Aligned Standard

ELA.EE.RI.5.5: Determine if a text tells about events, gives directions, or provides information on a topic.

Grade Level Standard

This is aligned the following California State Standards:

  • 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.

Linkage Level Descriptions

Initial Precursor

When provided with language cues, the student can pay attention to the entire object, a characteristic of the object, or an action the object can perform.

Distal Precursor

When provided with illustrations that are related and unrelated to a familiar text, the student can identify the illustrations that relate to aspects of the familiar text, such as people, places, things, and ideas.

Proximal Precursor

While reading a text, the student is able to identify and understand how illustrations or graphics that accompany the text provide additional details.

Target

The student can identify that the structure of a text can determine if its purpose is to give more information about an event, directions, or information on a topic.

Successor

The student is able to understand how the title from an informational text provides information about the content of the text.