Grade 5 ELA Florida standards Standards

K-12 ELA Expectations

Vocabulary

Communication

Reading

Foundational Skills

Communicating Through Writing

Demonstrate fluent and legible cursive writing skills.

Write personal or fictional narratives using a logical sequence of events and demonstrating an effective use of techniques such as dialogue, description, and transitional words and phrases.

Write to make a claim supporting a perspective with logical reasons, relevant evidence from sources, elaboration, and an organizational structure with varied transitions.

Write expository texts about a topic using multiple sources and including an organizational structure, relevant elaboration, and varied transitions.

Improve writing by planning, revising, and editing, with guidance and support from adults and feedback from peers.

Communicating Orally

Present information orally, in a logical sequence, using nonverbal cues, appropriate volume, clear pronunciation, and appropriate pacing.

Following Conventions

Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.

Researching

Conduct research to answer a question, organizing information about the topic and using multiple reliable and valid sources.

Creating and Collaborating

Arrange multimedia elements to create emphasis in oral or written tasks.

Use digital writing tools individually or collaboratively to plan, draft, and revise writing.

Learning and Applying Foundational Reading Skills

Use knowledge of grade-appropriate phonics and word-analysis skills to decode words.

Apply knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology to read and write unfamiliar single-syllable and multisyllabic words in and out of context.

Read grade-level texts with accuracy, automaticity, and appropriate prosody or expression.

Reading Prose and Poetry

Analyze how setting, events, conflict, and characterization contribute to the plot in a literary text.

Explain the development of stated or implied theme(s) throughout a literary text.

Describe how an author develops a character's perspective in a literary text.

Explain how figurative language and other poetic elements work together in a poem.

Reading Informational Text

Explain how text structures and/or features contribute to the overall meaning of texts.

Explain how relevant details support the central idea(s), implied or explicit.

Analyze an author's purpose and/or perspective in an informational text.

Track the development of an argument, identifying the specific claim(s), evidence, and reasoning.

Reading Across Genres Interpreting Figurative Language

Analyze how figurative language contributes to meaning in text(s).

Summarize a text to enhance comprehension.

Include plot and theme for a literary text.

Include the central idea and relevant details for an informational text.

Compare and contrast primary and secondary sources related to the same topic.

Finding Meaning

Recognize and appropriately use grade-level academic vocabulary in speaking and writing.

Apply knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes, recognizing the connection between affixes and parts of speech, to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words in grade-level content.

Use context clues, figurative language, word relationships, reference materials, and/or background knowledge to determine the meaning of multiple-meaning and unknown words and phrases, appropriate to grade level.

Cite evidence to explain and justify reasoning.

Read and comprehend grade-level complex texts proficiently.

Make inferences to support comprehension.

Use appropriate collaborative techniques and active listening skills when engaging in discussions in a variety of situations.

Use the accepted rules governing a specific format to create quality work.

Use appropriate voice and tone when speaking or writing.

Finding Meaning

Vocabulary

Reading Across Genres

Reading Informational Text

Reading Prose and Poetry

Reading

Learning and Applying Foundational Reading Skills

Foundational Skills

Communication

Communicating Through Writing

Write cursive letters with adequate spacing.

Write personal or fictional narratives using a logical sequence of events, relevant details, transitional words, dialogue and an ending.

Make a claim about a topic using evidence from sources and an organizational structure with transitions.

Write an expository text about a topic, using multiple sources and an organizational structure with transitions.

Improve writing as needed by planning, revising and editing, with guidance, support and modeling from adults and feedback from peers.

Communicating Orally

Express information in a logical sequence, using nonverbal cues and awareness of pacing, using the student’s mode of communication.

Following Conventions

Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization and spelling. • Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-ons. • Identify main and subordinate clauses.

Researching

Participate in research to answer a question, organizing information about the topic, using provided reliable and valid sources.

Creating and Collaborating

Use one or more multimedia elements to create emphasis in oral or written tasks.

Use digital writing tools individually or collaboratively to plan, draft and revise writing with support from adults.

Apply knowledge of letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns and morphology to read and form familiar single-syllable and multisyllabic words in context.

Read grade-level texts, at the student’s ability level, with accuracy and expression using the student’s mode of communication.

Explain how setting, events, conflict and characterization contribute to the plot in a literary text.

Show the development of a stated or implied theme in a literary text.

Identify a character's perspective at different points in a literary text.

Explain how figurative language and imagery work together in a poem.

Show how text structures and/or features contribute to the overall meaning of texts.

Identify relevant details that support a central idea, implied or explicit.

Identify an author's purpose and perspective in an informational text.

Sequence the development of an argument.

Identify examples of when figurative language is used to contribute to meaning in text(s).

Identify the plot and theme for a literary text using the student's mode of communication.

Identify the central idea and relevant details for an informational text using the student's mode of communication.

Compare and contrast important details from primary and secondary sources on the same topic.

Identify and use grade-level academic vocabulary appropriately in communication, using the student's mode of communication.

Apply knowledge of Greek and Latin roots, base words, and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words in grade-level content at the student’s ability level with guidance and support.

Identify and use picture clues, context clues, figurative language, word relationships, reference materials and/or background knowledge to determine the meaning of multiple-meaning and unknown words and phrases appropriate to grade-level content at the student’s ability level with guidance and support.

Cite evidence to explain and justify reasoning.

Read and comprehend grade-level complex texts proficiently.

Make inferences to support comprehension.

Use appropriate collaborative techniques and active listening skills when engaging in discussions in a variety of situations.

Use the accepted rules governing a specific format to create quality work.

Use appropriate voice and tone when speaking or writing.