Lesson 12

W E E K LY T E S T S 1 2 . 1
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Violet’s Music
Test Record Form

Possible Criterion Student

TEST RECORD FORM
Score Score Score

Vocabulary: Target Vocabulary, Figurative Language/Idioms 10 8

Comprehension: Story Structure, Selection Test 10 8

Phonics: Vowel Digraphs ai, ay 10 8

Language Arts: Kinds of Sentences 10 8

TOTAL 40 32

Total Student Score × 2.5 = %

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W E E K LY T E S T S 1 2 . 2
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Violet’s Music
Target Vocabulary, Vocabulary

Figurative Language/Idioms
Use what you know about the target vocabulary and figurative language to
Direction
answer questions 1–10. Mark the space for the best answer to each question.

1 What does the word 3 What does the word alone

whenever mean in the mean in the sentence below?
sentence below? Kelly played alone until her
Our dog Muffin barks friends arrived.
whenever she sees the mail
By herself
carrier.
With a group
One time With a partner
Every time
Once in a while 4 What does the word real
mean in the sentence below?
2 What does the word shake Tim plays with toy trucks, but
mean in the sentence below? his dad drives a real truck.
Martin likes to shake his
Model
piggy bank so he can hear the
coins rattle. Very big
Not pretend
Break open
Move back and forth
quickly
Roll gently across
the floor
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Violet’s Music
Vocabulary

5 What does the word hour 7 What does the idiom

mean in the sentence below? under the weather mean
This soup needs to cook for an in the sentence below?
hour. Rosa is feeling under the
weather. She is tired, and her
Afternoon head hurts.
Seven days
Sad
Sixty minutes
Sick
Upset
6 What does the idiom
a piece of cake mean in
8 What does the idiom
the sentence below?
on its last legs mean in
Shane thought the science
the sentence below?
test would be hard, but it was
a piece of cake. This old wagon is on its last
legs. We should get a new one.
Easy to do
Boring to do Well-loved
Impossible to do Almost worn out
Repaired and repainted

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W E E K LY T E S T S 1 2 . 4
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Violet’s Music
Vocabulary

9 What does the idiom 10 What does the idiom

run like the wind mean keep an eye on mean in
in the sentence below? the sentence below?
Tanya can run like the wind. Please keep an eye on the
No one ever beats her. puppy. Make sure he doesn’t
chew on our rug.
Run very fast
Run in circles Lock up
Run in any weather Play with
Watch carefully

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 Lesson 12
W E E K LY T E S T S 1 2 . 5
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Violet’s Music
Story Structure, Comprehension

Selection Test
Think back to the story “Violet’s Music” to answer questions 1–10. Mark the
space for the best answer to each question.

1 What is this story mostly 3 What problem does Violet

about? have in this story?
A music school Nobody wants to be her
A girl who is lonely friend.
A girl who loves music Everyone wants her to
stop playing music.
2 When it begins, where does She cannot find anyone
this story take place? to play music with her.
A park
A school 4 What happens at the
A nursery beginning of the story?
Violet toots a horn.
Violet plays with her
rattle.
Violet pretends to play
the guitar.

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Violet’s Music
Comprehension

5 What happens right AFTER 7 Violet tries to solve her

Aunt Bertha gives Violet problem by —
paper, crayons, glitter, hiding so other children
and glue? will leave her alone
Violet makes a horn looking everywhere for
to play. other children who play
Violet makes a shiny music
crown to wear. learning to like the
Violet makes a picture kind of things other
to hang on the wall. children like

6 What do some of the 8 What happens at the end of

other kids in Violet’s the story?
kindergarten do? Violet and her friends
Paint from the park start
Blow horns a band.
Shake rattles Violet gets her whole
family to play music
with her.
Violet becomes famous
and hires a band to play
with her.

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W E E K LY T E S T S 1 2 . 7
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Violet’s Music
Comprehension

9 What would Violet most 10 The author most likely wrote

likely do if she had not found this story to —
Angel, Randy, and Juan? show how a band is
She would call Angel, formed
Randy, and Juan on the make people want to
phone. play music
She would keep looking tell a fun story about a
for people who like to girl who loves music
play music.
She would stop
playing music and find
something else to do.

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Violet’s Music
Vowel Digraphs ai, ay Phonics

Direction
Use what you know about vowel digraphs ai and ay to answer questions 1–10.
Mark the space for the best answer to each question.

1 Which word BEST completes 3 Which word BEST completes

the sentence below? the sentence below?
Selena got three letters in the We visit Uncle Steve on
today. Sunday.

mail ma
mall may
mill me

2 Which word BEST completes 4 Which word BEST completes

the sentence below? the sentence below?
Will your hat be fancy or ? Misty’s cat has no .

plain tail
plan tall
plen tile

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Violet’s Music
Phonics

5 Which word BEST completes 8 Which word BEST completes

the sentence below? the sentence below?
The lambs had beds of fresh How many eggs did Lily’s
. hen ?

ha la
hay law
he lay

6 Which word BEST completes 9 Which word BEST completes

the sentence below? the sentence below?
fell on our town for I can hardly to see
a week. Grammy and Grampa.

Rain wet
Ran what
Ring wait

7 Which word BEST completes 10 Which word BEST completes

the sentence below? the sentence below?
Mimi served us cookies on a Bella used strips of paper to
. make a colorful .

tra chain
tray chan
tre chin
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Violet’s Music
Kinds of Sentences Language Arts

Use what you know about kinds of sentences to answer questions 1–10. Mark
Direction
the space for the best answer to each question.

1 What is the BEST way to 3 What is the BEST way to

change the sentence below? change the sentence below?
Just look at all these books Tim is making vegetable soup

Change Just to just Put a period ( . )

Put a question mark ( ? ) after soup
after books Change vegetable to
Put an exclamation Vegetable
point ( ! ) after books Put a question mark ( ? )
after soup
2 What is the BEST way to
change the sentence below? 4 What is the BEST way to
Have you seen my green jacket change the sentence below?
Please hold the door open for me
Change Have to have
Put a period ( . ) after Change me to Me
jacket Put a period ( . )
Put a question mark ( ? ) after me
after jacket Put a question mark ( ? )
after me

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W E E K LY T E S T S 1 2 . 1 1
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Violet’s Music
Language Arts

5 What is the BEST way to 7 What is the BEST way to

change the sentence below? change the sentence below?
Your hands are so cold We enjoyed your new poem

Change Your to your Change We to we

Put a question mark ( ? ) Put a period ( . )
after cold after poem
Put an exclamation Put a question mark ( ? )
point ( ! ) after cold after poem

6 What is the BEST way to 8 What is the BEST way to

change the sentence below? change the sentence below?
What a beautiful morning What kind of bird is that

Change What to what Change What to what

Put a question mark ( ? ) Put a period ( . ) after
after morning that
Put an exclamation Put a question mark ( ? )
point ( ! ) after morning after that

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W E E K LY T E S T S 1 2 . 1 2
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Violet’s Music
Language Arts

9 What is the BEST way to 10 What is the BEST way to

change the sentence below? change the sentence below?
Please put the bag of apples in The tree has grown three feet
the kitchen in a year

Change apples to Change feet to Feet

Apples Put a period ( . )
Put a period ( . ) after after year
kitchen Put a question mark ( ? )
Put an exclamation after year
point ( ! ) after kitchen

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