Reading - Informational Standards
Reading - Informational Standards
Reading - Informational Standards
Informational
Standards
Making Inferences
I can make inferences
while reading nonfiction
text and use evidence
from the text to support
those inferences.
Ri.5.1
Quote accurately from a text when
explaining what the text says
explicitly and when drawing
inferences from the text.
Main idea
I can identify the main
ideas of informational
text.
Ri.5.2
Determine two or more main ideas of
a text and explain how they are
supported by key details; summarize
the text.
summarizing
I can write a detailed
and thorough summary
of an informational text.
Ri.5.2
Determine two or more main ideas of
a text and explain how they are
supported by key details; summarize
the text.
Determining Connections
I can determine how ideas, events,
and people are similar and different
in a text.
Ri.5.3
between two or more individuals, events,
ideas, or concepts in a historical,
scientific, or technical text based on
specific information in the text.
Words and phrases
I can determine the
meaning of nonfiction
subject area and
academic words and
phrases used in a text.
RI.5.4
Determine the meaning of general
academic and domain-specific words
and phrases in a text relevant to a grade
5 topic or subject area.
Text Structure
I can identify the text
structure of a text. I can
also compare and contrast
text structures in different
texts or within one text.
Compare and contrast the overall
Ri.5.5
structure (e.g., chronology, comparison,
cause/effect, problem/solution) of events,
ideas, concepts, or information in two or
more texts.
Multiple Accounts
I can identify and summarize
different accounts of the
same topic or event.
I can also compare and
contrast those accounts.
Ri.5.6
Analyze multiple accounts of the same
event or topic, noting important similarities
and differences in the point of view they
represent.
Print & Digital sources
I can use print and
digital sources to
answer questions and
solve problems.
Ri.5.7
Draw on information from multiple print or
digital sources, demonstrating the ability
to locate an answer to a question quickly
or to solve a problem efficiently.
Author’s point
I can determine an author’s
main points. I can also find
reasons and evidence from
the text to support the
author’s main points.
Ri.5.8
Explain how an author uses reasons and
evidence to support particular points in a
text, identifying which reasons and
evidence support which point(s).
Integrating information
I can read multiple texts on
the same topic or similar
topics and integrate
important information from
the texts to answer
questions or write responses.
Ri.5.9
Integrate information from several texts on
the same topic in order to write or speak
about the subject knowledgeably.
Reading Informational
I can read and
comprehend 5 grade
th
RI.5.10
informational texts, including history/social
studies, science, and technical texts, at the
high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity
band independently and proficiently.