ISTEP+ Spring 2011 Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress Plus Mathematics English/Language Arts Grade 3 Web Version
Use only a Number 2 pencil to respond to the questions in this book. Responses written in pen CANNOT be scored. Acknowledgments: CTB is indebted to the following for permission to use material in this book. Adaptation of Clara and the Fox Family by Bonnie Bisbee from Your Big Backyard Magazine s March 1988 issue, copyright 1988 by Bonnie Bisbee. Used by permission of the author. All brand and product names found in this publication are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies and are not associated with the publisher of this publication. Developed and published under contract with State of Indiana Department of Education by CTB/McGraw-Hill LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 20 Ryan Ranch Road, Monterey, California 93940-5703. Copyright 2011 by State of Indiana Department of Education. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of State of Indiana Department of Education. Printed in U.S.A. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 REL 13 12 11 10
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Note: A correct answer cannot receive full credit if no work is shown. Since you may receive partial credit for all problems in this test, it is important to show ALL work in the spaces provided in this book. When you see the words Show All Work, be sure to show all the steps needed to solve the problem make your handwriting clear and easy to read write the answer on the answer line As you complete each problem, remember to READ the problem carefully PLAN how to solve the problem SOLVE the problem showing all steps CHECK your work Page
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Session 1 Session 1: Mathematics 1 Ben, Mike, and Tyler collect baseball cards and hockey cards. The chart below shows the number of sports cards each boy has collected. Name Sports Cards Number of Baseball Cards Number of Hockey Cards Ben 84 47 Mike 58 79 Tyler 72 62 List the names of the boys by the total number of cards each has in order from GREATEST to LEAST. Show All Work Answer,, Page
Session 1 2 Dawn packed bags of apple slices for her hiking trip. She divided 18 total slices equally into 3 bags. How many apple slices did she put in each bag? Show All Work Answer apple slices When Dawn stopped to rest, she ate her first bag of apple slices and gave 1 bag of apple slices to her brother. She divides the remaining apple slices equally into 2 more bags. Now, how many apple slices will she put in each bag? Show All Work Page Answer apple slices
Session 1 3 Josh has the base-ten blocks shown below. Ann gives him 19 MORE ones blocks. In the place-value charts below, write TWO DIFFERENT ways to show the total number of base-ten blocks Josh has now. Show All Work Hundreds Tens Ones 5 Hundreds Tens Ones Page
Session 1 4 Sharon s violin teacher wants her to practice a total of 2 hours a week. If she practices for 30 minutes a day, how many days a week will Sharon need to practice to follow her teacher s directions? Show All Work Answer days So far this week, Sharon has practiced the amount of time listed in the chart below. Day Practice Time Monday 15 minutes Tuesday 20 minutes Wednesday 20 minutes Thursday 30 minutes Friday minutes Page 10
Session 1 How many minutes will Sharon need to practice on Friday to reach a total of 2 hours for the week? Write your answer in the chart on page 10. Show All Work If Sharon practices from 3:30 to 3:50 for 5 days next week, will she have practiced 2 hours? Use words, numbers, or symbols to explain why or why not. STOP! STOP! STOP! STOP! STOP! Page 11
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Whenever you see this picture, you will be doing a writing activity. Your writing will be scored on how clearly you write and how well you get your ideas across. Your writing will not be scored on your personal opinions. Be sure to check your writing for correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. NOTE: Only your writing on the lined pages in this book will be scored. Page 14
Session 2 Session 2: English/Language Arts 1 A Day of Perfect Weather Read the writing prompt below and complete the writing activity. Jump out of bed! Look out the window! It is a perfectweather day! Write a story about a day when the weather seemed perfect. Prewriting Activity Use the space on the next page to help you plan your story. Be sure your story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Be sure to include details in your story to make it interesting. Here are some questions to help you think about your story: What is the weather like? What will you do during the day? How does the day end? If you need more paper to plan your writing, ask your teacher. Page 15
Session 2 Use the blank Prewriting/Planning space below for notes, lists, webs, outlines, or anything else that might help you plan your writing. If you need additional paper for planning, raise your hand and your teacher will give you more paper. You must write your final draft on the lines beginning at the top of the next page. Prewriting/Planning Page 16
Session 2 Use the Editing Checklist on page 19. Check your story for correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. Remember, your story should be well organized. Title: Page 17
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Session 2 Now check your writing using this Editing Checklist. Editing Checklist 1 Have you started each sentence with a capital letter? 2 Have you capitalized names of people and places? 3 Have you used correct punctuation? 4 Have you spelled all words correctly? 5 Does the action word (verb) of your sentence agree with the subject? Examples: Tom plays at the park. They play at the park. 6 Have you used the correct form of your action words (verbs)? Examples: Jan plays today. Jan played yesterday. Jan will play tomorrow. 7 Have you written complete sentences? STOP! STOP! STOP! STOP! STOP! STOP Page 19
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Session 3 Session 3: English/Language Arts Whenever you see this picture, you will be doing a writing activity. Your writing will be scored on how clearly you write and how well you get your ideas across. Your writing will not be scored on your personal opinions. Be sure to check your writing for correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. NOTE: Only your writing on the lined pages in this book will be scored. Directions For Session 3, you will read a story called Clara and the Fox Family and complete Numbers 1 through 3. You may look back at the story as often as you like. Then you will complete a writing activity. Page 22
