2.3.D
Description:
Identify, use, and explain the meaning of antonyms, synonyms, idioms, and homographs in context.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
2C, 3A, 4A, 4C
Exemplars
4A: Interpreting Word Meaning
4A: Interpreting Word Meaning
Description:
Interpreting Word Meaning
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-59
B-59
Grade level: 2
Word count: 975 words
Author: Anonymous
Synopsis: Long ago, people created stories to explain unusual things they saw in nature. This old story offers an unsual explanation about where fish go on cold days.
Excerpt:
The sunfish rubbed two sticks together, but he could not produce even one spark.
Question:
Read this part from the selection. The word "produce" means
- create.
- think about.
- become warm.
- destroy.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Choose a selection that included some unfamiliar vocabulary. Replace the unfamiliar words with synonyms that are easier to understand yet still convey the same meaning.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
2C: Summarizing
2C: Summarizing
Description:
Summarizing
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-5
B-5
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1000 words
Author: Kate Carter
Synopsis: The English language is full of sayings that don't mean what they say.
Excerpt:
Here's another idiom that may puzzle you: "Don't count your chickens before they hatch." It means you shouldn't be sure something will happen. There's always a chance it won't happen at all.
Question:
Someone who "counts their chickens before they hatch" is
- feeling sure a certain thing will happen.
- worrying too much about small details.
- working hard but not succeeding
- trying to make people laugh.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Write an email to a friend and describe a selection you read.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
3A: Predicting Outcomes
3A: Predicting Outcomes
Description:
Predicting Outcomes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-5
B-5
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1000 words
Author: Kate Carter
Synopsis: The English language is full of sayings that don't mean what they say.
Excerpt:
Its history goes back a long way. In the 1500s, houses had roofs made of straw. Cats and dogs usually slept outside, not in the house. On a cold, rainy night, they went up to the roof. They snuggled under the straw. It was the only place where they could get warm. But wet straw can be slippery, so sometimes the cats and dogs fell off the roof. People looked out their windows and said, "Look! It's raining cats and dogs!" Today we say "it's raining cats and dogs" when it rains really hard.
Question:
What might have happened if goats, rather than cats and dogs, sat on roofs in the rain?
- The idiom would be "it's raining goats!"
- It would rain even harder.
- People would panic when it started to rain.
- The idiom would be "where are the cats and dogs?"
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Use a selection you have read to finish this statement: "If only (a character) had done (this action) instead of (this action), then (make a prediction about what might have happened)." Use details from the selection to explain and support your prediction.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
4C: Visualizing
4C: Visualizing
Description:
Visualizing
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-8
B-8
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1022 words
Author: Elizabeth Holman
Synopsis: Animals form partnerships as if their lives depend on it--because they do.
Excerpt:
When the shrimp digs a hole, it must get rid of the extra sand. That means it must go out into the open sea and dump it. And going out into the open sea means danger. That's when the goby fish helps. The fish will stand guard at the hole while the shrimp takes the sand away. The shrimp always keeps a part of its body touching the fish. If the fish sees trouble on the way, it will start to flap its tail. Then it will dart into the hole.
Question:
A goby fish will warn a shrimp when danger is near. Which two of the following warnings does the fish provide?
- The fish moves its tail from side to side.
- The fish swims quickly into a hole.
- The fish creates bubbles in the water.
- The fish swims in circles.
- The fish sways its head from side to side.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
List five words in a selection that helped you form a picture in your mind. Do additional research to find a synonym and antonym for each word, and use the word in a sentence.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions