Moffat County School District RE-1

Literacy

Fifth Grade

Students will:

Comprehension

1. summarize and paraphrase main ideas/details of fiction and non-fiction text.*

2. draw inferences using contextual clues.*

3. compare and contrast different textual material.*

4. identify sequential order in fiction and non-fiction text.*

5. understand and apply cause and effect.*

6. confirm meaning using context cues and background knowledge.

7. use word recognition skills to understand unfamiliar words (for example, decoding multi-syllable words, affixes, root words).*

8. select appropriate definitions and pronunciations from the dictionaries and other sources.

Written and Oral

1. generate topics and develop ideas for a variety of writing and speaking purposes

(for example, emphasizing narrative and descriptive forms).*

2. organize writing so that there is an introduction, logical arrangement of ideas, and a conclusion.*

3. use transitions to link ideas.*

4. choose vocabulary that communicates their messages clearly and precisely.*

5. edit drafts for conventions, standard usage, simple and complex sentence structure,       and appropriate word choice.*

6. revise drafts for coherence and sequence by adding, deleting, combining, and             rearranging text.*

*These objectives will be tested on CSAP

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7. create readable documents with legible handwriting or word processing at the       appropriate time.

Conventions

1. employ standard English usage (noun, verb, subject, predicate) in writing, including subject-verb agreement.*

2. write in complete sentences varying the types such as simple and compound.*

3. use regular and irregular plurals correctly.*

4. use adjectives and adverbs appropriately.*

5. use correct capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and abbreviations.*

6. begin to use correct pronoun case and referents.*

7. prepare final product.*

Strategies for Thinking

1. monitor, modify, and respond to their own comprehension of written and oral presentations as a reader, listener, and articulate speaker.

2. determine the author's purpose.*

3. predict and draw conclusions about fiction and non-fiction.*

4. differentiate between fact and opinion in written and spoken forms.*

5. use reading, writing, speaking, and listening to define and solve problems.*

6. recognize main idea of text.*

7. use listening skills to understand directions.*

Research

1. frame questions to direct research using dictionaries, encyclopedias, computer technology, and other resource materials (i.e.; maps, charts, timelines, etc).*

2. summarize and organize prior knowledge about a topic in a variety of ways (i.e.;       graphic organizers, Venn diagram, outline).*

* These objectives will be tested on CSAP

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3. take notes and give credit from relevant sources (i.e.; guest speakers, periodicals,       on-line searches).*

4. find supporting details using various reference sources and present the product in       acceptable format using technology.*

5. use organizational features of printed text and electronic media.*

Literature

1. read, respond to, and discuss a variety of novels, poetry, short stories, non-fiction, and plays.*

2. understand the rhyme scheme of poetry.

3. read, respond to, and discuss literature that represents points of view from places, people, and events that are familiar and unfamiliar.*

4. respond to literary terms (i.e.; metaphor, simile, figurative language, etc).*

5. identify and analyze elements of plot, characterization, setting, time, sequence, etc.*

*These objectives will be tested on CSAP

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