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Poetry & Prose
RL.4.5 / 5.54TH & 5th GRADE
Table of Contents*This product includes 12 Lexile® leveled stories in the 4th-5th Grade Common Core Text Complexity Band (the range for 4th-5th grade is 740-1010).
1. Literal/Nonliteral Language Anchor Chart/Journal Page2. The Bells (poem)3. Meal Landforms (poem)4. Rise and Shine (poem)5. Picture Day (poem)6. Have You Got a Brook in Your Little Heart (poem)7. A Camping Trip- 750L8. A Rock Climbing Adventure- 750L9. My Dog Hazel- 790L10. Under the Sea- 820L11. Snow Day- 880L12. Springtime- 920L13. Test
4th & 5th Grade
Anchor chart to help you teach and for students to reference
12 passages on a 4th & 5th
grade level
Multiple choice and short response questions• Requires students to find text
evidence
Assessment• Same format as practice worksheets
The Lexile Framework® for Reading measures are scientific, quantitative text levels. When the Lexile of a text is measured, specific, measurable attributes of the text are considered, including, but not limited to, word frequency, sentence length, and text cohesion. These are difficult attributes for humans to evaluate, so a computer measures them.
Common Core State Standards uses Lexile level bands as one measure of text complexity. Text complexity ranges ensure students are college and career ready by the end of 12th
grade. Lexile measures help educators scaffold and differentiate instruction as well as monitor reading growth.
Keep in mind when using any leveled text that many students will need scaffolding and support to reach text at the high end of their grade band. According to Appendix A of the Common Core Standards, “It is important to recognize that scaffolding often is entirely appropriate. The expectation that scaffolding will occur with particularly challenging texts is built into the Standards’ grade-by-grade text complexity expectations, for example. The general movement, however, should be toward decreasing scaffolding and increasing independence both within and across the text complexity bands defined in the Standards.”
Grade Band Lexile® Bands Aligned to
Common Core Expectations
K-1 N/A
2-3 420L-820L
4-5 740L-1010L
6-8 1185L-1385L
ABOUT LEXILE LEVELSCommon Core Kingdom, LLC is a certified Lexile® Partner. These texts are officially measured and approved by Lexile and MetaMetrics® to ensure appropriate rigor and differentiation for students.
Hear the sledges with the bells-Silver bells!
What a world of merriment their melody foretells!How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
In the icy air of night!While the stars that oversprinkleAll the heavens, seem to twinkle
With a crystalline delight;Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells
From the bells, bells, bells, bells,Bells, bells, bells-
From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.
Name: ___________________________________________________________ Date: ______________________Poem
The Bellsby Edgar Allen Poe
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lie Bochese, 2018
1. What type of bells is the author likely describing? Use evidence from the poem to support your answer.
a. school bellsb. wedding bellsc. Christmas bellsd. alarm clock bells
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2. Give two examples of onomatopoeia that Edgar Allen Poe uses to show the sounds that bells make.
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3. What mood does this onomatopoeia create?
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4. What is the meaning of “tintinnabulation”?
a. ringingb. singingc. bangingd. pounding
Figurative LanguageAnswer the following questions. Underline the text evidence in the color shown.
©Ju
lie Bochese, 2018
Without a doubt, my dog is the absolute best dog in the entire world. She is soft, cuddly, and as cute as a baby. We got Hazel when I was 12 years old, and I was so excited that I thought I was going to die. As soon as I saw her, I knew that she was absolutely the perfect puppy for my family. She’s small, white, and fluffy and looks like a lovable teddy bear.
Hazel is always down for an adventure. Last winter, we had a huge snowstorm that left our street looking like it was covered in marshmallows. She immediately jumped out the door and tried to run through the thick snow. She’s so small and white that we almost lost her! We could only see her tiny little black nose sticking up through the snow.
This summer, we took her to the local dog park to meet some friends and play with the other dogs. She was like a celebrity; everyone wanted to meet her and say hi.
Her favorite food is peanut butter. She loves to lick it off a spoon like an ice cream cone. Hazel always says hello in the mornings. Her little barks are music to my ears every single day. Without a doubt, her favorite activity is riding in my car. She just taught herself how to roll down the windows with her little paws so that she can stick her head out and really enjoy our road trips.
Every year, we throw her a proper birthday party. We invite all her fellow dog friends and serve peanut butter doggie ice cream. I’m positively certain that I will never find another dog as perfect as Hazel.
Name: ___________________________________________________________ Date: ______________________790LMy Dog Hazel
©Ju
lie Bochese, 2018
1. Which of the following are examples of hyperbole from the text?
a. “She is soft, cuddly, and as cute as a baby.”b. “We got Hazel when I was 12 years old, and I was so excited that I
thought I was going to die.”c. “Last winter, we had a huge snowstorm that left our street looking like it
was covered in marshmallows.”d. “We invite all her fellow dog friends and serve peanut butter doggie ice
cream.”
2. Give two examples of similes the author uses. What is the purpose of the similes?
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3. What does it mean when the author states, “Her little barks are music to my ears every single day”?
a. Hazel’s barks are quiet and cute. b. Hazel’s barks are loud and piercing. c. The author loves the sound of Hazel’s barks. d. The author gets annoyed by the sound of Hazel’s barks.
4. Give an example of hyperbole from the text.
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Figurative LanguageAnswer the following questions. Underline the text evidence in the color shown.
©Ju
lie Bochese, 2018
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