5.6.B
Description:
Generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
1A
Exemplars
1A: Recalling Explicit Details
1A: Recalling Explicit Details
Description:
Identifying explicit details including character, time, setting and speaker
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
HiE-2
HiE-2
Grade level: 5
Word count: 1606 words
Author: Randi Bender
Synopsis: When will an earthquake strike? We really don't know. But we do know why they happen.
Excerpt:
Earthquakes are measured using the Richter Scale. This is a system that assigns a number based on how much power an earthquake has. Special instruments measure the energy in an earthquake, which is then assigned a number on the scale.
Question:
The Richter Scale measures
- the energy of an earthquake.
- the level of noise created by an earthquake.
- the size of the sea waves in earthquakes that happen under water.
- the location of an earthquake.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Create a diagram that lists the following information about a selection: Who, What, Where, When, Why, How.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions