MAJOR CONCEPTS YOUR CHILD WILL BE WORKING ON THIS YEAR
Reading:
Determine theme of a story, drama or poem
Use word analysis skills to read unfamiliar multi-syllabic words (e.g., attention, information, concentration)
Determine main idea; summarize the text
Compare and contrast similar themes, topics, and events
Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts (what happened and why) in historical, scientific, and technical texts
Use context (details or words in a sentence) to confirm or self-correct unknown words
Integrate information from two texts on the same topic
Compare and contrast point of view; understand difference between 1st and 3rd person
Read and comprehend grade level literature, informational texts, poetry, and drama
LANGUAGE ARTS
Use commas and quotation marks for direct speech
Use context as a clue to word meaning (e.g., use details and words in the sentence to determine the meaning of an unknown word)
Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their)
Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (e.g., Isabel is pretty as a picture, We had a ball at the party)
Spell grade appropriate words correctly
Acquire and use grade appropriate general, academic and domain specific vocabulary (e.g., community, population, census)
Writing in cursive handwriting
5RL1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Anchor Chart from our classroom
RL1 Example Reading Passage
RL1 Example question
5RL2: Determine the Theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic.
Anchor Chart from our classroom
RL 2 example of question and answer
5RL3:Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
Anchor Chart from our classroom
RL3 Example
5RI1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RI5.1 Sample question