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