IREAD-3 Item Sampler

Look at the words. Find the word that has the same beginning sounds as 'grass'

• guest

• gray

• glove

Look at the words below. Find the word that has the same ending sounds as 'rain'

• sting

• done

• tiny

Read the word sad and choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the underlined part of the word.

• pain

• chart

• crash

• waste

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.2A

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.K.1D

CCSS.RF.K.2A

choose the word that means the same, or about the same, as the underlined word in the phrase...was sad

• angry

• careful

• excited

• unhappy

choose the word that means the opposite of the underlined word in the phrase... to give away

• help

• offer

• take

• send

Read the sentences. Then choose the word that correctly completes both sentences.

The ________ is coming down the track. You can________your dog to fetch the newspaper.

• car

• train

• teach

• horse

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Find the word that has the suffix, and only the suffix, underlined

• careless

• beautiful

• quicker

• suddenly

For each of the blanks, there is a list of words with the same number. Choose the words from each list that best completes the meaning of the story.

Close the front ___1____so the warm air stays inside the house.

You may want to put on an extra___2____if you are still cold.

• 1 box

• 1 case

• 1 door

• 2 cane

• 2 sweater

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.2.3F

CCSS.RF.2.4

CCSS.RF.3.3D

Snow Hopper

Take a walk in the woods on a sunny winter’s day. You might find tiny insects, called snow fleas, hopping on snow.

Crowds of snow fleas travel together. They look like grains of pepper popping up and down. If you put your hand on the snow, some may hop on top. Lift your hand up, and snow fleas jump off.

How do snow fleas hop? Each snow flea has two tiny tails. The tails bend under a snow flea’s body and are held by little hooks. When the hooks open, the tails spring out, and the snow flea leaps up. Snow fleas are also called springtails.

In the winter, snow fleas chew dead leaves and plants buried beneath the snow. When they can’t find enough food, they hop to some place new.

A million snow fleas may move together. Some hop on top of the snow. Most crawl under leaves below the snow.

In a few days, their journey is done. The tiny travelers may have moved 25 meters, about the length of a swimming pool. Then the huge group disappears. Where do all the snow fleas go? No one knows for certain, but their snow-hopping days are done.

1.The author writes that no one knows for certain where snow fleas go.

Which of these words means the opposite of certain?

• clear

• unsure

• worried

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Snow Hopper

Take a walk in the woods on a sunny winter’s day. You might find tiny insects, called snow fleas, hopping on snow.

Crowds of snow fleas travel together. They look like grains of pepper popping up and down. If you put your hand on the snow, some may hop on top. Lift your hand up, and snow fleas jump off.

How do snow fleas hop? Each snow flea has two tiny tails. The tails bend under a snow flea’s body and are held by little hooks. When the hooks open, the tails spring out, and the snow flea leaps up. Snow fleas are also called springtails.

In the winter, snow fleas chew dead leaves and plants buried beneath the snow. When they can’t find enough food, they hop to some place new.

A million snow fleas may move together. Some hop on top of the snow. Most crawl under leaves below the snow.

In a few days, their journey is done. The tiny travelers may have moved 25 meters, about the length of a swimming pool. Then the huge group disappears. Where do all the snow fleas go? No one knows for certain, but their snow-hopping days are done.

Which of these sentences from the passage best tells where snow fleas search for food?

• “Lift your hand up, and snow fleas jump off.”

• “They look like grains of pepper popping up and down.”

• “When the hooks open, the tails spring out, and the snow flea leaps up.”

• “In the winter, snow fleas chew dead leaves and plants buried beneath the snow.”

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2