Midyear Test Name Date Part 1 u Fill in the circle beside the word you hear. Sample A A cap B can C cat D cab 1. A bag B big C bog D bug 2. A cut B cuff C cup D cub 4. A mite B mile C mice D mine 5. A hat B hot C hit D hut 3. A bath B bash C bank D batch 6. A spin B twin C grin D shin System 44 Summative Assessment Page 1 of 8
Midyear Test Name Date 7. A fan B tan C pan D van 11. A dime B dim C dome D damp 8. A quick B click C kick D nick 9. A swing B string C sling D spring 12. A grip B clip C drip D flip 13. A gate B good C gripe D gut 10. A peck B pick C pack D puck 14. A mast B match C mask D mash System 44 Summative Assessment Page 2 of 8
Midyear Test Name Date 15. A rise B rose C race D rice 18. A wet B will C muff D well 16. A chip B skip C ship D trip 17. A six B sit C sick D sip 19. A wink B wick C wind D wing 20. A brass B g lass C grass D class System 44 Summative Assessment Page 3 of 8
Midyear Test Name Date Part 2 u Fill in the circle beside the word you hear. Sample B A he B the C they D too 21. A came B could C call D caught 22. A what B want C when D would 25. A kind B find C from D friend 26. A always B almost C along D about 29. A believe B between C below D because 30. A make B many C more D made 23. A over B our C every D only 27. A good B give C live D grow 31. A dresed B dresst C dressd D dressed 24. A see B say C saw D said 28. A where B your C their D here 32. A pocket B pokket C poket D pokit System 44 Summative Assessment Page 4 of 8
Midyear Test Name Date 33. A botom B botem C bottom D bottem 34. A tunel B tunnel C tunnle D tunnell 35. A settlemint B settlemant C settlemunt D settlement System 44 Summative Assessment Page 5 of 8
Midyear Test Name Date Part 3 u Fill in the circle beside the word that goes in the blank. Sample C Yesterday, the cat i n the b ox. A jump B jumping C jumped D jumpsed 36. Put the in the sink. A dishs B dishes C dishses D dishies 37. Our team is the game. A win B wins C wining D winning 39. They are up the hill. A hikeing B hike C hikes D hiking 40. I see one bowl. A cat s B cats C cats D cats s 38. Last night, Kip to open the gate. A trying B trys C tried D tryed 41. We can ride the bikes. A boys B boys C boys s D boyes System 44 Summative Assessment Page 6 of 8
Midyear Test Name Date u Fill in the circle beside the word you hear. Sample D A jet B jacket C tricked D jogging 42. A plug B puddle C pilot D pedal 43. A admit B atlas C also D advice 44. A common B come C recommend D lemon 45. A track B graph C traffic D fantastic System 44 Summative Assessment Page 7 of 8
Midyear Test Name Date u Fill in the circle beside the word that answers the question. Sample E Which word has a suffix? A habit B nonstop C sadness D bench 46. Which word has a prefix? A planet B defrost C voting D finished 47. Which word has a suffix? A shipment B middle C inside D compute 49. Which word has exactly two syllables? A illustrate B passed C blame D translate 50. Which is a compound word? A messy B signal C laptop D chicken 48. Which word means not ripe? A riper B ripest C unripe D ripely System 44 Summative Assessment Page 8 of 8
Midyear Test Teacher Copy Part 1: Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Have students turn to page 1 in the Midyear Test. Check to be sure that students are on the correct page. For this assessment, read all the student directions aloud. (Directions and questions to be read aloud are printed in bold italic.) Students will read the answer choices themselves. To begin, say: There are three parts in this test. In the first part, each test item has a picture and four words. I will ask you to look at the picture and listen to a word. Then you will need to fill in the circle beside the word. Let s complete the sample together. Sample A Look at the picture of a cap. Now look at the words next to the picture. Find the word cap. Fill in the circle beside the word cap. cap B can C cat D cab Pause to allow time for students to choose an answer and fill in the circle. Then say: You should have filled in the circle for the letter A beside the word cap. A is the correct answer. Does anyone have any questions? Answer any questions that students have about the test. Then begin. 1. Look at the picture of a bug. Fill in the circle beside the word bug. A bag B big C bog bug 2. Look at the picture of a cuff. Fill in the circle beside the word cuff. A cut cuff C cup D cub System 44 Summative Assessment Page 1 of 16
Midyear Test Teacher Copy Part 1 continued 3. Look at the dog getting a bath. Fill in the circle beside the word bath. bath B bash C bank D batch 6. Look at the top spin. Fill in the circle beside the word spin. spin B twin C grin D shin 4. Look at the mice. Fill in the circle beside the word mice. A mite B mile mice D mine 7. Look at the van. Fill in the circle beside the word van. A fan B tan C pan van 5. Look at the picture. The water is hot. Fill in the circle beside the word hot. A hat hot C hit D hut 8. Look at the player kick the ball. Fill in the circle beside the word kick. A quick B click kick D n ick System 44 Summative Assessment Page 2 of 16
Midyear Test Teacher Copy Part 1 continued 9. Look at the spring. Fill in the circle beside the word spring. A swing B string C sling spring 12. Look at the paper clip. Fill in the circle beside the word clip. A grip clip C drip D flip 10. Look at the pack. Fill in the circle beside the word pack. A peck B pick pack D puck 13. Look at the gate. Fill in the circle beside the word gate. gate B good C gripe D gut 11. Look at the dime. Fill in the circle beside the word dime. dime B dim C dome D damp 14. Look at the mask. Fill in the circle beside the word mask. A ma st B match mask D m ash System 44 Summative Assessment Page 3 of 16
Midyear Test Teacher Copy Part 1 continued 15. Look at the rose. Fill in the circle beside the word rose. A rise rose C race D rice 18. Look at the picture of a well. Fill in the circle beside the word well. A wet B will C muff well 16. Look at the ship. Fill in the circle beside the word ship. A chip B skip ship D trip 19. Look at the wing on the bird. Fill in the circle beside the word wing. A wink B wick C wind wing 17. Look at the number six. Fill in the circle beside the word six. six B sit C sick D sip 20. Look at the grass. Fill in the circle beside the word grass. A brass B glas s grass D class System 44 Summative Assessment Page 4 of 16
Midyear Test Teacher Copy Part 2: Sight Words and Spelling When students are ready to begin Part 2, say: For this part of the test, I will say a word for each item and use it in a sentence. Then you will need to fill in the circle beside the word. Let s do the sample together. Sample B Listen to the word: the. Look at the sky. Now look at the words. Fill in the circle beside the word the. A he the C they D too Pause to allow time for students to choose an answer and fill in the circle. Then say: You should have filled in the circle for the letter B beside the word the. B is the correct answer. Does anyone have any questions? Answer any questions that students have about the test. Then begin. 21. Listen to the word: call. Call me later. Fill in the circle beside the word call. A came B could call D caught 22. Listen to the word: want. Do you want lunch? Fill in the circle beside the word want. A what want C when D would System 44 Summative Assessment Page 5 of 16
Midyear Test Teacher Copy Part 2 continued 23. Listen to the word: over. Come over to my house. Fill in the circle beside the word over. over B our C every D only 27. Listen to the word: give. They will give me some money. Fill in the circle beside the word give. A good give C live D grow 24. Listen to the word: said. Dad said we can go. Fill in the circle beside the word said. A see B say C saw said 25. Listen to the word: find. Did you find that book? Fill in the circle beside the word find. A kind find C from D friend 28. Listen to the word: here. Here is my desk. Fill in the circle beside the word here. A where B your C their here 29. Listen to the word: believe. Do you believe his story? Fill in the circle beside the word believe. believe B between C below D because 26. Listen to the word: along. Let s walk along the beach. Fill in the circle beside the word along. A always B almost along D about 30. Listen to the word: more. I have more time than you. Fill in the circle beside the word more. A make B many more D made System 44 Summative Assessment Page 6 of 16
Midyear Test Teacher Copy Part 2 continued 3 1. Listen to the word: dressed. Rosa got dressed for school. Fill in the circle beside the word dressed. A dresed B dresst C dressd dressed 34. Listen to the word: tunnel. We drove through the tunnel. Fill in the circle beside the word tunnel. A tunel tunnel C tunnle D tunnell 32. Listen to the word: pocket. My phone is in my pocket. Fill in the circle beside the word pocket. pocket B pokket C poket D pokit 33. Listen to the word: bottom. The bottom of the pot is black. Fill in the circle beside the word bottom. A botom B botem bottom D bottem 35. Listen to the word: settlement. The first settlement was Jamestown. Fill in the circle beside the word settlement. A settlemint B settlemant C settlemunt settlement System 44 Summative Assessment Page 7 of 16
Midyear Test Teacher Copy Part 3: Morphology When students are ready to begin Part 3, say: I will read a sentence for each question in this part of the test. The sentence has a blank to show that a word is missing. You will choose the word that goes in the blank to complete the sentence. Let s do the sample item first. Sample C Listen to the sentence: Yesterday, the cat (blank) in the box. Choose the word that goes in the blank. A jump B jumping jumped D jumpsed Pause to allow time for students to choose an answer and fill in the circle. Then say: You should have filled in the circle for the letter C beside the word jumped. The cat jumped in the box. C is the correct answer. Does anyone have any questions? Answer any questions that students have about the test. Then begin. 36. Listen to the sentence: Put the (blank) in the sink. Choose the word that goes in the blank. A dishs dishes C dishses D dishies 37. Listen to the sentence: Our team is (blank) the game. Choose the word that goes in the blank. A win B wins C wining winning System 44 Summative Assessment Page 8 of 16
Midyear Test Teacher Copy Part 3 continued 38. Listen to the sentence: Last night, Kip (blank) to open the gate. Choose the word that goes in the blank. A trying B trys tried D tryed 39. Listen to the sentence: They are (blank) up the hill. Choose the word that goes in the blank. A hikeing B hike C hikes hiking 40. Listen to the sentence: I see one (blank) bowl. Choose the word that goes in the blank. cat s B cats C cats D cats s 41. Listen to the sentence: We can ride the (blank) bikes. Choose the word that goes in the blank. A boys boys C boys s D boyes System 44 Summative Assessment Page 9 of 16
Midyear Test Teacher Copy Part 3 continued When students are ready to continue with Part 3, say: For each item in this part of this test, I will say a word. Listen to the word. Then look at the words. Fill in the circle beside the word. Let s do the sample together. Sample D Listen to the word: jacket. Fill in the circle beside the word jacket. A jet jacket C tricked D jogging Pause to allow time for students to choose an answer and fill in the circle. Then say: You should have filled in the circle for the letter B beside the word jacket. B is the correct answer. Does anyone have any questions? Answer any questions that students have about the test. Then begin. 42. Listen to the word: puddle. Fill in the circle beside the word puddle. A plug puddle C pilot D pedal 43. Listen to the word: advice. Fill in the circle beside the word advice. A admit B atlas C also advice 4 4. Listen to the word: common. Fill in the circle beside the word common. common B come C recommend D lemon 45. Listen to the word: traffic. Fill in the circle beside the word traffic. A track B graph traffic D fantastic System 44 Summative Assessment Page 10 of 16
Midyear Test Teacher Copy Part 3 continued When students are ready to continue with Part 3, say: Now, for these next questions, we will do something a little different. Lis ten carefully as I read each question. Then read the four answer choices and pick the correct answer. Let s do the sample together. Sample E Which word has a suffix? Look at the words. Fill in the circle beside the word that has a suffix. A habit B nonstop sadness D bench Pause to allow time for students to choose an answer and fill in the circle. Then say: You should have filled in the circle for the letter C beside the word sadness. C is the correct answer. Does anyone have any questions? Answer any questions that students have about the test. Then begin. 46. Which word has a prefix? Look at the words. Fill in the circle beside the word that has a prefix. A planet defrost C voting D finished 47. Which word has a suffix? Look at the words. Fill in the circle beside the word that has a suffix. shipment B middle C inside D compute System 44 Summative Assessment Page 11 of 16
Midyear Test Teacher Copy Part 3 continued 48. Which word means not ripe? Look at the words. Fill in the circle beside the word that means not ripe. A riper B ripest unripe D ripely 49. Which word has exactly two syllables? Look at the words. Fill in the circle beside the word that has exactly two syllables. A illustrate B passed C blame translate 50. Which is a compound word? Look at the words. Fill in the circle beside the word that is a compound word. A messy B signal laptop D chicken System 44 Summative Assessment Page 12 of 16
Midyear Test Answer Key Part 1: Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Item Answer Skill Tested 1 D Short vowel u 2 B Double consonant ff 3 A Digraph th 4 C Consonant: soft c 5 B Short vowel o 6 A s-blend sp 7 D Consonant v 8 C Consonant k 9 D 3-Letter blend spr 10 C Short vowel a 11 A Long vowel i (i_e) 12 B l-blend cl 13 A Long vowel a (a_e) 14 C Final blend sk 15 B Long vowel o 16 C Digraph sh 17 A Consonant x 18 D Short vowel e 19 D Digraph -ng 20 C r-blend gr System 44 Summative Assessment Page 13 of 16
Midyear Test Answer Key Part 2: Sight Words and Spelling Item Answer Skill Tested 21 C Sight word: call 22 B Sight word: want 23 A Sight word: over 24 D Sight word: said 25 B Sight word: find 26 C Sight word: along 27 B Sight word: give 28 D Sight word: here 29 A Sight word: believe 30 C Sight word: more 31 D Spelling: Ending -ed 32 A Spelling: Closed syllables 33 C Spelling: Closed syllables 34 B Spelling: Consonant + -el 35 D Spelling: Suffixes System 44 Summative Assessment Page 14 of 16
Midyear Test Answer Key Part 3: Morphology Item Answer Skill Tested 36 B Ending -es 37 D Ending -ing (doubling) 38 C Changing y to i 39 D Ending -ing (drop e) 40 A Possessives 41 B Possessives 42 B Syllables: Consonant + -le 43 D Syllables: VCe 44 A Closed syllables 45 C Closed syllables 46 B Prefix de- 47 A Suffix -ment 48 C Prefix un- 49 D Syllables: VCe 50 C Compound words System 44 Summative Assessment Page 15 of 16
Teacher Score Sheet Student name Test name Class Date Directions Using the appropriate answer key, mark each correct answer by circling the item number. Mark each incorrect answer by drawing an X through the item number. Add the number of correct answers in each part. List skills that were not maintained for further review and practice. To find the percent score, divide the number correct by the total number of items in each part and for the total test. (For example, a student who answers 16 of 20 items correctly in Part 1 has a score of 16/20; 16 20 = 0.8, or 80%.) Part/ Item Numbers Number Correct/Total Percent Score (%) Comments and Next Steps Part 1: Phonemic Awareness and Phonics 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Part 2: Sight Words and Spelling 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 /20 /15 Part 3: Morphology 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 /15 Total Test /50 Passing Score (Y/N) System 44 Summative Assessment Page 16 of 16