Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RI.5.1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
| Passage | Page |
|---|---|
| A Changing Matter: Water | 1 |
| Democratic Animals | 2 |
| Fire in Australia | 3 |
| Galapagos Islands Animals | 4 |
| Ladybugs to the Rescue | 5 |
| The Man Who Peacefully Changed America | 6 |
| The Paralympics | 7 |
| The American Bald Eagle | 8 |
| Behind the Scenes at the Zoo | 9 |
| For the Record | 10 |
| Greetings | 11 |
| The History of Figure Skating | 12 |
| Horses with Pull | 13 |
| Oil Spill Near the Galapagos Islands | 14 |
| Raincoats | 15 |
| The Rosetta Stone | 16 |
| Surprise in the Sewer | 17 |
| Blue Jeans | 18 |
| Reining in Wild Horses | 19 |
| Smoking on the Big Screen | 20 |
| Tony Hawk, Professional Skater | 21 |
| A Century in the Sky | 23 |
| Geothermal Power | 24 |
| Hippopotamuses | 25 |
| Our 43rd President: George W. Bush | 26 |
| We All Scream for Ice Cream | 27 |
| Where Are the Monkeys? | 28 |
| Young Sailor Makes History | 29 |
| America's Big Fat Problem | 30 |
| Arctic Ground Squirrels | 31 |
| Building a Medieval Castle | 32 |
| Comic Books: An American Art Form | 33 |
| The Country of Brazil | 34 |
| The Eiffel Tower | 35 |
| Elizabeth Blackwell, Physician | 36 |
| A Famous Feline | 37 |
| Leonardo da Vinci, Artist and Inventor | 38 |
| Waterspouts | 39 |
| An Wang, Inventor | 40 |
| Apples | 41 |
| Aquifers | 42 |
| The Bermuda Triangle | 43 |
| The Black Plague | 44 |
| Earth's Frozen Past | 45 |
| Helping Refugees | 46 |
| Peanut Butter | 47 |
| Photographs from Space | 48 |
| Rain, Rain, Don't Go Away! | 49 |
| Sir Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic Explorer | 50 |
| Susan B. Anthony, Civil Rights Activist | 51 |
| Twisters | 52 |
| Walt Disney, Imagineer | 53 |
| Zoological Gardens | 54 |
| Child Labor | 55 |
| Colin Powell, U.S Secretary of State | 56 |
| Dandelions | 57 |
| Sidewalk Surfing | 58 |
| The Everglades in Trouble | 59 |
| The Panama Canal | 60 |
| Ice Age Fossils | 61 |
| Ice Ball in Space | 62 |
| The History of Earth Day | 63 |
| Library Books | 64 |
| Making Chocolate Bars Isn't a Piece of Cake | 65 |
| Mia Hamm, Soccer Star | 66 |
| Scrabble | 67 |
| Shirley Temple, Child Star | 68 |
| Should We Go Metric? | 69 |
| The Unbreakable Code | 70 |
| An Unusual Inmate | 71 |
| Taste Is Based on Where You Live | 72 |
| Baseball | 73 |
| The Columbia is Lost | 74 |
| The Dead Sea Scrolls | 75 |
| Egypt Today | 76 |
| Finding Underwater Gold | 77 |
| Is Pluto a Planet? | 78 |
| Mermaids | 79 |
| Remembering Fallen Heroes | 80 |
| Stalactites & Stalagmites | 81 |
| The Sucuriju: Fact or Fiction? | 82 |
| Taipei 101 | 83 |
| Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Teacher | 84 |
| Tigers Make a Comeback | 85 |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Musician and Composer | 86 |
| Changing Change | 87 |
| Columbus Didn't Discover America | 88 |
| Electricity | 89 |
| Football | 90 |
| The Chinese Calendar | 91 |
| Iroquois Native Americans | 92 |
| The Library of Congress | 93 |
| The Lost Continent | 94 |
| State Fairs | 95 |
| The Modern Olympics | 96 |
| Pumpkin Is Not Just for Pie | 97 |
| The State of the Union Address | 98 |
| Stephen Hawking, Scientist | 99 |
| Valentine's Candy | 100 |
| Vegetarians | 101 |
| The Biggest Bang | 102 |
| Gymnastics | 103 |
| Hanami: A Celebration of Flowers | 104 |
| Humidity | 105 |
| Moth or Butterfly? | 106 |
| Mudflow Buries Town | 107 |
| Parking Ramps | 108 |
| Picture Book Art | 109 |
| The Pyramids | 110 |
| Taxes | 111 |
| Unity in the Classroom | 112 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RI.5.3: 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.
