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Oklahoma Core Curriculum Test 5 th Grade Item Specifications Reading
Oklahoma Core Curriculum Test
5th GradeItem Specifications
Reading
This slide show can be used in the “Who Wants
To Be A Millionaire” format
for student preparation
If you need help pronouncing a certain word, you would look in:
• A. A Almanac
• B. A Dictionary
• C. A Thesaurus
• D. An Encyclopedia
If you need help pronouncing a certain word, you would look in:
• B. A Dictionary
What would be a synonym for the word coat?
• A. Remove
• B. Jacket
• C. Brush
• D. Bump
What would be a synonym for the word coat?
• B. Jacket
What is a homonym for the word piece?
• A. Part
• B. Calm
• C. Section
• D. Peace
What is a homonym for the word piece?
• D. Peace
What is an antonym for the word night?
• A. Important
• B. Different
• C. Day
• D. Ordinary
What is an antonym for the word night?
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• C. Day
What is an antonym of the word salt?
• A. Ketchup
• B. Mustard
• C. Pepper
• D. Barbeque Sauce
What is an antonym of the word salt?
• C. Pepper
If you wanted to know how to say the word circus, you could
look in:• A. A Dictionary
• B. An Encyclopedia
• C. An Almanac
• D. A Thesaurus
If you wanted to know how to say the word circus, you could
look in:
• A. A Dictionary
Where would you look to find a word that means the same as
prize?• A. Atlas
• B. Encyclopedia
• C. Thesaurus
• D. Almanac
Where would you look to find a word that means the same as
prize?
• C. Thesaurus
Which list of words is listed in correct alphabetical order?
– A Pinky, Patty, Polly, Pamela
– B rabbit, real, robin, rule
– C clown, circus, could, can
– D tents, teacher, touched, tying
Which list of words is listed in correct alphabetical order?
• B rabbit, real, robin, rule
Which list of words is listed in correct alphabetical order?
• A. contest, corner, courage
• B. moment, motto, morning
• C. word, woman, would
• D. proud, prize, prune
Which list of words is listed in correct alphabetical order?
• A. contest, corner, courage
Which list of words is written in correct alphabetical order?
– A. frost, friend, freedom
– B. bright, break, broom
– C. judge, jump, just
– D. plan, pluck, please
Which list of words is written in correct alphabetical order?
• C. judge, jump, just
Between which two subjects would you find arrowheads in
your encyclopedia?
– A. ants and Apaches
– B. aardvarks and armor
– C. arenas and artists
– D. airplanes and almanacs
Between which two subjects would you find arrowheads in
your encyclopedia?
• C. arenas and artists
Between which two subjects would you find elephant in your
encyclopedia?
– A. eagle and ear
– B. elbow and elk
– C. ellipse and emu
– D. energy and engine
Between which two subjects would you find elephant in your
encyclopedia?
• B. elbow and elk
Between which two guide words would you find customer in
your dictionary?
– A. compact and crafty
– B. crowd and crystal
– C. cunning and current
– D. cushion and cycle
Between which two guide words would you find customer in
your dictionary?
• D. cushion and cycle
To find out what pages in your science book talk about
elephants, you would look in the:
– A. table of contents.
– B. glossary.
-- C. index.
– D. title page.
To find out what pages in your science book talk about
elephants, you would look in the:
• C. index.
Where would a student look to find the correct way to say the
word “pelican”?
• A. in the table of contents
• B. in the glossary
• C. on the title page
• D. at the chapter headings
Where would a student look to find the correct way to say the
word “pelican”?
• B. in the glossary
To find out which chapter in a science book talks about
pelicans, a student would look:
• A. in the glossary.
• B. in the index.
• C. on the title page.
• D. in the table of contents.
To find out which chapter in a science book talks about
pelicans, a student would look:
• D. in the table of contents.
Play Day
1 My Friend and I went out to play on a bright and sunny day.
We jumped and skipped, 5 and then we ran. We twirled and dipped and made a plan.
My friend and I went out to play. 10 It was fun to swing, swirl, and sway. __________________________________________________________________________________________
Lines two and three have the same sound at the end. What is this called?
