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    Unit test · Weeks 25–30 · 40–45 min · 48 points

    ELA Unit 5 Test: Speaking, Listening & Cross-Curricular Reading

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    Part 1: Collaborative Discussion

    Listen to your grown-up read. Then talk about it together.

    The Class Garden Money

    Mr. Dale's class grew tomatoes in the school garden. In the fall, they sold the tomatoes and made twenty dollars. Now the class had to choose what to do with the money. Some kids wanted to buy a new ball for recess. Other kids wanted to buy seeds, so the garden could grow even more next year. The class voted, but it was a tie!

    1. Talk with your grown-up. What should the class do with the money? Why? Use our talking rules and sentence starters like "I agree because..." and "I want to add on..."

    Part 2: Reading Comprehension

    Read the story and look at the picture. Then answer the questions.

    Market Day

    On Saturday morning, Grandpa and I walked to the market. First, we bought corn and peaches. Next, we stopped at the flower stand. I wanted to buy a pot of yellow daisies for Mom, but I had only three dollars. The pot cost five dollars. I felt my smile slip away. Grandpa did not say a word. He just pointed to a bucket by the stand. The bucket was full of single daisies. I picked out three yellow daisies. They cost one dollar each. I tied them with a string. At home, Mom put the daisies in a jar on the table. "These are the best flowers I have ever gotten," she said.

    In a kitchen, Mom smiles and hugs a girl while Grandpa smiles in the doorway, and three daisies stand in a jar next to a bowl of peaches.
    1. Who is telling this story? How do you know?
    2. What problem does the girl have at the flower stand?
    3. How does the girl feel when she sees the price? Which words tell you?
    4. Write 1, 2 and 3 to show the order. ___ The girl picks out three daisies. ___ Grandpa and the girl buy corn and peaches. ___ Mom puts the daisies in a jar.
    5. How does Mom feel at the end? Give one clue from the words and one clue from the picture.
    6. How does the girl solve her problem?

    Part 3: Narrative Writing

    Write a true story about one event from your life.

    1. Write about one real event, like a trip, a game or a time you helped someone. Use time words like first, next, then, after that and finally. Tell what you did, thought and felt. Add one thing someone said. End by telling how it turned out or how you felt.

    Part 4: Word Relationships

    Read each item by yourself. Follow the directions.

    1. Write these words in order from least wet to most wet. wet drenched damp
    2. Write these words in order from least hot to most hot. sizzling warm hot
    3. Circle the best word. The thunder ______ so loudly that the dog hid.hummedwhisperedboomed
    4. Write a word that means very, very big.
    5. Name something in your home that is soft. Tell how you know it is soft.
    6. Name a food that is crunchy. Name a food that is juicy.