By Kathie Josephs
Special to the Arizona Daily Star
Editor's note: Standardized testing season is now getting under way in Tucson schools. To help schoolchildren prepare, for six weeks the BYOBrain page will feature practice questions. Kathie Josephs, language arts teacher and testing coordinator at Townsend Middle School, presents sample questions for a range of age groups in this six-week series, AIM High.
That seven-letter word is creeping up on everyone - TESTING! As a teacher and test coordinator, I don't sleep well this time of year.
I worry that I haven't covered everything I was suppose to. I wonder if my students have learned what I tried to teach them. I start thinking about what I should have done differently.
This can become a stressful situation for everyone, but the fact is that tests are here to stay. The state standards have been rewritten to align the standards with the assessments. Teachers like me need to remember that by doing our job well and following the standards, our students will learn.
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To review for any test, teachers often use class time to cover the important information; however, reviewing for the entire year could take more time than we have. Mini-reviews can be a great tool for testing preparation.
Below are some practice questions for grades 3, 5, 8 and 10 that are appropriate for mini-reviews of skills. All questions meet the state standards. If teachers give students questions each day to write in a review notebook, the notebooks will end up with a wealth of information for students to take home and re-review prior to the test.
° Practice questions for grade 3
1. Choose an antonym.
fresh
cookies
A) chocolate
B) frosted
C) stale
D) crunchy
2. Choose the suffix.
I cut my finger and it was pain___
A) less
B) ed
C) ly
D) ful
3. Which of the following is an even number?
A) 3
B) 7
C) 9
D) 8
4. Mandy is planning to bring treats for her class. She needs 30 cans of juice. If each package of juice has 5 bottles, how many packages will she need?
A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
5. If John has $5 and the lunch box he wants to buy costs $2.75, how much change will John get back?
A) $ 3.75
B) $ 2.35
C) $ 2.25
D) $ 3.45
6. Mandy gave her dad 27 golf balls for his birthday. Each box had 9 golf balls in it. How many boxes did she buy him?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
7. Marty had 29 marbles. He needed 43. How many more marble did he have to have?
A) 16
B) 13
C) 14
D) 11
8. Crystal had $2.73 in her bank. She got $10 for her birthday and earned $5.36 selling lemonade. How much did Crystal have all together?
A) $18.10
B) $18.09
C) $19.11
D) $28.08
9. There were 4 pieces of candy in the bags. Each person had 3 bags. How much candy did each person have?
A) 12
B) 7
C) 16
D) 15
10. Choose the number that is missing from this pattern.
14, 19, ____ 29, 34
A) 25
B) 22
C) 27
D) 24
11. Round this number to the nearest $100.
$314.82
A) $314
B) $320
C) $315
D) $300
° Practice questions for grade 5
1. Hurl
is a synonym for
A) litter
B) messy
C) catch
D) fling
2. Find the word that is not spelled correctly.
A) always crying
B) his behavier
C) fancy border
D) please bathe
3. It cost $14.35 for each ticket, and 29 students need tickets. How much will the total cost be?
A) $378.25
B) $426
C) $416.15
D) $417.14
4. James had $18.27 in his bank and Martha had $49.26. How much more money did Martha have than James?
A) $31.93
B) $21.96
C) $18.72
D) $30.99
5. 27 x 23 =
A) 149
B) 501
C) 621
D)135
6. 89.7 + 72.6 =
A) 16.23
B) 1.623
C) 162.3
D) 1,623
7. What number does CXVII represent?
A) 82
B) 125
C) 107
D) 117
8.Which number has a 7 in the hundred thousand place and a 3 in the hundreds place?
A) 8,973,124
B) 8,731,241
C) 8,715,396
D) 8,348,769
9. 697 + 258 + 783 + 423 + 98 =
A) 2,179
B) 2,158
C) 2,2.47
D) 2,259
10. 19,749 – 12,648 =
A) 7,101
B) 6,203
C) 7,201
D) 6,102
° Practice questions for grade 8
1. Anticipate
is a synonym for
A) envision
B) attachment
C) guess
D) blare
2. An antonym for boredom
is
A) indifference
B) jovial
C) tired
D) excitement
Grade 8 Language Test Prep
- Read each word. If the word is spelled wrong, mark the word. If all are spelled correctly, then mark "No mistakes."
1. A) admission
B ) persistance
C) courier
D) No mistakes
2. A) gauge
B) grudge
C) infantile
D) No mistakes
3. A) hecktic
B) frenzy
C) impersonate
D) No mistakes
4. A) hostile
B) flexable
C) harmony
D) No mistakes
5. A) justify
B) investigation
C) incredable
D) No mistakes
6. A) inferior
B) implement
C) ignorant
D) No mistakes
7. A) incapable
B) identicle
C) khaki
D) No mistakes
8. A) liberale
B) intersection
C) leash
D) No mistakes
° Practice questions for grade 10
1. Apathetic
is a synonym for
A) impassive
B) concern
C) interest
D) contemplate
2. Find the word that is misspelled.
A) contaminate
B) convalesent
C) compulsion
D) conveyance
Grade 10 Language Test Prep
- Read each word. If the word is spelled wrong, mark the word. If all are spelled correctly, then mark "No mistakes."
1. A) periennial
B) perceive
C) organism
D) No mistakes
2. A) opaque
B) obsession
C) obnoxious
D) No mistakes
3. A) benevolint
B) bauble
C) brandish
D) No mistakes
4. A) bauble
B) anonomous
C) atrocious
D) No mistakes
5. A) bequeath
B) despondent
C) deterierate
D) No mistakes
6. A) discredit
B) cynicle
C) cryptic
D) No mistakes
7. A) courier
B) credentials
C) devastate
D) No mistakes
8. A) exasparate
B) enhance
C) eccentric
D) No mistakes
Answers
° Grade 3:
1. C
2. D
3. D
4. C
5. C
6. B
7. C
8. B
9. A
10. D
11. D
° Grade 5:
1. D
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. C
6. C
7. D
8. C
9. D
10. A
° Grade 8:
1. A
2. D
Language:
1. B
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. B
8. A
° Grade 10:
1. A
2. B
Language:
1. A
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. B
7. D
8. A
