Spiraling Exercise: Reading Standards for Informational Text

  KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS

Kindergarten

Grade 1

Grade 2

1. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
2. With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text
3. With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text

1. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
2. Identify the main topic and retell key detail of a text.
3. Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

1. Ask and answer questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text
2. Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
3. Describe the connection between a series historical event, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
2. Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
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.

1. Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
2. Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
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.

1. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
2. Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
3. Explain the relationship pr interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts, in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.