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Sample Item
Selected Response Item for Grade 3

Standard 1.0 General Reading Processes

Topic B. Phonics
Students will apply their knowledge of letter/sound relationships and word structure to decode unfamiliar words.

Indicator 1. Use a variety of phonetic skills to read unfamiliar words

Objective a. Apply phonics skills

Assessment limits:

  • Hard and soft consonants
  • Initial consonant blends (2 letters)
  • Open and closed syllables
  • Digraphs
Look at the word with the underlined letters. The underlined letters stand for a sound. Decide which of the other three words has the same sound in it. Then mark the space for the answer you have chosen.

sure

  1. silver
  2. crash
  3. pass

Correct Answer
B. crash
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