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RI.MC.5.1

Description: Determine meaning and develop logical interpretations by making predictions, inferring, drawing conclusions, analyzing, synthesizing, providing evidence, and investigating multiple interpretations. Ask and answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions to demonstrate understanding of a text; use key details to make inferences and draw conclusions in texts heard or read.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 1A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 6B, 8A

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

3B: Analyzing Plot/Character

3B: Analyzing Plot/Character

Description: Analyzing setting, plot, and character

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: A-29

A-29

Grade level: 1
Word count: 870 words
Author: Erica Cirino
Synopsis: A teacher helps her students discover how much fun it can be to have a pen pal.
Excerpt: My teacher wants everyone in our class to be friends. Since the first day of school, she has made sure we are all friends with one another.

One day my teacher told our class we would make faraway friends. She said these friends lived in other countries. My teacher said we would get to know them without leaving our classroom!

"Hi Devi," I wrote. "Thank you for your letter. I am from the United States. I live in a big city.

Question: Based on what you read, which two of the following statements best describe Anna?
  1. She has many friends.
  2. She lives in a big city.
  3. She has a cat named Harto.
  4. She is a shy person.
  5. She collects stamps.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Describe a character from a selection, including how he or she looks, something the character might say, and the kinds of books this character might like to read.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

4A: Interpreting Word Meaning

4A: Interpreting Word Meaning

Description: Interpreting Word Meaning

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: A-36

A-36

Grade level: 1
Word count: 740 words
Author: Ann Alvarez
Synopsis: Where can you find extra space in a city? Up on the roof.
Excerpt: Roof top gardens are important. Sometimes it is hard to get fresh fruits and veggies in the city. But a roof garden can fix that. Some people have whole farms on a roof! These roofs are often called "green roofs." People grow all kinds of fresh foods. Then they sell it to stores and restaurants. It used to be that a farm was way out in the country. Not anymore!

Question: Based on what you read in the selection, a "green roof" is a roof that
  1. is used as a farm.
  2. is used as a park.
  3. has no view.
  4. has power lines on it.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Describe how the knowledge of another language can help you understand a new word or phrase you read in English.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

4B: Interpreting Analogies

4B: Interpreting Analogies

Description: Interpreting Analogies

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: A-28

A-28

Grade level: 1
Word count: 790 words
Author: Ann Alvarez
Synopsis: People have played tug of war for a very, very long time.
Excerpt: Have you ever heard of the game called "tug of war"? It is a game of power.

Question: The author says tug of war is a game of
  1. power.
  2. friendship.
  3. skill.
  4. hardship.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Give two examples of how an author described a person, animal, or object by saying it was like something else.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

6B: Recognizing Persuasion

6B: Recognizing Persuasion

Description: Recognizing Persuasive Devices

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: A-20

A-20

Grade level: 1
Word count: 653 words
Author: Amie Leavitt
Synopsis: Does competing help you or hurt you?
Excerpt: And keep this in mind. The best part about competing isn't winning. It's how you feel when you do the best you can.

Question: Which statement best describes the author's opinion about competition?
  1. It's important because it helps you do your best.
  2. It turns everyone into rivals, which isn't a good thing.
  3. It's important because it helps you win.
  4. It's more helpful in sports than it is in school or at work.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Explain how you can tell if an author is writing about something real or make-believe in a selection. Use examples from at least four selections you have read to support your argument.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

8A: Judging Validity

8A: Judging Validity

Description: Judge Validity

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: They started to win again and again. They won 30 national chess championships. A championship is a contest to find out which team is the best. Someone made a movie about Rochelle and her team.

Question: Based on what you read, which two of the following statements are correct?
  1. Playing chess can help improve your memory.
  2. It takes years of practice to become a chess master.
  3. Rochelle's grandmother is a famous chess player.
  4. You need to be an adult to win a chess championship.
  5. Men and women have been playing chess since the game first started.

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

Organization: Certica Solutions