The Mystery of the One-Carrot Diamond

Part of

• Fairy Tales and Fables
• Mysteries with Sherlock Shirley

Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

• D4.1.K-2 — Individually and with others, students use writing, visualizing, and speaking to… Construct an argument with reasons.
• RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• D4.2.K-2 — Individually and with others, students use writing, visualizing, and speaking to… Construct explanations using correct sequence and relevant information.
• D4.4.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Ask and answer questions about arguments.

Alabama

• ELA21.2.30c — Draw conclusions based on the text.
• ELA21.2.30a — State and confirm predictions about a text.
• ELA21.K.28 — With prompting and support, use text clues to determine main ideas and make predictions about an ending in a literary text.
• SS10.K.2 — Identify rights and responsibilities of citizens within the family, classroom, school, and community.

Alaska

• RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about a literary text using key details from the text.
• RL.1.7 — Use illustrations and details in a story read or read aloud to describe its characters, events, setting, or problem-solution.
• RL.2.5 — Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story (who, what, why, where), the middle describes the problem (how characters react or feel and what they do), and the ending concludes the action or tells how the problem was solved.
• SL.2.2 — Retell or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Arizona

• 2.SP3.5 — Ask and answer questions about explanations and arguments.
• 2.SP4.2 — Select which reasons might be more likely than others to explain an event or development.

Arkansas

• 1.RC.2.RF — Answer questions about key details in a text.
• 2.RC.2.RF — Answer questions about key details in a text.
• 3.RC.8.RL — Describe the main story elements (plot), including characters, setting, events, problem, and solution.

California

• SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
• RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• RL.1.10.b — Confirm predictions about what will happen next in a text.
• SL.1.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups

Colorado

• RWC20-GR.1-S.2-GLE.1-EO.a.i — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• RWC20-GR.2-S.4-GLE.1-EO.c — Identify a specific question and gather information for purposeful investigation and inquiry.
• RWC20-GR.2-S.2-GLE.1-EO.b.ii — Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

Connecticut

• SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
• RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• SL.1.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups
• Distinguish between explanations that account for all gathered evidence and those that do not.

Delaware

• RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• SL.2.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
• SL.2.2 — Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Florida

• SC.1.N.1.4 — Ask "how do you know?" in appropriate situations.
• SC.3.N.1.6 — Infer based on observation.
• SC.K.N.1.5 — Recognize that learning can come from careful observation.

Georgia

• ELAGSE1RL1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• ELAGSE2RL5 — Describe the overall structure of a story including describing how the beginning introduces the story, the middle provides major events and challenges, and the ending concludes the action.

Hawaii

• 1.RL.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• Distinguish between explanations that account for all gathered evidence and those that do not.
• 2.RL.5 — Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

Idaho

• 2.RC.TE.3 — Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in grade-level texts heard or read.
• Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems. (K-ESS-2.2)
• 1.RC.TE.3 — Ask and answer questions about key details in texts heard or read.
• 2.RC.L.5c — Describe the overall structure of stories heard or read, including identifying how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

Illinois

• ARG-P2 — Distinguish between explanations that account for all gathered evidence and those that do not.
• SS.K-2.IS.7 — Using various viewpoints, students will engage in reflective conversations to draw conclusions on inquiry findings and create action steps.
• INV-P1 — With guidance, plan and conduct an investigation in collaboration with peers.
• SS.K-2.IS.6 — With guidance and support, reflect on one’s inquiry process and findings.
• SS.K-2.IS.7 — Using various viewpoints, students will engage in reflective conversations to draw conclusions on inquiry findings and create action steps.

Indiana

• 1.RC.4 — Make and confirm predictions about what will happen next in a story.
• 2.RC.1 — Ask and answer questions about the main idea and key details in a text to demonstrate comprehension. (E)
• 2.RC.3 — Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and how characters affect the plot.
• 1.RC.3 — Using key details, identify and describe the elements of plot, character, and setting. (E)

Iowa

• SS.1.14 — Explain why something borrowed must be returned. (21st century skills)
• SS.1.4 — Construct responses to compelling questions using examples.
• SS.2.4 — Construct responses to compelling questions using reasoning, examples, and relevant details
• Distinguish between explanations that account for all gathered evidence and those that do not.

Kentucky

• RL.2.1 — Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why and how, and make and support logical inferences to construct meaning from the text.
• RL.1.7 — Use a story’s illustrations and details to describe its characters, setting and events.

Louisiana

• SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
• RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• SL.1.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups
• SL.2.2 — Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Maine

• SL.2.1.a — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
• Distinguish between explanations that account for all gathered evidence and those that do not.
• R.4.2.a — Ask and answer questions about who, what, when, where, how and why.
• SL.1.1.b — Build on others' talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.

Maryland

• RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• SL.2.2 — Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
• SL.2.3 — Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.
• SL.2.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

Massachusetts

• SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
• RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• SL.1.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups
• SL.2.2 — Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
• SL.2.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

Michigan

• SL.K.2 — Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
• Individually and collaboratively, students construct an argument with reasons.
• P3.3 — Construct an argument and justify a decision supported with evidence.
• RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• Individually and collaboratively, students evaluate a source by distinguishing between fact and opinion.

Minnesota

• 0.3.1.2 — Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media (e.g., poems, rhymes, songs) by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
• 1.1.4.1 — Ask and answer questions including who, what and where to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text; retell key details.
• 0.1.5.3 — Recognize the connection between illustrations and text.

Mississippi

• SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
• RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• SL.1.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
• SL.2.2 — Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Missouri

• 1.R.2.A.a — describe characters, setting, problem, solution, and events in logical sequences
• 1.R.2.A.e — explain the actions of the main character and the reasons for those actions
• 2.R.2.A.a — describe the setting, problems, solutions, sequence of events (plot), and big idea or moral lesson

Montana

• SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
• SL.1.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups
• SL.2.2 — Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
• engaging in argument from evidence
• CCRA.SL.3 — Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.

Nebraska

• LA.1.RP.6 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a literary text.
• Distinguish between explanations that account for all gathered evidence and those that do not.
• K.D.1.b — Identify objects that do not belong to a particular group and explain the reasoning used.
• Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.

Nevada

• SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
• RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• SL.1.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups
• SS.K.10. — Share and discuss stories that illustrate honesty, courage, friendship, respect, and responsibility.

New Hampshire

• SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
• CCRA.SL.3 — Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
• SL.1.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups
• SL.2.2 — Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

New Jersey

• SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
• RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• SL.1.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups
• SL.2.2 — Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

New Mexico

• Distinguish between explanations that account for all gathered evidence and those that do not.
• Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
• 2.4 — With support, construct responses to compelling questions using reasoning, examples, and relevant details.
• RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• 1.4 — Construct responses to compelling questions using examples.

New York

• Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
• Distinguish between explanations that account for all gathered evidence and those that do not.
• Make observations (firsthand or from media) to collect data that can be used to make comparisons.
• KR2 — Retell stories or share key details from a text. (RI&RL)

North Carolina

• I.1.1 — Identify inquiry as a process to answer questions and solve issues.
• I.1.8 — Accurately use information from sources when making claims.
• I.1.9 — Make inferences from information in sources.
• RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• RL.K.7 — With prompting and support, describe how the words and illustrations work together to tell a story.

North Dakota

• 1.R.3.b — Identify characters, setting, and plot in a literary text during or after a shared reading or other text-listening experience.
• 1.R.8a — Identify characters' feelings or traits in a story, poem,or nursery rhyme during or after a shared reading or other text-listening experience.
• 2.R.8a — Describe characters' feelings or traits during or after listening to a story.
• Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
• Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
• K.R.3.b — Tell about characters and setting in a literary text during or after a shared reading or other text-listening experience.

