CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.1
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
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:
Curriculum Design Institute
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:
Curriculum Design Institute