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Vocabulary Acquisition and Use.
- 5th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
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 stra…
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Knowledge of Language.
- 5th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Compare and contrast the varieties of English (e.g., dialects, registers) used in stories, dramas, or poems.
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Knowledge of Language.
- 5th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
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Knowledge of Language.
- 5th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 5th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 5th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 5th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
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 t…
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 5th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 5th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Use punctuation to separate items in a series.*
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 5th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 5th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor).
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 5th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.*
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 5th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 5th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses.