Mississippi Department of Education Common Core State Standards and Assessments

1. Mississippi Department of EducationCommon Core State Standards and Assessments 3 - 5 TOT ELA ANSWER KEYS

2. Work Session 1 Activity 1b: Referencing the CCSS(answer key) Directions: • Locate the enlarged copies of the CCSS Reading Standards for Informational Text. • Locate Grade 4 on the CCSS Reading Standards for Informational Text. • Indicate the correct reference for this standard: “Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.” RI.4.4 Craft and Structure

3. Work Session 1 Activity 1c: Referencing the CCSS (answer key) Directions: • Locate the enlarged copies of the CCSS Reading Standards for Literature and the CCSS Writing Standards. • Using the next slide, a copy of page 70 from Appendix B, locate the standards referenced in the red circles. RL.4.1: “Refer to details and examples in the text . . . when drawing inferences from the text.” RL.5.2: “Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details . . . summarize the text.”

4. Work Session 2Activity 2a: Correlation Between the CCSS and the MLAF (answer key)

5. Work Session 3 Activity 3a: Understanding the PARCC Draft Model Content Framework Chart (answer key) 2. Look at Module B to answer the following questions: a) How many science texts should students read during this module? 1 – 2 b) Which CCSS standards for Reading Literature will the students apply? RL.5.1 – 5.10; L.5.4 – 6 c) Why will students use the same standards for reading extended text during this module as they do for reading science or social studies? Extended text is informational. d) Which CCSS standards will students use in their routine writing during this module? W.5.1 – 2, 4 – 6, 9 -10; L.5.1 – 3 e) From which strands will students apply standards for their research project? Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, Language f) How will students’ writing differ in this module when they write about their experiences from when they write about their reading? Students will write narrative to convey experiences but will write informational analyses to inform and explain.

6. Work Session 4Activity 4b: Close Reading of Texts (Literature) (answer key) Correlation between “The Dance of Dusk” questions and CCSS RL.4.1 RL.4.1 RL.4.4, L.4.5 (See Anchor Standard for Reading #4 and Anchor Standard for Language #5.) RL.4.5 6

7. Work Session 4Activity 4c: Close Reading of Texts (Literature) (RL.4.1 – 2), (W.4.9), (L.4.4), (MLAF 1e, 1g, 2b, and 2d)(answer key) Possible response: • Theme: As daylight changes to dark, people and animals change their activities. • Lines 1 – 2 • Lines 9 - 10 • Line 13 • Line 14 • Lines 22 – 24 • Line 25 - 26 7

8. Work Session 4Activity 4d: Close Reading of Texts (Short Texts/Science) (RI.4.1, 2, 3, 8), (L.4.4), (MLAF 1e, 2b, 2c) (answer key) Possible multiple choice question: 1. Read the first paragraph in the section “Optical Telescopes.” Which of the following statements expresses the main idea of these lines? A. All optical telescopes use mirrors to focus light. B. All optical telescopes have a piece called an objective.* C. Optical telescopes are either refracting or reflecting. D. Optical telescopes gather different kinds of light. 8

9. Work Session 4Activity 4e: Close Reading of Texts (Short Texts/Science) (RI.4.1, 2, 3, 8), (W.4.2, 9), (L.4.4), (MLAF 1b, 1e, 2b, 2d) (answer key) Possible response: Even in the dim light of dusk, a telescope can help people see objects in space clearly. Evidence: • Paragraph 1: “But to really see them—to observe the craters on the moon, the rings around Saturn, and the countless other wonders in our sky--you must use a telescope.” • Paragraph 2: “A telescope is an instrument used to produce magnified (enlarged) images of distant objects.” 9

10. Work Session 4Activity 4f: Close Reading of Texts(Extended Text/Informational) Identifying Tier Words (RI.4.4), (L.4.4), (MLAF 1e)(answer key) Directions: 3. Identify each underlined word as Tier 1, 2, or 3 by placing the appropriate number above each word. Tier 1: constantly, survive, natural, artificial Tier 2: soars, scurries, absorbed, reflects, image Tier 3: kilometers, refracts, cornea, pupil, retina 10