Lesson 1

W E E K LY T E S T S 1 . 1
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A Package for Mrs. Jewls

Test Record Form

Possible Criterion Student

TEST RECORD FORM
Score Score Score

Vocabulary: Target Vocabulary, Using Context 10 8

Comprehension: Story Structure, Selection Test 10 8

Decoding: VCV Syllable Pattern 10 8

Language Arts: Complete Sentences 10 8

TOTAL 40 32

Total Student Score × 2.5 = %

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Target Vocabulary, A Package for Mrs. Jewls

Vocabulary

Using Context
Use what you know about the target vocabulary and using context to answer
questions 1–10. Fill in the correct answers on the Answer Document.

1 What does the word specialty mean in 4 What does the word interrupted mean
the sentence below? in the sentence below?

The restaurant’s specialty is making The baby’s crying interrupted our

perfect pizza. conversation.

A Chef F Helped
B Hobby G Stopped
C Favorite food H Changed
D Unique talent J Reviewed

2 What does the word collapsed mean in 5 What does the word wobbled mean in
the sentence below? the sentence below?

The house of cards collapsed just as The toddler wobbled toward the door.
I placed the last card on top.
A Ran quickly
F Bent B Crawled slowly
G Grew C Rolled unhappily
H Jumped D Walked unsteadily
J Fell

6 What does the word pursuit mean in

3 What does the word disturbing mean in the sentence below?
the sentence below?
The athletes all tried their best in
Teddy kept disturbing us while we were pursuit of the grand prize.
doing our homework.
F A medal or trophy
A Helping G The end of a race
B Bothering H Something that holds money
C Following J An effort to achieve
D Entertaining

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W E E K LY T E S T S 1 . 3
Name Date

A Package for Mrs. Jewls

Vocabulary

7 What does the word vigorously mean in 9 What does the word tendency mean in
the sentence below? the sentence below?

I ran vigorously after my homework, but That clock has a tendency to fall behind
the wind carried it away before I could by a few minutes.
grab it.
A Soft
A To move slowly B Rarity
B In an uneasy way C Habit
C To give up D Change
D In a strong way

10 What does the word urgent mean in the

8 What does the word jubilant mean in sentence below?
the sentence below?
Oscar called his sister as soon as he got
Allison felt jubilant when she heard the her urgent message.
wonderful news.
F Friendly
F Upset G Automatic
G Cold H Very important
H Joyful J Moving too much
J Impatient

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 Lesson 1
W E E K LY T E S T S 1 . 4
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Story Structure, A Package for Mrs. Jewls

Comprehension

Selection Test
Think back to the selection “A Package for Mrs. Jewls from Wayside School
Is Falling Down” to answer questions 1–10. Fill in the correct answers on the
Answer Document.

1 What is the first important event in the 4 What causes Louis the most trouble
story? in making sure that Mrs. Jewls gets
her package?
A Louis passes out balls during recess.
B A truck horn honks and disturbs the F Mrs. Mush is cooking mushrooms in
students. the cafeteria.
C Louis starts cleaning up junk on the G The students cannot be interrupted
playground. while they are working.
D Students toss pieces of paper and H The delivery person must give the
pencils into the schoolyard. package directly to Mrs. Jewls.
J Mrs. Jewls’s classroom is on the top
floor of Wayside School.
2 Louis helps Mrs. Jewls receive her
package by —
5 Louis knocks on the classroom door
F calling Mrs. Jewls to come get with his —
the box
G telling the delivery person that he A shoe
is Mrs. Jewls B head
H ordering the truck driver to stop C hand
honking the horn D elbow
J taking the package to the school
basement to keep it safe
6 Louis is wrong when he believes that
Wayside School students —
3 Louis goes to Mrs. Jewls’s classroom
F do not like computers
by —
G like playing on a playground
A riding the elevator H are busy learning in their
B climbing up the stairs classrooms
C going down a long hallway J hate to be interrupted when they
D walking across the schoolyard are working

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W E E K LY T E S T S 1 . 5
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A Package for Mrs. Jewls

Comprehension

7 How does Mrs. Jewls solve the problem 9 Louis’s actions are important because
of letting Louis into the classroom? they show that the story is —

A She holds a spelling bee. A sad

B She opens the door for Louis herself. B cruel
C She chooses her best student to open C absurd
the door. D realistic
D She flips a coin to decide who will
open the door.
10 At the end of the story, Mrs. Jewls
thanks Louis for —
8 This story is told from the point of
F taking good care of her package
view of —
G picking up the paper and pencils
F Louis H putting the package where she
G Mrs. Jewls wants it
H the delivery person J helping her teach the students about
J a third-person narrator gravity

Mark Student Reading Level:

____ Independent ____ Instructional ____ Listening

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 Lesson 1
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VCV Syllable Pattern A Package for Mrs. Jewls

Decoding

Use what you know about VCV syllable pattern to answer questions 1–10.
Divide the underlined words into syllables. Fill in the correct answers on
the Answer Document.

1 Sasha promised to take good care of our 4 The ground was solid rock so it was
dog, Buck. hard to dig a hole.

A promi • sed F sol • id

B pro • mised G so • lid
C promis • ed H soli • d
D prom • ised J s • olid

2 The teacher asked the students to be 5 The weather has been pleasant lately.
silent.
A plea • sant
F sil • ent B pleas • ant
G si • lent C ple • asant
H sile • nt D pl • easant
J s • ilent

6 Sheila will direct the movie.

3 The dog behaved well during the party.
F dire • ct
A beha • ved G dir • ect
B behav • ed H di • rect
C beh • aved J d • irect
D be • haved

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A Package for Mrs. Jewls

Decoding

7 The large shovel is in the garage. 9 Opal was a very rapid skater.

A sh • ovel A rap • id
B shove • l B ra • pid
C sho • vel C rapi • d
D shov • el D r • apid

8 Nellie read the comics yesterday. 10 Isaac was aware of the wind howling
outside.
F co • mics
G com • ics F awa • re
H comi • cs G awar • e
J c • omics H a • ware
J aw • are

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Complete Sentences A Package for Mrs. Jewls

Language Arts

Use what you know about complete sentences to answer questions 1–10.
Fill in the correct answers on the Answer Document.

1 Which of the following is a complete 4 Which of the following is a complete

sentence? sentence?

A The icy wind. F The children lunch.

B The wind fast. G The playing children.
C The wind felt icy. H At noon, the playing children.
D The wind and rain. J At noon, the children ate lunch.

2 Which of the following is a complete 5 Which of the following is a complete

sentence? sentence?

F Suzy and Jacob like. A And six more.

G Suzy likes reading books. B I want six more.
H Suzy and Jacob might like. C Five or six more.
J Suzy reads and Jacob likes. D Because of five more.

3 Which of the following is a complete 6 Which of the following is a complete

sentence? sentence?

A Because the story unbelievable. F Bus stop at.

B Unbelievable stories are completely. G The bus stop.
C The story was completely H The bus stopped.
unbelievable. J Because bus stopped.
D The story was almost unbelievable
because.

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W E E K LY T E S T S 1 . 9
Name Date

A Package for Mrs. Jewls

Language Arts

7 Which of the following is a complete 9 Which of the following is a complete

sentence? sentence?

A Do man go and? A I read so that.

B Do you know if? B Reading can be.
C Who is man and? C I like many books.
D Who is that man? D As fiction and nonfiction.

8 Which of the following is a complete 10 Which of the following is a complete

sentence? sentence?

F Bee stung the mark on Syd. F The best the amusement park.
G The mark on Syd’s arm was. G The amusement park is the because.
H Because the stinger in Syd’s arm. H We will go to the amusement park.
J The bee stung Syd and left a mark. J Because the amusement park is the.

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