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| MCHCS
Standards Checklist - Language
Arts
- Fifth Grade |
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| 1st | 2nd
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| 5th | 6th
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language arts content standards describe skills, knowledge,
and abilities all students should be able to master at
specific grade levels. Language skills are essential tools
because they serve as the basis for future learning and
career development. They enrich, foster responsible citizenship,
and secure our collective wisdom as a nation. |
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Literature |
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Read a minimum of 12 grade-level books of
various genres (mystery, fiction, biography
etc.), including 4-6 from the approved list. |
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Word
Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary
Development |
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Read aloud narrative and expository text fluently,
accurately, and with appropriate pacing, intonation,
and expression.
Understand and explain frequently used synonyms,
antonyms, and homographs.
Know abstract, derived root words and affixes
from Greek and Latin and use this knowledge
to analyze the remaining of complex words
(e.g., controversial).
Understand and explain the figurative and
metaphorical use of words in context. |
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Reading
Comprehension |
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Understand how text features (e.g., format,
graphics, sequence, diagrams, illustrations,
charts, and maps) make information accessible
and usable.
Discern main ideas and concepts presented
in texts, by identifying and assessing evidence.
Draw inferences, conclusions, or generalizations
about text and support them with textual evidence
and prior knowledge.
Distinguish between facts and opinions in
text. |
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Literary
Response and Analysis |
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Identify and analyze the characteristics of
poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction.
Identify the main problem or conflict in a
plot and explain how it is resolved.
Contrast the actions, motives (e.g., loyalty,
selfishness, conscientiousness), and appearances
of characters in a work of fiction.
Understand that theme refers to the meaning
or moral of a selection and recognize themes
(whether implied or stated directly) in sample
works.
Describe the function and effect of common
literary devices (e.g., imagery, metaphor,
and symbolism). |
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Writing
Skills and Strategies |
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Write summaries.
Write narratives containing:
Elements of plot, point of view, setting,
and conflict.
Descriptive and/or narrative details that
show not tell events.
Write responses to literature that:
Include interpretations that demonstrate careful
reading and understanding of text.
Write research reports about important ideas,
issues, or events that:
Focus the topic to locate relevant information.
Develop the topic with facts, details, examples,
and explanations.
Write persuasive letters and/or compositions
with:
A clear position in support of the main idea.
Support for position with relevant evidence.
A simple organizational pattern (chronological
order, cause/effect, compare/ contrast, and
problem/solution). |
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Writing
Conventions |
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Identify and use appositives and subordinating
conjunctions.
Use pronouns correctly in subject/object/possessive
forms.
Use commonly misused verbs correctly (lie/lay,
rise/raise, etc).
Use a colon between hour/minute and to introduce
a list following a noun.
Use quotation marks around exact words of
speaker/writer and titles of poems, stories,
TV shows, and other short works. |
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Writing
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Use the writing process to create a 350-word
multi-paragraph compositions with:
Transition words and expressions between support
paragraphs.
Complex sentence patterns.
A variety of organizational patterns (cause/effect,
compare/contrast, and problem/solution).
Reference text bibliographies to locate information.
Create simple documents using electronic media
and organizational features (menus, keywords,
spell checks, etc.).
Use a thesaurus to identify alternate words
and meanings. |
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Listening
and Speaking |
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Evaluate the content of oral communication:
Ask questions that seek information not already
discussed.
Draw conclusions based on an oral presentation.
Make an oral presentation with focus, organized
structure and point of view:
Clarify and support ideas with evidence and
examples.
Deliver a narrative presentation:
Establish a situation, plot, point of view,
and setting, with descriptive words.
Show rather than tell, the listener what happens.
Deliver an informative presentation about
an important idea, issue or event.
Frame questions to direct the investigation.
Establish a solid idea. |
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