Fifth Grade Language Arts Standards

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Reading Literature

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.
Determine the meaning of words and prhases 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 sotry, drama, or poem.
Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.
Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text.
Compare and contrast stories in the same genre on their approaches to similar themes and topics.
Read and comprehend literature of appropriate complexity.

Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences.
Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details.
Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical scientific, or technical text, based on specific information.
Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specifc words and phrases in a text relevant to agrade 5 topic or subject area.
Compare and contrast the overall structure 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.
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 supports which points.
Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
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.

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 sequence.
Use technolgy to produce and publish.
Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
Produce clear and coherent writing in which development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose and audience.
Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge thorugh investigation of different aspects of a topic.
Recall relevant information from experience or gather relevant information from print or 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 and shorter time frames for a range of discipline spcific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Engage effectively in a range from group discussions 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 and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.
Adapt speech to a variety of contexts, using formal English when appropriate to task and situation.

Demonstrate command of English grammar and usage.
Demonstrate command of English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
Clarify the meanig of unknown and multiple meaing words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and content, choosing flexibly froma 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.
Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.