Common Core State Standard: RL.5.1
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Common Core State Standard: RL.5.2
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: RL.5.3
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: 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).
Common Core State Standard: RL.5.4
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
Common Core State Standard: RL.5.5
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
Common Core State Standard: RL.5.6
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: Describe how a narrator
Common Core State Standard: RL.5.7
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard Description: 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).
Common Core State Standard: RL.5.9
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard Description: Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.
Common Core State Standard: RL.5.10
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Range of Reading and Complexity of Text
Standard Description: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4
Common Core State Standard: RI.5.1
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Common Core State Standard: RI.5.2
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
Common Core State Standard: RI.5.3
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: RI.5.4
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.
Common Core State Standard: RI.5.5
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: RI.5.6
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.
Common Core State Standard: RI.5.7
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: RI.5.8
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard Description: Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).
Common Core State Standard: RI.5.9
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard Description: Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
Common Core State Standard: RI.5.10
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Range of Reading and Complexity of Text
Standard Description: 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
Common Core State Standard: W.5.1
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.1.A
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer
Common Core State Standard: W.5.1.B
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.1.C
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).
Common Core State Standard: W.5.1.D
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.2
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.2.A
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.2.B
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.2.C
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
Common Core State Standard: W.5.2.D
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.2.E
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.3
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.3.A
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.3.B
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.3.C
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.3.D
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.3.E
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.4
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Production and Distribution of Writing
Standard Description: 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
Common Core State Standard: W.5.5
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Production and Distribution of Writing
Standard Description: 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
Common Core State Standard: W.5.6
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Production and Distribution of Writing
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.7
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Standard Description: Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.8
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.9
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Standard Description: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.9.A
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Standard Description: Apply grade 5 Reading standards to literature (e.g.,
Common Core State Standard: W.5.9.B
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Standard Description: Apply grade 5 Reading standards to informational texts (e.g.,
Common Core State Standard: W.5.10
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Range of Writing
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.1
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.1.A
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.1.B
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.1.C
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.1.D
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.*
Common Core State Standard: L.5.1.E
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor).
Common Core State Standard: L.5.2
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.2.A
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Use punctuation to separate items in a series.*
Common Core State Standard: L.5.2.B
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.2.C
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: 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
Common Core State Standard: L.5.2.D
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.2.E
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.3
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Knowledge of Language
Standard Description: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.3.A
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Knowledge of Language
Standard Description: Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.3.B
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Knowledge of Language
Standard Description: Compare and contrast the varieties of English (e.g., dialects, registers) used in stories, dramas, or poems.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.4
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.4.A
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Use context (e.g., cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.4.B
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis).
Common Core State Standard: L.5.4.C
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.5
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.5.A
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.5.B
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.5.C
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, homographs) to better understand each of the words.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.6
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: 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).
Common Core State Standard: RL.5.1
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Common Core State Standard: RL.5.2
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: RL.5.3
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: 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).
Common Core State Standard: RL.5.4
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
Common Core State Standard: RL.5.5
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
Common Core State Standard: RL.5.6
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: Describe how a narrator"s or speaker"s point of view influences how events are described.
Common Core State Standard: RL.5.7
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard Description: 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).
Common Core State Standard: RL.5.9
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard Description: Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.
Common Core State Standard: RL.5.10
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Literature
Theme: Range of Reading and Complexity of Text
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: RI.5.1
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Common Core State Standard: RI.5.2
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
Common Core State Standard: RI.5.3
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Key Ideas and Details
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: RI.5.4
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.
Common Core State Standard: RI.5.5
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: RI.5.6
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Craft and Structure
Standard Description: Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.
Common Core State Standard: RI.5.7
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: RI.5.8
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard Description: Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).
Common Core State Standard: RI.5.9
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard Description: Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
Common Core State Standard: RI.5.10
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Theme: Range of Reading and Complexity of Text
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.1
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.1.A
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.1.B
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.1.C
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).
Common Core State Standard: W.5.1.D
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.2
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.2.A
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.2.B
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.2.C
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
Common Core State Standard: W.5.2.D
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.2.E
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.3
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.3.A
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.3.B
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.3.C
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.3.D
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.3.E
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Text Types and Purposes
Standard Description: Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.4
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Production and Distribution of Writing
Standard Description: 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.)
Common Core State Standard: W.5.5
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Production and Distribution of Writing
Standard Description: 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 1–3up to and including grade 5 on page 29.)
Common Core State Standard: W.5.6
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Production and Distribution of Writing
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.7
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Standard Description: Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.8
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.9
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Standard Description: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Common Core State Standard: W.5.9.A
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Standard Description: 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]").
Common Core State Standard: W.5.9.B
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Standard Description: 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]").
Common Core State Standard: W.5.10
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Writing
Theme: Range of Writing
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.1
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.1.A
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.1.B
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.1.C
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.1.D
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.*
Common Core State Standard: L.5.1.E
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor).
Common Core State Standard: L.5.2
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.2.A
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Use punctuation to separate items in a series.*
Common Core State Standard: L.5.2.B
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.2.C
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: 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?).
Common Core State Standard: L.5.2.D
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.2.E
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Conventions of Standard English
Standard Description: Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.3
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Knowledge of Language
Standard Description: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.3.A
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Knowledge of Language
Standard Description: Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.3.B
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Knowledge of Language
Standard Description: Compare and contrast the varieties of English (e.g., dialects, registers) used in stories, dramas, or poems.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.4
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.4.A
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Use context (e.g., cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.4.B
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis).
Common Core State Standard: L.5.4.C
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: 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.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.5
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.5.A
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.5.B
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.5.C
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, homographs) to better understand each of the words.
Common Core State Standard: L.5.6
Grade: 5
Subject: ELA
Domain: Language
Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard Description: 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).
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