Reading Comprehension Test Prep Part A Part B Practice Test Task Cards Printable

PRINTABLE BUNDLE 1: READING PART A & PART B, WRITTEN RESPONSE PRACTICE TESTS & TASK CARDS ("Summertime" and "Fox, Goat and Stork"):

You've just found Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions that are Perfect 3rd-5th Grade ELA Practice for PARCC, LEAP 2025, and other State Standardized Tests!

Both of the resources within this bundle contain:

-a Print-and-Go Reading Comprehension Assessment or Practice Test (PDF)

-a set of print-and-go PDF task cards

-an Answer Key with each format

-alignment to CCSS

-a list of the targeted reading skills for each question

-approximate reading levels for all passages

-word counts for all passages

You may also be interested in this nonfiction 3rd grade Test-Prep Resource:

Grade 3 Nonfiction Test-Prep: Informational Nonfiction Passages and Questions

RESOURCES IN PRINTABLE BUNDLE 1 (3rd-5th Grade Level)

NWT1: Summertime! (Narrative Writing Task Resource No. 1)

-2 fiction passages

•“The Old Man and His Granddaughter” (500L-600L approximate reading level)
•"My Favorite Time of the Year" (500L-600L approximate reading level)

-13 Part A/Part B (EBSR) multiple choice questions, including 2 multiple-select questions

-Answer key

-1 PCR question (written response question requiring text details in the answer)

-3 written response formats for differentiation

-Exemplar answer for written response

-Narrative Writing Checklist

-Teacher's Cheat Sheet (CCSS and LSS correlations, targeted reading skills, approximate reading levels of passages, passage word counts)

Literary standards and targeted skills addressed in NWT1: Summertime!:

RL1 Text Evidence

RL2 Central Message/Theme

RL3 Character Motivation

RL3 Character Feelings

RL3 Contribution of a Character's Actions to the Sequence of Events

RL4 Word Meaning Using Context Clues

RL4 Meaning of a Nonliteral Phrase Using Context Clues

RL5 How Parts of a Story Build Upon One Another

RL6 Narrator’s Point of View

RL7 Contribution of an Illustration to What is Conveyed in a Story

Language standards and targeted topics addressed in NWT1: Summertime!:

L1 Correct grammar and usage when writing

L2 Correct capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing

L4a Context Clues

L5a Simile

Writing standards and targeted topics addressed in NWT1: Summertime!:

W3 Write a narrative to develop an imagined experience

•establish a situation

•introduce narrator/characters

•develop a sequence of events that unfolds naturally

•include dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations

•use temporal words and phrases to signal event order

•provide a sense of closure

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LAT 1: The Fox, the Goat, and the Stork (Literary Analysis Task, Resource No. 1)

-Teacher's Lesson Planning Cheat Sheet (CCSS & LSS correlations, targeted reading skills, approximate reading levels of passages, passage word counts, answer keys)

-2 fables, originally written by Aesop, modified by Shannah Ellender Yuratich

•“The Fox and the Goat” (600L-700L approximate reading level)

•"The Fox and the Stork" (600L-700L approximate reading level)

-11 Part A/Part B (EBSR) multiple choice questions, including 2 multiple-select ques.

-Answer Key

-1 written response question requiring text details from BOTH stories in the answer

-3 written response formats for differentiation

•Option 1- prompt only (sample answer/exemplar included)

•Option 2- prompt with explanatory writing checklist and hints

(sample answer/exemplar included)

•Option 3- scaffolded notes used to form a complete answer for this prompt
(sample answers for scaffolded notes included)

Literary standards and targeted skills addressed in LAT 1: The Fox, the Goat, and the Stork:

-RL1 Text Evidence

-RL2 Central Message/Theme/Moral

-RL2 Recount Fables

-RL3 Character Motivation

-RL3 Character Traits

-RL3 Character's Response to Events

-RL4 Word Meaning Using Context Clues

-RL4 Meaning of a Nonliteral Phrase Using Context Clues

-RL7 Contribution of an Illustration to What is Conveyed in a Story

Language standards and targeted topics addressed in LAT 1

-L1 Correct grammar and usage when writing an essay

-L2 Correct capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing an essay

-L4a Context Clues

-L5a Idiom

Writing standards and targeted topics addressed in LAT 1: The Fox, the Goat, and the Stork:

-W2

•Write an explanatory text to examine a topic and convey ideas & information clearly

•introduce a topic

•group related information together

•develop the topic with details from the text(s)

•use linking words and phrases to connect ideas within categories of information

•provide a concluding statement or section

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Ideas for Using the Assessment/Practice Test:

-comprehension test

-practice test

-readiness test

-whole group test prep

-close reading instruction

-partner work

-homework

-small group differentiation

Ideas for Using the Task Cards:

-literacy centers

-small group differentiation

-partner work

-bell ringers/do-nows

-exit slips

-quick formative assessments

-homework

*For easy organization, the task cards include:

• LAT 1 cover card
• title of resource & task card number at bottom
• student answer card

-Explanatory Writing Checklist with tips that apply to the stories on LAT 1

For students to become comfortable with reading on-level passages and answering rigorous comprehension questions, they need lots of practice. The assessments/practice tests and the task cards are all formatted to look just like standardized tests. In addition, the differentiated written response questions are fantastic to move students toward proficiency.

The design was modeled after PARCC’s and LEAP 2025’s "Narrative Writing Task" and "Literary Analysis Task," but if your students take different standardized tests, you're still covered! Each text and question mirror the rigor required of 3rd-5th graders taking ACT Aspire, STARR, Smarter Design, FSA, and other assessments.

A little more info about how and why I scaffolded the constructed response answers:

I've always had trouble with students not being able to answer a constructed response question completely, and I've struggled with how to manage the many levels of proficiency within one classroom. I have some students who write beautiful, well thought out answers that address EVERYTHING the prompt asks, students who have no idea where to begin, and everything in between! This will save lots of planning time, and you'll be really happy with the results if you use what I’ve created to reach just about every student in your class. It makes test prep much easier!

This is how I've set up the scaffolding. First, for the constructed response question, I've provided an exemplar response in case you'd like to share what a top-quality response looks and sounds like. Then you'll give out one of three provided constructed response pages depending on the level of each student. The options you'll have in your download are:

1) for reluctant writers: an already deconstructed prompt in which they'll answer questions along the way as a form of pre-writing

2) for almost-there writers: bullet points after the prompt to remind students what to include for a top quality answer

3) for proficient writers: only the prompt and space for an answer

Please let me know if you have any problems with the resource or if there is anything at all I can help you with!

shannahellender@gmail.com

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