RI.1.7

Description: Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 1A, 2A, 6A, 7C

Exemplars

1A: Recalling Explicit Details

1A: Recalling Explicit Details

Description: Identifying explicit details including character, time, setting and speaker

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: A-10

A-10

Grade level: 1
Word count: 719 words
Author: Ellen Bari
Synopsis: Rochelle is the first African American female chess champion. She's on her way to becoming a chess master.
Excerpt: When did she start playing? It started when Rochelle was in third grade. That is when her grandmother showed her how to play.

Question: When did Rochelle first play chess?
  1. in the third grade
  2. in the first grade
  3. in kindergarten
  4. in preschool

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Explain when and where a selection takes place. What clues help you determine that information?

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

2A: Determining Main Idea

2A: Determining Main Idea

Description: Determining Main Idea and Themes

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: A-82

A-82

Grade level: 1
Word count: 537 words
Author: R. Bender
Synopsis: What is a friendship? These two girls experience it every day.
Excerpt: No excerpt is available for this question.
Question: This selection is mainly about
  1. a friendship.
  2. a trip in an airplane.
  3. two cats.
  4. talking too much.

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

6A: Recognizing Author's Intent

6A: Recognizing Author's Intent

Description: Recognizing Author's Purpose

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: A-31

A-31

Grade level: 1
Word count: 794 words
Author: R. Bender
Synopsis: Did you know you can see a star during the day? The sky is full of surprises!
Excerpt: One day another rocket will go to a planet. But this time it will be different. Why? People will be on it! Maybe you will be one of them!

Question: The author of this selection believes people
  1. will visit other planets someday.
  2. already live on other planets.
  3. are not smart enough to visit other planets.
  4. are much too afraid to visit other planets.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Choose an image from an non-fiction selection you have read. Create a list of all the information visible in the image that supports the facts presented in the selection.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

7C: Interpreting Images

7C: Interpreting Images

Description: Intepreting Images and Maps

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: A-51

A-51

Grade level: 1
Word count: 754 words
Author: Kate Carter
Synopsis: How do trees grow, and why do they matter?
Image:
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Question: This tree has just started to grow. Based on what you read in this selection, a tree at this stage would be called a
  1. sapling.
  2. branch.
  3. root.
  4. log.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Can an image help you understand a selection's main idea or theme? Choose two selections you read and explain how the image did or did not help you understand the selection.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions