Lesson 8

w e e k ly t e s t s 8 . 1 0
Name Date
A Musical Day

Comprehension Comprehension

Answer Numbers 1 through 10. Base your answers

on the story “A Musical Day.”

1 What takes place at the START of the story?

Aunt Viv sings.

Tom makes a drum.
Mom and Dad pack.

2 How do the kids feel about Aunt Viv coming?

glad
mad
sad

3 What takes place AFTER Aunt Viv comes?

The kids get a hug.
The kids make a hat.
The kids play guitars.

Read  To the teacher: Read the directions and questions with children.
Together

Sequence of Events, Narrator, Anchor Text 32 Grade 1, Unit 2

© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
 Lesson 8
w e e k ly t e s t s 8 . 1 1
Name Date
A Musical Day
Comprehension

4 What takes place BEFORE Glen and Meg come?

Viv packs a bag.

Mom and Dad come back.
The kids and Viv clap, hop, and sing.

5 What takes place BEFORE Aunt Viv opens her bag?

Glen and Meg come.

Aunt Viv plays a guitar.
Aunt Viv gets out a box.

6 What takes place AFTER Aunt Viv opens her bag?

The kids sing.

The kids dance.
The kids make guitars and drums.

7 What takes place at the END of the story?

Aunt Viv has to go.

All the kids are in a band.
Mom and Dad play the drums.

Sequence of Events, Narrator,

Anchor Text 33 Grade 1, Unit 2
© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
 Lesson 8
w e e k ly t e s t s 8 . 1 2
Name Date
A Musical Day
Comprehension

8 What can you tell about Aunt Viv?

She sings well.

She likes music.
She plays a guitar.

9 Who is the narrator of this story?

Aunt Viv
a kid
Mom

10 What does the narrator do?

tells the story

hears the story
makes up the story

Mark Student Reading Level:

STOP
____ Independent  ____ Instructional  ____ Listening

Sequence of Events, Narrator, Anchor Text 34 Grade 1, Unit 2

© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
 Lesson 8
w e e k ly t e s t s 8 . 1 3
Name Date
A Musical Day

Phonics Phonics

Answer Numbers 1 through 10. Choose the best

word to complete each sentence.

1 “Would you like to make a ?” Ned said.

black
club
flip

2 “Our friends on the can come play,

too,” said Rick.
block
flick
plug

3 The friends how to make it.

clap
glass
plan

Read  To the teacher: Read the directions with children.

Together

Blends with l 35 Grade 1, Unit 2

© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
 Lesson 8
w e e k ly t e s t s 8 . 1 4
Name Date
A Musical Day
Phonics

4 They add a to it.

flag
plus
slim

5 Ned and Rick are they have a club!

flat
glad
slap

6 Ming is on top of a hill.

class
flop
slick

Blends with l 36 Grade 1, Unit 2

© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
 Lesson 8
w e e k ly t e s t s 8 . 1 5
Name Date
A Musical Day
Phonics

7 The hill is like .

clip
glass
plug

8 Ming has a .

block
plop
sled

9 Look at her on the hill!

clock
plus
slip

10 See her hat !

clop
flap
slug

STOP

Blends with l 37 Grade 1, Unit 2

© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.