ELA-Literacy.RI.2.2
Description:
Key Ideas and Details
Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
2A, 2C, 9B
Exemplars
2A: Determining Main Idea
2A: Determining Main Idea
Description:
Determining Main Idea and Themes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-1
B-1
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1097 words
Author: Carlos Valdoza
Synopsis: Are you the oldest in your family? The youngest? In between? The only? Your answer tells a lot about you.
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
This selection is mainly about
- how family birth order affects your personality.
- why first-born kids are more likely to be president.
- which traits are the most dangerous.
- what you can do to change your birth order.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Use a story map to show the main idea and its supporting details in a selection.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
2C: Summarizing
2C: Summarizing
Description:
Summarizing
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-5
B-5
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1000 words
Author: Kate Carter
Synopsis: The English language is full of sayings that don't mean what they say.
Excerpt:
Here's another idiom that may puzzle you: "Don't count your chickens before they hatch." It means you shouldn't be sure something will happen. There's always a chance it won't happen at all.
Question:
Someone who "counts their chickens before they hatch" is
- feeling sure a certain thing will happen.
- worrying too much about small details.
- working hard but not succeeding
- trying to make people laugh.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Write an email to a friend and describe a selection you read.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
9B: Classifying
9B: Classifying
Description:
Classify
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-49
B-49
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1087 words
Author: Barbara Smalley
Synopsis: Hot dogs are one of America's most popular foods.
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
Hot dogs are popular for many reasons. All of these statements explain why hot dogs are popular EXCEPT
- "Hot dogs have a narrow tube shape, and they are usually brown."
- "Hot dogs can be easily heated in a pan, on a grill, or in boiling water."
- "Hot dogs are available in most places, and they do not cost much money."
- "Hot dogs can be served with any kind of topping a person likes."
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Write three headings: Places, Animals, Events. Under these headings, list the names and main ideas of at least 7 non-fiction texts you have read.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions