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4.3.R.5

Description: Students will distinguish fact from opinion in a text and investigate facts for accuracy.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 8A

Exemplars

8A: Judging Validity

8A: Judging Validity

Description: Judge Validity

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: D-6

D-6

Grade level: 4
Word count: 1328 words
Author: Kate Carter
Synopsis: Tough and tougher: that describes the plants and animals that make their home in the desert.
Excerpt: The kangaroo mouse is one such animal. This tiny mouse lives in the southwestern United States. It has very strong back legs, like a kangaroo, and it can jump a huge distance. It gets enough water from the insects, plants, and seeds it eats, so it never has to drink any water. The mouse makes its home under the desert sand. There it can stay cool even when the sun is very hot. At night the mouse will come out to search for food.

Many other small animals also live in tunnels in the day.

Question: Based on what you have read in this selection, which statement is correct?
  1. The kangaroo mouse gets the water it needs from the food it eats.
  2. The kangaroo mouse is able to find hidden supplies of water under the ground.
  3. The kangaroo mouse is a common desert animal that needs large amounts of water.
  4. The kangaroo mouse builds its nest inside desert plants.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Describe at least five ways you can tell if a selection is true or not true. Use examples from selections you have read to support your statements.

Evaluator

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