2017-18 Grades 3-5 Florida SSYRA Test Questions

2017-18 Grades 3-5 Florida SSYRA Test Questions
Author: Rosemarie Brown
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2018-01-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781981616503

The Sunshine State Young Readers Award (SSYRA) Program is a statewide reading motivational program for students in grades 3 through 8, in a collaborative effort between the Florida Association of Media in Education (FAME) and the Florida Department of Education (DOE). The purpose of the SSYRA Program is to encourage students to read independently for pleasure and to read books that are on, above, and below their reading level in order to improve their reading fluency. Sunshine State books are selected for their wide appeal, literary value, varied genres, curriculum connections, and/or multicultural representation. This year's fifteen Grades 3-5 titles are: A Whole New Ballgame; Allie, First At Last; Castle Hangnail; A Dragon's Guide To The Care And Feeding Of Humans; Framed!; Maxi's Secrets (Or, What You Can Learn From A Dog); My Brother Is A Superhero; Night Of The Living Worms; Pugs Of The Frozen North; Save Me A Seat, Teddy Mars: Almost A World Record Breaker; The Hero Two Doors Down; The Vanishing Coin; The Wild Robot; and Willy Maykit In Space. These test questions were written to enhance your district or school SSYRA book competitions.

A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans

A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans
Author: Laurence Yep
Publisher: Crown Books For Young Readers
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2015
Genre: FICTION
ISBN: 0385392281

Crusty dragon Miss Drake's new pet human, precocious ten-year-old Winnie, not only thinks Miss Drake is her pet, she accidentally brings to life her "sketchlings" of mysterious and fantastic creatures hidden in San Francisco, causing mayhem among its residents.

The Vanishing Coin

The Vanishing Coin
Author: Kate Egan
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2014-04-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250040434

"Magic tricks with instructions inside!"--Cover.

Florida Test Prep FSA Practice Test Book English Language Arts Grade 3

Florida Test Prep FSA Practice Test Book English Language Arts Grade 3
Author: Test Master Press Florida
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2014-09-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781501076138

New and Updated for the 2014 Standards and the New 2014-2015 State Tests! This practice test book is the perfect preparation tool for the new Florida Standards Assessments (FSA). It includes three complete full-length FSA English Language Arts practice tests that cover reading, language and editing, and listening. Complete Preparation for the Florida Standards Assessments (FSA) - Includes three complete FSA English Language Arts practice tests - Each test includes reading, language and editing, and listening tasks - Includes the same question types found on the FSA tests - Covers all the skills assessed on the real FSA tests - Helps students transition to the new FSA tests Developed Specifically to Match the 2014-2015 Florida Standards Assessments (FSA) - Covers the skills assessed on the new Florida Standards Assessments - Provides practice completing multiple choice, multi-select, open response, and hot text questions - More rigorous questions prepare students for the higher difficulty of the new assessments - Full answer key lists the Language Arts Florida Standard (LAFS) assessed by each question Key Benefits of this Workbook - Builds confidence by helping students prepare before taking the real test - Develops all the language arts skills that students need - Provides experience answering all types of questions - Helps students know what to expect when taking the real FSA tests - Reduces test anxiety by allowing low-stress practice - More rigorous tasks encourage deeper understanding and more advanced thinking - Detailed answer key allows missing skills to be identified About the Florida Standards Assessment In 2014, Florida introduced a new state test to replace the FCAT 2.0. The new test is the Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) and is developed by the American Institutes for Research (AIR). Students in Florida will take the FSA English Language Arts test near the end of the 2014-2015 school year. This practice test book will prepare students for this test.

A Whole New Ballgame

A Whole New Ballgame
Author: Phil Bildner
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2015-08-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0374301301

A school, sports, and friendship story perfect for fans of Mike Lupica's Comeback Kids.

