Wonders Weekly Assessment Grade 5 Unit 1 Week 1
Authored by Jerry Huegel
English
5th Grade
CCSS covered
Used 14+ times
AI Actions
Add similar questions
Adjust reading levels
Convert to real-world scenario
Translate activity
More...
About
This quiz assesses fifth-grade students' reading comprehension through sequence of events and vocabulary in context questions based on a narrative passage about a student named Maddie who organizes a pet food drive after a hurricane. The assessment targets fundamental reading skills including chronological understanding, context clue usage for vocabulary acquisition, and literal comprehension of story events. Students must demonstrate their ability to track multiple events across a timeline, extract meaning from context clues to define challenging vocabulary words like "ominous," "torrential," "resolves," and "collaborate," and comprehend cause-and-effect relationships within the narrative structure. The complexity of the multistep sequencing questions and the sophisticated vocabulary terms align perfectly with fifth-grade reading expectations and the developmental reading skills students need at this level. Created by Jerry Huegel, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 5. This assessment serves as an effective weekly evaluation tool that directly supports reading instruction through targeted comprehension skill practice. Teachers can utilize this quiz for formative assessment to gauge student understanding of story sequence and vocabulary development, assign it as independent practice to reinforce reading strategies taught in class, or implement it as a review activity before summative assessments. The format works exceptionally well for homework assignments where students can revisit the passage multiple times to build confidence with complex text analysis. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards RL.5.1 for explicit text comprehension, RL.5.4 for determining word meaning through context clues, and RL.5.2 for understanding story elements and sequence of events within literary texts.
Content View
Student View
10 questions
Show all answers
1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which event happens first in the passage?
Maddie turns on the television for news.
Ten inches of rain falls on North Carolina.
Maddie gets her classmates to donate food for pets.
Maddie’s school is closed because of the weather report.
Tags
CCSS.L.1.6
CCSS.L.3.6
CCSS.L.K.5A
CCSS.W.2.3
CCSS.W.3.3C
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read this sentence from the passage.
One day her school is closed because of an ominous weather forecast that a hurricane is on the way.
What does ominous mean in the sentence above?
false
hopeful
possible
threatening
Tags
CCSS.L.3.2F
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happens after the storm but before Maddie decides
not to open a lemonade stand?
Maddie’s teacher likes her idea.
Maddie holds a kitten on her lap.
Dogs and cats are wandering around loose.
Maddie collects pet food from her classmates.
Tags
CCSS.L.1.6
CCSS.L.3.6
CCSS.L.K.5A
CCSS.W.2.3
CCSS.W.3.3C
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happens at the end of the passage?
Maddie worries about lost pets.
Maddie holds a kitten for a few minutes.
Maddie thinks about having another food drive.
The reporter says animals at the shelter need food.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read this sentence from the passage.
The torrential rain of a hurricane often causes flooding.
What does torrential mean in the sentence above?
gentle
heavy
unexpected
welcome
Tags
CCSS.L.1.5D
CCSS.L.2.5B
CCSS.L.3.5C
CCSS.L.K.5D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read this sentence from the passage.
Mom lost her job arranging flowers at the floral shop
when it went out of business, and Dad’s company cut
his hours last week.
What does floral mean in the sentence above?
best
designer
flower
pastry
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happens after Maddie watches the news report but
before she gets a good idea?
She makes a poster.
She draws pictures of cats and dogs.
She drives to the shelter with her dad.
She thinks of asking her parents to help.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.5
Access all questions and much more by creating a free account
Create resources
Host any resource
Get auto-graded reports
Continue with Google
Continue with Email
Continue with Classlink
Continue with Clever
or continue with
Microsoft
%20(1).png)
Apple
Others
Already have an account?
