**NOTICE TO PARENTS** a. Parents , please do not assist your child during this exam. Don’t worry, the results are not graded & will be used to help your child improve over the summer! b. 1.5 Hour time limit for the entire diagnostic exam. c. Please mail or hand the exam back to Mark Lin at: 2 Stoner Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11021 d. ** Deadline **: Sunday , May 24th, 2015 . CCGN Summer Program 2015 Summer Program Diagnostic Test: 5th Grade Name: ________________________ Grade entering Sept. 2015: _____________________ Student : To start the exam, turn to the next page. Grade 5 Writing section Directions: Answer each question in the lines provided. If you need more space, use a separate sheet of paper. Please try to the best of your ability. 1.Suppose you had the opportunity to travel anywhere you wanted. Write to explain where you would go and why. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________ 2. People often help one another. Write to explain how you or someone you know helps others. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________ 3. Think of someone who is brave. Write to describe this person and explain how he or she shows bravery. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________ 4. Think of your favorite place to eat. The location could be at home, school, a park, a restaurant, or another place. Write to explain why this is your favorite place to eat. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ____________________ 5. Imagine something wonderful happened to you. Write to describe your experience. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________ 6. Suppose a door suddenly appears as you are walking down the hall. Write about what happens when you open the door. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________ 7. Imagine you and a friend found a spaceship. The door opened and you looked inside. Write about what happened. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 8. Think about your favorite year in school. Was it kindergarten, first grade, second grade, or another grade? Write to explain why the year you chose was your favorite. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________ 9. What do you plan on learning in this year’s Summer Camp? __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________ 10. What do you want to learn this year? __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Grade 5 Reading Section Match connect the word with their definition. 1. medieval (mediaeval) a thin, flexible, tensile layer of tissue that separates, connects, lines, or covers various structures, such as organs, in living organisms. 2. delicatessen a person who is absent, esp. from duty, work, or property. 3. knowledge producing benefits; favorable or advantageous. 4. illiteracy of, from, pertaining to, or in the direction of a side or sides. 5. lateral the condition of being unable to read and write. 6. absentee something that is inherited from earlier generations; tradition: 7. guarantee a shop that sells readytoeat foods such as salads, cooked meats, and cheeses. 8. fragile the act of compensating, or the condition of being compensated. 9. compensation easily damaged; delicate. 10. beneficial single, distinct, or separate: 11. membrane to turn from liquid into vapor; pass away in the form of vapor. 12. heritage an assurance, esp. in writing, that something is of salable quality and will perform satisfactorily or be repaired or exchanged at the seller's or manufacturer's expense. 13. judicial familiarity, awareness, or understanding. 14. evaporate of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Middle Ages. 15. individual of, concerning, or appropriate to judges, courts of law, or the administration of justice: