RI.P.4.3
Description:
Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
4A
Exemplars
4A: Interpreting Word Meaning
4A: Interpreting Word Meaning
Description:
Interpreting Word Meaning
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
F-17
F-17
Grade level: 6
Word count: 1710 words
Author: Randi Bender
Synopsis: At the U.S. Space Camp, campers find out what it is like to work and travel in space.
Excerpt:
The sky is not the limit for the thousands of people who go to space camps. At space camp, children, teenagers, and adults can experience the closest thing to space travel on Earth. A week at space camp can be the first small step in a longer journey that may well take campers into deep space.
Question:
In this excerpt, what does the author mean by, "The sky is not the limit for thousands of people who go to space camp"?
- Space campers have many opportunities to learn about different aspects of space.
- Space campers are limited in what they can learn about space.
- Space campers become qualified to travel on a real space mission.
- Space campers leave Earth's atmosphere during their week at camp.
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:
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