Week 10
Skill: Fact/Opinion, Main Idea
Subject Reading 4 Grade 4
This test section contains EIGHT multiple-choice and ONE open-response (short-answer) questions. Please mark your answers for the multiple-choice questions in the spaces provided on your Student Response Booklet. Mark only one answer for each question. If you do not know the answer, make your best guess. DO NOT WRITE ANY ANSWERS IN THIS TEST BOOKLET. WHEN YOU FINISH, DO NOT WORK ON ANY OTHER TEST SECTION.PLEASE GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE è
1. / What is the main idea of this article?O / A. / Most of America’s great cities weren’t planned.
O / B. / A particular group of people formed Washington, D.C.
O / C. / Washington, D.C. is located on the Potomac River.
O / D. / Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, was carefully planned and built.
2. / Which of these statements supports the main idea?
O / A. / Wherever you live in America, this is your hometown.
O / B. / By day, sunlight polishes the white dome of the capital.
O / C. / In 1790, Congress voted to set aside land along the Potomac River for the site of the nation’s capital.
O / D. / Half the capitals of our 50 states are close copies of the nation’s capitol.
3. / What is the author’s main purpose in writing this article?
O / A. / To entertain the reader by telling about a scenic place.
O / B. / To inform the reader about how our nation’s capital came to be.
O / C. / To persuade the reader to visit Washington, D.C.
O / D. / To express patriotic feelings about the U.S. and its capital.
4. / Using evidence from the passage, what is the author’s opinion about the nation’s capital?
O / A. / She thinks it should be moved to another city.
O / B. / She thinks the city is a showplace and should be enlarged.
O / C. / She is proud of the capital city of her country.
O / D. / She would love to live there.
5. / According to the article, what makes Washington, D.C. a showplace?
O / A. / It includes stately buildings, broad avenues, and monuments.
O / B. / Its streets are lined with cherry trees.
O / C. / The president lives in the White House in Washington, D.C.
O / D. / It’s everybody’s capital.
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6. / Which of these is the author’s opinion?O / A. / The capital was moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.
O / B. / The Washington Monument is the tallest masonry building on earth.
O / C. / Wherever you live in America, this is your hometown.
O / D. / The District of Columbia does not belong to any one state.
7. / What is the main idea of paragraph number 3?
O / A. / Stately buildings are set among green parklands.
O / B. / No high-rise buildings are allowed to spoil the scene within the city limits.
O / C. / The Washington Monument soars to a height of over 555 feet.
O / D. / Washington, D.C. was built to be the showplace of the nation.
8. / Which of the following is not a fact?
O / A. / The Washington Monument catches every eye.
O / B. / The Washington Monument is over 500 feet tall.
O / C. / The capitol building is the nation’s most imitated building.
O / D. / The Washington Monument is the only skyscraper in Washington.
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OPEN-RESPONSE QUESTION
Read all parts of the open-response question before you begin. Write your answers to the open-response question in the space provided on your Student Response Booklet. DO NOT WRITE ANY ANSWERS IN THIS TEST BOOKLET.Welcome to Washington
9. / In the article, “Welcome to Washington!” the author says, “Our capital city was built to be the showplace of the nation.”
a. What do you think she meant by this statement?
Use details from the article to support your answer.
b. Explain how you could determine if this statement is a fact or just the author’s opinion.
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Scoring Guide
4 / Student completes all components of the question completely and accurately.
Student communicates answer clearly and concisely.
Student demonstrates in-depth understanding of the concepts of main idea/supporting details, author’s purpose, and fact/opinion.
Student gives insightful interpretations or extensions.
3 / Student completes most important components of the question and communicates clearly.
Student demonstrates an understanding of major concepts of main idea/supporting details, author’s purpose, and fact/opinion,
but overlooks some less important ideas and details.
2 / Student completes most important components of the question and communicates clearly.
Student demonstrates a basic understanding of main idea/supporting details, author’s purpose, and fact/opinion, but overlooks or misunderstands less important ideas and details.
1 / Student shows minimal understanding of the question.
0 / Student’s response is totally incorrect or irrelevant.
Blank / No student response.
Annotated Rubric/ Performance Expectations for ORQ
Academic Expectation: 1.2
Core Content: RD-04-3.0.3 Students will identify an author’s purpose in a passage.
RD-04-3.0.4 Students will identify main ideas and details that support them.
RD-04-3.0.7Students will identify an author’s opinion about a subject. Students will form and support judgments/opinions about central ideas RD-04-3.0.5Students will identify fact or opinion from a passage.
Ceiling DOK Level: 3 Question DOK Level: 3
Question Type (circle): Scaffold, Single Dimension/Component, Two or More Relatively Independent Components, Student Choice, Respond to Provided Information
An appropriate student response should provide evidence of the student’s understanding………. Students will identify an author’s opinion about a subject. Students will form and support judgments/opinions about central ideas
Students will identify main ideas and details that support them.
For example, an appropriate response to this question would show that the student can
a. The author means that Washington, D.C. was built so that every citizen of the United States would have a scenic and historic capital city to visit and enjoy. She also means that Washington, D.C. was planned and built so that every citizen would be proud of the capital. For example, in the article she said, “Stately buildings are set along green parklands and broad avenues. The Washington Monument catches every eye. It soars up for over 555 feet and is the tallest masonry structure on earth. The sunlight polishes the white dome of the capitol, and at night floodlights gild the bronze statue Freedom on top of the dome.” This makes it sound like it is a beautiful city.
b. In order to prove that this statement is a fact, I would have to do research to find out if Congress had planned to make the capital city the showcase of the nation. If I could find this information in some historical records, then the statement would be a fact. If I could not find proof that Congress had planned to make the capital a showcase, then the statement may just be the author’s opinion.
Conclusion: The author gave many facts about the capital city that makes it sound like a showplace, but it sounds like she thinks it is the showplace of the nation. Other people might like another city better.
Essential Vocabulary:
Make inferences
Draw conclusions
Specialized vocabulary
Fact and opinion
Resources/Technology:
Scott Foresman Reading Street Series Grade 4
Grade 4 – Subject: - ReadingQuestion / First
A.E. / First CC / Second A.E. / Second CC / DOK
Level of MC Question / Answer
Key / Rational/Annotation for MC Questions
1 / 1.2 / RD-04-3.0.4 Students will identify main ideas and details that support them. / 2 / D / States the main idea.
2 / 1.2 / RD-04-3.0.4 Students will identify main ideas and details that support them / 3 / C / Supports the main idea, all other choices are added descriptions for visualization.
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1.2
/ RD-04-3.0.3Students will identify an author’s purpose in a passage. / 2 / B / The piece is informational.
4 / 1.2 / RD-04-3.0.5Students will identify fact or opinion from a passage. / 2 / C / All others are opinions not supported in the piece.
5 / 1.2 / RD-04-3.0.5 Students will make inferences or draw conclusions based on what is read / 3 / A / All others would not be used to describe a showplace.
6 / 1.2 / RD-04-3.0.5Students will identify fact or opinion from a passage. / 2 / C / All other choices are facts.
7 / 1.2 / RD-04-3.0.5 Students will make inferences or draw conclusions based on what is read / 3 / D / The paragraph implies that nothing grander than the capitol shall be in the area.
8 / 1.2 / RD-04-3.0.5Students will identify fact or opinion from a passage. / 2 / B / All other choices are facts.
Multiple Choice Item Information: