5th Grade ELA Here is what is covered in 5th grade English Language Arts. Reading strategies Main idea Use key details to determine the main idea Determine the main idea of a passage Theme Determine the themes of short stories Author’s purpose and tone Identify the purpose of a text Which sentence is more formal? Text structure Determine the order of events in informational texts Compare and contrast in informational texts Match causes and effects in informational texts Match problems with their solutions Identify text structures Sensory details Sort sensory details Identify sensory details Literary devices Identify similes and metaphors Similes and metaphors with pictures Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Point of view Identify the narrative point of view Compare and contrast points of view Compare information from two texts Inference Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Compare and contrast characters Draw inferences from a text Story elements Identify story elements Text features Select and use text features Visual elements Compare mythological illustrations Read graphic organizers Poetry elements Label the rhyme scheme Identify elements of poetry Literary texts Read fantasy with illustrations Read historical fiction Read poetry Informational texts Read passages about animals Read passages about art, music, and traditions Read passages about famous places Read passages about famous people Read passages about business and technology Read passages about science and nature Writing strategies Organizing writing Put the sentences in order Use coordinating conjunctions Choose the best transition Order items from most general to most specific Organize information by main idea Remove the sentence that does not belong Introductions and conclusions Choose the best topic sentence Choose the best concluding sentence Summarizing Summarize a story Developing and supporting arguments Distinguish facts from opinions Identify an author’s statement of opinion Choose reasons to support an opinion Identify supporting details in literary texts Identify supporting details in informational texts Descriptive details Show character emotions and traits Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Add imagery to stories Sentence variety Create varied sentences based on models Editing and revising Use the correct frequently confused word Correct errors with frequently confused words Correct errors with signs Research skills Identify and correct plagiarism Vocabulary Prefixes and suffixes Words with pre- Words with re- Words with sub- Words with mis- Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- Words with -ful Words with -less Words with -able and -ible Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning Sort words with shared suffixes by part of speech Word pattern analogies Word pattern sentences Greek and Latin roots Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings Categories Select the members of a group Select the words that don’t belong Synonyms and antonyms Choose the synonym Find synonyms in context Choose the antonym Find antonyms in context Analogies Analogies Homophones Homophones with pictures Use the correct homophone Multiple-meaning words Multiple-meaning words with pictures Which definition matches the sentence? Which sentence matches the definition? Idioms and adages Determine the meaning of idioms from context Identify the meaning of idioms and adages Shades of meaning Describe the difference between related words Positive and negative connotation Context clues Find words using context Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Use context to identify the meaning of a word Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Use academic vocabulary in context Reference skills Order alphabetically based on the first two letters Order alphabetically based on the first three letters Order alphabetically: challenge Use guide words Use dictionary entries Use dictionary definitions Use thesaurus entries Grammar and mechanics Sentences, fragments, and run-ons Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Identify dependent and independent clauses Is the sentence simple or compound? Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex? Create compound sentences Order the words to create a sentence Nouns Identify nouns – with abstract nouns Identify common and proper nouns Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y Form plurals: review Form and use plurals: review Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives Form the singular or plural possessive Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Pronouns Identify personal pronouns Choose between subject and object personal pronouns Replace the noun with a personal pronoun Compound subjects and objects with “I” and “me” Compound subjects and objects with personal pronouns Use possessive pronouns Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns Use reflexive pronouns Identify relative pronouns Use relative pronouns: who and whom Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that Verb types Identify main verbs and helping verbs What does the modal verb show? Use the correct modal verb Subject-verb agreement Use the correct subject or verb Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects Verb tense Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense? Form and use the regular past tense Form and use the irregular past tense Form and use the simple past, present, and future tense Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense Use the progressive verb tenses Form the progressive verb tenses Choose between the past tense and past participle Use the perfect verb tenses Form the perfect verb tenses Adjectives and adverbs Identify adjectives Order adjectives Identify adverbs Use relative adverbs Choose between adjectives and adverbs Is the word an adjective or adverb? Use adjectives to compare Spell adjectives that compare Use adjectives with more and most Use adverbs to compare Prepositions Identify prepositions Identify prepositions and their objects Identify prepositional phrases Prepositions: review Conjunctions Identify coordinating conjunctions Identify subordinating conjunctions Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions Fill in the missing correlative conjunction Contractions Pronoun-verb contractions Contractions with “not” Commas Commas with a series Commas with dates and places Commas with direct addresses Commas with introductory elements Commas with compound and complex sentences Commas: review Capitalization Correct capitalization errors Capitalizing titles Formatting Formatting titles Formatting and capitalizing titles Formatting street addresses Punctuating dialogue Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading...
