Kentucky Core Content and the Study Island Reading

Kentucky Core Content and the Study Island Reading:

Revisited and Reconsidered Program

The following handout shows how Kentucky’s Core Content for Assessment aligns with the content of questions in Study Island’s Reading: R&R program.

If the Core Content Code (RD-06-1.0.2, RD-07-1.0.2, RD-08-1.0.2, etc.) is in italics, it means that it is a Supporting Content Standard, which is not used for assessment at that grade level—i.e., in the case of “RD-06-1.0.3; RD-07-1.0.3; RD-08-1.0.3,” the standard is used for assessment in sixth grade (RD-06…), but not in seventh or eighth grades.

Though Supporting Content Standards are not assessed, they are used at the local level and are “critical to the student’s deep understanding of the overall content” and are “to be used by schools to build a foundation of knowledge, skills, and processes that will enable students to be successful on the Kentucky Core Content Test.”

All questions specified in this handout refer to Vol. 1 of The World as You Know It; however, the same method used to create the content is implemented in all volumes of The World as You Know It, Graphic Planet by ABDO Books, and TheTimbertoes series.

Middle School

RD-O6-1.0.1; RD-O7-1.0.1; RD-O8-1.0.1

Students will apply knowledge of synonyms or antonyms to comprehend a passage.

Chap 1, Q 4 ; Chap 1, Q 15 ; Chap 1, Q 17 ; Chap 2, Q 14 ;Chap 3, Q 10 ; Chap 3, Q 14 ; Chap 4, Q 2 ; Chap 4, Q 17

RD-06-1.0.2; RD-07-1.0.2; RD-08-1.0.2

Students will select, based on context, the appropriate meaning for a word that has multiple meanings.

Chap 1, Q 17 ; Chap 4, Q 1

RD-06-1.0.3; RD-07-1.0.3; RD-08-1.0.3;

Students will apply the meanings of word parts (prefixes, suffixes, roots) to comprehend unfamiliar words in a passage.

RD-O6-1.0.7; RD-O7-1.0.7; RD-O8-1.0.7

Students will interpret literal and non-literal meanings of words or phrases, based on context.

Chap 1, Q 5 ;Chap 2, Q 8; Chap 3, Q 10

RD-O6-2.0.3; RD-O7.2.0.3

Students will identify or explain the use of literary elements (e.g., characterization, setting, plot, theme, point of view) in a passage.

Chap 4, Q 1 ;Chap 5, Q 17 ; Chap 5, Q 18 ; Chap 5, Q 19 ; Chap 5, Q 20 ; Chap 6, Q 1 ;

Chap 7, Q 1 ;Chap 7, Q 6 ; Chap 7, 16 ; Chap 8, Q 1 ; Chap 8, Q 2 ; Chap 8, 18

RD-O6-2.0.4; RD-O7-2.0.4; RD-O8-2.0.4;

Students will locate key ideas or information in a passage.

Chap 2, Q 7 ; Chap 2, Q 12 ; Chap 2, Q 13 ; Chap 2, Q 19 ;Chap 3, Q 1 ; Chap 3, Q 2 ; Chap 3, Q 19 ; Chap 3, Q 20; Chap 4, Q 11 ; Chap 4, Q 15 ;Chap 7. Q 15 ;Chap 10, Q 9 ; Chap 10, Q 15

RD-O6-2.0.6; RD-O7-2.0.6; RD-O8-2.0.6

Students will apply the information contained in a passage to accomplish a task/procedure or answer questions about a passage.

Chap 7, Q 5 ;Chap 10, Q 3 ; Also addressed in writing prompts.

RD-O6-2.0.7; RD-O7-2.0.7; RD-O8-2.0.7

Students will make predictions, draw conclusions, make generalizations or make inferences based on what is read.

Chap 1, Q 8 ; Chap 1; Q 10 ; Chap 1, Q 12 ;Chap 2, Q 6 ; Chap 2, Q 7 ; Chap 2, Q 9 ; Chap 2, Q 11

Chap 2, Q 20 ;Chap 3, Q 3 ; Chap 3, Q 4 ; Chap 3, Q 7 ; Chap 3, Q 16 ; Chap 4, Q 10 ; Chap 4, Q 16 ; Chap 4, Q 18 ; Chap 10, Q 20

RD-O6-3.0.1; RD-O7-3.0.1

Students will explain the relationship between events in a story and a character’s behavior.

Chap 1, Q 6 ;Chap 1, Q 18 ; Chap 2, Q 10 ;Chap 3, Q 11 ;Chap 5, Q 2 ;Also addressed in writing prompts.

RD-O6-4.0.1; RD-O7-4.0.1; RD-O8-4.0.1

Students will connect information from a passage to students’ lives (text-to-self), real world issues (text-to-world) and other texts (text-to-text - e.g., novel, short story, song, film, website, etc.).

Chap 2, Q 5;Chap 2, Q 5; Chap 3, Q 12;Chap 7, Q 12 ;Also addressed in writing prompts.

RD-O6-5.0.3; RD-O7-5.0.3; RD-O8-5.0.3;

Students will identify literary devices (e.g., symbolism, irony, analogies, imagery, foreshadowing, figurative language).

Chap 1, Q 19 ; Chap 2, Q 2 ; Chap 2, Q 8 ; Chap 3, Q 5 ; Chap 7, Q 1

RD-O6-5.0.8; RD-O7-5.0.8; RD-O8-5.0.8

Students will explain or analyze how the use of text features (e.g., subheadings, bullets, fonts, white space, layout, charts, diagrams, labels, pictures, and captions) enhances the reader’s understanding of a passage.

Chap 7, Q 1

RD-O6-5.0.9; RD-O7-5.0.9; RD-O8-5.0.9;

Students will identify organizational patterns (e.g., cause and effect, comparison, contrast, sequence) to understand a passage.

Chap 2, Q 20

High School

RD-09-1.0.1 ; RD-10-1.0.1 ; RD-11-1.0.1 ; RD-12-1.0.1 ;

Students will interpret literal or non-literal meanings of words in a passage.

Chap 1, Q 17 ;Chap 2, Q 5 ; Chap 2, Q 6 ; Chap 2, Q 17

RD-09-1.0.2 ; RD-10-1.0.2 ;RD-11-1.0.2 ;RD-12-1.0.2 ;

Students will make predictions based on what is read.

Chap 6, Q 14 ; Chap 7, Q 3 ; Chap 8, Q 17

RD-09-2.0.3 ; RD-10-2.0.3 ; RD-11-2.0.3 ; RD-12-2.0.3 ;

Students will apply the information contained in a passage to accomplish a task/procedure or to answer questions about a passage.

Chap 1. Q 5 ; Chap 1, Q 7 ;Chap 2, Q 12 ; Chap 3, Q 5 ; Chap 8, Q 7 ; Chap 9, Q 12 ;

Chap 10, Q 3 ; Also addressed in writing prompts.

RD-09-2.0.4 ; RD-10-2.0.4 ; RD-11-2.0.4 ; RD-12-2.0.4 ;

Students will follow the sequence of information from a passage.

Chap 2, Q 20

RD-09-2.0.5 ; RD-10-2.0.5 ; RD-11-2.0.5 ; RD-12-2.0.5

Students will interpret concrete or abstract terms using context from the passage.

Chap 1, Q 9 ; Chap 2, Q 2 ; Chap 7, Q 8

RD-09-2.0.6 ; RD-10-2.0.6 ; RD-11-2.0.6 ; RD-12-2.0.6 ;

Students will explain the main ideas of a passage and identify the key ideas or information that support them.

Chap 3, Q 19 ; Chap 3, Q 20 ;Chap 4, Q 13 ; Chap 5, Q 12 ;Chap 9, Q 11

RD-09-2.0.7 ; RD-10-2.0.7 ; RD-11-2.0.7 ; RD-12-2.0.7 ;

Students will make inferences, draw conclusions or make generalizations based on evidence from a passage.

Chap 1, Q 8 ; Chap 1, Q 10 ;Chap 1, Q 12 ;Chap 2, Q 9 ; Chap 2, Q 20 ; Chap 3, Q 3 ;

Chap 3, Q 4 ; Chap 3, Q 7 ; Chap 4, Q 6 ; Chap 4, Q 13 ; Chap 4, Q 18 ; Chap 5, Q 3 ;

Chap 6, Q 20 ; Chap 7, Q 5 ; Chap 8, Q 6 ; Chap 8, Q 20;Chap 9, Q 4 ; Chap 9, Q 15 ;

Chap 10; Q 7,

RD-09-3.0.6 ; RD-10-3.0.6 ; RD-11-3.0.6 ; RD-12-3.0.6 ;

Students will analyze the relationship between a speaker’s or character’s motivation and behavior in a passage, as revealed by the dilemmas.

Chap 1, Q 18 ;Chap 2, Q 10 ; Chap 3, Q 11 ; Chap 5, Q 4 ; Chap 5, Q 13 ;Chap 5, Q 18 ;

Chap 5, Q 19 ; Chap 5, Q 20 ; Chap 7, Q 2 ; Chap7, Q 6 ; Chap 7, Q 15 ; Chap 7, Q 16 ;

Chap 10, Q 14; Chap 10, Q 16

RD-09-4.0.1 ; RD-10-4.0.1 ; RD-11-4.0.1 ; RD-12-4.0.1 ;

Students will analyze the content or make connections as it applies to students’ lives (text-to-self), real-world issues (text-to-world) or other texts (text-to-text).

Chap 7, Q 10 ; Also addressed in writing prompts.

RD-09-5.0.3 ; RD-10-5.0.3 ; RD-11-5.0.3 ; RD-12-5.0.3 ;

Students will analyze the author’s use of literary devices in a passage (e.g., symbolism, irony, analogies, imagery, figurative language).

Chap 2, Q 2 ;Chap 8, Q 10 ; Chap 8, Q 9 ; Chap 8, Q 12 ; Chap 10, Q 8 ; Chap 10, Q 20

RD-09-5.0.8 ; RD-10-5.0.8 ; RD-11-5.0.8 ; RD-12-5.0.8 ;

Students will explain how the use of text features (e.g., illustrations, charts, lists, tables, graphs, tables of contents, indexes, glossaries, headings, captions), format or layout enhances the reader’s understanding of a passage.

Chap 7, Q 1 ; Chap 10, Q 20