CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.5

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The Standard

Recognize common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems).

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Literature

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students tell whether a familiar text is a storybook or a poem. They notice clues in how the text looks, sounds, and is organized.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students correctly label familiar examples as storybooks or poems. They use clues such as characters and events, line breaks, rhythm, or repeated words.
Common Misconceptions: Students may call any illustrated book a storybook. They may think every poem rhymes or that a rhyming story must be a poem.
How to Assess It: Show one short storybook page and one short poem. Ask each student to name each type and point to one clue that helped.

Lesson moves

Place several storybooks and poetry books in a basket, then have students sort them into labeled hoops using visible text clues.
Read a story and a poem, then ask, “What did you notice about how each one looked and sounded?”
Play Book Type Corners, where students move to the storybook or poem corner after hearing a short excerpt.
Examine a bedtime story and a nursery rhyme, then discuss when families might read or recite each one.

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