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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 literal and inferential questions to determine meaning; refer explicitly to the text to support inferences and conclusions.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 3A, 3C

Exemplars

3A: Predicting Outcomes

3A: Predicting Outcomes

Description: Predicting Outcomes

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: C-44

C-44

Grade level: 3
Word count: 1130 words
Author: Erica Cirino
Synopsis: A day at the zoo requires detective work when car keys disappear.
Excerpt: The next exhibit they searched was the safari exhibit. This was Marco's favorite place in the whole zoo. They hopped on the safari train again. Marco and his dad were so happy that they nearly forgot about the lost keys.

Question: In the selection, Marco rides on the safari train two times. When he rides on the train, what kind of expression would you probably see on his face?
  1. a smile
  2. a frown
  3. anger
  4. surprise

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Write an email to a friend who has not read the selection. Provide enough information about the selection's characters, settings, and events so your friend is able to predict what happened in the selection.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

3C: Analyzing Cause/Effect

3C: Analyzing Cause/Effect

Description: Analyzing Cause and Effect

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: C-30

C-30

Grade level: 3
Word count: 1325 words
Author: Nancy Joline
Synopsis: Who is that mysterious stranger?
Excerpt: "We may as well anchor here," I told Emily. "We can't row in the dark. We'll just sit here in the boat and wait for our parents to find us."

Question: Why did Emily and Tarij stop rowing and wait in the boat?
  1. It was too dark to see where they were going.
  2. They heard their parents coming.
  3. They thought the boat's motor would start working.
  4. It was late and they wanted to go to sleep.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Write three "why" questions about things that happened in a selection and then answer those questions.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions