2.6.B
Description:
Generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
1A, 3C, 8B
Exemplars
8B: Reasoning
8B: Reasoning
Description:
Reasoning
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-68
B-68
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1004 words
Author: R. Bender
Synopsis: While walking around her house, Kayla discovers that people need to use math all the time.
Excerpt:
"What are you doing, Mom?" Kayla asked.
"Hi, honey," Mom said. "I am building some shelves for my books." Mom loved to read. She had many books. Her books were piled on the floor.
Kayla looked around. She saw tools, a box of nails, and a yardstick. She knew from her math class that a yardstick is a tool to measure things. Yardsticks are three feet long.
"Hi, honey," Mom said. "I am building some shelves for my books." Mom loved to read. She had many books. Her books were piled on the floor.
Kayla looked around. She saw tools, a box of nails, and a yardstick. She knew from her math class that a yardstick is a tool to measure things. Yardsticks are three feet long.
Question:
Read this part from the selection. Which sentence explains why Mom needed to build shelves?
- Her books were piled on the floor.
- She saw tools, a box of nails, and a yardstick.
- Mom loved to read.
- What are you doing, Mom?
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Write three "why" questions about a selection and provide evidence from the text on how those questions should be answered.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
1A: Recalling Explicit Details
1A: Recalling Explicit Details
Description:
Identifying explicit details including character, time, setting and speaker
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-2
B-2
Grade level: 2
Word count: 971 words
Author: J. Baldwin
Synopsis: John Randolph lived long ago. Although he was an important man who worked with the president, he was disliked by everyone. Why? He was one of the rudest people around.
Excerpt:
After just a minute, Mr. Randolph reached the end of the field near the inn. To his surprise, he found that the road split. He did not know whether he should go to the right or to the left to get to the town. He had an important meeting in the town that began at noon. He needed to get there quickly.
Question:
Where was Mr. Randolph going?
- to a meeting in a town
- to visit the president
- to a farm to buy a horse
- to a business in a city
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Write an interview with a character from a selection. Include at least three questions that you would ask the character, and include the character's answers to those questions.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
3C: Analyzing Cause/Effect
3C: Analyzing Cause/Effect
Description:
Analyzing Cause and Effect
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-18
B-18
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1107 words
Author: R. Bender
Synopsis: It would be impossible to live without plants. They are very important to our lives. From breathing to eating to brushing our teeth, we use plants throughout the day.
Excerpt:
How do plants put oxygen in the air? Inside the leaves of plants are special cells. These cells are where a plant makes food for itself. As a plant makes food in its cells, it gives off this gas. The gas goes into the air.
Question:
The selection states oxygen enters the air when plants
- make food.
- are cut down.
- make water.
- are eaten.
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