Common Core - Volusia County Schools

1 Common core Question Stems: 5th Grade Reading: Literature Reading: Informational Text Writing Speaking and Listening Language Why did the author write this Which of the following best text? describes the theme of this What inferences can you make story? from the text? What is the theme of the story? What evidence would you need to What conflicts or problems did support the inference? you find in your reading? What can you conclude from this How did the characters respond text? to the conflict? Why do you think that? Can you How did the characters solve the give specific details from the text problem?

2 That support your inference? In this poem, can you find Can you show me where this is examples of when the speaker supported in the text? was showing how they feel about the topic? Summarize the story in your own words. Describe the main characters What does the word _____. from your story. mean in this sentence? In what ways are the characters Are there any clues around the similar /different? How do these word that can help you differences affect the story? determine its meaning? How does the setting affect a Are there any words or phrases story? that you don't understand?

3 How do the characters act What can help you understand toward one another? them? What attitude did the characters What strategies can you use to have? Show evidence to support help you find the meaning of the your thinking. word? How are _____ and _____ Look at this group of words. similar and different? What is the meaning of the Look at this dialogue. What does phrase? it tell you about the characters? How does the author organize the Who is telling the story? text? Is the narrator a character in Can you explain the difference the story? between plays and stories?

4 How does the narrator's point of Can you explain the difference view change how the events are between a chapter in a book and being described? a stanza from a poem? Why do you think the narrator Why did the author choose to chose to say _____ that way? write this as a poem? Would the story be different if How many stanzas are in this the narrator was a character? poem? What would change? How does this scene affect the play? What is the main idea of this chapter? How does this image add to the Compare and contrast _____. meaning of the story? and _____. How does this image make you How are _____ and feel?

5 _____ similar or different? How do illustrations or graphics How are these two characters help you understand a story different? The same? better? These two text have the same Look at this illustration. How topic. How do the authors does this add to the story? present the topic differently? Look at this illustration. How How are these two stories does it add to the tone or mood different in how they tell the of this chapter? theme of _____? What are some of the features of folktales? mystery? Adventure stories? What book are you currently What quote from the text will you reading?

6 Use to support your inference? What will you read next? Why do you think that? Support What book have you read that your inference with evidence from you enjoyed the most? the text. Do you have a favorite genre? Show me where in the text the What is it? author said that. Do you have a favorite author? Link your ideas to the evidence in Who is your favorite author? Have the text. you read any of his or her books Show me in the text what made lately? you think that. Have you tried this book by the same author as that one? What is this text about? How are ____ and ____ related?

7 What are the main ideas in the How are these scientific concepts text? related? How do you know? Which details support the main How are these historical events ideas? connected? Show me in the story What are some of the key details how you know. in the text? How did you decide Explain _____'s idea. What that these details are important? happened because of this idea? What details does the author How have these ideas affected provide to support the main idea? people today? Summarize the main ideas in 1-3 What are the results of these sentences. events? How do you know?

8 What clues from the sentence can How does the author organize the help you figure out the meaning of ideas in this text? this word? How are these two books organized What does this word mean? differently? Why do you think the What does the author mean by author organized them differently? this phrase? Scan-read this text. Is it organized What strategies can you use to chronologically, by cause-effect or figure out this word? Problem-solution? What parts of the word do you Scan through your science text know? How can this help you figure book, what organizational out the word?

9 Structures are used? Does the word have a prefix or What organizational structures do suffix? How can this help you? you think a biography would use? What text features can help you Why do you think that? figure out the word meaning? Who is telling these events? Use this information to find the Is this a first hand account or a answer. Then use this other second hand account? source. Was your answer different How is a first hand account or the same? different from a second hand Can you use the Internet to find account? Similar? the answer to this question or Describe the similarities and problem?

10 Differences between the accounts. Where would you find this answer? Can you find some important What sources can you use to solve differences in these two accounts this problem? of the same events or topics? Can you think of another source of Why do you think these two information that would help you? authors tell the events or ideas in a different way? What is the author's point? What did this text teach you What evidence does the author about _____? use to support his point? What details did this text include Where does the author provide that were not in the other?