Fifth Grade Subject Learning StandardsBy the end of the year, each student should be able to do the following things within each

subject:

Reading Standards (R5)

Code Key Identification:

V= Vocabulary

Code Description

R5.V.1 Demonstrate knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes to determine the meaning of unknown words

R5.V.2 Demonstrate knowledge and usage of frequently used synonyms, antonyms, homographs, and homophones

R5.V.3 Use word origins to determine the meaning of unknown words

R5.V.4 Use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words

R5.V.5 Complete simple analogies

R5.V.6 Understand and explain the figurative and metaphorical use of words in context

R5.V.7 Demonstrates knowledge of how to use reference materials to find meanings of unknown words, synonyms or antonyms

FLE= Fluency and Expression

Code Description

R5.FLE.1 Read narrative and expository texts fluently, accurately, and with appropriate pacing, intonation, and expression

R5.FLE.2 Demonstrate knowledge of and use semantic, syntactic, and graphophonic cues independently

R5.FLE.3 Read grade-level texts fluently at a minimum of 140 words per minute

R5.FLE.4 Read grade-level texts with an accuracy rate of 95% or higher

R5.FLE.5 Use contextual clues to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding

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RC= Reading Comprehension

Code Description

R5.RC.1 Demonstrate ability to use different reading strategies to comprehend text

R5.RC.2 Locate information in text to support opinions, predictions, and conclusions

R5.RC.3 Identify cause and effect relationships from textual evidence

R5.RC.4 Determine the appropriate reading strategy to use for each type of text

R5.RC.5 Determine main idea in text to establish meaning

R5.RC.6 Select key vocabulary critical to the text to apply appropriate meanings as necessary

R5.RC.7 Identify how and where to locate additional information in a text

R5.RC.8 Read and apply directions for a specific task

R5.RC.9 Analyze the text to identify a sequence of events

R5.RC.10 Paraphrase and summarize to establish an understanding of the text

LRA= Literary Response Analysis

Code Description

R5.LRA.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

R5.LRA.2 Determine a 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; summarize the text.

R5.LRA.3 Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text

R5.LRA.4 Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.

R5.LRA.5 Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.

R5.LRA.6 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text

R5.LRA.7 Compare and contrast stories in the same genre on their approaches tosimilar themes and topics.

R5.LRA.8 Read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry,independently and proficiently.

R5.LRA.9 Make personal connections between their own lives and literary events

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English/Language Arts Standards (ELA5)

Code Identification Key:

HW= Handwriting

Code Description

ELA5.HW.1 Writes uppercase and lowercase letters correctly

ELA5.HW.2 Does not write letters backwards

ELA5.HW.3 Writes legibly and clearly

SP= Spelling

Code Description

ELA5.SP.1 Correctly spells multi-syllable constructions, contractions, compound words, common homophones, prefixes and suffixes

ELA5.SP.2 Differentiate between words that are commonly misspelled or misused(i.e. accept/except, affect/effect, their/they're/there, two/too/to, etc.)

ELA5.SP.3 Able to use reference materials and technology to check and correct misspelled words or syntax errors

ELA5.SP.4 Correctly spell irregular verb and plural noun forms

CP= Capitalization and Punctuation

Code Description

ELA5.CP.1 Correctly capitalizes proper nouns, abbreviations, and proper adjectives

ELA5.CP.2 Correctly capitalizes titles of persons and initials

ELA5.CP.3 Correctly capitalizes titles of books, poetry, and other written works

ELA5.CP.4 Correctly uses apostrophes, colons and semi-colons, quotation marks, commas, periods, exclamation marks, and question marks

GR= Grammar and Usage

Code Description

ELA5.GR.1 Demonstrate knowledge and use of the seven parts of speech: Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, Interjections, and Conjunctions

ELA5.GR.2 Correctly identify subjects, predicates, direct objects, indirect objects, transitive and intransitive verbs

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ELA5.GR.3 Use correct subject-verb agreement

ELA5.GR.4 Correctly use singular and plural nouns and pronouns

ELA5.GR.5 Correctly use possessive nouns, pronouns, and possessive adjectives

ELA5.GR.6 Demonstrate knowledge and use of past, present, future, and perfect tenses

