Common Core Literature Standards Question Stems

First Grade Open Court - Unit 1

Unit 1, Sharing Stories, has many poems so it is a good time to focus on the difference between different text types (RL5). Concentrate on features of informational and narrative text and how they differ. Teach lessons to define words such as “Fiction/Non-Fiction”, “realistic/make-believe” ,“illustrations/text” and “text evidence”. By end of unit, students should be able to identify a story vs. informational text and explain the major differences between the two. *Need to incorporate some informational read alouds during this unit to teach the difference.

The Purple Cow

· RL5 - What do the illustrations tell you about whether this is make-believe or real?

· RL5 - What is it about how the page looks that gives you a clue that the selection is narrative/informational?

Las Hormigitas

· RL5 - Point out features of the text that show it is a poem.

· RL5 - Could the events in “Las Hormigitas” really happen? Explain your answer.

If I Were a Mouse

· RL5 - What do the illustrations tell you about whether this is make-believe or fact?

Hey Diddle Diddle

· RL5 - Ask children to find make-believe parts in the illustrations. How do illustrations help you figure out what type of text you are reading?

There Once was a Fish

· RL5 - Which pictures are realistic? Which are make-believe?

Rain

· RL7 - How do the illustrations and words go together?

Rhyme Stew

· RL7 - How do the illustrations and words go together?

Rags

· RL7 - Is the way Rags acting realistic? Why?

· RL4 - Which words are repeated? Why do you think the author did this?

Twinkle, Twinkle Firefly

· RL5 - Point out features of the text that show it’s a poem.

The Chase

· RL2 - Retell the story in your own words (stopping every few pages). What lesson does the author want us to learn?

· RL3 - What did the animals learn from their experience? How does Rabbit act differently than the other characters?

Mrs. Goose’s Baby

· RL7 - What do we know about what kind of mother Mrs. Goose is? How do we know that? Cite text evidence.

· RL7 - How do we know Mrs. Goose’s baby is a chicken? (before page 53)

· RL9 - How is Mrs. Goose’s baby different from Mrs. Goose?

Baby Buggy

· RL4 - Which words are repeated? Why do you think the author did this?

· RL7 - Identify ways the animals in the illustrations act like people.