The king proclaimed that today would be a holiday. What is the meaning of proclaimed?

announced or declared in public

My cat is a wonderful friend, and he has beautiful orange fur. I often find him sitting in my room near the window. My cat's fur looks most beautiful in the golden light. Which statement is a fact rather than an opinion?

The cat often sits near the window.

The cat's fur is most beautiful in golden light

Trevon rolled down the sidewalk on his skateboard. He tried to move fast because he didn't want to be late for practice. However, his skateboard was not up to it. Trevon thought the wheels might need to be oiled. He kept glancing at his watch and worrying. Then Trevon saw the playing field up ahead. He was going to be on time. What is Trevon's problem?

His skateboard is going slow, and he's worried he might be late

His watch is broken, so he doesn't know what time it is.

His skateboard wheels need oil, but he doesn't have any

Kana said her stack of library books was nearly a mile high. Kana probably said this to explain that she _____.

is trying to break a world record

Star Reading Renaissance Practice Test

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English, World Languages

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1st - 5th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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CCSS

RL.5.1, RI.5.4, RI.4.5

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DANIELLE DONALDSON

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This quiz assesses fundamental early elementary reading comprehension skills across vocabulary development, text analysis, and literary understanding. The questions target second-grade level students who are transitioning from learning to read to reading to learn. Students must demonstrate mastery of essential reading strategies including determining word meanings in context, identifying base words and word relationships, distinguishing between fact and opinion, recognizing story elements like character and setting, understanding point of view, and making inferences from textual evidence. The assessment requires students to analyze both narrative and informational texts while applying critical thinking skills such as identifying story type (realistic versus fantasy), recognizing descriptive language, understanding figurative expressions, and solving character problems through careful reading. Students need strong foundational phonics knowledge, sight word recognition, and the ability to synthesize information across multiple sentences to arrive at correct answers. Created by Danielle Donaldson, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 1-5, this assessment serves as comprehensive preparation for standardized reading evaluations while supporting daily literacy instruction. Teachers can implement this quiz as a diagnostic tool to identify students needing additional support in specific comprehension areas, use individual questions as warm-up activities to activate prior knowledge before reading lessons, or assign the complete assessment as formative evaluation to guide instructional planning. The varied question types make this resource particularly valuable for differentiated instruction, allowing teachers to focus on specific skills like vocabulary development or inference-making based on student needs. This quiz 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 story elements, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.4 for describing how words supply rhythm and meaning, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.6 for acknowledging differences in character perspectives, providing teachers with standards-aligned assessment data to inform reading instruction decisions.

CCSS.RL.1.5

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How do the girls get home?

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What shows how big elephants are?

Kerry pulled on her new jacket and grabbed her bike. She rode around the park for a few minutes. She stopped to take off her jacket and put it in the bike basket. Then she rode her bike again.

Why does Kerry take off her jacket?

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I like my yellow coat. I put it on when it is raining. It makes a funny noise when I walk.

Which word tells what the coat looks like?

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Kerry pulled on her new jacket and grabbed her bike. She rode around the park for a few minutes. She stopped to take off her jacket and put it in the bike basket. Then she rode her bike again. Why does Kerry take off her jacket?

Hana lived in a blue town. Everything was blue. The food was blue. The grass was blue. Everything was blue but one thing. Hana was not blue.What kind of story is this?

Gary lived in a big tree. Like other squirrels, he worked hard finding nuts. One day, he found a kind of nut he'd never seen before. He could not move it. "Silly squirrel," called the wise old barn owl. "That's a rock!" Who is this story about?

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Elephants are the largest animals on land. They can be over twenty feet long and twelve feet tall. They have very big ears, long trunks, and short tails. They can move very fast if they need to.

What shows how big elephants are?

Kerry pulled on her new jacket and grabbed her bike. She rode around the park for a few minutes. She stopped to take off her jacket and put it in the bike basket. Then she rode her bike again.

Why does Kerry take off her jacket?

Hana lived in a blue town. Everything was blue. The food was blue. The grass was blue. Everything was blue but one thing. Hana was not blue.

What kind of story is this?

Gary lived in a big tree. Like other squirrels, he worked hard finding nuts. One day, he found a kind of nut he'd never seen before. He could not move it. "Silly squirrel," called the wise old barn owl. "That's a rock!"

Who is this story about?

I walked into the shop, and the shop owner smiled at me. "Glad to see you, Laila," he said. "The cloth you were looking for arrived." He spread out the cloth so I could see it. Soon other shoppers stood around us and looked at the beautiful cloth.

Who is telling this story?

I like my yellow coat. I put it on when it is raining. It makes a funny noise when I walk.

Which word tells what the coat looks like?