ELAGSE5RI1
Description:
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
1A, 1B, 2B, 3A, 5A, 8A
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
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
Description:
Drawing Conclusions, Making Inferences from information in text
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
E-2
E-2
Grade level: 5
Word count: 1433 words
Author: Nancy McConnell
Synopsis: The Hubble telescope is our doorway to the wonders of the universe.
Excerpt:
The Hubble also has taken pictures that may show how a new planet is born. These pictures show that dust, in the shape of a disk, forms around stars. Scientists believe these disks may become planets. Because of the Hubble's data, scientists think that new planets may form in many parts of the universe. Hubble also has sent us images of new stars being born.
Question:
Based on what you read in this selection, which is correct?
- Hubble has confirmed that the universe is always growing and changing.
- Hubble has shown us water exists on many other planets in the universe.
- Hubble has warned us that the universe will soon be too crowded.
- Hubble has proven that Earth is the only planet in the universe.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe the clues in a selection that helped you determine the selection's main idea.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
3A: Predicting Outcomes
3A: Predicting Outcomes
Description:
Predicting Outcomes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
HiE-11
HiE-11
Grade level: 5
Word count: 1713 words
Author: Dustin Rowland
Synopsis: In some parts of the world, animals are built to survive in temperatures that humans could not bear.
Excerpt:
Because it does not mind the heat, the silver ant will actually choose the hottest time of day to search for food. In fact, the silver ant becomes active only when temperatures reach at least 115 degrees. Although they can survive for only eight to ten minutes in that heat without burning up, they choose this time for a reason.
Question:
According to the selection, if the silver ant takes longer than ten minutes to search for food, it will
- burn up and die.
- starve to death.
- freeze to death.
- change its color.
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
5A: Examining Text Structure
5A: Examining Text Structure
Description:
Examining Text Structure
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
HiE-30
HiE-30
Grade level: 5
Word count: 1520 words
Author: Phyllis Wilner
Synopsis: Two organizations, MADD and SADD, continue to lead the fight against drunk driving.
Excerpt:
Together with a group of high school students, Robert formed a group called Students Against Drunk Driving, or SADD. SADD's goal was to make the kids themselves face up to the dangers of drunk driving, and to do something about it.
Today, SADD stands for Student Against Destructive Decisions. It addresses other important issues such as drug use and peer pressure in addition to teenage drinking and driving. There are now more than 10,000 chapters in middle schools, high schools, and colleges throughout the country. The students organize and run each new SADD chapter. They get help from an adult adviser.
Today, SADD stands for Student Against Destructive Decisions. It addresses other important issues such as drug use and peer pressure in addition to teenage drinking and driving. There are now more than 10,000 chapters in middle schools, high schools, and colleges throughout the country. The students organize and run each new SADD chapter. They get help from an adult adviser.
Question:
SADD was originally formed to help students understand the dangers of drunk driving. Which two sentences in this excerpt best explain the change and growth in the ongoing mission of SADD?
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe an author's use of symbols in a selection that you have read. Explain what the symbols mean and how they connect to the characters and events in the selection.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
8A: Judging Validity
8A: Judging Validity
Description:
Judge Validity
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
HiE-38
HiE-38
Grade level: 5
Word count: 1581 words
Author: Courtney Triola
Synopsis: There are many sphinxes in the world. You might even know a few.
Excerpt:
Although most scientists believe King Khafre was responsible for building the Great Sphinx, there are those who argue against this view. Some believe the Great Sphinx was built by Khufu, King Khafre's father. Khufu had built the first Great Pyramid. Others believe the Great Sphinx is older than both Khafre and Khufu. Researchers who worked at the Giza site in the 1850s unearthed an ancient text. This ancient text told how Khufu found the Great Sphinx buried in the sand.
Question:
This excerpt explains that some scientists think the Great Sphinx at Giza is older than both Kings Khufu and Khafre. Choose the sentence that gives evidence to support this.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe at least five ways you can tell if a selection is true or not true. Use examples from selections you have read to support your statements.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
2B: Analyzing Relative Importance
2B: Analyzing Relative Importance
Description:
Determining Relative Importance
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
E-43
E-43
Grade level: 5
Word count: 1419 words
Author: Erica Cirino
Synopsis: Swamps, mangroves, and alligators are all part of the Florida Everglades. In some ways this wetland environment has changed over time, but in other ways it has not.
Excerpt:
One kind of tree you would see in Ten Thousand Islands is the mangrove. The mangrove tree has long roots that look like skinny legs. The roots stick up high above the land. If the land is covered with water, a little section of the root can stick out of the water.
These long roots help the tree to live in a place where there is a blend of ocean water and fresh water. The roots take in ocean water and fresh water from the swamp. Then, they get rid of much of the salt in the ocean water. The roots get rid of the salt so it does not hurt other sections of the tree.
Mangrove trees grow near one another and the roots from different mangrove trees twist together. The roots twist together so much that they form a thick wall. The wall of twisted roots is so thick that you would have a hard time walking through a mangrove forest.
These long roots help the tree to live in a place where there is a blend of ocean water and fresh water. The roots take in ocean water and fresh water from the swamp. Then, they get rid of much of the salt in the ocean water. The roots get rid of the salt so it does not hurt other sections of the tree.
Mangrove trees grow near one another and the roots from different mangrove trees twist together. The roots twist together so much that they form a thick wall. The wall of twisted roots is so thick that you would have a hard time walking through a mangrove forest.
Question:
Three of these statements about mangrove trees are correct. Which one is NOT correct?
- Mangrove tree roots never touch one another.
- Mangrove trees have roots that are long and thin.
- Mangrove tree roots stick up above the land.
- Mangrove tree roots take in fresh and ocean water.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe two important details that support the main idea of a selection and two other details that are not important to the main idea.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions