Which Reasons Support Which Point is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on matching each point to the reason or evidence behind it, aligned to Common Core standard RI.5.8. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 23 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Which Reasons Support Which Point
RI.5.8
NameDate
Write the letter of the match next to each one.
1.Write the letter of the evidence that supports each point.
Vaccine coverage matters more than availability
The playground needs more shade
Reading aloud helps younger students
High taxes encourage smuggling
A.Smuggling collapsed when the tea tax was cut in 1784
B.Students left the field early on six hot days last semester
C.Students in the reading club improved their scores most
D.Protection fails below a threshold of immune people
2.Write the letter of the evidence that supports each point.
Railways were more flexible than canals
Our town needs a crossing outside the school
The school day should start later
The library should stay open on Saturdays
A.Saturday is its busiest day for borrowing
B.Forty children cross the main road each morning
C.Teenage body clocks shift later at puberty
D.A railway can cross a watershed a canal cannot
LessonPrint · RI.5.8 · Set 23 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Which Reasons Support Which Point
Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Vaccine coverage matters more than availability — D (Protection fails below a threshold of immune people) 2. The playground needs more shade — B (Students left the field early on six hot days last semester) 3. Reading aloud helps younger students — C (Students in the reading club improved their scores most) 4. High taxes encourage smuggling — A (Smuggling collapsed when the tea tax was cut in 1784)
2.1. Railways were more flexible than canals — D (A railway can cross a watershed a canal cannot) 2. Our town needs a crossing outside the school — B (Forty children cross the main road each morning) 3. The school day should start later — C (Teenage body clocks shift later at puberty) 4. The library should stay open on Saturdays — A (Saturday is its busiest day for borrowing)
More practice for RI.5.8
Match each reason and piece of evidence to the point it supports.