- and fourpoint questions.
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For multiple-choice questions, shade in the circle next to your choice in the answer document for the test question. Mark only one choice for each question. Darken completely the circles on the answer document. If you change an answer, make sure that you erase your old answer completely.
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Do not spend too much time on one question. Go on to the next question and return to the question skipped after answering the remaining questions.
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Check over your work when you are finished.
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When you finish the test, you may not go on to, or look at, the mathematics section of the Student Test Booklet. 1
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Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman
Grandpa was a song and dance man who once danced on the vaudeville stage. When we visit, he tells us about a time before people watched TV, back in the good old days, the song and dance days. “I wonder if my tap shoes still fit?” Grandpa says with a smile. Then he turns on the light to the attic, and we follow him up the steep, wooden steps. Faded posters of Grandpa when he was young hang on the walls. He moves some cardboard boxes and a rack of Grandma’s winter dresses out of the way, and we see a dusty brown, leather-trimmed trunk in the corner. As soon as Grandpa opens it, the smell of cedar chips and old things saved fills the attic. Inside are his shoes with the silver, half-moon taps on the toes and heels, bowler hats and top hats, and vests with stripes and matching bow ties.
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He sprinkles a little powder on the floor, and it’s show time. He says “Watch this!” and does a new step that sounds like a woodpecker tapping on a tree. Suddenly, his shoes move faster, and he begins to sing. The song and dance man stops and leans forward with a wink. “Know how to make an elephant float?” he asks. “One scoop of ice cream, two squirts of soda, and three scoops of elephant!” We’ve heard that joke before, but the song and dance man slaps his knee and laughs until his eyes water. He tries to wipe them with a red hanky from his vest pocket, but the hanky just gets longer and longer as he pulls it out. He looks so surprised that we start laughing too, and it feels like the whole attic is shaking. Sometimes we laugh so hard, the hiccups start, and Grandpa stops to bring us a glass of water from the bathroom. Once our hiccups are gone, he gets a gold-tipped cane and black silk top hat from the trunk. He lowers his eyes and tips the hat, and he’s standing very still. All the lights are turned low except one that shines on his polished tap shoes. It’s the grand finale, so the song and dance man takes a deep breath. He lifts the cane and holds it in both hands. Slowly, he starts to tap. His shoes move faster and faster, and the sounds coming from them are too many to make with only two feet. We stand up together and clap our hands, shouting “Hurray!” and “More!” but Grandpa only smiles and shakes his head, all out of breath. He takes off his tap shoes, wraps them gently in the shammy cloth, and puts them back in the leathertrimmed trunk. He carefully folds his vest and lays the top hat and cane on it, and we follow him to the stairway.
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Grandpa holds on to the rail as we go down the steps.
At the bottom he hugs us, and we tell him we wish we could have seen him dance in the good old days, the song and dance days. He smiles and whispers that he wouldn’t trade a million good old days for the days he spends with us. But as he turns off the attic light, Grandpa glances back up the stairs, and we wonder how much he really misses that time on the vaudeville stage, when he was a song and dance man. Stim: Ohio Code: 5R0127LTXXX0000X; Stim: ITS ID: 816
Directions: Use the selection to answer questions 1 – 7. 1. Why does Grandpa glance back up the stairs at the end of the selection? A. He is still remembering his song and dance days. B.
He has decided to bring his tap shoes downstairs.
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2. What do the children think about Grandpa? A. They wish they could dance like he does. B.
They are proud of the way that he dances.
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4. Why is the attic an appropriate setting for this selection? A. Grandpa often practices his tap dancing in the attic. B.
The attic is where Grandpa keeps his reminders from the past.
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5. “He lowers his eyes and tips the hat, and he’s standing very still. All the lights are turned low except one that shines on his polished tap shoes. It’s the grand finale, so the song and dance man takes a deep breath.” What does the word finale mean in the selection? A. ending B.
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6. “He smiles and whispers that he wouldn’t trade a million good old days for the days he spends with us.” Which meaning of spend is used in the sentence above? spend (spÆnd) v. 1) to pay out 2) to wear out or exhaust 3) to pass time 4) to waste A. definition 1 B.
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7. Write your answer in the Answer Document. Predict what Grandpa would do if he were offered the chance to dance on the stage again. Support your prediction with one detail from the selection. (2 points) 11667 5R0127RPBXX0010S
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Lions by John Bonnett Wexo
Lions have been admired and feared by people for thousands of years. Ancient hunters sometimes found themselves competing with lions when they hunted, and the greater strength and size of the lions usually meant that the cats got the prey and the humans did not. It was also true that the lions could easily kill people. For these reasons, people developed the two main human attitudes about lions that have survived to this day: admiration and fear. When we look at lions today, we can’t help but admire them. We still feel a thrill because they are so strong and so powerful. We marvel at their great skill in hunting, and the easy grace they display when they move. At the same time, we may feel unhappy and fearful about the fact that lions kill prey. Lions are predators—animals that hunt other animals. The entire life of a lion is focused on the chasing, catching, and eating of prey. This shocks some people, but we must understand that lions have no choice about the matter. Unlike humans, they have only one way to survive. They must hunt to stay alive. If a lion stops hunting, it will die.
