Rhode Island Grade 5 English

Which Reason Supports Which Point?

Connect an author’s points with supporting reasons in an original Grade 5 reading activity. Read the passage, try the task, and use the explanation to check the evidence behind your response.

Curriculum reference: Rhode Island Core Standards for English Language Arts/Literacy, 2021, from the Rhode Island English language arts standards page.

Rhode Island Grade 5 references for this activity

Rhode Island’s Council on Elementary and Secondary Education endorsed the Rhode Island Core Standards for English language arts/literacy and mathematics on March 9, 2021. This activity links a selected reading reference in RIDE’s 2021 English document. The complete curriculum also includes writing, language, speaking, and listening; check the school’s texts and learning sequence.

These selected reference labels identify an activity focus, with the correct grade and PDF page linked separately. Read the complete standards selected by the school and its learning sequence, including reading, writing, language, speaking, and listening. This short original example does not fulfill the entire curriculum or establish a student’s grade-level proficiency.

A proposal for a classroom supply tray

This original classroom example is separate from official assessment questions.

Point 1: A labeled supply tray could make shared materials easier to find. In our fictional class log, students asked where the ruler was four times when it was stored in an unmarked drawer. A labeled place would give them a clear location to check.

Point 2: The tray should have a weekly check. Shared materials can be moved during use, so someone needs to check that they have returned.

Point 3: The tray should be blue. I like blue better than gray.

Try the activity

Match each reason or piece of evidence with the point it supports. Explain why the fictional class log is relevant to Point 1 but does not establish that blue is the best color. Which point rests on a personal preference?

Follow the reasoning

The log belongs with Point 1 because repeated questions about the ruler concern finding a shared material. A labeled location is proposed as a response to that problem. Point 2 has a different reason: use can move materials, so the author recommends checking that they return. The log does not itself show how often items fail to return. Point 3 is supported by the author’s stated preference for blue, rather than evidence about finding or returning supplies. A response should connect each support to its particular point. The proposed tray has not been tested in this invented account, so the evidence identifies a problem and supports trying a response; it does not prove that the response will work every time.

Notice what needs more practice

A reason can be relevant to one point and irrelevant to another. Do not call the invented log real classroom research or turn the author’s color preference into a measured finding.

Grade 5 English worksheets

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Use the next session to build independence

1. Name each point separately.
2. Match its reason or evidence to that point.
3. Explain a limit on what the support establishes.

Read a teacher-selected proposal with several points. Mark each reason beside the point it supports and explain why it belongs there.

For more general reading and writing resources, visit the Grade 5 English Online Center.

Rhode Island Grade 5 English: useful planning questions

Does one piece of evidence support every point?

No. Explain the relationship between the evidence and the particular point. Shared subject matter alone does not establish that relationship.

Which standards does the school use?

Rhode Island’s Council on Elementary and Secondary Education endorsed the Rhode Island Core Standards for English language arts/literacy and mathematics on March 9, 2021. This activity links a selected reading reference in RIDE’s 2021 English document. The complete curriculum also includes writing, language, speaking, and listening; check the school’s texts and learning sequence. The school’s sequence also includes reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language work beyond this example.