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Text Complexity Bands and Associated Lexile Ranges

Text Complexity Grade Band in the

Standards Old Lexile Ranges

Lexile Ranges Aligned to CCR Expectations

DRA Fountas & Pinnell

K-1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2-3 450-725 450-790 18-40 J-Q 4-5 645-845 770-980 40-50 Q-W 6-8 960-1115 1080-1305 N/A N/A

11-CCR 1070-1220 1215-1355 N/A N/A

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Off the Bat

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Word Count 149 Lexile 330

Bats are found everywhere. They roost in caves and trees.

These mammals also settle in buildings! Bats never touch the

ground. They sleep upside down!

Bats help the environment. They eat

pesky insects all night. Some people build

bat houses. Bats can live there to consume

bugs. Flying foxes help make new plants

by spreading pollen and seeds.

Have you ever seen a bat? Bats are hard to spot. They

are nocturnal. Bats only come out at night. They are very fast

and quick. Bats are important to the world.

Bats Help

There are many kinds of bats. Some are small like a thumb.

Fruit bats are big. They can grow a few feet long.

Bat Living

Bat Colonies

Bats Bodies

Even though bats can see just fine in the daylight, they use echoes to help them locate food and other things in the dark. Bats make high pitched sounds. Echoes are

made when sounds hit objects. This is called echolocation!

Bats live together in a colony. There are groups with one

million bats! Other colonies have just a few. Some move their

homes every season. Some groups can live in the same caves

for many years.

Some bats can live for 30 years.

Bat Cons: People fear bats because of stories, TV, and movies.

Do you know any sayings with the word bat?

“Off the bat”to do something immediately

Bat Pros: Bats eat insects. Insects can destroy crops.

Seeds and pollen get scattered when they get stuck to the hairs on a bat. This helps new plants grow.

Bat Living

Bat Colonies

Bat Bodies

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Bats are found everywhere. They roost in caves and trees.

They also settle in homes and buildings! Bats never touch the ground

and will even sleep upside down!

Bats help the environment. They eat

pounds of pesky insects every night. Some

people build bat houses for them to stay to

consume bugs. Flying foxes help make new

plants grow by spreading pollen and seeds.

Bats Help

Bats live together in a colony. Some groups can have just a

few bats. A free-tailed Mexican bat colony may have one million

bats! Some colonies move their homes every season. Other

groups live in the same caves for thousands of years.

There are many types of bats. Some are as small as a human

thumb. But, fruit bats are so big that they grow a few feet long

and are also called flying foxes. They look like a fox with wings!

Have you ever seen a bat? Bats are hard to spot. They only

come out at night. They are agile when they fly. Bats quickly

change direction very fast. Bats are special and important to the

world.











Have you ever seen a bat flying in the evening sky? Bats are

nocturnal and only come out at night. Bats are hard to spot because

they are more agile than birds. They quickly change direction very fast.

Bats are special animals and important to the world we live in.

Bats are found everywhere, including deserts and mountains. They

roost in caves and trees. They also settle in homes and buildings! Once

roosting, bats will never touch the ground and will even sleep upside down!

There are many kinds of bats. Some are as small as a human thumb,

but the tropical fruit bat can have a meter long wingspan. Fruit bats are

also called flying foxes because they look like a fox with wings!

Bats live together in a colony. These groups can have a few bats or

hundreds of them. A free-tailed Mexican bat colony may have one million

members! Some colonies migrate from place to place. Other groups live

in the same caves for thousands of years.

Bats help the environment by eating

pounds of pesky insects every night. Some

people build bat houses so they can stay to

consume unwanted bugs. Bats, like the flying

fox, help plants reproduce by spreading pollen

and seeds from fruits they consume.

Bat Living

Bats Help

Bat Colonies

Bats Bodies

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Bats can be found all over the world and will colonize different places such as deserts and mountains. They will roost in caves and holes in trees. They also settle in homes and buildings! Once roosting, bats almost never touch the ground and will even sleep upside down!

Bats help the environment by eating pounds of pesky insects every night. Some people build bat houses so every evening the mammals can feast on flies, mosquitoes, and other unwanted bugs. Bats, like the flying fox, also help plants reproduce by spreading pollen and seeds from the fruits they consume.

Have you ever seen a real bat flying around the evening sky? Bats

Bats live together in a colony. Some groups can have just a few bats or hundreds of the furry flying creatures. A free-tailed Mexican bat colony may contain over one million members! There are colonies that migrate from place to place while others live in the same caves for thousands of years.

There are many different kinds of bats all over the world. Some are as small as a human thumb and others, like the fruit bats of the tropics, can have a wingspan of over a meter long. Fruit bats are also called flying foxes because they look like a fox with wings!

are nocturnal and only come out at night. They are hard to spot because they are more agile than birds. They can quickly change direction very fast. Bats are special animals and important to the world we live in.

Bat Living

Bats Help

Bat Colonies

Bats Bodies

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What is the first paragraph about?

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What is the third paragraph about?

What is the fourth paragraph about?

What is the fifth paragraph about?

Off the Bat What is the second paragraph about?

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What does “Off the Bat” mean?

What do some people do if they like having bats around and why?

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What time of day do bats come out and how do they fly?

How small can bats be? How large can their colonies get?

What do bats eat?

What is a bat?

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Directions: Answer in complete sentences.