– A. rhyme – B. rhythm – C. tone– D .beat
Play Day
1 My Friend and I went out to play on a bright and sunny day.
We jumped and skipped, 5 and then we ran. We twirled and dipped and made a plan.
My friend and I went out to play. 10 It was fun to swing, swirl, and sway. __________________________________________________________________________________________
Lines two and three have the same sound at the end. What is this called?
• A. rhyme
Play Day
1 My Friend and I went out to play on a bright and sunny day.
We jumped and skipped, 5 and then we ran. We twirled and dipped and made a plan.
My friend and I went out to play. 10 It was fun to swing, swirl, and sway.__________________________________________
In line 10, “swirl, swing, and sway” are examples of:
A. rhyme. B. rhythm.C. beat.D. alliteration.
Play Day
1 My Friend and I went out to play on a bright and sunny day.
We jumped and skipped, 5 and then we ran. We twirled and dipped and made a plan.
My friend and I went out to play. 8 It was fun to swing, swirl, and sway.__________________________________________
In line 8, “swirl, swing, and sway” are examples of:
D. alliteration.
Play Day
1 My Friend and I went out to play on a bright and sunny day.
We jumped and skipped, 5 and then we ran. We twirled and dipped and made a plan.
My friend and I went out to play. 8 It was fun to swing, swirl, and sway._______________________________________
Which lines from the poem rhyme? A. 1 and 3B. 2 and 3 C. 4 and 5 D . 4 and 6
Play Day
1 My Friend and I went out to play on a bright and sunny day.
We jumped and skipped, 5 and then we ran. We twirled and dipped and made a plan.
My friend and I went out to play. 8 It was fun to swing, swirl, and sway._______________________________________
Which lines from the poem rhyme?
B. 2 and 3
If you want to find out how to spell a word properly, you would
look in:
• A. A Dictionary
• B. An Almanac
• C. An Atlas
• D. A Thesaurus
If you want to find out how to spell a word properly, you would
look in:
• A. A Dictionary
A book of facts published annually is known as:
• A. A Dictionary
• B. An Almanac
• C. An Encyclopedia
• D. An Atlas
A book of facts published annually is known as:
• B. An Almanac
If you wanted to know which states border Nebraska, you
would look in:
• A. An Atlas
• B. An Almanac
• C. A Dictionary
• D. A Thesaurus
If you wanted to know which states border Nebraska, you
would look in:
• A. An Atlas
If you wanted to know which state has the least amount of
rain, you would look in a:
• A. Dictionary
• B. Encyclopedia
• C. Atlas
• D. Almanac
If you wanted to know which state has the least amount of
rain, you would look in a:
• D. Almanac
The words lovely, and pretty, are examples of:
• A. Antonyms
• B. Synonyms
• C. Homonyms
The words lovely, and pretty, are examples of:
• B. Synonyms
The words here and hear are examples of:
• A. Antonyms
• B. Homonyms
• C. Synonyms
The words here and hear are examples of:
• B. Homonyms
Between which two guide words would you find the word eat in a
dictionary?
• A. Each and Earth
• B. Earthquake and Eccentric
• C. Echo and Edition
• D. Editor and Either
Between which two guide words would you find the word eat in a
dictionary?
• B. Earthquake and Eccentric
Between which two guidewords would you find the word green in
a dictionary?
• A. Grandchild and Grassland
• B. Greet and Gristle
• C. Grate and Greenhouse
• D. None of the above
Between which two guidewords would you find the word green in
a dictionary?
• C. Grate and Greenhouse
Between what two guidewords would you find the term polka
dot, in a dictionary?
• A. Polar and Pollen
• B. Point and Poker
• C. Plump and Poinsettia
• D. Pollinate and Pony
Between what two guidewords would you find the term polka
dot, in a dictionary?
• A. Polar and Pollen
Which of these could you find out by using an Encyclopedia?
• A. A story about an athlete wanting
to go to the Olympics.• B. How & when the Olympics began.• C. Where the Olympics will be held
next. • D. What the mascots will be for the
next Olympics.
Which of these could you find out by using an Encyclopedia?
• B. How & when the Olympics began.
