Third Grade Reading Sol

Read this paragraph:

Meg hung her Shootin' Hoops medal up in her room. It was gold with a shiny red ribbon hanging from it. Nowhere on that medal did it say "Granny Style." She had practiced hard and succeeded in her own way, without fretting or feeling bad about what other people thought.

What question is answered in this paragraph?

• What did meg do with her medal?

• How big was Meg's medal?

• What did Meg's room look like?

• Where did Meg practice?

Read this sentence:

Sprinkle the graham cracker crumbs on top of the JELL-O.

What does the word sprinkle mean?

• scatter

• pull

• hang

• clean

Which of the following words are compound words?

• cracker

• grownup

• seaweed

• outside

Read this sentence:

Amy was lively.

In which word is -ly used the same as it is in lively?

• butterfly

• reply

• family

• slowly

Which of the following is an example of a narrative text?

• A science textbook

• A news report

• A fairy tale

• An encyclopedia entry

Read the following sentence and choose the main idea: "The sun was setting, painting the sky in shades of orange and pink, as the children played in the park, laughing and running around."

• The children were playing in the park.

• The sky was changing colors.

• The sun was setting.

• The main idea is about how the setting sun affects the sky and the mood in the park.

Choose the sentence that is correctly punctuated.

• My best friend, is moving to another city.

• My best friend is moving, to another city.

• My best friend is moving to another city.

• My best friend is moving to another city?

Which sentence uses correct punctuation?

• Where is my hat?

• Where is my hat.

• Where is, my hat?

• Where, is my hat?

Our dog Twizzler keeps running away. We keep him confined, but he always finds a way out of the backyard. He likes to dig under the fence.

The word confined most likely means the same as

• well fed

• loose

• shut in

• away

Which of the following sentences is written in the future tense?

• She walks to school.

• She walked to school.

• She will walk to school.

• She is walking to school.