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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

In which word does the letter c have the same sound as it does in the word cabin?

Cabin

  1. cellar
  2. doctor
  3. race

Correct Answer
B. doctor
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