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 | Pages |
|---|---|
| The Inventions of Ancient China | 8-9 |
| Unseen Volcanoes Build New Land | 10-11 |
| Changing with the Environment | 12-13 |
| Niagara Falls: A Changing Natural Wonder | 14-15 |
| The Amazing World Beneath Our Feet | 16-17 |
| Your Remarkable Body | 18-19 |
| Wild Weather | 20-21 |
| A Man Concerned with Safety | 22-23 |
| Nature's Recycling | 24-25 |
| El Nino Brings Weird Weather | 26-27 |
| Staying in Balance | 28-29 |
| Changing the Chinchilla | 30-31 |
| The Mighty Redwood | 32-33 |
| We Need Wetlands | 34-35 |
| Communicating Then and Now | 36-37 |
| Visiting the Moon | 38-39 |
| World War II Submarines | 40-41 |
| The Sky's the Limit! | 42-43 |
| Working for the Right to Work | 44-45 |
| Sacagawea Helped Explore America | 46-47 |
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 | Pages |
|---|---|
| The Inventions of Ancient China | 8-9 |
| Unseen Volcanoes Build New Land | 10-11 |
| Changing with the Environment | 12-13 |
| Niagara Falls: A Changing Natural Wonder | 14-15 |
| The Amazing World Beneath Our Feet | 16-17 |
| Your Remarkable Body | 18-19 |
| Wild Weather | 20-21 |
| A Man Concerned with Safety | 22-23 |
| Nature's Recycling | 24-25 |
| El Nino Brings Weird Weather | 26-27 |
| Staying in Balance | 28-29 |
| Changing the Chinchilla | 30-31 |
| The Mighty Redwood | 32-33 |
| We Need Wetlands | 34-35 |
| Communicating Then and Now | 36-37 |
| Visiting the Moon | 38-39 |
| World War II Submarines | 40-41 |
| The Sky's the Limit! | 42-43 |
| Working for the Right to Work | 44-45 |
| Sacagawea Helped Explore America | 46-47 |
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 | Pages |
|---|---|
| The Inventions of Ancient China | 8-9 |
| Unseen Volcanoes Build New Land | 10-11 |
| Changing with the Environment | 12-13 |
| Niagara Falls: A Changing Natural Wonder | 14-15 |
| The Amazing World Beneath Our Feet | 16-17 |
| Your Remarkable Body | 18-19 |
| Wild Weather | 20-21 |
| A Man Concerned with Safety | 22-23 |
| Nature's Recycling | 24-25 |
| El Nino Brings Weird Weather | 26-27 |
| Staying in Balance | 28-29 |
| Changing the Chinchilla | 30-31 |
| The Mighty Redwood | 32-33 |
| We Need Wetlands | 34-35 |
| Communicating Then and Now | 36-37 |
| Visiting the Moon | 38-39 |
| World War II Submarines | 40-41 |
| The Sky's the Limit! | 42-43 |
| Working for the Right to Work | 44-45 |
| Sacagawea Helped Explore America | 46-47 |
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 | Pages |
|---|---|
| The Inventions of Ancient China | 8-9 |
| Unseen Volcanoes Build New Land | 10-11 |
| Changing with the Environment | 12-13 |
| Niagara Falls: A Changing Natural Wonder | 14-15 |
| The Amazing World Beneath Our Feet | 16-17 |
| Your Remarkable Body | 18-19 |
| Wild Weather | 20-21 |
| A Man Concerned with Safety | 22-23 |
| Nature's Recycling | 24-25 |
| El Nino Brings Weird Weather | 26-27 |
| Staying in Balance | 28-29 |
| Changing the Chinchilla | 30-31 |
| The Mighty Redwood | 32-33 |
| We Need Wetlands | 34-35 |
| Communicating Then and Now | 36-37 |
| Visiting the Moon | 38-39 |
| World War II Submarines | 40-41 |
| The Sky's the Limit! | 42-43 |
| Working for the Right to Work | 44-45 |
| Sacagawea Helped Explore America | 46-47 |
Craft and Structure
ELA.RI.5.5: 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.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| The Inventions of Ancient China | 8-9 |
| Unseen Volcanoes Build New Land | 10-11 |
| Changing with the Environment | 12-13 |
| Niagara Falls: A Changing Natural Wonder | 14-15 |
| The Amazing World Beneath Our Feet | 16-17 |
| Wild Weather | 20-21 |
| A Man Concerned with Safety | 22-23 |
| El Nino Brings Weird Weather | 26-27 |
| Staying in Balance | 28-29 |
| Changing the Chinchilla | 30-31 |
| Communicating Then and Now | 36-37 |
| Visiting the Moon | 38-39 |
| World War II Submarines | 40-41 |
| The Sky's the Limit! | 42-43 |
| Working for the Right to Work | 44-45 |
| Sacagawea Helped Explore America | 46-47 |
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 | Pages |
|---|---|
| The Inventions of Ancient China | 8-9 |
| Changing with the Environment | 12-13 |
| Wild Weather | 20-21 |
| A Man Concerned with Safety | 22-23 |
| El Nino Brings Weird Weather | 26-27 |
| Staying in Balance | 28-29 |
| Changing the Chinchilla | 30-31 |
| The Mighty Redwood | 32-33 |
| Communicating Then and Now | 36-37 |
| World War II Submarines | 40-41 |
| Working for the Right to Work | 44-45 |
| Sacagawea Helped Explore America | 46-47 |
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 | Pages |
|---|---|
| The Inventions of Ancient China | 8-9 |
| Unseen Volcanoes Build New Land | 10-11 |
| Changing with the Environment | 12-13 |
| Niagara Falls: A Changing Natural Wonder | 14-15 |
| The Amazing World Beneath Our Feet | 16-17 |
| Your Remarkable Body | 18-19 |
| Wild Weather | 20-21 |
| A Man Concerned with Safety | 22-23 |
| Nature's Recycling | 24-25 |
| El Nino Brings Weird Weather | 26-27 |
| Staying in Balance | 28-29 |
| Changing the Chinchilla | 30-31 |
| The Mighty Redwood | 32-33 |
| We Need Wetlands | 34-35 |
| Communicating Then and Now | 36-37 |
| Visiting the Moon | 38-39 |
| World War II Submarines | 40-41 |
| The Sky's the Limit! | 42-43 |
| Working for the Right to Work | 44-45 |
| Sacagawea Helped Explore America | 46-47 |
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