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Lions are members of a group called Big Cats. The group includes other big predators—tigers, leopards, and jaguars. But within the group, the only predators that are larger than lions are Siberian tigers. Of course, Siberian tigers and lions never meet each other because they live in different parts of the world—so lions are the biggest and most ferocious predators in the places where they live. Lions have the biggest eyes of any meat–eating animal or carnivore, and can sometimes see prey that is miles away. Like other cats, they can see very well in the dark—and this helps them to hunt at night. (Many lions do most of their hunting at night.) The ears of a lion also help to find prey. A lion can sometimes hear animals that are more than a mile away. When they hunt, lions can run fast for short distances to catch prey. But many times, they prefer to sneak up on the animals they are hunting. Very slowly, a lion creeps as close as it can get without being seen. Then, when the prey animal is looking the other way, the lion leaps! A lion can jump as much as 35 feet in one leap. Family life is very important to lions. Of all the cats in the world, they are the only ones that live together in large family groups. Other cats, like leopards and tigers, live alone most of the time. But lions believe in togetherness. They raise their young together, and they hunt together. A family of lions is called a pride. There are between 3 and 40 lions in a pride—and a typical pride includes a group of females, their young, and several males. The females are usually sisters or closely related, and they often stay with the same pride all of their lives. But the male lions usually stay with a pride for only a few years. Getting food isn’t easy. Lions are expert hunters, but they often have to work hard to get their food. Working together makes hunting easier, and this is one major reason why lions live in prides. A group of lions hunting together can catch more food than a single lion hunting alone.
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Young lions are well protected from the moment they are born. And they need all the protection they can get. At the moment of their births, they are almost totally helpless. They may weigh less than three pounds and can hardly crawl. Sometimes, their eyes don’t even open until they are five or six days old.
The babies are called cubs. Unlike adult lions, cubs have spots on their coats. Many people believe that the spots help to protect the cubs by making it harder for predators to see them. But the greatest protection for a young lion comes from its mother and the other females in the pride. All of the females work together to protect and feed all of the cubs in the pride. And because the females in a pride can catch more food than a single mother could catch, all of the babies eat better and stay healthier. You might say that a young lion has many mothers to love it and keep it safe. 43
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9. We marvel at their great skill in hunting, and the easy grace they display when they move. What does marvel mean in the sentence? A. look with disrespect B.
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10. Write your answer in the Answer Document. What is one way that lions are different from other members of the Big Cat family? How does this difference benefit them? (2 points)
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12. Which words in these sentences are homophones? A typical pride includes a group of females. We marvel at how hard they work to hunt and the easy grace with which they move. Lions are expert hunters, too. But they often have to work hard to get their food. A pride of lions is like a big family. A. pride and group B.
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What are four characteristics of lions that make them good hunters? Use details from the selection in your answer. (4 points) 4492 5R0008ITFXX0023E
14. According to the selection, what is one important activity that lions do together in a pride? A. They are the only cats that live together. B.
They run fast for short distances to catch prey.
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Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World By Mildred Pitts Walter
The pie-eating contest was just about to start. The judges stood ready to determine who could eat the most pie the fastest. Justin stretched up as tall as he could, waving his hand, trying to attract a judge’s attention. He knew he could eat a lot of pie. A judge pointed at him. He entered the competition. A whole chocolate pie in front of him did not dim his enthusiasm. Quickly he ate one piece, two, three, but when he glanced at the boy next to him, he almost choked with surprise. A whole pie had been downed, and all but one piece of another. If only he hadn’t eaten so many biscuits for breakfast, he thought as he finished the last piece on the plate. Another pie was plopped in front of him. But before he could finish the first piece of it, the buzzer sounded. Time up! The boy next to him had eaten all but one piece of his second pie. He won only second place, though. The winner had eaten two whole pies! “You did good,” Justin said to the winner next to him. The boy sighed, held his stomach, then placed his head on the counter.
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“O-h-h-h, Ma,” Don said. “We had better move on, Justin,” Grandpa said, and led Justin through the crowd. Justin felt nothing but stuffed. He thought of the boy called Don and was glad the buzzer rang before he had a chance to eat more of that pie. He and Grandpa wandered through the big barnlike building looking at the prize-winning carrots, pumpkins, squash, and tomatoes. 5R0141LTXXX0000X 880
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“Quickly he ate one piece, two, three, but when he glanced at the boy next to him, he almost choked with surprise.” In the sentence above, what is the reason Justin almost “choked with surprise”? A. Justin is eating at a fast pace. B.
Justin is amazed by how much Don ate.
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17. “The judges stood ready to determine who could eat the most pie the fastest.” Which definition for the word determine is used in the sentence above? determine (d¥-tûr„m¥n) v. 1) to influence strongly 2) to decide 3) to regulate 4) to bring about A. definition 1 B.
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18. Write your answer in the Answer Document. Explain how Justin feels after the pie-eating contest and why he feels this way. (2 points) 12613 5R0141LTAXX0012S
19. Why does Don put his head on the counter? A. He is sad he left one slice of pie. B.
He feels embarrassed.
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He wants to walk around with Grandpa.
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21. What is the theme of this selection? A. Being nice to others is rewarding. B.
Winning may not be very satisfying.
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Items 22–28 have not been slated for publlic release in 2007.
On the May 2007 Grade 5 Reading Achievement Test, items 29–34 are field-test items, which are not released.
Items 35–43 have not been slated for public release in 2007.
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