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CCSS Crosswalk   (Common Core State Standards K-5)  Or Choose different Standard below

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Grade K

CC RI K-1 Key Ideas and Details

 

1. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

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Idea Storm

 

Grade 1

CC RI 1-1 Key Ideas and Details

 

1. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Grade 2

CC RI 2-1 Key Ideas and Details

 

1. Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demon-strate under-standing of key details in a text.

 

Grade 3

CC RI 3-1 Key Ideas and Details

1. Ask and answer questions to demon-strate under-standing of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
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The Effec-

tive Dete-

ctive

Test Tutor

Practice
 

Dig It!

Reading activities

Assess

Reading cloze  choose army green reading quizzes

Grade 4

CC RI 4-1 Key Ideas and Details

1. Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

 

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Elephant Reading

 

Grade 5

CC RI 5-1 Key Ideas and Details

1.  Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Grade K

CC RI K-2 Key Ideas and Details

 

2. With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

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What's the Big Idea?

Practice  

Ham-burger Main Idea

 

Identify Main Idea

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Grade 1

CC RI 1-2 Key Ideas and Details

 

2. Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

Grade 2

CC RI 2-2 Key Ideas and Details

 

2. Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.

 

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Grade 3

CC RI 3-2 Key Ideas and Details

 

Grade 4

CC RI 4-2 Key Ideas and Details

 

2. Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.

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Key Detail & Main Idea

 
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Grade 5

CC RI 5-2 Key Ideas and Details

2. Quote accurately from a 2. Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.

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Practice

Finger the Perp

 
Assess

Quia

Quiz

5w's million-aire

Grade K

CC RI K-3 Key Ideas and Details

 

3.  With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

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Grade 1

CC RI 1-3 Key Ideas and Details

 

3. Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

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Grade 2

CC RI 2-3 Key Ideas and Details

 

3. Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.

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The Cream Cake Mystery

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Grade 3

CC RI 3-3 Key Ideas and Details

3. Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.

Grade 4

CC RI 4-3 Key Ideas and Details

 

3. Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.

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Grade 5

CC RI 5-3 Key Ideas and Details

3. Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.

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Grade K

CC RI K-4

Craft and Structure

 

4. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text. (See grade K Language standards 4–6 additional expectations.) CA

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Grade 1

CC RI 1-4 Craft and Structure

 

4. Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text. (See grade 1 Language standards 4–6 for additional expec-

tations.) CA

 

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Grade 2

CC RI 2-4 Craft and Structure

 

4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.
(See grade 2 Language standards 4–6 for additional expectations.) CA

 

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The Cream Cake Mystery

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Grade 3

CC RI 3-4 Craft and Structure

4. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area. (See grade 3 Language standards 4–6 for additional expectations.) CA

 

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Grade 4

CC RI 4-4 Craft and Structure

 

4. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area. (See grade 4 Language standards 4–6 for additional expectations.) CA

 

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Grade 5

CC RI 5-4 Craft and Structure

 

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. (See grade 5 Language standards 4–6 for additional expectations.) CA

 

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Grade K

CC RI K-5

Craft and Structure

 

5. Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.

 

Grade 1

CC RI 1-5

Craft and Structure

 

5. Know and use various text structures (e.g., sequence) and text features (e.g., headings, tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text. CA

 

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Grade 2

CC RI 2-5

Craft and Structure

 

5. Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.

 

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Grade 3

CC RI 3-5

Craft and Structure

5. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.

Grade 4

CC RI 4-5

Craft and Structure

 

5. Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/ solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.

 

Grade 5

CC RI 5-5

Craft and Structure

 

5. Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/

solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.

Grade K

CC RI 6

Craft and Structure

 

6. Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.

 

Grade 1

CC RI 6

Craft and Structure

 

6. Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illus-trations and information provided by the words in a text.

 

Grade 2

CC RI 6

Craft and Structure

 

6. Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.

Grade 3

CC RI 6

Craft and Structure

Grade 4

CC RI 6

Craft and Structure

 

6. Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided.

 

 

 

Grade 5

CC RI 6

Craft and Structure

 

6. Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.

Grade K

CC RI K-7

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

7. With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).

 

Grade 1

CC RI 1-7

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

 

7. Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.

 

Grade 2

CC RI 2-7

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

7. Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.

Grade 3

CC RI 3-7

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

7. Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).

Grade 4

CC RI 4-7

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

7. Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.

 

 

 

Grade 5

CC RI 4-7

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

 

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..

Grade K

CC RI K-8

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

8. With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

 

Grade 1

CC RI 1-8

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

8. Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

 

Grade 2

CC RI 2-8

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

8. Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.

 

Grade 3

CC RI 3-8

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

8. Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/ third in a sequence).

Grade 4

CC RI 4-8

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

8. Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.

 

 

 

Grade 5

CC RI 5-8

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

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).

 

Grade K

CC RI K-9

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

9. With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).

 

Grade 1

CC RI 1-9

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

9. Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illu-strations, descriptions, or procedures).

 

Grade 2

CC RI 2-9

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

9. Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.

 

Grade 3

CC RI 3-9

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

9. Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

Grade 4

CC RI 4-9

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

9. Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.

 

 

 

Grade 5

CC RI 5-9

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

9. Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.

 

Grade K

CC RI K-10

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

10. Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and under-

standing.

Activate prior knowledge related to the information and events in texts. CA

Use illustrations and context to make predictions about text. CA

 

 

Grade 1

CC RI 1-10

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

 

10. With prompting and support, read infor-mational texts appro-priately complex for grade 1.

Activate prior knowledge related to the information and events in a text. CA

Confirm predictions about what will happen next in a text. CA

 

Grade 2

CC RI 2-10

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

10. By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

 

Grade 3

CC RI 3-10

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Grade 4

CC RI 4-10

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

10. By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4–5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

 

 

 

Grade 5

CC RI 5-10

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend 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.