School Improvement in Maryland

Answer Key Reading Grade 5 Public Release Items - Released March 2009

MSA Item Number Answer Grade Objectives Assessed
1 B 5 1.D.3.a Use context to determine the meanings of words
2 A 5 1.D.3.a Use context to determine the meanings of words
3 C 5 1.D.3.a Use context to determine the meanings of words
4 D 5 1.D.3.a Use context to determine the meanings of words
5 A 5 1.D.3.a Use context to determine the meanings of words
6 D 5 1.D.3.a Use context to determine the meanings of words
7 C 5 1.D.3.a Use context to determine the meanings of words
8 B 5 2.A.4.d Summarize or paraphrase
9 5 2.A.6.b Identify and explain additions or changes to format or text features that would make the text easier to understand
10 C 5 2.A.4.c State and support main ideas and messages
11 5 2.A.4.f Identify and explain relationships between and among ideas such as comparison/contrast, cause/effect, sequence/chronology
12 D 5 2.A.4.i Identify and explain how someone might use the text
13 5 2.A.4.c State and support main ideas and messages
14 C 5 2.A.4.g Draw conclusions and inferences and make generalizations and predictions from text
15 A 5 3.A.2.b Identify and explain how graphic aids such as pictures and illustrations, punctuation, print features contribute to meaning
16 B 5 3.A.6.d Summarize
17 C 5 3.A.7.b Identify and explain specific words and phrases that contribute to meaning
18 D 5 3.A.3.d Analyze characterization
19 5 3.A.3.c Identify and describe the setting and the mood and explain how the setting affects the characters and the mood
20 A 5 3.A.3.e Identify and explain relationships between and among characters, setting, and events
21 A 5 3.A.3.e Identify and explain relationships between and among characters, setting, and events
22 5 3.A.3.e Identify and explain relationships between and among characters, setting, and events
23 B 5 3.A.3.g Identify and describe the narrator