1、Directions for Administering the Theme TestsThemes 1 and 2 TestReading ComprehensionRead each passage aloud to children.Following each passage,read the questions and answer choices aloud to children.Phonics/SpellingRead each item and answer choice aloud to children.Pause after reading each item whil
2、e children mark their answers.Say:Put your finger by the Sample.Look at the three pictures.I will tell you a sound to listen for.Then I will name the three pictures while you listen carefully.Choose the picture that has the sound I tell you.Which pictures name has the/o/sound?pot?rat?ten?Fill in the
3、 answer circle under the picture that has the/o/sound in its name.Pause while children mark their answers.Pot has the/o/sound.You should have filled in the answer circle under the picture of the pot.11.Which pictures name has the/a/sound?log?jet?cap?Fill in the answer circle under the picture that h
4、as the/a/sound.1.Which pictures name has the/i/sound?bus?sit?cat?Fill in the answer circle under the picture that has the/i/sound.1.Which pictures name has the/o/sound?box?map?pig?Fill in the answer circle under the picture that has the/o/sound.14.Which pictures name has the/a/sound?mop?bun?rat?Fill
5、 in the answer circle under the picture that has the/a/sound.15.Which pictures name has the/i/sound?top?zip?jug?Fill in the answer circle under the picture that has the/i/sound.Put your finger on the picture of the pan in the Sample.Next to the picture you see three words in a row.Find the word that
6、 names the picture.Which word is pan?Fill in the answer circle under the word pan.Pause while children mark their answers.The second word in the row is pan,and it names the picture.You should have filled in the answer circle under the second word,pan.16.Find the picture of a lock.Which word is lock?
7、Fill in the answer circle under the word lock.17.Find the picture of a hit.Which word is hit?Fill in the answer circle under the word hit.18.Find the picture of a fan.Which word is fan?Fill in the answer circle under the word fan.19.Find the picture of someone who is sick.Which word is sick?Fill in
8、the answer circle under the word sick.0.Find the picture of a mop.Which word is mop?Fill in the answer circle under the word mop.Harcourt Grade 1T5Directions for Administering the Theme TestsLook at the letters in the Sample.Next to the letters you see three pictures in a row.Which pictures name end
9、s with the sound the letters stand for?sip?stick?sun?Fill in the answer circle under the picture with the name that ends with the sound the letters stand for.Pause while children mark their answers.The word stick ends with the sound the letters ck stand for.You should have filled in the answer circl
10、e under the picture of the stick.1.Look at the letters.Which pictures name ends with the sound the letters stand for?dig?dog?duck?Fill in the answer circle under the picture with the name that ends with the sound the letters stand for.Look at the letters.Which pictures name ends with the sound the l
11、etters stand for?rock?rod?rob?Fill in the answer circle under the picture with the name that ends with the sound the letters stand for.Put your finger by the Sample.You will read the sentence.The sentence has a blank in it that shows where a word is missing.Look at the three words below the sentence
12、 by the answer circles.You will look for the correct form of the word to fill the blank in the sentence.Pause while children mark their answers.The first word,picked,is the correct form of the word to use in the sentence.He picked up the box.You should have filled in the answer circle beside the fir
13、st word,picked.For items 23-26,read each item and answer choice aloud to children.Pause after reading each item while children mark their answers.Put your finger by the Sample.Read the sentence.The sentence has a word in it that is underlined.Read the three answers below the sentence by the answer c
14、ircles.You will look for the answer that means the same as the underlined word in the sentence.Work the Sample now.Pause while children mark their answers.The second answer,He is,means the same as the underlined word in the sentence.He is at the pond means the same as hes at the pond.You should have
15、 filled in the circle beside the second answer,He is.For items 27-30,read each item and answer choice aloud to children.Pause after reading each item while children mark their answers.High-Frequency WordsWork the Sample with children.Then read each item and answer choice aloud to children.Pause afte
16、r reading each item while children mark their answers.Robust VocabularyRead each item and answer choice aloud to children.Pause after reading each item while children mark their answers.GrammarRead each item and answer choice aloud to children.Pause after reading each item while children mark their
17、answers.Harcourt Grade 1T6Directions for Administering the Theme TestsTheme 3 TestReading ComprehensionRead each passage aloud to children.Following each passage,read the questions and answer choices aloud to children.Phonics/SpellingRead each item and answer choice aloud to children.Pause after rea
18、ding each item while children mark their answers.Say:Put your finger by the Sample.Look at the three pictures.I will tell you a sound to listen for.Then I will name the three pictures while you listen closely.Choose the picture whose name has the sound I tell you.Which pictures name has the/e/sound?
19、sun?bed?hat?Fill in the answer circle under the picture that has the/e/sound in its name.Pause while children mark their answers.Bed has the/e/sound.You should have filled in the answer circle under the picture of the bed.11.Which pictures name has the/u/sound?cup?pig?can?Fill in the answer circle u
20、nder the picture that has the/u/sound.1.Which pictures name has the/e/sound?dog?jet?rug?Fill in the answer circle under the picture that has the/e/sound.1.Which pictures name has the/u/sound?wig?ham?bug?Fill in the answer circle under the picture that has the/u/sound.14.Which pictures name has the/r
21、/sound?fork?fox?frog?Fill in the answer circle under the picture that has the/r/sound.Put your finger on the picture of the horn in the Sample.Next to the picture you see three words in a row.Find the word that names the picture.Which word is horn?Fill in the answer circle under the word horn.The th
22、ird word in the row is horn,and it names the picture.You should have filled in the answer circle under the third word,horn.15.Find the picture of the pen.Which word is pen?Fill in the answer circle under the word pen.16.Find the picture of a hut.Which word is hut?Fill in the answer circle under the
23、word hut.17.Find the picture of corn.Which word is corn?Fill in the answer circle under the word corn.Look at the letters in the Sample.Next to the letters you see three pictures in a row.Which pictures name begins with the sound the letters stand for?ship?sled?sun?Fill in the answer circle under th
24、e picture with the name that begins with the sound the letters stand for.The word sled begins with the sound the letters sl stand for.You should have filled in the answer circle under the picture of the sled.18.Look at the letters.Which pictures name begins with the sound the letters stand for?skunk
25、?shell?stamp?Fill in the answer circle under the picture with the name that begins with the sound the letters stand for.Harcourt Grade 1T7Directions for Administering the Theme Tests19.Look at the letters.Which pictures name begins with the sound the letters stand for?brick?stick?box?Fill in the ans
26、wer circle under the picture with the name that begins with the sound the letters stand for.0.Look at the letters.Which pictures name begins with the sound the letters stand for?glass?grass?gum?Fill in the answer circle under the picture with the name that begins with the sound the letters stand for
27、.1.Look at the letters.Which pictures name begins with the sound the letters stand for?clap?cup?crab?Fill in the answer circle under the picture with the name that begins with the sound the letters stand for.Look at the letters.Which pictures name begins with the sound the letters stand for?six?sun?
28、swim?Fill in the answer circle under the picture with the name that begins with the sound the letters stand for.Now you will answer questions about ending sounds.Look at the letters.Which pictures name ends with the sound the letters stand for?brush?bat?bus?Fill in the answer circle under the pictur
29、e with the name that ends with the sound the letters stand for.4.Look at the letters.Which pictures name ends with the sound the letters stand for?bat?bag?bath?Fill in the answer circle under the picture with the name that ends with the sound the letters stand for.5.Look at the letters.Which picture
30、s name ends with the sound the letters stand for?duck?dish?dig?Fill in the answer circle under the picture with the name that ends with the sound the letters stand for.6.Look at the letters.Which pictures name ends with the sound the letters stand for?path?pan?push?Fill in the answer circle under th
31、e picture with the name that ends with the sound the letters stand for.Put your finger by the Sample.Read the sentence.Ill kiss a frog.The word Ill is underlined in the sentence.Now,read along while I read the three answers below the sentence:She will,You will,I will.Which means the same as the unde
32、rlined word?She will?You will?I will?Fill in the circle beside the answer that means the same as Ill.The third answer,I will,means the same as the underlined word in the sentence.I will get the cat means the same as Ill get the cat.You should have filled in the circle beside the third answer,I will.
33、7.Itll be fun to hop.The word Itll is underlined in the sentence.Which answer means the same as the underlined word?We will?It will?It is?Fill in the circle beside the answer that means the same as Itll.8.Theyll be at school.The word Theyll is underlined in the sentence.Which answer means the same a
34、s the underlined word?They will?We will?She will?Fill in the circle beside the answer that means the same as Theyll.Harcourt Grade 1T8Directions for Administering the Theme Tests9.Well be home soon.The word Well is underlined in the sentence.Which answer means the same as the underlined word?It will
35、?She will?We will?Fill in the circle beside the answer that means the same as Well.0.Youll sit on the mat.The word Youll is underlined in the sentence.Which answer means the same as the underlined word?It will?I will?You will?Fill in the circle beside the answer that means the same as Youll.High-Fre
36、quency WordsWork the Sample with children.Then read each item and answer choice aloud to children.Pause after reading each item while children mark their answers.Robust VocabularyRead each item and answer choice aloud to children.Pause after reading each item while children mark their answers.Gramma
37、rRead each item and answer choice aloud to children.Pause after reading each item while children mark their answers.Harcourt Grade 1T9Directions for Administering the Theme TestsTheme 4 TestReading ComprehensionRead each passage aloud to children.Following each passage,read the questions and answer
38、choices aloud to children.Phonics/SpellingRead each item and answer choice aloud to children.Pause after reading each item while children mark their answers.Say:Put your finger on the picture of the snow in the Sample.Next to the picture you see three words in a row.Find the word that names the pict
39、ure.Which word is snow?Pause while children mark their answers.Fill in the answer circle under the word snow.The first word in the row is snow,and it names the picture.You should have filled in the answer circle under the first word,snow.16.Find the picture of yarn.Which word is yarn?Fill in the ans
40、wer circle under the word yarn.17.Find the picture of a shirt.Which word is shirt?Fill in the answer circle under the word shirt.18.Find the picture of a harp.Which word is harp?Fill in the answer circle under the word harp.19.Find the picture of a clerk.Which word is clerk?Fill in the answer circle
41、 under the word clerk.0.Find the picture of toast.Which word is toast?Fill in the answer circle under the word toast.1.Find the picture of mow.Which word is mow?Fill in the answer circle under the word mow.Find the picture of a girl.Which word is girl?Fill in the answer circle under the word girl.Fi
42、nd the picture of a boat.Which word is boat?Fill in the answer circle under the word boat.4.Find the picture of a fern.Which word is fern?Fill in the answer circle under the word fern.5.Find the picture of a crow.Which word is crow?Fill in the answer circle under the word crow.Now you will answer qu
43、estions about beginning sounds.Look at the letters in the Sample.Next to the letters you see three pictures in a row.Which pictures name begins with the sound the letters stand for?brick?shark?quiz?Fill in the answer circle under the picture with the name that begins with the sound the letters stand
44、 for.Pause while children mark their answers.The word quiz begins with the sound the letters qu stand for.You should have filled in the answer circle under the picture of the quiz.6.Look at the letters.Which pictures name begins with the sound the letters stand for?clip?ship?whale?Fill in the answer
45、 circle under the picture with the name that begins with the sound the letters stand for.Harcourt Grade 1T10Directions for Administering the Theme Tests7.Look at the letters.Which pictures name begins with the sound the letters stand for?quilt?shell?stick?Fill in the answer circle under the picture
46、with the name that begins with the sound the letters stand for.8.Now you will answer questions about ending sounds.Look at the letters.Which pictures name ends with the sound the letters stand for?fish?watch?moth?Fill in the answer circle under the picture with the name that ends with the sound the
47、letters stand for.9.Look at the letters.Which pictures name ends with the sound the letters stand for?clock?bench?brush?Fill in the answer circle under the picture with the name that ends with the sound the letters stand for.0.Look at the letters.Which pictures name ends with the sound the letters s
48、tand for?pitch?dish?bath?Fill in the answer circle under the picture with the name that ends with the sound the letters stand for.Put your finger by the Sample.You will read the sentence.The sentence has a blank in it that shows where a word is missing.Look at the three words below the sentence by t
49、he answer circles.You will look for the correct form of the word to fill the blank in the sentence.Work the Sample now.Pause while children mark their answers.The third word,kicked,is the correct form of the word to use in the sentence.Peg kicked the ball.You should have filled in the answer circle
50、beside the third word,kicked.For items 3135,tell children to read each sentence.Then tell them to fill in the circle under the word that correctly completes the sentence.High-Frequency WordsWork the Sample with children.Then read each item and answer choice aloud to children.Pause after reading each
