5.R.1.A.a
Description:
Comprehension
drawing conclusions and inferring by referencing textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
1B, 3A, 4C
Exemplars
4C: Visualizing
4C: Visualizing
Description:
Visualizing
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
HiE-35
HiE-35
Grade level: 5
Word count: 1620 words
Author: Anton Chekov
Synopsis: Winning the lottery may bring financial security to a family, but it can also damage personal relationships.
Excerpt:
Ivan Dmitritch remembered his own relatives, and their faces, at which he had looked impartially in the past, struck him now as repulsive and hateful.
"They are such reptiles!" he thought.
"They are such reptiles!" he thought.
Question:
Ivan describes the faces of his relatives as "repulsive and hateful." He sees his relatives as
- reptiles.
- monkeys.
- squirrels.
- fish.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Draw a picture of something that happened in a selection.
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