Amanda Bollinger

Selected Response
3rd Grade Cross-Content Assessment

Mathematics
Multiple Choice
(1-3) Grade Level: 3rd
Content Area: Mathematics
Standards 1: Number Sense, Properties, and Operations
3. Multiplication and division are inverse operations and can be modeled in a variety of ways.
Evidence Outcomes: a. Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division.
i. Interpret products of whole numbers.
ii. Interpret whole-number quotients of whole numbers.

1. In the problem 4 x 3 = 12, what concept does 12 represent? (1 point)

a. multiplicand
b. multiplier
c. product
d. factor

2. If Silvia has four crates and each crate contains nine apples, how many apples does Silvia have
in all? (1 point)
a. 13
b. 36
c. 54
d. 5

Use the illustration below to answer question 3.

3. Lilly has twelve cats. She wants to give all her cats to six homes equally. Which number
sentence can be used to find the number of cats Lilly will give to each home? (2 points)

a. 12 + 6 = 18
b. 12 x 6 = 72
c. 12 6 = 6
d. 12 / 6 = 2

(4-5) Grade Level: 3rd

Content Area: Mathematics
Standards 4: Shape, Dimension, and Geometric Relationships
1. Geometric figures are described by their attributes
Evidence Outcomes: a. Reason with shapes and their attributes.
i. Explain that shapes in different categories1 may share attributes2and that the shared attributes can define a larger
category.

4. Which of these figures is NOT an octagon? (1 point)

a.

c.

b.

d.

Matching Items

Match the name to the shape by writing the correct letter on the space provided. (6 points)
5.
_______

A. Cube

_______

B. Ellipse

C. Hexagon
_______

D. Triangle
_______
E. Pentagon

_______
F. Cylinder

_______

G. Square

(6) Grade Level: 3

Content Area: Mathematics
Standards 3: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability
1. Visual displays are used to describe data
Evidence Outcomes: a. Represent and interpret data.

6. Write the letter of the graph above the table that represents the data. (4 points)

Camp Activities
Canoeing
Fishing

Column2

Swimming
Hiking
0

10

12

14

16

A.

Camp Activities
Hiking
Swimming
Fishing
Canoeing
0

10 12 14 16 18

Number of People

B.

Camp Activities
Canoeing
Fishing
Swimming
Hiking
0

10

12

14

Number of People

C.

Camp Activities
Canoeing
Fishing
Swimming
Hiking
0

10 12 14 16 18

Number of People

D.

Camp Activities
Canoeing
Fishing
Swimming
Hiking
0

10 12 14 16 18

Number of People

E.

_______
Camp Activities
Hiking
Swimming
Fishing
Canoeing

Number of People
9
17
11
13

Camp Activities
Hiking
Swimming
Fishing
Canoeing

Number of People
13
15
17
11

Camp Activities
Hiking
Swimming
Fishing
Canoeing

Number of People
16
15
17
12

Camp Activities
Hiking
Swimming
Fishing
Canoeing

Number of People
12
15
10
8

_______

_______

_______

Science
Multiple Choice

(1-2) Grade Level: 3rd

Content Area: Science
Standard: 2. Life Science
1. The duration and timing of life cycle events such as reproduction and longevity vary across organisms and species
Evidence Outcomes: a. Use evidence to develop a scientific explanation regarding the stages of how organisms develop and
change over time

1. Which specie does NOT lay an egg during the reproductive cycle? (1 point)
a. Birds
b. Mammals
c. Reptiles
d. Insects

2. What is the first stage in the life cycle of a flowering plant? (1 point)
a. Flower
b. Plant
c. Seed
d. Stem

(3-8) Grade Level: 3rd

Content Area: Science
Standard: 3. Earth System Science
1. Earths materials can be broken down and/or combined into different materials such as rocks, minerals, rock cycle,
formation of soil, and sand some of which are usable resources for human activity
Evidence Outcomes: b. Use evidence to develop a scientific explanation about one or more processes that break down and/or
combine Earth materials.

3. Which type of soil has the largest particles? (1 point)

a. sand
b. silt
c. clay
d. loam

4. What three things can erosion be caused by? (1 point)

a. gravity, migration, wind
b. hibernation, water, feeding
c. ice, gravity, hibernation
d. wind, water, ice

5. After weathering occurs, what is left over from rocks that have been broken down? (1 point)
a. water
b. dirt
c. soil
d. fossils

Binary Choice
For questions 6 and 7, circle whether each example is chemical weathering or physical
weathering. (1 point each)

6. Rust of rocks due to oxidation of minerals and compounds reacting to oxygen and water.
Chemical

Physical

7. Waves crashing into a shore line causing the rocks to break into smaller pieces.
Chemical

Physical

Multiple Binary Choice

8. Use the graph below to answer the following questions. (3 points)

a. Oxygen is the most common found substance in lunar soil.

True

False

b. There is about twice as much Silicon in lunar soil that Calcium.

True

False

c. Aluminum and Magnesium combined is more present than Oxygen.

True

False

Language Arts
Multiple Choice
(1-2) Grade Level: 3rd
Content Area: Reading Writing and Communicating
Standard: 2. Reading for all Purposes
3. Increasing word understanding, word use, and word relationships increases vocabulary
Evidence Outcomes: c. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3
reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
i. Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

Read the passage below and use it to answer questions 1 and 2.

When the long day was over they started up the Lone Little Path past Johnny
Chucks house to their own homes. They didnt hurry now for they were so
very, very tired! And they were crossoh so cross! Striped Chipmunk hadnt
found a single nut. Peter Rabbit hadnt found so much as the leaf of a
cabbage. Bobby Raccoon hadnt found the tiniest bit of sweet milky corn.
Jimmy Skunk hadnt seen a single beetle. Reddy Fox hadnt heard so much
as the peep of a chicken. And all were as hungry as hungry could be.

1. What does cross mean as it is used in the paragraph? (1 point)

a. excited
b. lost
c. scared
d. upset

2. Which statement best supports the answer to question 1? (1 point)

a. Bobby Racoon hadnt found the tiniest bit of sweet milky corn. . .
b. When the long day was over. . .
c. . . . they started up the Lone Little Path . . . .
d. They didnt hurry now . . . .

Matching Item
(3-5) Grade Level: 3rd
Content Area: Reading Writing and Communicating
Standard: 3. Writing and Composition
3. Correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling are used when writing
Evidence Outcomes: e. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or
speaking.
i. Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular
sentences

3. Draw a line from the sentence to the part of speech the bold faced word represents.
Some parts of speech will be used more than once. (8 points)

Jane went to the store.

Noun
Sara wore a blue dress.
Pronoun

Paul won the game.

The cat jumped on the table.

Verb

He is very good at basketball.

Adjective

Mary danced gracefully.

Adverb

Dont let the dog in with muddy paws.

The bird flew across the sky.

Binary Choice
For questions 4 and 5 circle which part of speech the bold faced word represents. (1 point each)

4. Timothy and I went for a walk around the pond and saw three ducks eating bread crumbs.
Adjective

Noun

5. Sams mother always told him to look both ways when crossing the street, he is very cautious.
Verb
Adverb

Social Studies
Multiple Binary Choice
(1) Grade Level: 3rd
Content Area: Social Studies
Standard: 2. Geography
1. Use various types of geographic tools to develop spatial thinking
Evidence Outcomes: b. Find oceans and continents, major countries, bodies of water, mountains, and urban areas, the state of
Colorado, and neighboring states on maps

1. Use the map and compass rose below to answer the following questions. (3 points)

a. Some of the states Colorado is bordered by are Utah, New Mexico, and Wyoming.
True

False

b. Oklahoma is the furthest state south in the United States.

True

False

c. The capital of Minnesota is Minneapolis.

True

False

Answer Key
(40 points total)

Math (15 points)

1. c.

2. b.

3.d.

4. c.

5. G, A, C, B, E, F

4. d.

5. c.

6. B, D, E, A

Science (10 points)

1. b.

2. c.

8. a. True

3. a.
b. True

6. Chemical

7. Physical

c. False

Language Arts (12 points)

1. a.

2. a.

4. Adjective

3. Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb, Pronoun, Adverb, Adjective, Noun

5. Adverb

Social Studies (3 points)

1. a. True

b. False

c. False

Self-Assessment

I found it best to stick to one grade level and practice selected response across content
areas of that grade. I think that I did fairly well on this assignment, the only thing I would have to
add is that I found it difficult to create third grade science selected response questions that would
be classified as higher order. Overall I would give myself a 57 out of 60.