Enhanced Assessment

NECAP Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) for End of Grade 2

Stand-Alone Reading Items #1-3
Sample Reading Items for End of Grade 2
Information about the Items
1. Which word has the SAME sound for "ow" as in down?

A. flour
B. bottle
C. slowly
D. going

Key: A

R-2-1.1 (vowel sounds, syllable types)

Item Type: MC - stand-alone

Alignment to GLE R-2-1.1: Applies word identification and decoding strategies by … Identifying regularly spelled multi-syllabic words, by using knowledge of sounds, syllable types, or word patterns (including most common spellings for consonants and vowels or common suffixes )

Depth of Knowledge: Level 1- Read words in isolation; Read multi-syllabic words
2. Choose the word that goes with the picture of the car.

[graphic of car driving on a city street]

A. sleeping
B. standing
C. driving
D. baking

Key: C

R-2-1.1 (vowel sounds, syllable types)

Item Type: MC - stand alone

Alignment to GLE R-2-1.1: Applies word identification and decoding strategies by … Identifying regularly spelled multi-syllabic words, by using knowledge of sounds, syllable types, or word patterns (including most common spellings for consonants and vowels or common suffixes)

Depth of Knowledge: Level 1- Read words in isolation; Read multi-syllabic words

3. Read the word in the box. Choose the picture that goes with the word.

bubbles

A. [graphic of balloon]
B. [graphic of boy]
C. [graphic of a bowl]
D. [graphic of bubbles]

 

Key: D

R-2-1.1 (vowel sounds, syllable types)

Item Type: MC - stand alone

Alignment to GLE R-2-1.1: Applies word identification and decoding strategies by … Identifying regularly spelled multi-syllabic words, by using knowledge of sounds, syllable types, or word patterns (including most common spellings for consonants and vowels or common suffixes )

Depth of Knowledge: Level 1- Read words in isolation; Read multi-syllabic words

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