| Passage | Page |
|---|---|
| A Changing Matter: Water | 1 |
| Democratic Animals | 2 |
| Fire in Australia | 3 |
| Galapagos Islands Animals | 4 |
| Ladybugs to the Rescue | 5 |
| The Man Who Peacefully Changed America | 6 |
| The Paralympics | 7 |
| The American Bald Eagle | 8 |
| Behind the Scenes at the Zoo | 9 |
| For the Record | 10 |
| Greetings | 11 |
| The History of Figure Skating | 12 |
| Horses with Pull | 13 |
| Smoking on the Big Screen | 20 |
| Tony Hawk, Professional Skater | 21 |
| A Century in the Sky | 23 |
| Geothermal Power | 24 |
| We All Scream for Ice Cream | 27 |
| Where Are the Monkeys? | 28 |
| The Eiffel Tower | 35 |
| Elizabeth Blackwell, Physician | 36 |
| Leonardo da Vinci, Artist and Inventor | 38 |
| Waterspouts | 39 |
| An Wang, Inventor | 40 |
| Aquifers | 42 |
| The Bermuda Triangle | 43 |
| The Black Plague | 44 |
| Rain, Rain, Don't Go Away! | 49 |
| Susan B. Anthony, Civil Rights Activist | 51 |
| Child Labor | 55 |
| Dandelions | 57 |
| Sidewalk Surfing | 58 |
| The Everglades in Trouble | 59 |
| The History of Earth Day | 63 |
| Library Books | 64 |
| Making Chocolate Bars Isn't a Piece of Cake | 65 |
| Shirley Temple, Child Star | 68 |
| The Unbreakable Code | 70 |
| Baseball | 73 |
| The Columbia is Lost | 74 |
| The Dead Sea Scrolls | 75 |
| Is Pluto a Planet? | 78 |
| Stalactites & Stalagmites | 81 |
| The Sucuriju: Fact or Fiction? | 82 |
| Taipei 101 | 83 |
| Tigers Make a Comeback | 85 |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Musician and Composer | 86 |
| Changing Change | 87 |
| Columbus Didn't Discover America | 88 |
| The Lost Continent | 94 |
| Stephen Hawking, Scientist | 99 |
| Valentine's Candy | 100 |
| Vegetarians | 101 |
| Gymnastics | 103 |
| Humidity | 105 |
| Mudflow Buries Town | 107 |
| The Pyramids | 110 |
| Unity in the Classroom | 112 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RI.5.2: Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
| Passage | Page |
|---|---|
| The Man Who Peacefully Changed America | 6 |
| Raincoats | 15 |
| The Rosetta Stone | 16 |
| Reining in Wild Horses | 19 |
| Vietnam's Story | 22 |
| A Century in the Sky | 23 |
| America's Big Fat Problem | 30 |
| Comic Books: An American Art Form | 33 |
| The Black Plague | 44 |
| Susan B. Anthony, Civil Rights Activist | 51 |
| Should We Go Metric? | 69 |
| The Dead Sea Scrolls | 75 |
| Columbus Didn't Discover America | 88 |
| The State of the Union Address | 98 |
Craft and Structure
ELA.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.
| Passage | Page |
|---|---|
| A Changing Matter: Water | 1 |
| Democratic Animals | 2 |
| Fire in Australia | 3 |
| Ladybugs to the Rescue | 5 |
| The American Bald Eagle | 8 |
| Behind the Scenes at the Zoo | 9 |
| For the Record | 10 |
| Greetings | 11 |
| The History of Figure Skating | 12 |
| Horses with Pull | 13 |
| The Rosetta Stone | 16 |
| Surprise in the Sewer | 17 |
| Blue Jeans | 18 |
| Smoking on the Big Screen | 20 |
| Vietnam's Story | 22 |
| Geothermal Power | 24 |
| Hippopotamuses | 25 |
| America's Big Fat Problem | 30 |
| Building a Medieval Castle | 32 |
| The Country of Brazil | 34 |
| The Eiffel Tower | 35 |
| Elizabeth Blackwell, Physician | 36 |
| A Famous Feline | 37 |
| Leonardo da Vinci, Artist and Inventor | 38 |
| Apples | 41 |
| Aquifers | 42 |
| The Bermuda Triangle | 43 |
| The Black Plague | 44 |
| Helping Refugees | 46 |
| Peanut Butter | 47 |
| Photographs from Space | 48 |
| Rain, Rain, Don't Go Away! | 49 |
| Sir Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic Explorer | 50 |
| Susan B. Anthony, Civil Rights Activist | 51 |
| Twisters | 52 |
| Walt Disney, Imagineer | 53 |
| Zoological Gardens | 54 |
| Child Labor | 55 |
| Colin Powell, U.S Secretary of State | 56 |
| The Everglades in Trouble | 59 |
| Ice Age Fossils | 61 |
| The History of Earth Day | 63 |
| Library Books | 64 |
| Scrabble | 67 |
| Shirley Temple, Child Star | 68 |
| The Unbreakable Code | 70 |
| An Unusual Inmate | 71 |
| Taste Is Based on Where You Live | 72 |
| Baseball | 73 |
| The Dead Sea Scrolls | 75 |
| Egypt Today | 76 |
| Finding Underwater Gold | 77 |
| Is Pluto a Planet? | 78 |
| Mermaids | 79 |
| Remembering Fallen Heroes | 80 |
| Stalactites & Stalagmites | 81 |
| The Sucuriju: Fact or Fiction? | 82 |
| Taipei 101 | 83 |
| Tigers Make a Comeback | 85 |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Musician and Composer | 86 |
| Changing Change | 87 |
| Columbus Didn't Discover America | 88 |
| Electricity | 89 |
| Football | 90 |
| The Chinese Calendar | 91 |
| Iroquois Native Americans | 92 |
| The Library of Congress | 93 |
| The Lost Continent | 94 |
| State Fairs | 95 |
| The Modern Olympics | 96 |
| Pumpkin Is Not Just for Pie | 97 |
| The State of the Union Address | 98 |
| Stephen Hawking, Scientist | 99 |
| The Biggest Bang | 102 |
| Gymnastics | 103 |
| Moth or Butterfly? | 106 |
| Mudflow Buries Town | 107 |
| Parking Ramps | 108 |
| Picture Book Art | 109 |
| The Pyramids | 110 |
| Taxes | 111 |
| Unity in the Classroom | 112 |
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
ELA.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).
| Passage | Page |
|---|---|
| Fire in Australia | 3 |
| Oil Spill Near the Galapagos Islands | 14 |
| Raincoats | 15 |
| The Rosetta Stone | 16 |
| Reining in Wild Horses | 19 |
| Smoking on the Big Screen | 20 |
| Where Are the Monkeys? | 28 |
| Arctic Ground Squirrels | 31 |
| Photographs from Space | 48 |
| Zoological Gardens | 54 |
| Child Labor | 55 |
| Sidewalk Surfing | 58 |
| Ice Age Fossils | 61 |
| An Unusual Inmate | 71 |
| The Columbia is Lost | 74 |
| Finding Underwater Gold | 77 |
| Is Pluto a Planet? | 78 |
| The Sucuriju: Fact or Fiction? | 82 |
| Electricity | 89 |
| Vegetarians | 101 |
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
ELA.RI.5.10: 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.
| Passage | Page |
|---|---|
| A Changing Matter: Water | 1 |
| Democratic Animals | 2 |
| Fire in Australia | 3 |
| Galapagos Islands Animals | 4 |
| Ladybugs to the Rescue | 5 |
| The Man Who Peacefully Changed America | 6 |
| The Paralympics | 7 |
| The American Bald Eagle | 8 |
| Behind the Scenes at the Zoo | 9 |
| For the Record | 10 |
| Greetings | 11 |
| The History of Figure Skating | 12 |
| Horses with Pull | 13 |
| Oil Spill Near the Galapagos Islands | 14 |
| Raincoats | 15 |
| The Rosetta Stone | 16 |
| Surprise in the Sewer | 17 |
| Blue Jeans | 18 |
| Reining in Wild Horses | 19 |
| Smoking on the Big Screen | 20 |
| Tony Hawk, Professional Skater | 21 |
| Vietnam's Story | 22 |
| A Century in the Sky | 23 |
| Geothermal Power | 24 |
| Hippopotamuses | 25 |
| Our 43rd President: George W. Bush | 26 |
| We All Scream for Ice Cream | 27 |
| Where Are the Monkeys? | 28 |
| Young Sailor Makes History | 29 |
| America's Big Fat Problem | 30 |
| Arctic Ground Squirrels | 31 |
| Building a Medieval Castle | 32 |
| Comic Books: An American Art Form | 33 |
| The Country of Brazil | 34 |
| The Eiffel Tower | 35 |
| Elizabeth Blackwell, Physician | 36 |
| A Famous Feline | 37 |
| Leonardo da Vinci, Artist and Inventor | 38 |
| Waterspouts | 39 |
| An Wang, Inventor | 40 |
| Apples | 41 |
| Aquifers | 42 |
| The Bermuda Triangle | 43 |
| The Black Plague | 44 |
| Earth's Frozen Past | 45 |
| Helping Refugees | 46 |
| Peanut Butter | 47 |
| Photographs from Space | 48 |
| Rain, Rain, Don't Go Away! | 49 |
| Sir Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic Explorer | 50 |
| Susan B. Anthony, Civil Rights Activist | 51 |
| Twisters | 52 |
| Walt Disney, Imagineer | 53 |
| Zoological Gardens | 54 |
| Child Labor | 55 |
| Colin Powell, U.S Secretary of State | 56 |
| Dandelions | 57 |
| Sidewalk Surfing | 58 |
| The Everglades in Trouble | 59 |
| The Panama Canal | 60 |
| Ice Age Fossils | 61 |
| Ice Ball in Space | 62 |
| The History of Earth Day | 63 |
| Library Books | 64 |
| Making Chocolate Bars Isn't a Piece of Cake | 65 |
| Mia Hamm, Soccer Star | 66 |
| Scrabble | 67 |
| Shirley Temple, Child Star | 68 |
| Should We Go Metric? | 69 |
| The Unbreakable Code | 70 |
| An Unusual Inmate | 71 |
| Taste Is Based on Where You Live | 72 |
| Baseball | 73 |
| The Columbia is Lost | 74 |
| The Dead Sea Scrolls | 75 |
| Egypt Today | 76 |
| Finding Underwater Gold | 77 |
| Is Pluto a Planet? | 78 |
| Mermaids | 79 |
| Remembering Fallen Heroes | 80 |
| Stalactites & Stalagmites | 81 |
| The Sucuriju: Fact or Fiction? | 82 |
| Taipei 101 | 83 |
| Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Teacher | 84 |
| Tigers Make a Comeback | 85 |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Musician and Composer | 86 |
| Changing Change | 87 |
| Columbus Didn't Discover America | 88 |
| Electricity | 89 |
| Football | 90 |
| The Chinese Calendar | 91 |
| Iroquois Native Americans | 92 |
| The Library of Congress | 93 |
| The Lost Continent | 94 |
| State Fairs | 95 |
| The Modern Olympics | 96 |
| Pumpkin Is Not Just for Pie | 97 |
| The State of the Union Address | 98 |
| Stephen Hawking, Scientist | 99 |
| Valentine's Candy | 100 |
| Vegetarians | 101 |
| The Biggest Bang | 102 |
| Gymnastics | 103 |
| Hanami: A Celebration of Flowers | 104 |
| Humidity | 105 |
| Moth or Butterfly? | 106 |
| Mudflow Buries Town | 107 |
| Parking Ramps | 108 |
| Picture Book Art | 109 |
| The Pyramids | 110 |
| Taxes | 111 |
| Unity in the Classroom | 112 |
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