Starry Night Comprehension and Vocabulary
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English
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2nd Grade
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Medium
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This quiz assesses second-grade reading comprehension and vocabulary skills through questions based on a story titled "Starry Night." The content focuses on reading comprehension strategies including character identification, plot sequencing, cause and effect relationships, and drawing inferences from text. Students must demonstrate their ability to recall specific story details, understand character motivations and feelings, and track how characters change throughout the narrative. The vocabulary component targets essential academic words through definition matching, requiring students to connect meaning with context. The complexity level aligns perfectly with second-grade expectations, where students transition from learning to read toward reading to learn, building foundational comprehension skills that support more advanced literary analysis in later grades. Created by Mr. Lynn, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 2. This quiz serves multiple instructional purposes in the elementary classroom, functioning effectively as a post-reading assessment after students have completed the "Starry Night" story through guided reading or independent practice. Teachers can utilize this resource for formative assessment to gauge student understanding before moving to the next text, assign it as homework to reinforce comprehension strategies, or incorporate it into reading centers for differentiated practice. The dual focus on comprehension and vocabulary makes it particularly valuable for supporting struggling readers while challenging advanced students to think critically about character development and story elements. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.1 for asking and answering questions about key details, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3 for describing how characters respond to events, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.4 for determining word meanings in context.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the classroom grumble when Mr. Cortes was giving out instructions?
Tags
CCSS.RF.2.4C
CCSS.RI.2.4
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.2.2
CCSS.RL.3.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the girls plan to do during their sleepover?
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CCSS.RI.4.1
CCSS.RI.5.1
CCSS.RL.4.1
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RL.6.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Josie's dad helped in a lot of ways. Which one of these is a way he did not help?
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CCSS.RL.1.3
CCSS.RL.2.3
CCSS.RL.3.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.K.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which star constellation did the girls see in the sky?
Tags
CCSS.RF.2.4C
CCSS.RI.2.4
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.2.2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How do the girls feel about their homework at the end of the story?
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CCSS.RI.1.1
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RL.1.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which person is not a character in Starry Night?
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CCSS.RL.1.10
CCSS.RL.1.3
CCSS.RL.2.10
CCSS.RL.2.2
CCSS.RL.2.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which word below means: saw or noticed something
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CCSS.RI.1.4
CCSS.RI.2.4
CCSS.RI.3.4
CCSS.RL.3.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
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