RI.2.2.2.2
      Description:
        
          Key Ideas and Details
Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
        
    
    
      
        Maps to Reading Plus skills:
        
          2A, 9B
        
      
    
  Exemplars
2A: Determining Main Idea
2A: Determining Main Idea
              Description:
              Determining Main Idea and Themes
            
          
          
          
              SeeReader
              
                ~ standard partially met 
              
            
            
              
              
              
              
                
              
              
              
                Selection:
                
                   B-1 
                
                
                  
              
              B-1
 Grade level:  2 
    
                    Word count: 1097 words 
                   Author: Carlos Valdoza 
                   Synopsis: Are you the oldest in your family? The youngest? In between? The only? Your answer tells a lot about you. 
                
              
                
                  Excerpt:
                   No excerpt is available for this question.
                
              
              
              
                Question:
                This selection is mainly about
                
            
          - how family birth order affects your personality.
- why first-born kids are more likely to be president.
- which traits are the most dangerous.
- what you can do to change your birth order.
              Writing
              
                ~ standard partially met 
              
            
            
              
                  Writing prompt:
                  
                    Use a story map to show the main idea and its supporting details in a selection.
                  
                
              Evaluator
                  Organization:
                  Certica Solutions
                
              
            9B: Classifying
9B: Classifying
              Description:
              Classify
            
          
          
          
              SeeReader
              
                 ✓ standard met 
              
            
            
              
              
              
              
                
              
              
              
                Selection:
                
                   B-49 
                
                
                  
              
              B-49
 Grade level:  2 
    
                    Word count: 1087 words 
                   Author: Barbara Smalley 
                   Synopsis: Hot dogs are one of America's most popular foods. 
                
              
                
                  Excerpt:
                   No excerpt is available for this question.
                
              
              
              
                Question:
                Hot dogs are popular for many reasons. All of these statements explain why hot dogs are popular EXCEPT
                
            
          - "Hot dogs have a narrow tube shape, and they are usually brown."
- "Hot dogs can be easily heated in a pan, on a grill, or in boiling water."
- "Hot dogs are available in most places, and they do not cost much money."
- "Hot dogs can be served with any kind of topping a person likes."
              Writing
              
                 ✓ standard met 
              
            
            
              
                  Writing prompt:
                  
                    Write three headings: Places, Animals, Events. Under these headings, list the names and main ideas of at least 7 non-fiction texts you have read.
                  
                
              Evaluator
                  Organization:
                  Certica Solutions