CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.9
Description:
Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
9A, 9B
Exemplars
9A: Comparing/Contrasting
9A: Comparing/Contrasting
Description:
Compare, Contrast, and/or Integrate
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
HiE-9
HiE-9
Grade level: 5
Word count: 1428 words
Author: Nancy McCloskey
Synopsis: Should the penny stay in circulation, or should we get rid of it?
Excerpt:
The people who want to keep the penny stress the economic significance of the lowly coin. If the penny is eliminated, the nickel will become the coin with the least value. The supporters of keeping the penny argue that this means prices for most things will increase. That is because the prices will be rounded up to the next nickel. Instead of a half-gallon of milk costing $2.43, it will cost $2.45.
They point out that if a shopper buys a small number of items during many trips to the store, the increases will add up. This is especially true for people with low incomes. They tend to shop frequently for a small number of items. On a daily basis the rounding up of the prices would matter to the poor.
They point out that if a shopper buys a small number of items during many trips to the store, the increases will add up. This is especially true for people with low incomes. They tend to shop frequently for a small number of items. On a daily basis the rounding up of the prices would matter to the poor.
Question:
How do these two excerpts work together?
- Both point out how the value of the penny affects the economy.
- Both describe how the process to make a penny costs more than the penny itself.
- Both explain how other nations stopped using pennies years ago.
- Both point out that pennies can be dangerous for children and pets.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
No writing prompt exemplar
Evaluator
Organization:
Curriculum Design Institute
9B: Classifying
9B: Classifying
Description:
Classify
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
E-56
E-56
Grade level: 5
Word count: 1276 words
Author: Pauline Bartel
Synopsis: During the 1800s, hundreds of thousands of people risked their lives to create a new home in the West.
Excerpt:
Why would people want to go to the West? Many headed there for the opportunity to farm on good land. Some had heard that there was less risk of disease in the West. And some went there for religious freedom.
Question:
Three of the following describe reasons why people chose to travel to the West. Which one of the following was NOT a reason?
- People wanted to live in a warmer climate
- People wanted freedom of religion.
- People wanted opportunities to farm good land.
- People wanted payment from the government.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
After reading a non-fiction selection, group facts from the selection under appropriate headings.
Evaluator
Organization:
Curriculum Design Institute