Grade 3 Assessment of Reading, Writing and Mathematics, Primary Division 2 Student Booket Language SPRING 2012 RELEASED SELECTIONS AND ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS Pease note: The format of this booket is different from that used for the assessment. The questions themseves remain the same.
Language 2 Section C
Grade 3, Spring 2012 Section C: Reading Night Noises Grow! Groan! The noises started me from a sound seep. In a singe motion, I sat straight up in my seeping bag. A bear, I thought, outside the tent! The sign at the entrance to the Agonquin Provincia Park campground had read: CAUTION. YOU ARE IN BEAR COUNTRY. KNOW THE RULES AND FOLLOW THEM. Just ahead we had seen the trash area with containers that ooked ike giant stee maiboxes. The park naturaist tod us that bears used to rummage in the trash for food unti the park instaed these bear-proof containers. Since then, bears rarey came to this area. But I heard one now. What shoud I do? The first thing was not to panic. I must stay cam. OK, it was too ate for that. What next? My mind raced. I ganced around the tent, and in the dim ight saw my mom, dad and itte sister sti seeping. Shoud I wake them and take a chance that the commotion woud draw the bear s attention? I decided to et them seep. If I woke them and we ran, the bear woud surey run after us. Bears can run fifty kiometres an hour for short distances. I didn t think I coud. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Student Booket: Language 2 3
Section C: Reading Grade 3, Spring 2012 I sat in the dark, not moving a musce. My ears istened so hard they ached. It shoud have been safe here. We had foowed a the rues. The pamphet we got from the naturaist had said: In bear country, be carefu of food and odours. They attract bears. Campers aren t supposed to eave any food out. We had wrapped our food boxes in pastic and ocked them in our car. After dinner we had gone for a wak and taken a our garbage to the bear-proof containers, so the sme woudn t draw bears to our campsite. Grow! Snort! A new wave of fear raced down my spine. What was the bear doing? I coudn t hear it moving about, ony grunting and growing. Maybe it had found something to eat. Grow! Snort! Moan! The bear didn t seem to be coming coser, but it was sti out there. My mouth was so dry, I fet as if I d eaten my piow. I was cod and shaking with fright. Why coudn t someone ese have been the one to wake up? The we-being of your entire famiy is an awesome responsibiity. What if I made the wrong choice and something terribe happened? I coudn t stand the strain any onger. I had to wake my parents. They woud know what to do. I eaned cose to Dad to wake him, but at that instant I heard a man s voice. It seemed to be coming from the next tent. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 4 Student Booket: Language 2
Grade 3, Spring 2012 Section C: Reading Joe! Hey, Joe, it said in a oud whisper. Wake up. You re snoring. Gro hum? Oh, sorry, a seepy voice answered. After that, the forest was fied with tota sience. I fopped back to my seeping bag, as imp as a noode. One thing is for sure: When terrorized by a snoring camper, it is best to et your famiy seep. 16 17 18 19 Adapted from Terror in Bear Country by Linda White from Highights for Chidren, May 1998, Vo. 53, Number 5, Issue no. 559. Copyright 1998 by Highights for Chidren, Inc., Coumbus, Ohio. Reprinted with permission. Student Booket: Language 2 5
Section C: Reading Grade 3, Spring 2012 1 Why are the words from the sign in capita etters in paragraph 3? to describe the park grounds to wecome visitors to the park to emphasize the possibe dangers to emphasize where the entrance is 2 What does the word instaed mean as used in paragraph 4? set up coected started up exchanged 3 Why do bears rarey visit the trash area (paragraph 4)? Campers seep there at night. The area is dangerous because of the trash. The bears are frightened of the park naturaist. Bears have difficuty getting to the food in containers. 4 What does the word one refer to in paragraph 5? a bear a camper a park naturaist a trash container 6 Student Booket: Language 2
Grade 3, Spring 2012 Section C: Reading 5 What are the words my mind raced used to show in paragraph 7? that the famiy is waking up that the bear is running around the tent that the narrator is answering questions that the narrator is having many thoughts 6 In paragraph 8, what do the words My ears istened so hard they ached hep the reader understand? that the narrator is tired that the narrator is afraid of the dark that the narrator is istening carefuy that the narrator must stay sti in the dark 7 Why do the campers ock food in their car? to keep their tent tidy so the food doesn t rot so they can go for a wak to protect themseves from harm 8 What does the word strain mean as used in paragraph 15? cod noise pressure darkness Student Booket: Language 2 7
Section C: Reading Grade 3, Spring 2012 9 Why is the forest fied with tota sience in paragraph 17? The bear runs away. The camper wakes up. The narrator fas aseep. The father eaves the tent. a0 How does the narrator s reaction to the noises change from the beginning to the end of the text? from scared to cam from seepy to awake from bored to excited from worried to nervous 8 Student Booket: Language 2
Grade 3, Spring 2012 Section C: Reading aa Expain how the information in paragraphs 1 6 adds interest for the reader. Use detais from the text to support your answer. as Expain whether the narrator s decision not to wake up his famiy is a good one. Use detais from the text to support your answer. Student Booket: Language 2 9
Section C: Writing Grade 3, Spring 2012 ad Choose a specia pace that you ike to visit. Write a paragraph describing this pace and what you ike to do there. Ideas for My Paragraph Write your answer on the next page. 10 Student Booket: Language 2
Grade 3, Spring 2012 Section C: Writing Write your paragraph here. Remember to check your speing, grammar and punctuation. Do not write in this area. Student Booket: Language 2 11
Section C: Writing Grade 3, Spring 2012 af Choose the best way to join the foowing sentences. We had a cross-country meet today. Ea forgot her water botte. Mason gave her his extra one. Writing Mutipe-Choice We had a cross-country meet today, Ea forgot her water botte, unti Mason gave her his extra one. We had a cross-country meet today, Ea forgot her water botte, after Mason gave her his extra one. We had a cross-country meet today and Ea forgot her water botte, if Mason gave her his extra one. We had a cross-country meet today and Ea forgot her water botte, so Mason gave her his extra one. ag Choose the best order for the foowing sentences to make a paragraph. (1) Pau ran back to get his shoes. (2) He ooked down and saw that he had bare feet. (3) Pau was going to be ate for his baseba game. (4) He quicky put on his shirt and shorts and raced out the door. 1, 4, 2, 3 1, 2, 4, 3 3, 4, 2, 1 3, 1, 2, 4 12 Student Booket: Language 2
Grade 3, Spring 2012 Section C: Writing ah Which sentence does not beong in the foowing paragraph? (1) The students were excited about making a schoo butterfy garden. (2) They gathered gardening toos and goves. (3) The students a had different jobs. (4) Many butterfies migrate south in the fa. (5) Everyone was ooking forward to creating a beautifu garden. Sentence 2 Sentence 3 Sentence 4 Sentence 5 aj Choose the best opening sentence for this paragraph. Leaves turn coour, birds fy south and squirres gather nuts. The days are shorter, and it gets dark earier. We often have to wear hats and jackets. Fa is my favourite season. Many changes happen in the fa. The weather can be warm in the fa. I ike the coours of the eaves in the fa. There are many animas that hibernate in the fa. Student Booket: Language 2 13
Language 2 Section D
Grade 3, Spring 2012 Section D: Reading The Zamboni A Zamboni is ike a huge razor bade on whees with a buit-in towe on the end. It gives an ice rink a cose shave to resurface it. This heps stop chipping, which can make a hockey puck bounce and ice skates wobbe. It makes the ice fresh and smooth for payers. 3 2 4 1 Student Booket: Language 2 15
Section D: Reading Grade 3, Spring 2012 1 The Shave The big bade shaves the surface of the ice. How much ice does it cut off? It a depends on the state of the ice. The rougher it is, the more the bade shaves off. 2 Whisking Up the Shavings A arge screw coects the ice shavings, or snow, so they don t pie up on the ice. It feeds them into the snow tank at the front of the Zamboni, and ater they re dumped out. 3 Washing Up The Zamboni cruises around with two water tanks. As the bade shaves, water from one tank fows to a squeegee-ike conditioner behind the bade, which smooths the ice and foods it with water to fush dirt out of any deep cuts in the ice. The dirty water is vacuumed up and any eftover water is squeegeed off. 4 The Hot Towe Finish A huge towe behind the conditioner spreads hot, cean water from the second water tank. The hot water softens any ruts or grooves in the ice and fis them in to make the ice surface smooth when the water freezes. Adapted from How Hockey Works by Ketie Thomas. Iustration by Greg Ha. Used with permission of Bayard Presse Canada Inc. 16 Student Booket: Language 2
Grade 3, Spring 2012 Section D: Reading 1 Why are there numbers on the diagram of the Zamboni? to show the different parts of the Zamboni to expain how the payers use the Zamboni to show where the driver sits in the Zamboni to expain how the Zamboni moves around the ice 2 What woud happen if the Zamboni did not shave the ice (Step 1)? The surface of the ice woud be uneven. The Zamboni woud dump out the snow. The Zamboni woud coect the shavings. Too much ice woud be removed from the surface. 3 What happens in Step 2? Snow is spread over the ice. Hot water heps smooth ruts. A arge bade digs into the ice. Excess ice is coected from the surface. 4 Which word means the same as whisking as used in Step 2? piing crushing dumping sweeping Student Booket: Language 2 17
Section D: Reading Grade 3, Spring 2012 5 Expain how the numbers on the diagram of the Zamboni hep the reader understand how the Zamboni works. Use detais from the text to support your answer. 6 Expain what coud happen if the Zamboni were not used during the breaks in a hockey game. Use detais from the text to support your answer. 18 Student Booket: Language 2
Grade 3, Spring 2012 Section D: Writing 7 Imagine that you have turned into a key. Write an adventure story describing where you go and what you do. Ideas for My Story Write your answer on the next page. Student Booket: Language 2 19
Section D: Writing Grade 3, Spring 2012 Write your story here. Remember to check your speing, grammar and punctuation. 20 Student Booket: Language 2
Grade 3, Spring 2012 Section D: Writing 8 Choose the sentence that is written correcty. Writing Mutipe-Choice At recess, the principa said, Remember the safety rues. At recess, the principa said, Remember the safety rues. At recess, the principa said, Remember the safety rues. At recess, the principa said, Remember the safety rues. 9 Choose the best order for the foowing sentences to make a paragraph. (1) The toonie is the most vauabe. (2) There are six different kinds of Canadian coins. (3) It is worth more than the other coins. (4) These coins are the penny, the nicke, the dime, the quarter, the oonie and the toonie. 1, 3, 2, 4 1, 4, 2, 3 2, 4, 1, 3 2, 3, 1, 4 a0 Choose the ist that correcty competes the sentence. This morning I packed many things in my backpack, incuding a ibrary book, a penci case my eraser and my journa. a ibrary book, a penci case, my eraser and my journa. a ibrary, book, a penci case my eraser, and my journa. a ibrary, book, a penci case, my eraser, and my journa. aa Which sentence adds the best detais to the foowing paragraph? Swimming is a great summer activity. My friends and I ike to swim every day. We pay in the water for a ong time. Swimming is great exercise. Buiding sandcastes is fun. The sun is sometimes bright. For our safety, an adut aways watches us. My friends and I aso ike to pay basketba. Student Booket: Language 2 21
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