2nd Grade Benchmark Testing

2 nd Grade Mid-Term Benchmark Assessment - Reading
The Big Egg
Sam lived on a farm and had a job to do. He had to wake up
early every day to feed the chickens and get their eggs. One
morning Sam went outside to do his job. He reached down and
got three eggs from the first chicken. He reached down and got
two eggs from the second chicken. He reached down and felt a
huge egg under the third chicken. He could not believe it. The
egg felt strange. It was much bigger and heavier than the
others. He looked at it with surprise. Sam smiled and said, “So
that’s where my baseball went!”
1. What two things did Sam have to do each morning?
__________________ and __________________
2. How many eggs did Sam collect before he found the
“strange egg”? _____________
3. What funny thing happened in this story?
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
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The Spider Web
Nina raced her brother Carlos down the sidewalk. “I’m
going to win!” Nina laughed, peeking back at him.
Then Nina ran right into a spider web. She jumped around,
screaming. “Is it on me? Get it off of me! Get the spider
off of me!”
Nina slapped her hair. She pulled off the sticky web. “Where’s the
spider?” Nina cried.
Nina swiped at her face and arms. “I think it’s crawling all over
me. It must be huge! Do you see it?” She asked Carlos. “Do you
see the spider?”
Carlos smiled. He pointed to the sidewalk. “There’s your spider,”
he said.
They watched a baby spider hurry away.
“And guess what.” Carlos laughed. He dashed past the finish line.
“I won!”
4. Who are the main characters in this story?
_______________________ and _______________________
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5. How does Nina feel when she runs into the web?
a. tired b. hurt
c. sad d. scared
6. When Nina runs into the web, how does it feel?
a. soft b. furry
c. sticky d. hard
7. Look at the picture below.
Is this a picture of the beginning of the story or the end of the
story? __________________________
How can you tell?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Use a word from the box to complete each sentence.
spider screaming dashed peeking
8. Sam ______________________ across the playground.
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9. There is a gray ______________________ climbing on the
wall.
10. A kitten was ______________________ at me from a hole in
the fence.
11. My baby brother was ______________________ loudly
because he was hungry.
Words with two Meanings
Each of the words below has more than one meaning. Write two
sentences for each word, one for each meaning.
Example: bark
a) A sycamore tree has white bark.
b) The dog will bark at strangers.
12. saw
a) _______________________________________________
b) _______________________________________________
13. ring
a) _______________________________________________
b) _______________________________________________
Write the plural of the following nouns
14. rock _______________
15. dish ________________
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16. class ________________
Put the following words in alphabetical order.
17. rock rat ruler roast
18. What is the synonym of “always”?
a. never b. forever
c. serious d. happy
19. What is the antonym of “wet”?
a. dry b. moist
c. bright d. huge
Write the words that each contraction stands for:
20. it’s _________________________
21. can’t ________________________
22. haven’t ______________________
Write the contraction for:
23. we will ______________________
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24. I am ________________________
25. you are ______________________
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2 nd Grade Mid-Term Benchmark Assessment - Mathematics
1. Annika buys 10 gifts.
Leroy buys 7 gifts.
2. Six friends are playing a game.
Then 4 friends go home.
How many gifts did Annika and
Leroy buy in all?
How many friends are
playing now?
Three children made a table to show how many stickers they have.
Stickers Collected
Fernando 8 0 9
Kathleen 4 8 6
Mohammed 5 7 3
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3. How many stickers does
Kathleen have?
4. How many stickers does
Mohammed have?
5. How many more stickers does
Kathleen have than Mohammed? 6. How many of these do the
children have in all?
7. Joe buys 2 green cars and
7 red cars. Then Joe buys
5 yellow cars. How many
cars does he have now?
8. Reuben checked 9 books out of the
library. He returned 3 of the books.
How many books does he have left?
Numbers on Racing Flags
Red Flag 25
Blue Flag 14
Yellow Flag 32
Green Flag 6
Orange Flag 17
10. Patty made 4 headbands last
week. She made 8 this week. Next
week, she will make 12.
9. Use the chart to find what color the
secret flag is.
The secret flag has an odd number
in the ones place and an even
number in the tens place.
What color is the secret flag?
11. Julia painted 12 pictures and
made 3 clay baskets at school. Julia
took 5 pictures home.
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How many headbands will Patty
make the following week?
How many pictures are left at school?
12. A bush had 18 berries.
A raccoon ate 9 of the berries. Then
the raccoon ate 6 fish.
How many berries are left?
13. These animals live in a big
garden:
37 snails
49 worms
12 moths
How many animals live in the garden
altogether?
14. Sam has 45¢. He has exactly
enough money to buy an orange
for 30¢ and an apple.
15. Which activity is the favorite of
the greatest number of children?
How much does the apple cost?
Favorite Home
Activity
Reading books 9
Coloring pictures 8
Playing games 10
Playing with toys 4
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2 nd Grade Mid-Term Benchmark Assessment Answer Sheet
Name ________________________________________________
Reading Assessment
1. Feed the chickens & get their eggs
2. 5
3. Answers will vary. “The chicken
thought the baseball was an egg.”
4. Nina & her brother Carlos
5. d
6. c
14. rocks
15. dishes
16. classes
17. rat, roast, rock, ruler
18. b
19. a
20. it is
21. can not
22. have not
7. At the end. Carlos is ahead of
Nina. (Answers will vary)
8. dashed
9. spider
10. peeking
11. screaming
23. we’ll
24. I’m
25. you’re
Math Assessment
1. 17 9. red
2. 2 10. 16
12. a) Answers will vary.
____________________________ 3. 18 11. 7
____________________________
b) Answers will vary.
4. 15 12. 9
_______________________________
_______________________________ 5. 3 13. 98
13. a) Answers will vary
____________________________ 6. 18 14. 15 cents
____________________________
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7. 14 15. Playing Games
b) Answers will vary
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