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Language Arts (Updated July 2003)
Language Arts - Grade 5
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Listening, Speaking and Viewing | Reading and Literature | Research | Writing
 

Reading and Literature

PS1: READING COMPREHENSION
The learner will be able to read fluently to understand, make connections, and analyze a wide variety of informational materials and fictional literature.
  
ллл LA.5.1.1.Genre: Media/Explore
The learner will be able to select and peruse a variety of media for information and pleasure.
  
ллл LA.5.1.2 Genre: Recognize
The learner will be able to identify, discuss, and comprehend literary forms (e.g., fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama).
  
ллл LA.5.1.3 Response: Inferential Questions
The learner will be able to respond to evaluative and inferential questions.
  
ллл LA.5.1.4 Character: Discuss Development
The learner will be able to discuss how the characters are developed in the selection.
  
ллл LA.5.1.5 Author Intention: Evaluate
The learner will be able to discuss author's purpose in writing a selection.
  
ллл LA.5.1.6 Purposes: Understanding
The learner will be able to read to increase understanding.
  
ллл LA.5.1.7 Strategies: Word Attack Skills
The learner will be able to apply language structure (i.e. syntax, semantics, graphophonics,) as word attack strategies.
  
ллл LA.5.1.8 Critical Thinking: Reading Materials
The learner will be able to demonstrate comprehension of a variety of text by using critical reading skills and strategies.
  

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LA.5.1.9 Directions: Written
The learner will be able to understand and follow written instructions/directions.
  

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LA.5.1.10 Selecting: Purpose/Variety
The learner will be able to select a variety of sources to read for different purposes.
  

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LA.5.1.11 Reading Behaviors: Select
The learner will be able to select appropriate independent text.
  

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LA.5.1.12 Sequence/Events: Implicit/Explicit
The learner will be able to recall implicit and explicit sequence of events.
  

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LA.5.1.13 Character: Support/Use/Actions
The learner will be able to identify characters' actions, motives, emotions, traits, and feelings.
  

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LA.5.1.14 Classic/Traditional
The learner will be able to demonstrate a familiarity with traditional pieces of literature.
  
л LA.5.1.15 Fact/Opinion
The learner will be able to discriminate between fact and opinion.
  
л LA.5.1.16 Oral Interpretation: Read Aloud
The learner will be able to orally read with expression.
  
л LA.5.1.17 Main Idea: Explicit
The learner will be able to recognize explicit main idea.
  
л LA.5.1.18 Compare: Reading Material
The learner will be able to make comparisons between reading materials.
  
PS2: VOCABULARY
The learner will be able to use context clues, word origins, and knowledge of word and sentence parts to expand understanding of word meanings and relationships to understand complex vocabulary.
  
ллл LA.5.2.1.Strategies: Word Definition
The learner will be able to use knowledge of word definitions to construct meaning from reading materials.
  
ллл LA.5.2.2 Strategies: Variety/Increase
The learner will be able to increase vocabulary.
  

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LA.5.2.3 Classification: Words/Character
The learner will be able to classify and categorize words into sets and groups with common characteristics.
  
л LA.5.2.4 Reading: Synonyms/Antonyms
The learner will be able to use synonyms and antonyms as reading aids.
  
PS3:PHONICS/WORD WORK
The learner will be able to use syntactical awareness and word analysis skills and strategies to comprehend demanding and complex text.
  
ллл LA.5.3.1 Word: Sight Words
The learner will be able to develop grade-level appropriate sight word vocabulary.
  
ллл LA.5.3.2 Context: Word Recognition
The learner will be able to use word recognition strategies to recognize words (prefixes: anti, co, il, ir, inter, mid, post, semi; suffixes: ist, ish, ness, tion, sion; affixes, roots, and compounds).  
  

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LA.5.3.3 Context: Word Recognition
The learner will be able to use word recognition strategies to recognize words (prefixes: re, un, dis, im, non, mi, en, pre; suffixes: er, or, less, ly, ily, y, ful, able/ible, ment; affixes, roots, and compounds).
  
л LA.5.3.4 Emergent Reading: Letter/Sound/
The learner will be able to use beginning, medial, and ending consonants to orally decode words.
  
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Writing

PS4: STANDARD AMERICAN ENGLISH
The learner will be able to demonstrate a developing control and understanding of Standard American English and select the structures and features of language appropriate to the purpose, audience, and context of the work.
  
ллл LA.5.4.1 Edit: Usage/Mechanics
The learner will be able to apply grammatical rules and conventions of language in the writing process.
  
ллл LA.5.4.2 Conventions: Apply
The learner will be able to apply conventions: subject-verb agreement, cases of personal pronouns, principal parts of verbs, comparisons of adjectives (er, est) in his/her writing.
  
ллл LA.5.4.3 Verb Tense: Correct Tense/Use
The learner will be able to identify and correctly use past, present, and future tenses of regular and irregular verbs.
  
ллл LA.5.4.4 Pronoun: Objective Case/Write
The learner will be able to identify subjective, objective cases of pronouns.
  
ллл LA.5.4.5 Adverb: Identify
The learner will be able to identify regular forms of adverbs.
  
