Grade 5

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Introduce a precise claim and organize the reasons and evidence logically.5W1.a

Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details from various sources.5W1.b

Use precise language and content-specific vocabulary while writing an argument.5W1.c

Use appropriate transitional words, phrases, and clauses to clarify and connect ideas and concepts.5W1.d

Provide a concluding statement or section related to the argument presented.5W1.e

Maintain a style and tone appropriate to the writing task.5W1.f

Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general focus, and organize related information logically.5W2.a

Develop a topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other relevant information; include text features, illustrations, and multimedia to aid comprehension.5W2.b

Use precise language and content-specific vocabulary to explain a topic.5W2.c

Use appropriate transitional/linking words, phrases, and clauses to clarify and connect ideas and concepts.5W2.d

Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.5W2.e

Establish a style aligned to a subject area or task.5W2.f

Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters.5W3.a

Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue and description, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.5W3.b

Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.5W3.c

Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.5W3.d

Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.5W3.e

Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.5LS1.a

Follow agreed-upon norms for discussions and carry out assigned roles.5SL1.b

Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.5SL1.c

Consider the ideas expressed and draw conclusion about information and knowledge gained from the discussions.5SL1.d

Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.5L3.a

Compare and contrast the varieties of English (e.g., dialects, registers) used in stories, dramas, or poems.5L3.b

Use context (e.g., cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.5L4.a

Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis).5L4.b

Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses) to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.5L4.c

Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.5L5.a

Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.5L5.b

Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, homographs) to better understand each of the words.5L5.c

Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.L.1.16

Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general as well as in particular sentences.L.1.17

Use relative pronouns (who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (where, when, why).L.1.18

Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general as well as in particular sentences.L.1.19

Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.L.1.20

Use abstract nouns.L.1.21

Form and use regular and irregular verbs.L.1.22

Form and use the simple verb tenses (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk).L.1.23

Form and use the progressive verb tenses (e.g., I was walking; I am walking; I will be walking).L.1.24

Form and use the perfect verb tenses (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked).L.1.25

Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.L.1.26

Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.L.1.27

Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.L.1.28

Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.L.1.29

Use and identify prepositional phrases.L.1.30

Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-ons.L.1.31

Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their).L.1.32

Capitalize appropriate words in titles.L.2.9

Use correct capitalization.L.2.10

Use commas in addresses.L.2.11

Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.L.2.12

Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.L.2.13

Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.L.2.14

Use punctuation to separate items in a series.L.2.15

Form and use possessives.L.2.16

Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words, and to add suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).L.2.17

Use spelling patterns, rules, and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.L.2.18

Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.L.2.18.a

Use quotation marks or italics to indicate titles of works.L.2.19