R.ELA.3.5
Description:
Determine the main idea of an informational text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
2A, 2B
Exemplars
2A: Determining Main Idea
2A: Determining Main Idea
Description:
Determining Main Idea and Themes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
C-4
C-4
Grade level: 3
Word count: 1243 words
Author: Mary Dunn
Synopsis: Rachel Carson sounded an alarm about the environment while everyone else was asleep.
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
What is another good title for this selection?
- Warrior for the Environment
- The Woman Who Loved Birds
- The Cape Cod Shoreline
- Why Chemicals Are Bad
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe three clues in a selection that helped you determine the main idea of the selection.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
2B: Analyzing Relative Importance
2B: Analyzing Relative Importance
Description:
Determining Relative Importance
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
C-25
C-25
Grade level: 3
Word count: 1130 words
Author: Marshif Quoyle
Synopsis: How do green plants matter? Let us (lettuce!) count the ways.
Excerpt:
The links in that food chain begin with a green plant and then go on to insects and worms.
People and other large animals are at the end of many food chains. A food chain ends with an animal that will not be eaten by another animal.
The second link in any food chain is always a creature that eats plants.
People and other large animals are at the end of many food chains. A food chain ends with an animal that will not be eaten by another animal.
The second link in any food chain is always a creature that eats plants.
Question:
Think about what you read. Put these links to a food chain in order, from the first link in the last.
- plant
- grasshopper
- frog
- hawk
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe parts of a selection that held important clues to help you understand what was happening.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions