Rhoades To Reading
Assessment
This
assessment may be given individually or in a group setting. There is no
mandated time limit for this assessment. After giving instructions, the
instructor may not answer any content questions.
Instructions:
Step 1. Read the assessment directions aloud to the
class and instruct students to complete items one (1) through thirty-five (35).
Step 2. Read the assessment directions aloud to the
class and instruct students to complete items thirty-six (36) through sixty
(60).
After
students have completed items one (1) through sixty (60), total the correct answers. Use the chart below to
place the student in the in the appropriate chapter.
Number
Correct Grade Level Begin Instruction At This
Level
10
or less K
- 2.5 Level I
11
- 20 2.6
- 4.5 Level II
21
- 30 4.6
- 6.5 Level III
31
- 40 6.6
- 8.9 Level IV
41
- 50 Anthology Level V
8.9-10.0
Comprehension
Practice
51
- 60 Teacher’s
judgment
(Program
may not be required)
Reading Answer Key:
1=c 2=a 3=e 4=b 5=d 6=b 7=a 8=a 9=b 10=a 11=c 12=d
13=c 14=d 15=a 16=a 17=a 18=d 19=d 20=d 21=c 22=a 23=a 24=d
25=d 26=c 27=c 28=d 29=a 30=d 31=c 32=e 33=a 34=d 35=c
Spelling Answer Key:
36=a 37=c 38=b 39=d 40=d 41=d 42=b 43=a 44=c 45=b 46=d 47=e 48=b
49=d 50=a 51=c 52=d 53=b 54=b 55=a 56=c 57=a 58=c 59=c 60=a
Name: (Please Print)
_________________________________ Date: ____________ Class Period: ____
Directions: Choose a word from the list below each
sentence to complete the sentences.
1. Jan ____ on the beach.
a. bought
b. clean
c. walked
d. direction
e. none of
the above
2. I will go to the ____ to get a book.
a. library
b. green
c. crib
d. English
e. none of
the above
3. Do you have a ____ for the play?
a. splash
b. splice
c. sprang
d. squad
e. none of
the above
4. I have the ____ to earn a living.
a. money
b. ability
c. friends
d. didn’t
e. none of
the above
5. Hank ____ back against the tree.
a. switched
b. scratched
c. walked
d. leaned
e. none of
the above
6. My father will fix the broken ____ pipe.
a. paint
b. drain
c. spray
d. summer
e. none of
the above
7. It
is quite a ____ to run six miles.
a. feat
b. tweed
c. spree
d. wheeze
e. none of
the above
8.
Does Sue have a ____ to cut this rope?
a. knife
b. ghoul
c. ghastly
d. roast
e. none of
the above
9. Do
you know how to ____ good hamburgers?
a. crook
b. cook
c. brook
d. roost
e. none of
the above
10. We will need a ____ to help us see after the
sun
sets.
a.
flashlight
b.
schoolhouse
c. baseman
d. fireworks
e. none of
the above
11. My heart was ____ so fast I thought it would
explode.
a. hitting
b. flying
c. pounding
d. perching
e. none of
the above
12. I ____ some kind of whispering noise from
across the
room.
a. herd
b. felt
c. believe
d. heard
e. none of
the above
13. To raise something high is to ____.
a. join
b. joist
c. hoist
d. blew
e. none of the above
14. The clouds covered the
city like a ____.
a. couch
b. trout
c. vouch
d. shroud
e. none of the above
15. I ____ the shirts and pants by putting them
in separate piles.
a. sorted
b. watered
c. showing
d. glowing
e. none of the above
16. Who will be ____ the turkey this
Thanksgiving?
a. carving
b. pruning
c. wasting
d. mining
e. none of the above
17. The boy was ____ to his father’s guests.
a. attentive
b. adhesive
c. detective
d. incentive
e. none of
the above
18. My power bill is ____ on the first of the
month.
a. useable
b. believable
c. salable
d. payable
e. none of the above
19. The houses were ____ placed on the barren
countryside.
a. tamely
b. sincerely
c. largely
d. sparsely
e. none f the above
20. The ____ of the wind grew as the storm
approached the shore.
a. gizzard
b. rarity
c. hostility
d. velocity
e. none of the above
21. We felt nothing but ____ when the last day of
school was completed.
a. cinders
b. bass
c. bliss
d. gust
e. none of the above
22. Someone who can paint pictures with great
skill is called an ____ person.
a. artistic
b. classic
c. atmospheric
d. historic
e. none of the above
23. When the air is damp it is said to have a lot
of ____.
a. humidity
b. community
c. molecule
d. acute
e. none of the above
24. The Babylonians sought the ____ of the sage.
a. council
b. coarse
c. course
d. counsel
e. none of the above
25. It is good to use ____ examples when trying
to explain ideas that are hard to
understand.
a. semimonthly
b. unicellular
c. superpower
d. illustrative
e. none of the above
26. His run-down shack was about the worst
looking ____ in these parts.
a. valise
b. garden
c. abode
d. Stetson
e. none of the above
27. Demonstrating intense anger, Bluejay ____ at
his brother-in-law.
a. smiled
b. legend
c. scowled
d. laughed
e. none of the above
28. I think someone _____ the ‘gator’ in the
Everglades.
a. wheedled
b. minced
c. persuaded
d. bagged
e. none of the above
29. Every morning he’d direct his ___ to the
other side of the street and pass them
without looking.
a. gaze
b. strident
c. schedule
d. disdain
e. none of the above
30. The dawn was breaking on a dark, damp and
____ day.
a. drowned
b. completion
c. pittance
d. dismal
e. none of the above
31. The phrase echoed loudly inside of me, ____
up the same stomach churning emotion as the ominous phrase “you have a cavity.”
a. avoiding
b. earnestly
c. conjuring
d. provoked
e. none of the above
32. Young Marcus Julius Dedius ____ in a small,
rough walled room, a room that was not part of his grandfather’s house.
a. ostracized
b. chastised
c. affluent
d. focus
e. none of the above
33. It is ____ to most Americans that people in
other nations often define human rights almost exclusively as those that
sustain life - the right to adequate food, medical care, a home, education and
a job.
a. surprising
b. unicellular
c. fragrant
d. insured
e. none of the above.
34. Huge government ____by nations around the
world support creation of ever-larger, better equipped and more efficient
fishing fleets.
a. buildings
b. territories
c. sustainable
d. subsidies
e. none of the above
35. Eels have been surveyed to ascend floodgates
of lochs, to creep up water drains, and to make a circuit over a wet piece of
land to ____ a desirable spot.
a. synthesize
b. destination
c. attain
d. sensitize
e. none of the above.
Directions:
Choose the sentence in which the underlined word is not spelled
correctly.
36.
a. My mother is beautifful.
b. He had to study very
hard.
c. I have had enough to
eat.
d. I like to write with
a pen.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly
37.
a. I will get the truck.
b. I have had enough to
drink.
c. Rob smelleded hot
dogs.
d. Mother decided to buy
fresh shark.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly.
38.
a.She went straight to school.
b. How many Spanish words do
you now?
c. It is warm on the beach.
d. I can tell she is young.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly.
39.
a. We like to walk in the corn
field.
b. Hank began to trim the
trees.
c. What is the price of
that roast?
d. Would you pleeze give
me some milk?
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly.
40.
a. The child began to
draw a frog.
b. A turtle walks slowly.
c. Hank lived in that
apartment for a while.
d. The elk are begining
to graze here.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly.
41.
a. Sam will fix the broken drain
pipe.
b. Can I help you with the
heavy load?
c. They say May is a saint because
she does so many fine things.
d. Angelica whant to
Mexico on her vacation.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly
42.
a. Leather costs a lot
of money.
b. The weatherman said it is
going to raine today.
c. Are you ready to go
to school?
d. The blue thread in on
the chest.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly
43.
a. Our new refrigerator
ceeps the milk very cold.
b. The sailor sounded as if he
was ready to spend some time on land.
c. Jan did knock several
times!
d. We ate cake specially decorated
for my aunt Angie and my sister Clara.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly.
44.
a. The wood burning in the fireplace
brought the aroma of pine into our living room.
b. I like to shoot hoops at the
school near my house.
c. Our teacher said she wood
like us to sing in harmony.
d. The train will be here
at noon.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly.
45.
a. Do we
have all the ingredients for the whitesauce?
b. The carpenter had to craul
under the house to shore up the walls.
c. When putting a nail into
wood, you must hit it with a hammer.
d. Someone who grows crops
is called a farmer.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly.
46.
a. Buddy and Hank put their
hands over their ears as they listened to the fireworks explode.
b. A scow is a flat boat
used to carry such things as coal and wood.
c. As he was getting ready for
the show, the clown put blue makeup and a big red nose on his face.
d. Bob’s dog hert his
paw when he walked on the rocks.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly.
47.
a. To praise is to laud.
b. A place to store money is a
vault.
c. We need to haul this
trash to the dump.
d. The orange blossoms
were in bloom.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly.
48.
a. To raise something high is
to hoist.
b. Weather I like it or not, I will
have to paint the kitchen.
c. We ate clam chowder
for dinner last night.
d. Brian tugged and
twisted the rope until it broke loose from the rock.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly.
49.
a. An owl is a fowl
about two feet tall with a big head, big eyes and a short beak.
b. The birds flew South
for the winter.
c. The door was stuck
because the hinges had rusted shut.
d. Rob felt a great deel
of affection for his family.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly.
50.
a. Hank said he new the
library books were overdue; however, he could not find them.
b. The falling tree struck
the apartment building.
c. Hungry and looking for food, the
bobcat began to prowl the woods.
d. Our refrigerator made a
shrill sound before it stopped working.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly.
51.
a. The intensity of the
sunlight made it hard to see the road.
b. The faithful dog tried to repel
the wolves.
c. The intence storm
caused flooding.
d. We have a semimonthly
car payment.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly.
52.
a. Sticky tape used in bandages
or glue is known as adhesive.
b. A person traveling
for fun is called a tourist.
c. The pirates held the
soldiers captive on their ship.
d. A watch with defectiv parts will not keep time.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly.
53.
a. The office of the President
of the United States is an elective
office.
b. The principal gave a direective
not to chew gum.
c. An active volcano may erupt
at any time.
d. The little boy had few
friends because he was considered aggressive.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly.
54.
a. We were
surprised we had the endurance to climb to the top of the mountain.
b. There is no admishion to the park after dark.
c. The spot on your dress is
not noticeable.
d. The people next door caused
such a disturbance that someone called the police.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly.
55.
a. David said his family gives
each child an alowance from the family income.
b. Please proof this before I
write another word.
c. Because of the heavy rains,
there was an abundance of fruits and vegetables.
d. George held his decision in abeyance
until he received more information.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly.
56.
a. It is a good idea to use illustrative
examples when trying to explain ideas that are hard to understand.
b. Jesse said his acquaintance
with Mrs. Frank started when he began taking music lessons.
c. The state or condition of
being angry, feeling uneasy or disliking something is anoyance.
d. That is an outrageous
price for a hamburger.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly.
57.
a. No matter how troublesome
the problem, we should try to forj a workable answer.
b. The mayor said his integrity
would be tarnished if he accepted the gift.
c. It is hazardous to
put your finger in the blender when it is running.
d. A spring that spouts a
column of hot water is a geyser.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly.
58.
a. Harry was always attentive
to his homework because he needed good grades to get into college.
b. Someone who believes only
good things will happen is called an optimist.
c. A human body that has been
taken over by machine is called a cyborge.
d. Bronze is made by the fusion
of copper and tin.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly.
59.
a. Because of bad atmospheric
conditions we couldn’t see the stars.
b. Saving the child from the
fire was a heroic thing to do.
c. The creation of the gasoline
motor led to the invension of the car.
d. Without an umbrella we will
have no protection from the rain.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly.
60.
a. After a two hour discusion,
the members of the club seemed to be near a decision.
b. Because of traffic congestion
I was late to class.
c. The man’s assertion
that he was not guilty was believed by the jury.
d. The cynic believed
everyone who gave him a gift wanted one in return.
e. All of the above words are
spelled correctly.
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