3. What is the main idea of the passage?

1. According to the text, why are bats hard to spot?

4. How do bats affect the environment?

RI.1

RI.2

RI.3


Restate the question.   Answer in a complete sentence. Prove with evidence!

2. Explain how bats sleep.RI.1

5. What are some connections between bats roosting and people?RI.3

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1.  Find the word roost. What does it mean as used in the passage?How does the author help you understand it?

2.  Find the word consume. What is the meaning of this word? Underline aword that helps you understand it.

3.  How does the author help you understand the meaning of the word colony?

4. Which paragraph explains what bats eat? Write the heading and tell whatbats eat by citing at least two pieces of evidence from the passage.

Directions: Answer in complete sentences.

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RI.4

RI.4



5.  Explain the author’s point of view about bats.

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RI.2.10, RI.3.6, RI.4.6

RI.2.5, RI.3.5, RI.4.1

RI.4

RI.7

1. Which paragraph do the picture and caption at the top most closely connect to?

Directions: Answer in complete sentences. �

Off the Bat Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

4. Underline the first sentence of the third paragraph. What reasons or evidence does the author give for this point?

RI.2.8, RI.3.10, RI.4.8

3.  Underline the last sentence of the first paragraph. How does the author prove this point?

RI.2.8 RI.3.10 RI.4.8

5.  Look at the fifth paragraph. How does the first sentence connect to the rest ofthe paragraph? What reasons or evidence does the author give for this point?

RI.2.8, RI.3.8, RI.4.5, RI.4.8



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RI.7

2. How does the "Off the Bat" chart connect to the text?

Pretend millions of bats moved into your school and you had the job of getting them out. What are the pros and cons of the bats?

What would you do? Who would help you? What plans would you make? Be creative.


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In the passage, the author gave information about bats. Combine the information from the text with your own thinking

to pretend you are a bat. Where do you live? What is your size? How big is your colony?

Where do you fly at night to eat? Be creative.


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Key Ideas and Details RI.1 1. According to the text, why are bats hard to spot?RI.1 2. Explain how bats sleep.RI.2 3. What is the main idea of the passage?RI.3 4. How do bats affect the environment?RI.3 5. What are some connections between bats roosting and people?

Craft and Structure RI.4 1. Find the word roost. What does it mean as used in the passage? How does the author help you understand it?

RI.4 2. Find the word consume. What is the meaning of this word? Underline a word that helps you understand the word consume.

RI.4 3. How does the author help you understand the meaning of the word colony?RI.2.5, RI.3.5,

RI.4.1 4. Which paragraph explains what bats eat? Write the heading and tell what bats eat by citing at least two pieces of evidence from the passage.RI.2.10, RI.3.6,

RI.4.6 5. Explain the author’s point of view about bats.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas RI.7 1. Which paragraph do the picture and caption at the top most closely connect to?RI.7 2. How does the "Off the Bat" chart connect to the text?RI.8 3. Underline the last sentence of the first paragraph. How does the author prove this point?RI.8 4. Underline the first sentence of the fifth paragraph. What reasons or evidence does the author give for this point?RI.8 5. Look at the fifth paragraph. How does the first sentence connect to the rest of the paragraph?

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Extra (Not a CCSS category) Graphic Organizer/Poster 1.  A bat is a flying mammal that can be found all over the world roosting in caves, buildings, and trees. They are nocturnal and sleep upside down. Bats eat insects and

fruit.2. Bats only come out at night, are very agile, and quickly change direction. reproduce3.  Bats can be as small as a human thumb.4. Colonies can have as many as a million bats.5. Off the bat means to do something immediately.6. Bats eat bugs, insects, and fruit.7. Some people build bat houses so the bats can hang around to eat unwanted bugs.

Key Ideas and Details 1. According to the text, bats are hard to spot because they come out when it is dark outside and are very fast.2. Bats sleep during the day. They sleep upside down because they never touch the ground.3.  The main idea of the passage is how bats are important to the world.4. Bats affect the environment because they eat unwanted bugs and help new plants grow by spreading seeds and pollen.5. The connection between bats roosting and people are bats can live in homes and buildings. Also, some people build bat houses for bats to stay and eat bugs.

Craft and Structure 1. As it is used in the passage, the word roost means to live or settle somewhere. The author helps the reader understand the word roost by telling how some bats live in

caves, trees, and settle in buildings.2. The word consume means to eat. The author helps the reader understand the word consume by telling what bats eat to help the environment.3.  The word colony means to live in a group. The author helps the reader understand the word colony by telling how some colonies have one million bats while other groups

have just few.4.  Bats eat insects/bugs or fruit. The author helps the reader understand how bats eat unwanted pests such as insects by telling how people build bat houses.5. The author shows a positive point of view about bats because the text focuses on how they are important and help the environment in the first and last paragraph

and chart at the bottom.Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

1.  The picture at the top helps the reader understand more about how bats come out at night because they use echolocation.2. The “Off the Bat” chart connects to the last paragraph because it helps the reader understand more about how bats help the environment.3.  The author proves the point in the last sentence of the first paragraph by telling how bats help the environment. Proved in the last paragraph and chart.4. In the first sentence of the third paragraph, the author makes the point about how there are many different kinds of bats. The author gives the reasons for making

this point because some can be as small as a human thumb and some like the fruit bat can grow many feet or a meter long.5. The first sentence of the fifth paragraph is connected as an effect through a cause and effect relationship. The cause includes the things bats do to help the

environment such as spreading pollen and seeds to help new plants grow. Another cause is how they eat bugs.

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