2.RL.2.4
Description:
Make predictions about the content of text using prior knowledge of text features, explaining whether they were confirmed or not confirmed and why.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
3A
Exemplars
3A: Predicting Outcomes
3A: Predicting Outcomes
Description:
Predicting Outcomes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-53
B-53
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1118 words
Author: R. Bender
Synopsis: How did Lazy the squirrel earn his nickname? Ask his neighbors.
Excerpt:
"You see," she told him, "how terrible it is not to provide for your future? You must store things that are necessary so you will have them when you need them."
Lazy agreed with her. He told his mother never again would he need to be called "Lazy."
Lazy agreed with her. He told his mother never again would he need to be called "Lazy."
Question:
Think about the end of this selection. What would most likely happen next?
- The squirrels in the woods would find a new name for Lazy.
- Lazy would stop storing food and nuts.
- The mother squirrel would stop storing food and nuts.
- All the squirrels would eat more food during the summer.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Tell about two clues in the selection that helped you figure out the ending.
Evaluator
Organization:
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