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Competency Goals and Objectives...... 7

Assessment 1 ...... 11 Assessment 2 ...... 18 Assessment 3 ...... 24 Assessment 4 ...... 30 Assessment 5 ...... 35 Assessment 6 ...... 40 Assessment 7 ...... 47 Assessment 8 ...... 53 Assessment 9 ...... 60 Assessment 10 ...... 64 Assessment 11 ...... 69 Assessment 12 ...... 74 Assessment 13 ...... 79 Assessment 14 ...... 87 Assessment 15 ...... 93

Answer Key...... 103 Student Bubble Answer Sheet ...... 108 Bubble Answer Key ...... 110 Goals and Objectives Alignment...... 112 Student Progress Chart...... 117

Letter to Parents ...... 118 Test-Taking Tips ...... 119 Strategies for Reducing Your Students' Test Anxiety ...... 120 Merit Award ...... 121 Comment and Suggestion Form ...... 122

KAMICO® Product Information ...... 123 Name ______Assessment 1

A Great Golf Player

A small, brown-haired girl stands She still got angry when she did alone. In her left hand, she holds a golf not play well. When this happened, her club. She has lost the game. She father told her what to do. He told her cannot stand to lose, and she is angry. to remember these rules. She feels trapped by her anger. A man comes up behind her and speaks. "No one wins all the time," he tells her. "You did your best. Doing your best is more important than winning." Those words would set her free to go after her dream. The girl was Nancy Lopez, and she was eight years old. The man was Nancy's father. He taught his daughter how to play golf and what is important in life. Nancy Lopez was born on January 6, 1957, in Torrence, California. Though she was born in the United States, her father was from Mexico. He came to the United States from Mexico when he was a little boy. Nancy always tried to remember these He worked every morning on a farm words as she played. before school. He stopped going to Golfers play in a match called a school in the third grade and began to tournament. The golfer with the best work all day. He gave the money he score at the end of the tournament made to his family. wins. When she was just twelve years Nancy's father did not want his old, Nancy won a tournament in daughter to leave school and work on a New Mexico. It was the first of many farm, but he did want her to understand big tournaments she would win. In what hard work was. He kept college, she was named an reminding her that in order to do her All-American, and she received her best, she must work hard. school's award for female athlete of Nancy listened to her father. She the year in 1976. The next year, practiced golf very hard every day. She Nancy decided to play in the most practiced until her legs ached from difficult golf contests. These standing and walking. She played until tournaments put her up against the the sun burned her skin. best female golfers in the world. She

© KAMICO® Instructional Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 11 did very well in these tournaments. She won over forty tournaments and She always remembered what her also won several awards. In 1987, she father had taught her. was voted into the LPGA Tour Hall of In 1978, Nancy became a Fame, a very high honor for female professional golfer. This means she golfers. She won over four million was good enough to make money by dollars playing golf. She has continued playing golf. She joined the LPGA, an to inspire and help other people with important group of female professional their golf games and their approaches golfers. That same year, she won to life. nine times, five of them in a row! Today Nancy still finds time to That was a record. No one had ever play golf. She also likes to help others. won five tournaments in a row before. When children ask her what they must She almost won two other do to become good golfers, Nancy tells tournaments that same year. She them what her father told her. She tells won the LPGA Player of the Year them to practice hard. She tells them and the LPGA Rookie of the Year to know how to be a good loser. She awards at the end of 1978. Even also tells them that doing their best is though she was doing very well, she more important than winning. She tells continued to work hard to get better. them to smile. This advice is not just Her hard work paid off. Nancy important in golf. It is important in life went on to have a great career in golf. as well.

A It is mostly about a real A to tell the reader about person, Nancy Lopez. Torrence, California

B It is mostly about a real place, B to explain the rules of golf Torrence, California. C to persuade the reader to C It is mostly about golf, which learn how to play golf is a real sport. D to tell the reader about the life D It is mostly about a real date, of Nancy Lopez January 6, 1957.

4. What is paragraph 9 mostly about? 2. Which sentence from the selection best shows that professional A how well Nancy Lopez played golfers can make a lot of money? in her first year as a professional golf player A "He gave the money he made to his family." B how Nancy Lopez always remembered what her father B "She won over told her forty tournaments and also won several awards." C how Nancy Lopez almost won two golf tournaments during C "She won over four million her first year as a professional dollars playing golf." golfer

D "She practiced until her legs Dthe LPGA ached from standing and walking."

A Nancy's father moves to the United States from Mexico.

B Nancy loses a golf game when she is eight.

C Nancy receives her school's award for female athlete of the year.

D Nancy wins the LPGA Player of the Year and the LPGA Rookie of the Year awards.

14 © KAMICO® Instructional Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 6. This cluster shows some words that describe Nancy Lopez. According to the selection, which of the following most belongs in the empty oval?

A funny

B talented

Clazy

D angry

match \'mach\ noun 1. a person or thing that looks like another person or thing 2. a thin piece of wood or paper with a tip that lights on fire when struck 3. a game or sports contest in which people or teams play against each other 4. someone or something that is equal to another person or thing

Which definition shows the meaning of match as used in paragraph 8?

A definition 1

B definition 2

C definition 3

D definition 4

A You did your best.

B Practice until your legs ache.

C You can't win if you are angry.

D Know how to be a good loser.

Reading assessment questions are listed below by competency goal and objective. Circle the number of any question that has been answered incorrectly. Next, circle the objective that needs additional reinforcement.

Assessment 1 Question Competency Answer Objective Number Goal

1 A 3 3.01a

2C 2 2.05

3 D 2 2.04a

4 A 2 2.04g

5 C 2 2.04d

6 B 3 3.01e

7C 1 1.05

8 D 1 1.06b