ELA5.GR.7 Correctly diagram the subject, predicate, adverb, adjective, direct and indirect objects, and articles

ELA5.GR.8 Understand the difference between action and linking verbs

ELA5.GR.9 Able to write compound and complex sentences

ELA5.GR.10 Demonstrate knowledge and usage of pronoun-antecedent agreement

COMP= Composition

Code Description

ELA5.COMP.1 Able to use correct syntax in compositions

ELA5.COMP.2 Demonstrates usage of a variety of sentence structures (i.e. simple, complex, compound, compound-complex)

ELA5.COMP.3 Demonstrates usage of a variety of sentence types (i.e. Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, and Exclamatory)

ELA5.COMP.4 Develops paragraphs with a main idea or topic sentence, supported by detailed sentences

ELA5.COMP.5 Composes narrative texts complete with a beginning, middle, and an end

ELA5.COMP.6 Develops a composition that contains specific and relevant details, is focused, and has a clear and logical progression of ideas

ELA5.COMP.7 Edits to ensure correct word usage, mechanics, spelling, and varied sentence structure

ELA5.COMP.8 Understands and demonstrates usage of the writing process

ELA5.COMP.9 With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, includingthe Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.

ELA5.COMP.10 Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.

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RR= Reference and Research

Code Description

ELA5.RR.1 Identify and use different sources of information

ELA5.RR.2 Identify parts of a text and information contained within

ELA5.RR.3 Demonstrate appropriate use of general reference sources such as a dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, almanac, and encyclopedia

ELA5.RR.4 Demonstrate knowledge of how to use a library and its reference sources

ELA5.RR.5 Demonstrate ability to skim texts to develop an overview of content, or to locate specific information

ELA5.RR.6 Demonstrate ability to write notes that include important concepts, paraphrasing and summarizing key points

ELA5.RR.7 Demonstrate ability to organize and record information on charts, maps, and graphs of different types

ELA5.RR.8 Demonstrate ability to summarize information from multiple sources into a written report or summary

ELA5.RR.9 Demonstrate ability to properly cite sources in the correct APA format for research journals, and MLA format for reference books and periodicals

ELA5.RR.10 Demonstrate ability to use appropriate technology and websites to gather information and sources

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Math Standards (M5)

Code Identification Key:

NSO= Number Sense and Operations

Code Description

M5.NSO.1 Find whole-number quotients of whole numbers with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.

M5.NSO.2 Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.

M5.NSO.3 Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition andsubtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.

M5.NSO.4 Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths.

M5.NSO.5 Recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left.

M5.NSO.6 Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed numbers) by replacing given fractions with equivalent fractions in such a way as to produce an equivalent sum or difference of fractionswith like denominators.

M5.NSO.7 Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole, including cases of unlike denominators, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem. Use benchmark fractions and number sense of fractions to estimate mentally and assess the reasonableness of answers.

M5.NSO.8 Interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator (a/b = a ÷ b). Solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem.

M5.NSO.9 Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiplya fraction or whole number by a fraction.

M5.NSO.10 Solve real world problems involving multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem.

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M5.NSO.11 Apply and extend previous understandings of division to divide unit fractions by whole numbers and whole numbers by unit fractions.

M5.NSO.12 Use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions, and evaluate expressions with these symbols.

M5.NSO.13 Write simple expressions that record calculations with numbers, and interpret numerical expressions without evaluating them.

PRA= Patterns, Relations, and Algebra

Code Description

M5.PRA.1 Demonstrate ability to solve basic equations using variables

M5.PRA.2 Use information taken from a graph or equation to solve problems

M5.PRA.3 Write and solve equations for word problems

M5.PRA.4 Identify apparent relationships between corresponding terms. Form ordered pairs consisting of corresponding terms from the two patterns, and graph the ordered pairs on a coordinate plane.

M5.PRA.5 Generate two numerical patterns using two given rules.

