Fifth Grade, rev. 2016-17

5th Grade Reading: Literature and Informational Text

5th Grade Reading: Foundational Skills

5th Grade Writing

5th Grade Language

5th Grade Speaking and Listening

Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.

Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).

Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.

Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.

Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fit together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.

Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.

Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.

Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.

Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.

Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).

Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.

Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.

Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).

Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.

By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1-3 above.)

With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 5 here.)

With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.

Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.

Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.

Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships (e.g., however, although, nevertheless, similarly, moreover, in addition).

Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence.

Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.

Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.

Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, using formal English when appropriate to task and situation. (See grade 5 Language standards 1 and 3 here for specific expectations.)

Distinguish between explicit and inferred information

Identify explicit textual evidence

Identify inferred textual evidence

Quote accurately from a text

Determine the theme of a story, drama, and poem

Explain how characters respond to challenges

Explain how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic

Summarize key ideas and details

Identify the characters, settings, and/or events in a story or drama

Compare characters, settings, and events drawing on specific details in the text

Contrast characters, setting, and events drawing on specific details in the text

Distinguish between explicit and inferred information in informational text

Identify explicit textual evidence in informational text

Identify inferred textual evidence in informational text

Quote accurately from informational text

Determine two or more main ideas in informational text

Explain how main ideas are supported by key details in informational text

Summarize key ideas and details in informational text

Identify relationships and interactions in informational text

Explain the relationships or interactions between individuals, events, ideas, and concepts in informational text

Use specific information from the text to support the relationship between individuals, ideas, and concepts in informational text

Identify examples of figurative language

Identify similes and metaphors

Determine the meanings of words and phrases as they are used in a text

Identify the relationship of chapters to a story, scenes to a drama and stanzas to a poem

Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fit together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem

Identify narrator’s or speaker’s point of view

Identify relevant events

Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described

Identify general academic words and phrases

Identify domain-specific words and phrases

Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area

Identify overall text structures in informational text

Compare the overall text structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more informational texts

Contrast the overall text structure of events, ideas, concepts, or informatio in two or more informational texts

Identify narrator’s or speaker’s point of view in informational text

Identify relevant events in informational text

Describe how the narrator's or speaker’s point of view influences how the events are described in informational text

Identify multimedia and visual elements

Recognize meaning, tone, and beauty of a text

Analyze how visual elements contribute to meaning, tone, and beauty of a text

Analyze how multimedia elements contribute to meaning, tone, and beauty of a text

Identify characteristics of theme, topic, and genre

Compare how stories of the same genre approach a similar theme or topic

Contrast how stories of the same genre approach a similar theme or topic.

Collect information from multiple print or digital sources

Use information from multiple print or digital sources to answer a question or solve a problem

Identify an author’s particular points

Identify which evidence and reasons support each point

Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support points

Identify information within several informational texts on the same topic.

Organize information gathered from several informational texts on the same topic

Demonstrate how to integrate information from several informational texts on the same topic when writing or speaking about a subject

Read literature at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently

Comprehend literature at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently

Read informational texts at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently

Comprehend informational texts at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently

Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context.

Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer's purpose.

Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.

Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).

Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.

Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.

Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.

Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).

Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events

Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.

Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.

Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.

Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.

Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.

Analyze the reason for writing to decide the task, purpose, and audience

Use suitable development and organizational strategies appropriate to the task, purpose, or audience

Identify how to plan, revise, edit, rewrite, and try a new approach to writing

Develop and strengthen writing by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, and trying a new approach

Use technology, including the Internet, and keyboarding skills to produce and publish writing

Use technology, including the Internet, to communicate and collaborate with others

Use keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting

Investigate focused questions to research different aspects of a topic using several sources

Examine research to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information

Identify relevant experiences and gather relevant information from print and digital sources

Distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information

Summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work

Produce a list of sources

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]").

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]").

Identify discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences for various types of writing

Determine when to write for short or extended time frames

Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences.

Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses.

Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.

Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.

Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor).

Use punctuation to separate items in a series.

Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.

Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It's true, isn't it?), and to indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?).

Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.

Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.

Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.

Compare and contrast the varieties of English (e.g., dialects, registers) used in stories, dramas, or poems.

Use context (e.g., cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis).

Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.

Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.

Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.

Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, homographs) to better understand each of the words.

Identfify words that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships

Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.

Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles.

Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.

Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light of information and knowledge gained from the discussions.

Explain how to summarize

Identify speaker’s points, claims, reasons, or evidence

Summarize speaker’s points

Explain how a speaker’s claim is supported by reasons and evidence

Determine facts and relevant descriptive details to support opinions, main ideas, and themes

Sequence ideas logically

Speak clearly and at an understandable pace

Determine when to add multimedia components or visual displays to enhance the development of main ideas or themes

Distinguish when situations call for formal or informal speech

Identify syllabication patterns

Identify root words, prefixes and suffixes

Explain meanings of prefixes and suffixes

Read multisyllabic words in and out of context

Identify reading strategies for accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression

Apply reading strategies for accuracy, rate, and expression

Apply rereading as a strategy when confirming or self-correcting words

Explain how context can help to confirm or self-correct word recognition

Develop a clearly introduced topic

Formulate an opinion

Organize by grouping ideas to support writer's purpose

Identify transitional words, phrases, and clauses

Link opinions and reasons using transitional words, phrases, and clauses

Develop a clearly introduced topic with a general observation and focus

Group related information logically

Integrate formatting, illustrations and multimedia into writing to aid comprehension

Identify the purpose of quotations in informational text

Develop topics with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic

Identify transitional words, phrases, and clauses

Use transitional words, phrases, and clauses to link ideas within and across categories of information

Identify precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform or explain a topic

Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform or explain a topic

Develop a narrative beginning that establishes a situation and introduces a narrator and/or characters

Organize a clear event sequence

Describe narrative techniques (dialogue, description, and pacing)

Use dialogue, description, and pacing to develop experiences and events

Use dialogue, description, actions, and reactions to develop characters

Identify transitional words, phrases and clauses

Use transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events

Identify how writers use concrete words, phrases and sensory details

Use concrete words, phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely

Identify a conclusion

Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events

Demonstrate command of prior grade level standard English grammar and usage when writing and speaking

Identify conjunctions, prepositions and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences

Identify perfect verb tenses

Identify verb tense of various times, sequences, states, or conditions

Recognize inappropriate shifts in a verb tense

Identify correlative conjuctions

Demonstrate command of prior grade level language conventions, puncutation, capitalization, and spelling when writing.

Identify punctuation (eg: commas, semicolons) to separate items in a series

Identify an introductory element of a sentence

Identify tag questions and direct address phrases

Identify use of underlining, quotation marks or italics to indicate titles of works

Identify spelling rules

Identify misspelled rules

Use prior grade-level knowledge and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

Recognize various sentence structures

Identify the varieties of English used in stories, dramas, or poems

Identify cause/effect relationships and comparisons as context clues

Identify common grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots

Explain the meaning of grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots

Identify figurative language, including similes and metaphors

Identify key ideas from reading material

Use background information and information read to contribute to discussion

Explain agreed-upon rules for discussion

Explain assigned roles

Formulate questions and responses that contribute to the discussion

Connect comments to others' remarks to elaborate and contribute to the discussion

Identify key ideas presented during discussion

Draw conclusions