WORD ANALYSIS, FLUENCY, AND SYSTEMATIC VOCUBULARY DEVELOPMENT.

 
Word Recognition

 
Skills:

 
1.1 Read narrative and expository text aloud with fluency and
accuracy, and with appropriate pacing, intonation, and expression.

 
Vocabulary and Concept Development

 
Skills:

 
1.2 Use word origins to determine the meaning of unknown
words.

 
1.3 Understand and explain frequently used synonyms, antonyms
and homographs.

 
1.4 Know abstract, derived roots and affixes from Greek and 
Latin, and use this knowledge to analyze the meaning of complex
words.

 
1.5 Understand and explain the figurative and metaphorical use 
of words in context.

READING COMRPREHENSION (FOCUS ON INFORMTIONAL
MATERIALS)

 
Structural Features of Informational Materials

 
Skills:

 
2.1 Understand how text features make information accessible and 
usable.

 
2.2 Analyze text which is organized in sequential or chronological
order.

 
Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text

 
Skills:

 
2.3 Discern main ideas and concepts presented in texts, identifying
and assessing evidence that supports those ideas.

 
2.4 Draw inferences, conclusions, or generalizations about text and
support them with textual evidence and prior knowledge.

 
Expository Critique

 
Skills:

 
2.5 Distinguish among facts, supported inferences, and opinions
in text.

LITERARY RESPONSE AND ANALYSIS

 
Structural Features of Literature

 
Skills:

 
3.1 Identify and analyze the characteristics of poetry, drama, fiction,
and non-fiction as literary forms chosen by an author for a specific 
purpose.

 
Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text

 
Skills:

 
3.2 Identify the main problem or conflict of the plot and how it is 
resolved.

 
3.3 Contrast the actions, motives, and appearances of characters in 
a work of fiction and discuss the importance of the contrasts to the
plot or theme.

 
3.4 Understand that theme refers to the meaning or moral of a selection,
and recognize themes whether implied or stated directly in sample works.

 
3.5 Describe the function and effect of key literary devices.

 
Literary Criticism

 
Skills:

 
3.6 Evaluate the meaning of archetypal patterns and symbols that
are found in myth and tradition by using literature from different 
eras and cultures.

 
3.7 Evaluate the author's use of various techniques to influence
readers' perspectives.

WRITING STRATEGIES

 
Organization and Focus 

 
Skills:

 
1.1 Create a multiple-paragraph narrative composition that (1) 
establishes and develops a situation or plot; (2) describes the 
setting; (3) presents an ending.

 
1.2 Create a multiple-paragraph expository composition that 
(1) establishes a topic, key ideas or events in sequence and/or
chronological order; (2) provides details and transitional 
expressions which link paragraph to paragraph in a clear line 
or thought.

 
Research and Technology

 
Skills

 
1.3 Use organizational features of printed text to locate relevant
information.

 
1.4 Create simple documents using electronic media, employing organizational features.

 
1.5 Use a thesaurus to identify alternative word choices and 
meanings.

 
Revising and Evaluating Writing 

 
Skills:

 
1.6 Edit and revise manuscripts to improve the meaning and focus 
of writing by adding, deleting, consolidating, clarifying, and 
rearranging words and sentences.

WRITING APPLICATIONS (GENRES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS)

 
Using the Grade 5 Writing Strategies

 
Skills:

 
2.1 Write narratives that (1) establish plot, point of view, setting, 
and/or conflict; (2) show rather than tell the events of the story.

 
2.2 Write responses to literature that (1) demonstrate an understanding
of a literary work; (2) support judgments through references through references both to the text and to prior knowledge; (3) develop interpretations that exhibit careful reading and understanding.

 
2.3 Write research reports about key ideas, issues, or events
that (1) frame questions that direct the investigation; (2) establish a controlling idea/topic; (3) develop the topic with simple facts, details, examples and explanations.

 
2.4 Write persuasive letters or compositions that (1) state clear
position in support of proposal; (2) support position with relevant 
evidence; (3) follow simple organization pattern; (4) address reader concerns.

WRITTEN AND ORAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS

 
Sentence Structure

 
Skills:

 
1.1 Identify and correctly use prepositional phrases, appositives, 
and independent and dependent clauses; use transitions and 
conjunctions to elaborate ideas.

 
Grammar

 
Skills:

 
1.2 Identify and correctly use verbs that are often misused
modifiers; and normative, objective, and possessive pronouns.

 
Punctuation

 
Skills:

 
1.3 Use colon to separate hours and minutes and to introduce a list;
use quotation marks around exact words of speaker and names of 
poems, songs, short stories, etc.

 
Capitalization

 
Skills:

 
1.4 Use correct capitalization.

 
Spelling

 
Skills:

 
1.5 Spell roots, suffixes, prefixes, contractions, and syllable 
constructions correctly.

LISTENING AND SPEAKING STRATEGIES

 
Comprehension

 
Skills:

 
1.1 Ask questions that seek information not already discussed. 

 
1.2 Interpret speaker's verbal and non-verbal messages, purposes,
and perspectives.

 
1.3 Make inferences or draw conclusions based on an oral report.

 
Organization and Delivery of Oral Communication

 
Skills:

 
1.4 Select a focus, organizational structure, and point of view for oral presentation.

 
1.5 Clarify and support spoken ideas with evidence and examples.

 
1.6 Engage audience with appropriate verbal cues, facial expressions,
and gestures.

 
Analysis and Evaluation of Oral and Media Communications

 
Skills:

 
1.7 Identify, analyze, and critique the persuasive techniques and
identify any logical fallacies used in oral presentations and media
messages.

 
1.8 Analyze media as sources for information, entertainment,
persuasion, interpretation of events, and transmission of culture.

SPEAKING APPLICATIONS (GENRES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS)

 
Using the Grade 5 Speaking Strategies

 
Skills:

 
2.1 Deliver narrative presentations that (1) establish a situation, plot, 
point of view, and setting with descriptive words and phrases;
(2) show rather than tell the listener what happens.

 
2.2 Deliver informative presentation about a key idea, issue, or 
event that (1) frame questions to direct the investigation; 
(2) establish a controlling idea/topic; (3) develop the topic with
simple facts, details, examples and explanations.

 
2.3 Deliver oral responses to literature that (1) summarize significant
events and details; (2) provide several clear ideas or images; (3) use examples and/or textual evidence.