Grades
Standard
Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression.
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters [...]
Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or [...]
Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped [...]
Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic [...]
Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or [...]
Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they [...]
Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly [...]
Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence [...]
Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in [...]
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors [...]
Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic [...]
Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, [...]
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 (e.g., graphic novel; multimedia [...]
Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and [...]
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the [...]
Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the [...]
Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical [...]
Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
Demonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their opposites (antonyms) and to words with similar but not identical meanings [...]
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or [...]
Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of [...]
Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story [...]
Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English (e.g., presenting ideas) and situations where informal discourse is appropriate (e.g., small-group [...]
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing [...]
Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements 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., telegraph, photograph, [...]
Grades
Standard
Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression.
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters [...]
Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or [...]
Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped [...]
Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic [...]
Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or [...]
Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they [...]
Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly [...]
Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence [...]
Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in [...]
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors [...]
Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic [...]
Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, [...]
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 (e.g., graphic novel; multimedia [...]
Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and [...]
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the [...]
Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the [...]
Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical [...]
Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
Demonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their opposites (antonyms) and to words with similar but not identical meanings [...]
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or [...]
Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of [...]
Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story [...]
Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English (e.g., presenting ideas) and situations where informal discourse is appropriate (e.g., small-group [...]
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing [...]
Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements 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., telegraph, photograph, [...]