Lesson 8
w e e k ly t e s t s 8 . 1 0
Name Date
A Musical Day
Comprehension Comprehension
Answer Numbers 1 through 10. Base your answers
on the story “A Musical Day.”
1 What takes place at the START of the story?
Aunt Viv sings.
Tom makes a drum.
Mom and Dad pack.
2 How do the kids feel about Aunt Viv coming?
glad
mad
sad
3 What takes place AFTER Aunt Viv comes?
The kids get a hug.
The kids make a hat.
The kids play guitars.
Read To the teacher: Read the directions and questions with children.
Together
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Lesson 8
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Name Date
A Musical Day
Comprehension
4 What takes place BEFORE Glen and Meg come?
Viv packs a bag.
Mom and Dad come back.
The kids and Viv clap, hop, and sing.
5 What takes place BEFORE Aunt Viv opens her bag?
Glen and Meg come.
Aunt Viv plays a guitar.
Aunt Viv gets out a box.
6 What takes place AFTER Aunt Viv opens her bag?
The kids sing.
The kids dance.
The kids make guitars and drums.
7 What takes place at the END of the story?
Aunt Viv has to go.
All the kids are in a band.
Mom and Dad play the drums.
Sequence of Events, Narrator,
Anchor Text 33 Grade 1, Unit 2
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Lesson 8
w e e k ly t e s t s 8 . 1 2
Name Date
A Musical Day
Comprehension
8 What can you tell about Aunt Viv?
She sings well.
She likes music.
She plays a guitar.
9 Who is the narrator of this story?
Aunt Viv
a kid
Mom
10 What does the narrator do?
tells the story
hears the story
makes up the story
Mark Student Reading Level:
STOP
____ Independent ____ Instructional ____ Listening
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Lesson 8
w e e k ly t e s t s 8 . 1 3
Name Date
A Musical Day
Phonics Phonics
Answer Numbers 1 through 10. Choose the best
word to complete each sentence.
1 “Would you like to make a ?” Ned said.
black
club
flip
2 “Our friends on the can come play,
too,” said Rick.
block
flick
plug
3 The friends how to make it.
clap
glass
plan
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Together
Blends with l 35 Grade 1, Unit 2
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Lesson 8
w e e k ly t e s t s 8 . 1 4
Name Date
A Musical Day
Phonics
4 They add a to it.
flag
plus
slim
5 Ned and Rick are they have a club!
flat
glad
slap
6 Ming is on top of a hill.
class
flop
slick
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Lesson 8
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Name Date
A Musical Day
Phonics
7 The hill is like .
clip
glass
plug
8 Ming has a .
block
plop
sled
9 Look at her on the hill!
clock
plus
slip
10 See her hat !
clop
flap
slug
STOP
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