Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.
Knowledge and Skills Statement
Demonstrated Proficiency of ELA.5.7.G
Task students with reading an informational text and then identifying the central or controlling idea. Students should identify the three most important ideas presented in the text. Have students share the three key ideas and explain why they think those ideas are important to the meaning of the text.
Further Explanation
Students must identify and understand the ideas in a text that are most important to the meaning of the text overall. Students should be able to identify the central idea and key ideas directly related to the central or controlling idea. If students identify irrelevant ideas, they may need additional practice to master this skill.
Supporting Information for ELA.5.7.G