Sample texts by benchmark
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R.1.1 R.1.2 R.1.3 R.1.4 R.2.1 R.2.2 R.2.3 R.2.4 R.3.1 R.3.2 R.3.3
Identify the topic of and relevant
form to enhance comprehension.
provided in visuals and words in
differences between information
Identify an author’ s opinion(s)
graphs, maps, glossaries, and/or
Identify and explain descriptive
Compare and contrast two texts
Identify stanzas and line breaks
Explain who is telling the story
Identify and describe the main
Identify and explain the moral
Retell a text in oral or written
words and phrases in text(s).
illustrations to demonstrate
Use text features including
titles, headings, captions,
story elements in a story.
Explain similarities and
understanding of texts.
an informational text.
using context clues.
on the same topic.
details in a text.
about the topic.
of a story.
in poems.
“Daffodowndilly” by A.A. Milne ● ● ●
“Eletelephony” by Laura Richards ● ● ●
A Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin by
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David Adler
Chickens Don't Fly by Laura Lyn Disiena ● ● ● ● ● ●
Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell ● ● ● ● ●
Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff ● ● ● ● ●
Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle ● ● ● ● ●
Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau
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by Dan Yaccarino
From Seed to Pumpkin by Wendy Pfeffer
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How People Learned to Fly by Fran Hodgkins ● ● ● ● ●
I Am Enough by Grace Byers ● ● ● ● ●
I am Helen Keller by Brad Meltzer ● ● ● ● ●
I Wonder by Tana Hoban ● ● ● ● ●
Keep a Poem in Your Pocket by Beatrice
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Schenk de Regniers
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans ● ● ●
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ELA.1. ELA.1. ELA.1. ELA.1. ELA.1. ELA.1. ELA.1. ELA.1. ELA.1. ELA.1. ELA.1.
R.1.1 R.1.2 R.1.3 R.1.4 R.2.1 R.2.2 R.2.3 R.2.4 R.3.1 R.3.2 R.3.3
Identify the topic of and relevant
form to enhance comprehension.
provided in visuals and words in
differences between information
graphs, maps, glossaries, and/or
Identify and explain descriptive
Compare and contrast two texts
Identify stanzas and line breaks
Explain who is telling the story
Identify and describe the main
Identify and explain the moral
Retell a text in oral or written
words and phrases in text(s).
illustrations to demonstrate
Use text features including
opinion(s) about the topic.
titles, headings, captions,
story elements in a story.
Explain similarities and
understanding of texts.
an informational text.
Identify an author’ s
using context clues.
on the same topic.
details in a text.
of a story.
in poems.
My Name is Celia/Me llamo Celia: The Life of
Celia Cruz/la vida de Celia Cruz by Monica ● ● ● ● ● ●
Brown
Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of
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Benjamin Franklin by Gene Barretta
Police Officers by Paulette Bourgeois
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Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire ● ● ●
The Slug by Elise Gravel ● ● ● ● ●
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter ● ● ● ● ●
The Three Little Pigs by James Halliwell-
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Phillipps
The Tortoise and the Hare by Aesop ● ● ● ● ●
The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian
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Andersen
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams ● ● ● ● ●
The White House by Lloyd Douglas ● ● ● ● ●
Tooth By Tooth: Comparing Fangs, Tusks,
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and Chompers by Sara Levine
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