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Reading Foundational Skills—Grade 5
Reading Foundational Skills—Grade 5
Phonics and Word Recognition
RF.5.3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.5.3.a. Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns and morphology to accurately read unfamiliar multisyllabic words.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideVocabulary
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideVocabulary
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideVocabulary
Reading Standards for Literature—Grade 5
Reading Standards for Literature—Grade 5
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
9 Students will analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
RL.5.9. Compare/contrast stories in the same genre on their approaches to similar themes and topics.
1 Students will read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence to support conclusions drawn from the text.
RL.5.1. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
2 Students will determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; cite specific textual evidence, including summary, paraphrase and direct quotations, to support conclusions drawn from the text.
RL.5.2. Analyze how the theme is reflected in the text, including but not limited to poems, stories and dramas, and cite relevant implicit and explicit evidence to support thinking.
3 Students will analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
RL.5.3. Compare/contrast characters, settings or events in a story or drama, using specific details to analyze their interaction over the course of the text.
10 Students will read, comprehend and analyze complex literary texts independently and proficiently.
RL.5.10. By the end of the year, flexibly use a variety of comprehension strategies (i.e., questioning, monitoring, visualizing, inferencing, summarizing, synthesizing, using prior knowledge, determining importance) to read, comprehend and analyze grade-level appr
4 Students will interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
RL.5.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including but not limited to allusions found in mythology, and analyze how those words and phrases shape meaning.
5 Students will analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs and larger portions of the text relate to each other and the whole.
RL.5.5. Analyze and explain the overall structure of poems, stories and dramas in two or more texts, including but not limited to linear, nonlinear and circular structures.
8 Students will delineate and evaluate the argument, specific claims and evidence in a text, assessing the validity, reasoning, relevance and sufficiency.
RI.5.8. Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular claims in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which claim(s).
9 Students will analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
RI.5.9. Integrate information from several texts on the same theme or topic.
1 Students will read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence to support conclusions drawn from the text.
RI.5.1. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
2 Students will determine central ideas of a text and analyze their development; cite specific textual evidence, including summary, paraphrase and direct quotations to support conclusions drawn from the text.
RI.5.2. Analyze how the central ideas are reflected in a text, and cite relevant implicit and explicit evidence to support thinking.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideTopic Sentences
3 Students will analyze how and why individuals, events and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
RI.5.3. Explain the relationships or interactions between individuals, events, ideas or concepts in a historical, scientific or technical text based on specific information over the course of a text.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideParts of Speech
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
10 Students will read, comprehend and analyze complex informational texts independently and proficiently.
RI.5.10. By the end of the year, flexibly use a variety of comprehension strategies (i.e., questioning, monitoring, visualizing, inferencing, summarizing, synthesizing, using prior knowledge, determining importance) to read, comprehend and analyze grade-level appr
4 Students will interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
RI.5.4. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a grade-level text, and analyze how those words and phrases shape meaning.
5 Students will analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs and larger portions of the text relate to each other and the whole.
RI.5.5. Compare/contrast the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts or information in two or more texts.
1 Students will compose arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
C.5.1. Compose opinion pieces, using writing and digital resources, on topics or texts, supporting the writer’s perspective with reasons and information.
C.5.1.a. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose and audience.
C.5.1.f. With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting or trying a new approach.
2 Students will compose informative and explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization and analysis of content.
C.5.2. Compose informative and/or explanatory texts, using writing and digital resources, to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
C.5.2.a. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose and audience.
C.5.2.b. Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus and group related information logically; include formatting, illustrations and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
C.5.2.h. With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting or trying a new approach.
3 Students will compose narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events, using effective technique, well-chosen details and well-structured event sequences.
C.5.3. Compose narratives, using writing and digital resources, to develop real or imagined experiences or multiple events or ideas, using effective technique, descriptive details and clear sequences.
C.5.3.a. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose and audience.
C.5.3.b. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that reflects linear, nonlinear or circular structure.
C.5.3.c. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
C.5.3.g. With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting or trying a new approach.
5 Students will conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
C.5.5. Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
6 Students will gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source and integrate the information for the purposes of analysis, reflection and research while avoiding plagiarism.
C.5.6. Summarize relevant information from experiences, or gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase applicable information in notes and finished work and provide a list of sources.
4 Students will use a variety of strategies to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases, consulting reference material when appropriate. Students will acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases
L.5.4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
L.5.4.a. Use context (e.g., cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
L.5.4.c. Consult print and digital reference materials to find the pronunciation and determine or clarity the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
L.5.4.d. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition and other logical relationships.