Fifth Grade Literacy Content Standards
Fifth grade students are expected to:
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Reading/literature
- Read and analyze the characteristics of a diverse selection of non-fiction, fiction, drama, and poetry
- Discuss core literature and independent reading in a variety of group settings
- Read thoughtfully, showing understanding of text and ideas
- make simple inferences, read “between the lines” or draw conclusions about events, characters, settings, or context and supporting with textual evidence
- make connections with and among texts notice and name themes in books and media, relate own experiences to events in the story
- identify the main problem or conflict of the plot and explain how it is resolved
- compare and contrast characters, and their importance to a plot or theme
- challenge or question the text
- evaluate author decisions regarding word choice, style and/or content, plot, and theme
- make sense of informational materials read by restating and summarizing author’s words
- discern main ideas and concepts presented in texts, identifying and assessing evidence that supports those ideas
- Understand and explain key literary devices such as imagery or symbolism
- Maintain lists of self-selected and teacher directed works from a variety of genres, authors, and topics
- Display fluency and intonation while reading orally
- Use phonics, context, word origins, prior knowledge and outside resources to determine pronunciation, meaning and comprehension
- Understand and explain frequently used synonyms, antonyms, and homographs
- Use strategies such as rereading, predicting and confirming
- Use conventions of language, such as punctuation, grammar and voice to facilitate oral reading
- Use reading as a tool to seek information when directed or to pursue own questions
- Describe one’s own reading strengths, weaknesses and goals
- Make use of structural features of informational materials e.g. illustrations, maps, charts, graphs, etc.
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Writing
- Write confidently and consistently during class writing time
- Clearly express ideas, using a format appropriate to a specific purpose, audience, or context
- Offer insights and make purposeful connections to other ideas
- Develop and support a topic that conveys a perspective, using relevant facts and vivid details to support that perspective
- Use a variety of writing styles and genres according to audience and purpose: e.g., expository, informational, narrative, persuasive, creative, writing within other subject areas
- Write a multiple-paragraph essay that establishes a topic, is well organized, and uses smooth transitions to create a coherent piece:
- establish and develop a situation or plot
- describe the setting
- present an ending
- Refine the use of the writing process taught in prior years
- pre-writing, writing, revising, editing, final copy/publishing
- use a variety of composing strategies
- revise work by adding and deleting details, clarifying thoughts and ideas, rearranging words, sentences and paragraphs to improve meaning
- Evaluate and respond to peer and teacher revisions
- Use editing process to improve grammar and spelling in final drafts
- Proofread using dictionaries and other resources, including teachers and peers, to insure correct punctuation and spelling
- Use roots, suffixes, prefixes, contractions, and syllable constructions to spell correctly
- Constructively critique the writing of a peer
- Set goals and provide evidence of progress
- Fluently read and write in cursive
- Use legible handwriting
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Listening and speaking
- Present ideas in a clear and organized manner with evidence and examples
- Deliver presentations to a group
- Demonstrate effective use of delivery techniques
- audible and expressive voice, eye contact, body language
- Listen responsively and respectfully to other points of view
- ask questions that seek information not already discussed