A Home for Lizzie by Beth Thompson

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The Sunset in My Mailbox by Callie Lorentson
2006 Reading Released Items
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• 05 Which sentence best summarizes the story?
• A. Julien wants to live closer to Caitlin.
• B. Julien shares her popsicle with Caitlin.
• C. Julien sends many interesting objects to
  Caitlin.

LC02 Given a literary text to read silently (may
include poems, stories, biographies, and essays),
learners respond to items in which
they Summarize with evidence from the reading
(Reading GLE 2.1.7)
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• 06 According to the story, what did Julien send
  to Caitlin first?
• A. Sunset
• B. Popsicle
• C. Cornflakes

LC05 Given a literary text to read silently (may
include poems, stories, biographies, and essays),
learners respond to items in which
they Comprehend order steps, sequence, and/or
parts from the reading (Reading GLE
2.2.1) Performance Data (Use this space to fill
in student performance information for your school
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07 Any of these words could be used to describe
Julien in the story. Choose the word you think
best describes Julien. Giving Creative
Faithful Use two details from the story to
support your choice. ____________________________
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LA06 Given a literary text to read silently (may
include poems, stories, biographies, and essays),
learners respond to items in which
they Demonstrate understanding of literary
elements (genres story elements such as plot,
character, setting stylistic devices) and
graphic elements/ illustrations (Reading GLEs
2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.3.3)
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A 2-point response states or implies which word
best describes Julien in the story, and provides
two text-based details to support the
choice. Examples Giving Julien gave a popsicle
stick and a sunset to Caitlin. OR Creative Julien
sent a sneeze in a jar. She sent a butterfly
that looked like a sunset. OR Faithful Julien
sends a letter a week. Next week she is going to
send Japan. A 1-point response states or implies
which words best describes Julien in the story,
and provides one text-based detail to support the
choice.
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• Text-based details may include, but are not
  limited to the following
• Giving/Creative/Faithful
• Send a popsicle.
• Sent breakfast/cornflakes.
• Sent a sneeze/cold.
• Sent her fingerprint.
• Sent a snowball.
• Sent a butterfly/sunset/gray papery shell.
• Sent letters/pen pals.
• Next week shes sending Japan/writing what shell
  send next.

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07 Any of these words could be used to describe
Julien in the story. Choose the word you think
best describes Julien. Giving Creative
Faithful Use two details from the story to
support your choice. ____________________________
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This response states or implies which word best
describes Julien in the story and provides two
text-based details to support the choice A she
gave Caitlin a popsicle B. She gave Caitlin
some cornflakes
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This response states or implies which word best
describes Julien in the story and provides two
text-based details to support the choice F She
sent a whole sunset! H. And the she sent Japan!
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This response states or implies which word best
describes Julien in the story and provides one
text-based detail to support the choice F . She
had a creative way of sending a sunset
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07 Any of these words could be used to describe
Julien in the story. Choose the word you think
best describes Julien. Giving Creative
Faithful Use two details from the story to
support your choice. ____________________________
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This response states or implies which word best
describes Julien in the story and provides one
text-based detail to support the choice E. She
gives stuff like a snowball
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07 Any of these words could be used to describe
Julien in the story. Choose the word you think
best describes Julien. Giving Creative
Faithful Use two details from the story to
support your choice. ____________________________
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This response states or implies which word best
describes Julien in the story, but does not
provide any text-based details that correspond to
the rubric.
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• 08 What is the authors purpose for writing this
  story?
• A. To teach how to mail surprising packages
• B. To entertain with a story about friendship
• C. To explain how to write a letter to a pen pal

LA09 Given a literary text to read silently (may
include poems, stories, biographies, and essays),
learners respond to items in which they Analyze
authors purpose and evaluate effectiveness for
different audiences (Reading GLEs 2.4.2, 2.4.3,
2.4.4)
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• 09 Which sentence explains why Julien sent
  Caitlin a popsicle?
• A. Julien wanted to share it with Caitlin.
• B. Julien knew that Caitlin loved grape flavors.
• C. Julien remembered purple was Caitlins
  favorite color.

LA08 Given a literary text to read silently (may
include poems, stories, biographies, and essays),
learners respond to items in which they Make
connections (cause and effect) between parts of
text (Reading GLE 2.3.1)
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• 10 Why does Caitlin say Uh-oh at the end of
  the story?
• A. She was frustrated about getting too much
  mail.
• B. She was nervous about getting the next letter.
• C. She was worried about the colorful butterfly.

LC03 Given a literary text to read silently (may
include poems, stories, biographies, and essays),
learners respond to items in which they Make
inferences or predictions based on the reading
(Reading GLE 2.1.5)