STAAR review 4th Grade

(24) He made his way steadily down. (25) A grin began to spread over his face.
***What is the most effective way to combine sentences 24 and 25?

• Since he made his way steadily down with a grin, it began to spread over his face
• He made his way steadily down because a grin began to spread over his face.
• As he made his way steadily down, a grin began to spread over his face.
• He made his way steadily down a grin began to spread over his face.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

CCSS.W.4.3C

CCSS.W.4.4

These shoes have become more then just footwear to me.
How does sentence 4 need to be changed?

• Change have become to has become
• Change then to than
• Change to me to too me
• Sentence 4 does not need to be changed.

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CCSS.L.4.1G

There were hard times, like when we climmed the backyard tree and fell.
**What change needs to be made in sentence 10?

• Change were to was
• Change climmed to climbed
• Change fell to falled
• No change needs to be made.

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CCSS.L.4.2D

For the fourth-grade class hike, a lot of kids wore new hiking shoes, they were sturdy.
**What is the correct way to write sentence 13?

• For the fourth-grade class hike, there were a lot of kids they wore new hiking shoes that were sturdy.
• For the fourth-grade class hike. A lot of kids wore new hiking shoes, and they were sturdy.
• For the fourth-grade class hike, a lot of kids wore new hiking shoes. That were sturdy
• For the fourth-grade class hike, a lot of kids wore sturdy, new hiking shoes.

I thought about skipping the Event altogether.
**What change, if any, should be made in sentence 21?

• Change I thought to Thought
• Change skipping to skiping
• Change Event to event
• Make no change

Like a true friend, it encouraged me.
***How does sentence 23 need to be changed?

• Change it to they
• Change me to us
• Change the period to a comma
• Sentence 23 does not need to be changed.

Ive already reserved a spot on my shelf where my red tennis shoes can retire.
**What change should be made in sentence 29?

• Change Ive to I’ve
• Change already to alreddy
• Change where to were
• No change should be made.

When Abigail Lupi, of Stockholm, New Jersey, was just seven years old, she wanted to do something special for her great-grandmothers 100th birthday.
**What change should be made in sentence 4?

• Change special to speshial
• Change her to their
• Change great-grandmothers to great-grandmother’s
• No change should be made.

 I like to brighten up people’s days and help them have a fun time,” says Abigail.
**What change, if any, should be made in sentence 10?

• Insert quotation marks at the beginning of the sentence
• Delete the comma
• Change says to say’s
• Make no change

All the attention prompted Blare to create an organization. (18) Called Blare’s Bears for Haiti.
**What is the correct way to write sentences 17 and 18?

• All the attention prompted Blare to create an organization. Which he called Blare’s Bears for Haiti.
• All the attention prompting Blare to create an organization called Blare’s Bears for Haiti.
• All the attention prompted Blare to create an organization, it was called Blare’s Bears for Haiti
• All the attention prompted Blare to create an organization called Blare’s Bears for Haiti.