Oklahoma

• Distinguish between explanations that account for all gathered evidence and those that do not.
• Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
• Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s). (K.ESS3.2)

Oregon

• 1.RL.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• 2.RL.3 — Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges, including identifying the characters' feelings, the plot or problem, and how it is resolved.
• K.7 — Identify examples of ownership of different items, recognizing the difference between private and public ownership, the responsibility for stewardship and guardianship, (such as classroom, playground, library, community, the environment, etc.) and the opportunity for borrowing and sharing.
• 2.RL.5 — Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story, how the middle progresses the action, and the ending concludes the action.

Pennsylvania

• CC.1.3.1.B — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
• Distinguish between explanations that account for all gathered evidence and those that do not.

Rhode Island

• SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
• RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• SL.1.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups
• SL.1.1.b — Build on others' talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.

South Carolina

• ELA.1.C.8.1 — Participate with peers and adults in structured discussions and routines about grade-appropriate topics and texts: a. enter a conversation by greeting, taking turns, and responding to others with statements, phrases, and/or questions; and b. consider the ideas of others by restating what they say during conversations.
• ELA.1.C.9.1 — Listen to others to ask and answer questions on a topic.
• ELA.1.C.8.1.INIS — Indicator Insight: This indicator is intended to be used as a support for all other indicators. Speaking and collaborating with peers and adults is an overarching expectation of ELA at every grade level, as mentioned in OE.4.

South Dakota

• 1.RL.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• K.SL.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
• K.SL.2 — Confirm understanding from a source of information by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
• 2.RL.5 — Identify the overall structure of stories and their common elements (e.g., how the beginning introduces the story, how the action leads to the resolution).
• K.SL.1.b — Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.

Tennessee

• 1.RL.KID.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• 2.RL.CS.5 — Describe the overall structure of a story, including how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

Texas

• 1.8B — describe the main character(s) and the reason(s) for their actions;
• K.13A — identify and state facts based on relevant evidence;
• K.13C — gather information about a topic using a variety of valid oral and visual sources such as interviews, music, pictures, symbols, and artifacts with adult assistance; and
• 1.8C — describe plot elements, including the main events, the problem, and the resolution, for texts read aloud and independently; and

Utah

• 1.R.5 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text. (RL & RI)
• 2.SL.2 — Speak clearly and audibly while asking and answering questions about a topic and key details.
• K.2.1.c — Identify examples of individual honesty and responsibility.

Vermont

• D4.1.K-2 — Individually and with others, students use writing, visualizing, and speaking to… Construct an argument with reasons.
• RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• D4.5.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Ask and answer questions about explanations.
• Distinguish between explanations that account for all gathered evidence and those that do not.

Virginia

• 1.RL.1.C — Ask and answer literal (who, what, when, where) or inferential (how, why) questions about what is read.
• 1.RL.1.D — Generate predictions about story characters and events using the text.
• 1.RL.1.B — Identify the elements of a familiar story, including the characters, setting, and important events (e.g., conflict and resolution).
• 2.RL.1.C — Describe character’s attributes (e.g., traits, motivations, or feelings) and how they respond to major events and challenges.
• 2.RV.1.D — Use the context of a sentence to apply knowledge of homophones.

West Virginia

• ELA.1.31 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
• ELA.2.1 — Ask and answer key ideas such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in literary text
• ELA.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a literary text.
• ELA.2.31 — Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Wisconsin

• SS.Inq3.c.e — Explain how evidence supports a claim for a class inquiry.
• SS.Inq3.a.e — With prompting and support, state a claim to answer a question that the class is considering.
• SS.Inq4.a.e — Communicate conclusions.
• SS.PS3.d.1 — Predict how people come up with different ideas to solve a problem.

Wyoming

• RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
• SL.1.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups
• SL.2.2 — Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.