Session 3 Clara and the Fox Family by Bonnie Bisbee Guess I ll plow that back section of the farm today, Dad said. We ve grown corn in the front section for two years now. The back twenty acres haven t been plowed for a long time. But Dad, exclaimed Clara, you can t! A family of foxes lives in the middle of that field. I ve seen the babies playing outside their den. Their mother and father rest beside them and watch. The foxes can find a new place to live, Clara, said Mom. The work on the farm must go on. Dad didn t say anything else. He never did say much. Telling them about his plans to plow the back twenty acres of their farm had just about used up all his talk. But halfway out the back door he added, Guess I ll get to work now. Clara and her brother Jim cleared the table and did the dishes. Mom got ready to go to town. It was Saturday. Jim decided to go with Mom. But for once Clara didn t feel like going to town. She went outside and whistled for Laddie, one of the farm s collies. They headed for the woods, keeping well away from the back twenty. Usually Clara loved the way the woods smelled. It was a musty, exciting smell. Many times she tagged along as Laddie went on a sniffing expedition. She knew he could smell dozens of little smells where her nose caught only one. Clara wished she had a nose like Laddie s. Today she walked without really smelling or seeing anything. Soon they came upon a mother deer and her beautiful spotted Page 23
Session 3 fawn. But Clara hardly noticed. The deer and fawn gazed at her and Laddie for a full thirty seconds before bounding away. The foxes were all that Clara could think of. They lived near some rocks in the middle of the big green field, the back twenty acres that Dad was plowing. She kept remembering the round, furry forms of the baby foxes. She kept thinking of the way they came tumbling and rolling out of their den. How frightened the fox family would be today! They would be terrified by the growl of the tractor coming closer and closer. Would they have sense enough to run away to the woods? What if they hid in their den and the tractor pushed dirt over the entrance? They might be buried alive! Hearing the distant sound of her father s tractor didn t help Clara s mood. Oh, Laddie, she cried. She buried her face in the collie s soft fur. All day Clara wandered in the woods. When she came home for dinner, her family was already at the table. Clara sat down with her eyes red from crying. She didn t eat much and she didn t say a word. After supper Dad stood up. Clara, he said, come outside. I have something to show you. Clara got up and followed her father. But she still had nothing to say. What was there to talk about when the foxes home had been ruined? Clara walked along behind her father. She didn t even notice where they were going. She didn t even notice the beautiful golden light of the spring evening. Finally Dad stopped. Look, he said. Clara looked around. There was the back twenty. And it looked just as she knew it would brown rows of freshly plowed earth. But wait a minute! A beautiful green island had been left in the very middle of the big field. Page 24
Oh, Dad! she exclaimed. You saved the foxes home. As she watched, several plump, red fox-pup shapes tumbled out of their den. In the last rosy light of day the young foxes began to play. Then two larger and more graceful red forms came out of the den. It was the parent foxes, quietly watching over their young. Thanks, Dad, said Clara softly, holding her father s hand. Session 3 Had to plow around the rocks anyway, said Dad smiling. Besides, now the foxes are working for me. They ll help keep the mice out of the cornfield. Clara giggled and hugged her dad. And he hugged Clara right back. Page 25
Session 3 1 Explain the MAIN problem in the story. Tell how the problem is solved. Support your answer with details from the story. 2 Clara s dad plans to plow the back section of the farm. How does that make Clara feel? What does she do? Support your answer with details from the story. Page 26
Session 3 3 Describe Clara s dad in the story. Support your answer with details from the story. Page 27
Session 3 4 Read this story. Then complete the writing activity that follows. A Special Gift Mark s party was the best one he ever had! For once, all of his friends could come. His grandmother had really worked hard on the decorations. The best part of the whole day, though, was when his grandmother gave him his present. As he reached inside the heavy box, he heard a squeak. He pulled his hands back. What was in there? He reached in again and felt something warm and soft. A puppy! He had been asking for a puppy for months. He couldn t believe his grandmother had given him a new best friend. Pretend that you have received a special gift. Write a description of the gift and tell who gave it to you. Be sure to include details to support your writing. Page 28
Use the blank Prewriting/Planning space below for notes, lists, webs, outlines, or anything else that might help you plan your writing. If you need additional paper for planning, raise your hand and your teacher will give you more paper. You must write your final draft on the lines beginning at the top of the next page. Prewriting/Planning Session 3 Page 29
Session 3 Use the Editing Checklist on page 31. Check your writing for correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. Remember, your writing should be well organized. Page 30
Session 3 Now check your writing using this Editing Checklist. Editing Checklist 1 Have you started each sentence with a capital letter? 2 Have you capitalized names of people and places? 3 Have you used correct punctuation? 4 Have you spelled all words correctly? 5 Does the action word (verb) of your sentence agree with the subject? Examples: Tom plays at the park. They play at the park. 6 Have you used the correct form of your action words (verbs)? Examples: Jan plays today. Jan played yesterday. Jan will play tomorrow. 7 Have you written complete sentences? STOP! STOP! STOP! STOP! STOP! STOP Page 31
Applied Skills Assessment Mathematics English/Language Arts Grade 3