Maxi's Secrets

Maxi's Secrets
Author: Lynn Plourde
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2017-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0399545689

When a BIG, lovable, does-it-her-way dog wiggles her way into the heart of a loudmouth pipsqueak of a boy, wonderful things happen that help him become a bigger, better person. Perfect for fans of Wonder and Because of Winn-Dixie. Timminy knows that moving to a new town just in time to start middle school when you are perfect bully bait is less than ideal. But he gets a great consolation prize in Maxi—a gentle giant of a dog who the family quickly discovers is deaf. Timminy is determined to do all he can to help Maxi—after all, his parents didn't return him because he was a runt. But when the going gets rough for Timminy, who spends a little too much time getting shoved into lockers at school, Maxi ends up being the one to help him—along with their neighbor, Abby, who doesn’t let her blindness define her and bristles at Timminy’s “poor-me” attitude. It turns out there’s more to everyone than what’s on the surface, whether it comes to Abby, Maxi, or even Timminy himself.

The Bicycle Spy

The Bicycle Spy
Author: Yona Zeldis McDonough
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2016-09-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545851823

Can Marcel make the ride of his life? Marcel loves riding his bicycle, whether he's racing through the streets of his small town in France or making bread deliveries for his parents' bakery. He dreams of someday competing in the Tour de France, the greatest bicycle race. But ever since Germany's occupation of France began two years ago, in 1940, the race has been canceled. Now there are soldiers everywhere, interrupting Marcel's rides with checkpoints and questioning.Then Marcel learns two big secrets, and he realizes there are worse things about the war than a canceled race. When he later discovers that his friend's entire family is in imminent danger, Marcel knows he can help -- but it will involve taking a risky bicycle ride to pass along covert information. And when nothing ends up going according to plan, it's up to him to keep pedaling and think quickly... because his friend, her family, and his own future hang in the balance.

Framed!

Framed!
Author: James Ponti
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2016-08-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481436325

Get to know the only kid on the FBI Director’s speed dial and several international criminals’ most wanted lists all because of his Theory of All Small Things in this hilarious start to a brand-new middle grade mystery series. So you’re only halfway through your homework and the Director of the FBI keeps texting you for help…What do you do? Save your grade? Or save the country? If you’re Florian Bates, you figure out a way to do both. Florian is twelve years old and has just moved to Washington. He’s learning his way around using TOAST, which stands for the Theory of All Small Things. It’s a technique he invented to solve life’s little mysteries such as: where to sit on the on the first day of school, or which Chinese restaurant has the best eggrolls. But when he teaches it to his new friend Margaret, they uncover a mystery that isn’t little. In fact, it’s HUGE, and it involves the National Gallery, the FBI, and a notorious crime syndicate known as EEL. Can Florian decipher the clues and finish his homework in time to help the FBI solve the case? Kirkus Reviews praised the “solid, realistic friendship bolstered by snappy dialogue,” and School Library Journal said “mystery buffs and fans of Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider series are in for a treat.”

Ugly Cat & Pablo

Ugly Cat & Pablo
Author: Isabel Quintero
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2017-04-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545940931

From the 2015 winner of the ALA William C. Morris Award comes a humorous chapter book series about a not-so-attractive cat and his well-dressed mouse friend. Ugly Cat is dying for a paleta, or ice pop, and his friend Pablo is determined to help him get one by scaring a little girl who is enjoying a coconut paleta in the park. Things go horribly wrong when, instead of being scared, the little girl picks Pablo up and declares that he would make a great snack for her pet snake. Oh and there's also the small problem that Ugly Cat may have inadvertently swallowed Pablo in all of the commotion! Ugly Cat and his impeccably dressed mouse friend, Pablo, are an unlikely and dynamic duo who will win young readers over with their ridiculously silly antics and their search for tasty treats.

Midnight at the Barclay Hotel

Midnight at the Barclay Hotel
Author: Fleur Bradley
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2021-08-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593202910

Hunting ghosts and solving the case before checkout? All in a weekend's work. Read the novel that New York Times bestselling author, Chris Grabenstein calls, "My kind of mystery!" When JJ Jacobson convinced his mom to accept a surprise invitation to an all-expenses-paid weekend getaway at the illustrious Barclay Hotel, he never imagined that he'd find himself in the midst of a murder mystery. He thought he was in for a run-of-the-mill weekend ghost hunting at the most haunted spot in town, but when he arrives at the Barclay Hotel and his mother is blamed for the hotel owner's death, he realizes his weekend is going to be anything but ordinary. Now, with the help of his new friends, Penny and Emma, JJ has to track down a killer, clear his mother's name, and maybe even meet a ghost or two along the way.