ллл LA.5.4.6 Sight Words: Spell Words Correct
The learner will be able to spell frequently used grade level appropriate sight words correctly (Sitton/Dolch).
  

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LA.5.4.7 Conventions: Punctuation/Identify
The learner will be able to use appropriate punctuation.
  

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LA.5.4.8 Simple Subjects: Identify/Use
The learner will be able to identify subjects (simple and compound) of a given sentence.
  

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LA.5.4.9 Adverb: Adjective/Differentiate
The learner will be able to differentiate between adjectives and adverbs.
  

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LA.5.4.10 Noun: Forms/Use
The learner will be able to use noun forms correctly: singular, plural, possessive, proper and common nouns.
  

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LA.5.4.11 Sentence Structure: Vary/Purpose
The learner will be able to vary sentence structure.
  
л LA.5.4.12 Sentence Content: Simple
The learner will be able to write a simple sentence.
  
PS5: WRITING PROCESS
The learner will be able to use a process approach to plan and write coherent, well-developed text that reflects an awareness of audience and purpose.
  
ллл LA.5.5.1 Strategies: Conventions/Grammar
The learner will be able to apply grammatical rules and conventions of language in the writing process.
  
ллл LA.5.5.2 Writing Processes: Conceptualize
The learner will be able to know the writing process.
  
ллл LA.5.5.3 Technological Tools: Convey Meaning
The learner will be able to use technology.
  
ллл LA.5.5.4 Parts of Speech: Correctly/Use
The learner will be able to use parts of speech correctly.
  

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LA.5.5.5 Expressing Ideas: Imagination
The learner will be able to write imaginative stories.  
  

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LA.5.5.6 Word Processing: Prepare/Public
The learner will be able to explore use of presentation software.
  

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LA.5.5.7 Story Elements: Interpreting
The learner will be able to use examples from literature to develop an individual or group story.
  
л LA.5.5.8 Handwriting: Legibly/Cursive
The learner will be able to write legibly in cursive.
  
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Listening, Speaking and Viewing

PS6: LISTENING
The learner will be able to listen critically to a variety of presentations to relate, connect, and analyze purposes and perspectives in both formal and informal communication.
  
ллл LA.5.6.1 Response: Literal/Interpretive
The learner will be able to respond to orally presented literal, inferential, and evaluative questions.
  
ллл LA.5.6.2 Strategies: Notes
The learner will be able to record important information in the context of listening to auditory material.
  

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LA.5.6.3 Detail: Recall
The learner will be able to recall and interpret orally presented information.
  

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LA.5.6.4 Response: Literature
The learner will be able to orally respond to literature.
  

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LA.5.6.5 Denotation: Interpret/Literal/W
The learner will be able to determine the literal meaning of words.
  
PS7: DELIVER PRESENTATIONS
The learner will be able to deliver focused, coherent formal and informal presentations that convey ideas clearly and relate the background and interest of an audience.
  
ллл LA.5.7.1 Sentence Structure: Complex
The learner will be able to use increasingly complex sentence structures in oral communication.
  
ллл LA.5.7.2 Practices: Progress/Grammar/Eng
The learner will be able to use grade/age appropriate standard American English when communicating orally.
  
ллл LA.5.7.3 Presentation: Various Purposes
The learner will be able to plan and deliver oral presentations.
  

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LA.5.7.4 Audience: Presentation/Deliver
The learner will be able to present to varied audiences.
  

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LA.5.7.5 Discussion: Questions/Contribute
The learner will be able to make relevant contributions in class and group discussions.
  
л LA.5.7.6 Response: Restate
The learner will be able to rephrase the statements of others to express understanding of the communications.
  
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Research

PS8: RESEARCH AND PUBLISH
The learner will be able to generate questions, gather information, document sources and report results in different formats.
  
ллл LA.5.8.1 Dictionary: Guide Words
The learner will be able to use guide words in books to locate information.
  
ллл LA.5.8.2 Sources: Variety/Use
The learner will be able to determine the best source for finding specific information.
  
ллл LA.5.8.3 Sources: Cross Reference/Multiple Sources
The learner will be able to cross reference multiple sources.  
  
ллл LA.5.8.4 Outline: Simple
The learner will be able to create a simple outline.
  
ллл LA.5.8.5 Purposes: Questions
The learner will be able to use media to answer questions: newspapers, periodicals, abridged dictionaries, encyclopedia, thesauri, atlases, variety of genres, audio-visual resources, and available technology as sources of information.
  

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LA.5.8.6 Process: Information/Written
The learner will be able to utilize all aspects of the research process including selecting a topic, generating questions, recognizing key words, choosing resources, skimming, paraphrasing, note-taking, organizing and/or presenting findings.
  

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LA.5.8.7 Testing: Strategies
The learner will be able to use test-taking strategies.
  

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LA.5.8.8 Dictionary: Verify Meaning
The learner will be able to identify appropriate word meanings or spellings in dictionaries.
  
л LA.5.8.9 Sources: Record
The learner will be able to list sources: include author, title, and publisher/producer, place of publication, and copyright date.
  
л LA.5.8.10 Dictionary: Locate Words/Alpha
The learner will be able to use alphabetizing skills to find information.
  
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