Free printable STAAR practice test for Grade 5

Reading Language Arts

Circle the letter of the best answer, and one letter in each row of a table and for each numbered blank. No time limit.

1. The Sock Sorter 3000

   CHARACTERS: AMARA, a fifth grader and the club's leader; BEN, a fifth grader who loves gadgets; LUCIA, a fifth grader who takes careful notes; MR. HOLLIS, a science teacher who is judging the fair

   (The school gym during the Invention Fair. A table holds a strange machine made of a shoebox, a small fan, two cardboard tubes, and a basket. A sign reads "THE SOCK SORTER 3000." AMARA, BEN, and LUCIA stand behind the table.)

   BEN: (whispering) Here he comes. Everybody smile.

   MR. HOLLIS: (walking up with a clipboard) Good afternoon, inventors. Tell me about your project.

   AMARA: Every morning, my family wastes about ten minutes hunting for matching socks. So we built the Sock Sorter 3000. You drop in a pile of socks, and it sorts them into pairs.

   MR. HOLLIS: Impressive. May I see it work?

   BEN: Of course! (He drops a handful of socks into the shoebox and flips a switch.)

   (The fan whirs. For a moment, nothing happens. Then socks shoot out of both tubes, fly over the table, and land all over the floor. One lands on MR. HOLLIS's clipboard.)

   LUCIA: (covering her eyes) That is not what it did at home.

   BEN: At home it only did that twice.

   MR. HOLLIS: (holding up the sock and trying not to laugh) So, what happened?

   (The three friends look at one another. AMARA takes a deep breath.)

   AMARA: Honestly? The fan is too strong for light socks. We mostly tested it with Ben's dad's wool socks, and those are heavy.

   LUCIA: (opening her notebook) I wrote down every test. Wool socks worked six times out of eight. Thin socks flew away every time. We should have tested more kinds.

   MR. HOLLIS: (studying the notebook) And if you had another week?

   BEN: We'd add a dial to turn the fan down. Or we'd use a gentle slope instead of air, so the socks roll instead of fly.

   MR. HOLLIS: (writing on his clipboard) You know, plenty of famous inventions failed the first time. What matters is whether the inventors figure out why. You three just did that in about thirty seconds.

   AMARA: So... we didn't fail?

   MR. HOLLIS: Your machine failed. You didn't. (He hands the sock back to BEN.) I'd like to see version two next year.

   (MR. HOLLIS walks to the next table. The three friends break into grins.)

   BEN: (holding up the sock) Version two. I'm calling it the Sock Sorter 3001.

   LUCIA: (writing in her notebook) Noted.

   (The lights fade.)

   1.

   How is this text different from a story?

   1. AIt is divided into chapters with headings.
   2. BIt has a narrator who tells what every character thinks.
   3. CIt is written as lines for characters to speak, with stage directions in parentheses.
   4. DIt is written in stanzas that rhyme.
2. 2.

   What does Lucia's notebook show about her?

   1. AShe is the one who built the fan.
   2. BShe is careful and keeps track of details.
   3. CShe does not care about the project.
   4. DShe is worried about losing her socks.
3. 3.

   What happens right after Ben flips the switch?

   1. AThe fan whirs, and then socks fly all over the floor.
   2. BAmara explains why her family needs the machine.
   3. CBen names the next machine the Sock Sorter 3001.
   4. DMr. Hollis asks what the club would do with another week.
4. 4.

   In the play, what does the word "version" mean in "I'd like to see version two next year"?

   1. Aa story told by one person
   2. Ba report about a science fair
   3. Ca song played two times
   4. Da new, changed form of something

5. Your Hardworking Heart

   Make a fist. That is about the size of your heart. This small, strong muscle sits in your chest, a little to the left of the middle. It beats about 100,000 times every day, and it never takes a day off.

   A Pump with Four Rooms

   Your heart is a pump. Its job is to push blood through your body. Inside, it is divided into four spaces called chambers. The two chambers on top are called atria. They collect blood as it comes into the heart. The two chambers on the bottom are called ventricles. They are stronger, and they squeeze to push blood out.

   Between the chambers are valves. A valve works like a one-way door. It opens to let blood through, then snaps shut so the blood cannot flow backward. When the valves close, they make the "lub-dub" sound a doctor hears through a stethoscope.

   Two Trips for Every Drop

   Your blood carries oxygen, a gas your body needs to turn food into energy. Blood travels in two big loops. First, the right side of the heart pumps blood to your lungs. There, the blood picks up fresh oxygen from the air you breathe in. Then the blood returns to the left side of the heart. The left side pumps this oxygen-rich blood out to the rest of your body, from your brain all the way down to your toes.

   Blood leaves the heart through tubes called arteries. As it travels, it delivers oxygen to every part of your body. Then it comes back to the heart through tubes called veins, and the trip starts again. A complete trip around your body takes only about a minute.

   Feel Your Heart at Work

   You can feel your heart working by finding your pulse. Press two fingers gently on the inside of your wrist, just below your thumb. Each little push you feel is one heartbeat. Count the beats for fifteen seconds, then multiply by four to find your beats per minute. Next, do jumping jacks for one minute and count again. Your heart beats faster, because your muscles need more oxygen when you move.

   Keeping Your Heart Strong

   Like other muscles, your heart gets stronger with exercise. Running, swimming, biking, and dancing all give it a good workout. A strong heart pumps more blood with each beat, so it does not have to work as hard. Eating fruits and vegetables and getting plenty of sleep help, too. Take care of your heart, and it will keep working for you, beat after beat, your whole life long.

   5.

   According to the passage, why does your heart beat faster when you exercise?

   1. AYour lungs pump blood down to your toes.
   2. BYour blood stops picking up oxygen.
   3. CYour valves stop closing all the way.
   4. DYour muscles need more oxygen when you move.
6. 6.

   In the passage, what does the word "delivers" mean in "it delivers oxygen to every part of your body"?

   1. Ameasures something
   2. Bbrings or carries something to a place
   3. Chides something
   4. Dmakes something new
7. 7.

   The wind blew hard the kite flew high.

   This is a run-on sentence. Which choice fixes it correctly?

   1. AThe wind blew hard. the kite flew high.
   2. BThe wind blew hard and, the kite flew high.
   3. CThe wind blew hard, the kite flew high.
   4. DThe wind blew hard, and the kite flew high.
8. 8.

   (1) ______ the fastest runner in our class.

   Which word best completes the sentence?

   (1)	AYour	BYoure	CYou're	DYour's

9. 9.

   1. Around midnight, the lights flickered back on, and everyone cheered.
   2. Grace realized that a night without power had turned into a happy family memory.
   3. After that, the family played board games by candlelight.
   4. At first, Grace and her brother searched the kitchen drawers for flashlights.

   In what order should these sentences go?

   1. A4, 1, 3, 2
   2. B4, 3, 1, 2
   3. C4, 2, 1, 3
   4. D2, 3, 1, 4
10. 10.

    Which word is spelled correctly?

    1. Aneighborhood
    2. Bneighborhod
    3. Cnieghborhood
    4. Dnaborhood