GM= Geometry

Code Description

M5.GM.1 Identify and classify the properties of and relationships between geometric figures

M5.GM.2 Compare, contrast, and classify geometric figures by their attributes

M5.GM.3 Identify and describe equilateral, right, and isosceles triangles

M5.GM.4 Identify ordered pairs of data from a graph

M5.GM.5 Write ordered pairs correctly (i.e. x,y)

M5.GM.6 Use a pair of perpendicular number lines, called axes, to define a coordinate system, with the intersection of the lines (the origin) arranged to coincide with the 0 on each line and a given point in the plane located by using an ordered pair of numbers, called its coordinates.

M5.GM.7 Understand that the first number indicates how far to travel from the origin in the direction of one axis, and the second number indicates how far to travel in the direction of the second axis, with the convention that the names of the two axes and the coordinates correspond (e.g., x-axis and x-coordinate, y-axis and y-coordinate).

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MS= Measurement

Code Description

M5.MS.1 Convert among different-sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system (e.g., convert 5 cm to 0.05 m), and use these conversions in solving multi-step, real world problems.

M5.MS.2 Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8). Use operations on fractions for this grade to solve problems involving information presented in line plots.

M5.MS.3 Determine the volume and area of simple objects

M5.MS.4 Measure, identify, and draw angles

M5.MS.5 Determine that the sum of angles of any triangle is 180 degrees and the sum of the angles of any quadrilateral is 360 degrees

M5.MS.6 Use formulas to find the perimeter and area of squares and rectangles

M5.MS.7 Understand and demonstrate the ability to find volume

M5.MS.8 Differentiate between, and use appropriate unites of measures for two- and three- dimensional objects

M5.MS.9 Use appropriate tools to measure length, width, temperature, volume, and area

M5.MS.10 Recognize volume as an attribute of solid figures and understand concepts of volume measurement.

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Science Standards (Sc5)

Code Identification Key:

SM= Scientific Method and Observation

Code Description

Sc5.SM.1 Classify objects based on two or more of their properties

Sc5.SM.2 Develop and evaluate a testable question

Sc5.SM.3 Design and conduct a scientific investigation

Sc5.SM.4 Arrange the steps of a scientific problem in order

Sc5.SM.5 Select and use appropriate tools to measure and record data

Sc5.SM.6 Make inferences about data based on charts, graphs, tables, and diagrams

Sc5.SM.7 Draw conclusions and develop descriptions, explanations, and predictions based on evidence

Sc5.SM.8 Communicate the results of an investigation and give explanations based on tests conduced, data collected, evidence examined, and conclusions drawn

Sc5.SM.9 Understand and explain why similar experiments may produce different results

Sc5.SM.10 Understand that the scientific method is a process by which scientists gather and record information in order to find an answer to a question

PS= Physical Sciences

Code Description

Sc5.PS.1 Understand that matter is made up of elements and molecules

Sc5.PS.2 Explain the characteristics of chemical change

Sc5.PS.3 Explain the characteristics of physical change

Sc5.PS.4 Understand and explain the differences between matter and energy

Sc5.PS.5 Demonstrate the ability to describe the states of matter, and give examples of substances for each state

Sc5.PS.6 Understand and explain the differences between light and heat energy,and give examples of each type

Sc5.PS.7 Understand and explain what sound is, and how it travels

Sc5.PS.8 Understand and explain reflection, refraction, and the visible light spectrum

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Sc5.PS.9 Use tools appropriately, accurately, and safely

Sc5.PS.10 Explain and identify what forces, friction, and motion are, and give examples of how they work

LS= Life Sciences

Code Description

Sc5.LS.1 Understand and explain the characteristics of living and non-living things

Sc5.LS.2 Understand and explain how animals and plants adapt to their environment

Sc5.LS.3 Understand and explain how changes to an environment affect the survival of organisms

Sc5.LS.4 Understand how to classify animals and plants according to their kind

Sc5.LS.5 Identify and label the basic structures of vascular and nonvascular plants, and explain what each part does

