Minnesota Academic Standards
MN.5.2. Reading Benchmarks: Informational Text K-5
Key Ideas and Details
5.2.2.2. Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
5.2.8.8. Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).
MN.5.6. Writing Benchmarks K-5
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
5.6.9.9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
5.W.9.a. Apply grade 5 reading standards to literature (e.g., ''Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or a drama, drawing on specific details in the text [e.g., how characters interact]'').
5.W.9.b. Apply grade 5 reading standards to informational texts (e.g., ''Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point[s]'').