RL.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, 1B, 1B, 2A
Exemplars
1A: Recalling Explicit Details
1A: Recalling Explicit Details
Description:
Identifying explicit details including character, time, setting and speaker
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
A-1
A-1
Grade level: 1
Word count: 805 words
Author: Anonymous
Synopsis: A rabbit is not big or strong, but he's smart. That's what it takes to be king.
Excerpt:
Long ago, a rabbit lived on a farm. Many other animals also lived there. The rabbit decided he would be the king of the animals.
Question:
Where does this selection take place?
- on a farm long ago
- near the sea long ago
- on a farm in the future
- in the woods today
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Explain when and where a selection takes place. What clues help you determine that information?
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
Description:
Drawing Conclusions, Making Inferences from information in text
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
A-3
A-3
Grade level: 1
Word count: 790 words
Author: Adapted from a story by Amy Barrett
Synopsis: A boy has an odd adventure that leads him to Popcorn Mountain.
Excerpt:
The frog started to get tired. It hopped a little slower. Then it hopped even slower. Then it stopped. Drew looked down. The frog was sleeping!
Question:
Why did the frog stop hopping?
- It was sleepy.
- It needed to eat.
- It got lost.
- It started to fly.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe a time when an author's clues led you to draw the wrong conclusion about a selection. Why might an author include clues like these?
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
Description:
Drawing Conclusions, Making Inferences from information in text
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
A-77
A-77
Grade level: 1
Word count: 691 words
Author: R. Bender
Synopsis: A fox says he has many tricks to keep him safe. Will the tricks work, or will he be caught by the farmers' dogs?
Excerpt:
"I would gladly teach you some of my tricks," said Mr. Fox. "But in times like these, it is not a good idea to trust anyone. Each animal must look out just for himself."
Question:
The fox did not want to tell the cat about his tricks. Why?
- The fox believes every animal should take care of its own needs.
- The fox is afraid the cat will tell the farmers how to find him.
- The fox wants to teach the cat an important lesson.
- The fox does not really have any tricks.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
What clues in the selection let you know that a character was good or evil?
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
2A: Determining Main Idea
2A: Determining Main Idea
Description:
Determining Main Idea and Themes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
A-19
A-19
Grade level: 1
Word count: 785 words
Author: Frederick H. Martens
Synopsis: The king's daughter is saved from the bird with nine heads by a young man named Will. Can they live happily ever after?
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
This selection is mainly about a
- man who saves the king's daughter.
- dragon that is friendly and kind.
- king who does not keep his promise.
- friend who is not very nice.
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