Use Evidence in Informational Text
Grade 5 - Reading - Challenge Me
Which detail from "Solar Garden" best supports this informational claim: The class should use both covers at different times.
- Tessa paused, studied open squares, and trapped the queen
- bare rock rose 12 degrees while shaded soil rose 3 degrees
- elders, students, and store owners requested different images
- the clear cover helped sprouts, and shade cloth cooled plants
Which inference is supported by this detail: A class chart says the clear cover raised soil temperature by 4 degrees.
- Nia compared the strengths of both garden covers
- The robot should use the slower scanner setting.
- The mural should include both historic scenes and current portraits.
- The class should use both covers at different times.
Which quote would be too weak to prove the main informational point in "Library Robot"?
- choose the route that matched the day's conditions
- surface type affects how fast a place warms
- Arun built a small robot
- both covers solved different problems
Why is "the clear cover helped sprouts, and shade cloth cooled plants" stronger evidence than "lettuce is a common garden plant"?
- it directly supports the passage claim
- it uses no facts
- it ignores the topic
- it is shorter
What should a reader do before answering an informational question about "Chess Team"?
- skip all source notes
- choose the longest option
- answer from memory only
- find the sentence or feature that proves the answer
Which detail from "Chess Team" best supports this informational claim: Players should slow down when the board is complicated.
- bare rock rose 12 degrees while shaded soil rose 3 degrees
- elders, students, and store owners requested different images
- the clear cover helped sprouts, and shade cloth cooled plants
- Tessa paused, studied open squares, and trapped the queen
Which inference is supported by this detail: A map shows a half-mile gap between the park and the school garden.
- the club wanted connected flower stops for pollinators
- The report should include surface type when explaining warming.
- The town should build the wider bridge.
- Hikers should choose the marsh path on windy days.
Which quote would be too weak to prove the main informational point in "Chess Team"?
- During the final match
- a chain of flower beds could turn the walk into a pollinator path
- surface type affects how fast a place warms
- accuracy mattered more than speed
Why is "bicycle use doubled in three years" stronger evidence than "the river has a name on the map"?
- it directly supports the passage claim
- it is shorter
- it uses no facts
- it ignores the topic
What should a reader do before answering an informational question about "Solar Garden"?
- skip all source notes
- answer from memory only
- choose the longest option
- find the sentence or feature that proves the answer