Star Reading sample items Domain
Kindergarten*
Word Knowledge and Skills Domain not applicable at Kindergarten.
Covers knowledge and understanding of vocabulary as well as the ability to use the strategies.
Comprehension Strategies and Constructing Meaning
Analyzing Literary Text Covers the exploration of plot, setting, character, theme, and point of view in literary text, as well as the characteristics of different genres.
Grade 2
Grade 3
Jada will feed her pets every day. She will give them food that is good for them.
Don likes to write letters to his friends.
I am beginning to understand how to play this game.
What does feed mean?
Which word has the same base word as write?
Which word means the same as beginning?
to give food to
kite
knowing
to take a bath
real
starting
to play with
writing
winning
Jake Albertson
13/35
Beth rides the bus to school. She sits with Ann. After school, the girls ride the bus home. They talk about their day.
I like to play all_____ .
Covers strategies such as selfmonitoring, making predictions, drawing conclusions, and using organizational structure of text to improve understanding.
Grade 1
How do the girls get home?
toy cat
They walk home.
day
They ride the bus. Their moms pick them up.
Elephants are the largest animals on land. They can be over twenty feet long and twelve feet tall. They have very big ears, long trunks, and short tails. They can move very fast if they need to.
Kerry pulled on her new jacket and grabbed her bike. She rode around the park for a few minutes. She stopped to take off her jacket and put it in the bike basket. Then she rode her bike again.
What shows how big elephants are?
Why does Kerry take off her jacket?
They can be over twenty feet long.
It doesn't fit anymore.
They can move very fast.
It is a new jacket.
They have short tails.
She is too warm.
Jake Albertson
13/35
Lola and Dad are in the car. They went for a ride. Now they will go home. Where is Lola?
Hana lived in a blue town. Everything was blue. The food was blue. The grass was blue. Everything was blue but one thing. Hana was not blue. What kind of story is this?
in her room
a make-believe story
in a school
a story about a real person
in a car
a story like real life
Gary lived in a big tree. Like other squirrels, he worked hard finding nuts. One day, he found a kind of nut he'd never seen before. He could not move it. "Silly squirrel," called the wise old barn owl. "That's a rock!" Who is this story about? a different kind of rock a wise old barn owl a silly squirrel named Gary
I walked into the shop, and the shop owner smiled at me. "Glad to see you, Laila," he said. "The cloth you were looking for arrived." He spread out the cloth so I could see it. Soon other shoppers stood around us and looked at the beautiful cloth. Who is telling this story? Laila the shop owner the shoppers
*There are currently no sample items available for Word Knowledge and Skills or in Understanding Author’s craft, although they are tested at the kindergarten level. © 2023 Renaissance Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. | www.renaissance.com
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