Enhanced Assessment

NECAP Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) for End of Grade 6

Stand-Alone Reading Item #1
Sample Reading Items for End of Grade 6
Information about the Items

1. Which word sounds the same as cereal?

A. cellar
B. surreal
C. serial
D. ceiling

Key: C

R-6-3.1 (homonym/homophone)

Item Type: MC - stand alone

Alignment to GLE R-6-3.1: Shows breadth of vocabulary knowledge through demonstrating understanding of word meanings and relationships by…Identifying homonyms/ homophones

Depth of Knowledge: Level 1 - Read words in isolation and in connected text; Read multi-syllabic words

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