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Most questions for Grade 3 OAKS , Read to Perform a Task, asks students to find answers to questions by looking at graphs and charts.

Grade 3Oregon State Released

Practice Tests

Booklet #3-9

Specified State Standards Listed Under:

Read to Perform a Task

The Test Samples in this Booklet were taken from the Oregon State Department of Education WEB Site, unless otherwise noted.

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Grade 3

Oregon State Released Practice Tests

Read to Perform a Task(Other state practice tests may be included as credited. Any other state practice released test included aligns with Oregon’s OAKS format and standards.)

O.D.E. Standards in this booklet include:(Note: These specific standards are assessed under the English/Language Arts Standards heading: Read to Perform a Task or R.P.T. on OAKS.)

EL.03.RE.20 Use titles, tables of contents, chapter headings, illustrations, captions, glossaries, andindexes to locate information in text.

EL.03.RE.21 Interpret information from diagrams, charts, and graphs.

EL.03.RE.22 Follow simple multiple-step written instructions (e.g., how to assemble a product or play aboard game).

Note: Grade 3, Read to Perform a Task, has no Power Standards listed. However, they are included as “Perpetual Reading Power Standards”; i.e. those mastered each year in life.

Most questions for Grade 3 OAKS , Read to Perform a Task, asks students to find answers to questions by looking at graphs and charts.

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SOUNDS AND MUSICSounds are all around us, and they are very important to us. Some sounds are pleasant and some can be harmful. Here is a glossary from a book called SOUNDS AND MUSIC. Use the glossary to answer these questions about words related to sound.

GLOSSARYAbsorb - to soak up the sound. Some of the best absorbing materials are those with rough surfaces or those with holes

Amplifier - something which makes sounds louder

Bagpipes - a musical instrument that is pumped with air supplied from an animal bladder

Beat - a sound made regularly. The beat helps maintain the rhythm and keeps the musical time

Bow - an instrument used for making strings vibrate. Bows only work if they arecoated with rosin and make rapid scraping movements

Brass - musical instruments played by the mouth using the lips as a reed

Bugle - a kind of simple horn designed for playing military tunes

Chord - the effect you get when you play three or more notes at the same time

Decibel - a unit that gives a measure of the loudness of a sound

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Drum - a sound box with a skin stretched across it. It is hit with the hand or sticks

Eardrum - the flap of skin in the ear that acts as a sounding board for vibrations in the air

Ear Muffs - special “headphones” that have sound deadening material inside each ear cup

1. Which sentence below is true about the way that this glossary is organized?

A. This glossary is organized by alphabetical order.

B. This glossary is organized by which page number is first.

C. This glossary is organized by how important the words are.

D. This glossary is organized in a way the author liked.

2. According to this glossary, what does the word beat mean?

A. Beat means to whip eggs. B. Beat means a sound made regularly.C. Beat means to hit someone. D. Beat means a group of people.

3. Which of these words is a unit that measures sound?

A. an amplifier B. a chord C. a decibel D. an eardrum

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9. Looking at this table of contents, which recipes are listed last?

A. saladsB. breakfast and BreadsC. vegetablesD. sandwiches

10.The recipe for Johnny Town-Mouse’s Granola is found in what section of the cookbook?

A. breakfasts and BreadsB. sandwichesC. vegetablesD. salads

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE COUNTY FAIR?Here is a schedule for a day at the county fair. Answer the questions about the schedule.

TIME EVENT PLACE10:00 a.m. Pretty Baby Contest Kids Center10:00 a.m. 4-H Cat Show 4-H Center10:30 a.m. 4-H Sheep Judging Show Ring11:00 a.m. Youth Circus Action Zone11:00 a.m. Frisbee Dogs TMI Stage11:30 a.m. Petting Zoo Opens Kids Center1:00 p.m. Frisbee Dogs T MI Stage4:00 p.m. Milking Competition Show Ring

4. Where would you go to see the Youth Circus?A. Kids CenterB. Show RingC. Action ZoneD. TMI Stage

5. If you go to the Cat Show, you cannot see which event?

A. Milking CompetitionB. Pretty Baby ContestC. Sheep JudgingD. Frisbee Dogs

6. 4-H sponsors which two events?A. Youth Circus and Petting ZooB. Cat Show and Sheep JudgingC. Sheep Judging and Youth CircusD. Pretty Baby Contest and Cat Show

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PETER RABBIT’S COOKBOOKWhile looking at this table of contents from Arnold Dorbin’s PETER RABBIT’S NATURAL FOODS COOKBOOK, you’ll discover eating healthy can be fun.

PREFACE 5

CONTENTS 7

A WORD ABOUT EQUIPMENT 9

BREAKFAST AND BREADS 11

Samuel Whisker’s Roly-Poly Pancakes, 12 Timmy Willie’s Sunny Sunday Scrambled Eggs, 14 Squirrel Nutkin’s Banana-Nut Loaf, 17 Pigling and Pigwig’s Hot Rice Breakfast Treat, 20 Johnny Town-Mouse’s Granola, 22 Tommy Brock and Mr. Tod’s Wheat Germ Muffins, 24

SANDWICHES 27 Alder-Rat Squeaker’s Homemade Peanut Butter, 28 Little Pig Robinson’s Peanut Butter Sandwiches, 30 Mr. Pricklepin’s Cream or Cottage Cheese Sandwiches, 33 The Flopsy Bunnies’ Vegetable Sandwiches,

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VEGETABLES

39 Duchess and Ribbey’s Tomato-Cheese Pie,

40 Little Black Rabbit’s Orange-Honey Carrots,

42 Piggery Porcombe Green Beans and Mushrooms,

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SAME THING, DIFFERENT NAMESPeople in various parts of the U.S. have their own ways of saying things. Here’s a list of useful words and where they’re sometimes heard. Use the information on this page to answer the questions.

Names for Submarine Sandwich Grinder: Massachusetts and ConnecticutHero: New YorkHoagie: PhiladelphiaPo’ Boy: New OrleansWedgie: Rhode Island

Names for Rain StormsDam Buster: AlabamaGoose Drownder: PennsylvaniaHay Rotter: VirginiaLeak Finder: WisconsinMud Sender: CaliforniaSewer Clogger: MichiganStump Washer: South Carolina

Names for Carbonated Cold DrinksAlabama, Arkansas, and TennesseeSoft Drink Pop: MidwestSoda: Connecticut, New Jersey, and New YorkTonic: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

7. If you wanted a submarine sandwich in New York, what would you ask for?

A. hoagieB. grinderC. heroD. wedgie

8. If people in California talked about a Mud Sender, what would they be talking about?

A. a rain stormB. a soft drinkC. a sandwichD. a large truck