Stand-Alone Reading Items #1-3

Enhanced Assessment

NECAP Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) for Reading End of Grade 3

Stand-Alone Reading Items #1-3
Sample Reading Items for End of Grade 3	Information about the Items
1. Which word has the same BEGINNING sound as fit? A. pit B. pony C. phone D. pretty	Key: C R-3-1.1 (decoding) Item Type: MC - stand alone Alignment to GLE R-3-1.1: Applies word identification/ decoding strategies by… Identifying multi-syllabic words, by using knowledge of sounds Depth of Knowledge: Level 1- Read words in isolation; Read multi-syllabic words
2. Which word has the same BEGINNING sound as jump? A. garden B. gentle C. guard D. grant	Key: B R-3-1.1 (decoding) Item Type: MC - stand alone Alignment to GLE R-3-1.1: Applies word identification/ decoding strategies by… Identifying multi-syllabic words, by using knowledge of sounds Depth of Knowledge: Level 1- Read words in isolation; Read multi-syllabic word
3. Which word has the SAME vowel sound as bought? A. towel B. tough C. through D. taught	Key: D R-3-1.1 (variant spelling) Item Type: MC - stand alone Alignment to GLE R-3-1.1: Applies word identification/ decoding strategies by… Identifying multi-syllabic words, by using knowledge of sounds or word patterns (including variant spellings for vowels) Depth of Knowledge: Level 1- Read words in isolation; Read multi-syllabic word

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