Sc5.LS.6 Identify and label the parts of a flower, and explain what they do

Sc5.LS.7 Understand and explain how photosynthesis works

Sc5.LS.8 Explain in detail the life cycle of plants and other organisms

Sc5.LS.9 Understand the basic structures and functions of the human body

Sc5.LS.10 Understand and explain how the major systems of the human body work

ES= Earth and Space Sciences

Code Description

Sc5.ES.1 Understand and explain how the rock cycle works

Sc5.ES.2 Correctly identify and classify rocks according to their type: Metamorphic, Sedimentary, Igneous

Sc5.ES.3 Understand and explain how the fossilization process works

Sc5.ES.4 Understand and explain how weather works, and how air temperature changes

Sc5.ES.5 Explain how the water cycle works in detail

Sc5.ES.6 Identify and analyze clouds and their relation to weather patterns

Sc5.ES.7 Compare and contrast high and low, and warm and cold pressure systems

Sc5.ES.8 Describe how modern tools are used for predicting weather

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Social Studies Standards (SS5)

Code Key Identification:

Geo= Geography

Code Description

SS5.Geo.1 Develop map skills through the use of maps, globes, charts, graphs, and other geographic tools including the map key and symbols

SS5.Geo.2 Demonstrate an understanding of relative location, direction, latitude, longitude, scale, size and shape

SS5.Geo.3 Compare and contrast United States regions over time

SS5.Geo.4 Explain how natural resources and physical features influence early human activity around the globe and in the United States

SS5.Geo.5 Explain the positive and negative effects of human activity on the physical environment of the United States, past and present

SS5.Geo.6 Locate, identify, and label major countries, cities, continents, and oceans

SS5.Geo.7 Understand and explain how migration affected the physical geography and natural resources of an area

His= History

Code Description

SS5.His.1 Demonstrate an understanding of chronological and systematic order of events

SS5.His.2 Discuss reasons for westward expansion and explain how governmentpolicies affected the inhabitants of the American West

SS5.His.3 Analyze the impact of slavery and the Abolitionist Movement upon the development of the United States

SS5.His.4 Identify causes, major events, and important people of the Civil War and explain why various reconstruction plans succeeded or failed

SS5.His.5 Summarize the events that led to the United States becoming a world power

SS5.His.6 Identify key figures and events during various periods in history

SS5.His.7 Explain the causes of, and analyze the effects of World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II on the American people and policies of the United States government

SS5.His.8 Research significant leaders and events in the Civil Rights Movement

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Civ= Civics/Government

Code Description

SS5.Civ.1 Identify and explain the three types of government: national, state/provincial, local

SS5.Civ.2 Summarize the principles and purposes of each type of government

SS5.Civ.3 List and describe the branches and functions of government at all levels

SS5.Civ.4 Explain how the concept of checks and balances make each branch ofgovernment responsible to the other, as well as the people

SS5.Civ.5 Understand and explain the rights and responsibilities of citizens

SS5.Civ.6 Identify the process by which citizens affect change in the United States political system

SS5.Civ.7 Understand the importance of participation through community service, civic improvement, and political activities

SS5.Civ.8 Understand and explain how ideas of various governments influenced the development of the United States government (Roman, Greek, Iroquois, and British)

SS5.Civ.9 Understand and analyze the principles and values of a democratic republic

SS5.Civ.10 Analyze the documents that shaped the foundation of the United States government

Econ= Economics

Code Description

SS5.Econ.1 Understand and explain how the United States economic system has evolved since the 1850s

SS5.Econ.2 Identify the economic implications of the westward expansion

SS5.Econ.3 Understand and appreciate the geographic factors and inventions that affected the development of United States economic system

SS5.Econ.4 Understand and explain the role of trade routes in the United States

SS5.Econ.5 Recognize the interdependence of states and people in the United States

SS5.Econ.6 Describe the importance of trade within the nation and with other nations

SS5.Econ.7 Understand and explain how people participate in economic interdependence

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SS5.Econ.8 Give examples that demonstrate how scarcity and choice influence economic decisions

SS5.Econ.9 Describe ways the federal government provides goods and services through taxation and borrowing

SS5.Econ.10 Understand and explain the benefits and cost of spending, borrowing, and saving

SS5.Econ.11 Understand and explain the importance of developing a basic budget for spending and saving

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