The Common Core in Kentucky

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Skills available for Kentucky fifth-grade language arts standards

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RF.5 Reading Foundational Skills

Phonics and Word Recognition

RF.5.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

RF.5.3a Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns and morphology to accurately read unfamiliar multisyllabic words.

Fluency

RF.5.4 Read fluently (accuracy, speed and prosody) on grade-level texts to support comprehension.

RF.5.4a Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

RF.5.4b Fluently read grade-level prose and poetry orally on successive readings.

RF.5.4c Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

RL.5 Reading Standards for Literature

Key Ideas and Details

RL.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

RL.5.2 Analyze how the theme is reflected in the text, including but not limited to poems, stories and dramas, and cite relevant implicit and explicit evidence to support thinking.

RL.5.3 Compare/contrast characters, settings or events in a story or drama, using specific details to analyze their interaction over the course of the text.

Craft and Structure

RL.5.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including but not limited to allusions found in mythology, and analyze how those words and phrases shape meaning.

RL.5.5 Analyze and explain the overall structure of poems, stories and dramas in two or more texts, including but not limited to linear, nonlinear and circular structures.

RL.5.6 Describe how a narrator's or speaker's perspective influences how events are described.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

RL.5.7 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning or tone of non-print texts.

RL.5.9 Compare/contrast stories in the same genre on their approaches to similar themes and topics.

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

RI.5 Reading Standards for Informational Text

Key Ideas and Details

RI.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

RI.5.2 Analyze how the central ideas are reflected in a text, and cite relevant implicit and explicit evidence to support thinking.

RI.5.3 Explain the relationships or interactions between individuals, events, ideas or concepts in a historical, scientific or technical text based on specific information over the course of a text.

Craft and Structure

RI.5.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a grade-level text, and analyze how those words and phrases shape meaning.

RI.5.5 Compare/contrast the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts or information in two or more texts.

RI.5.6 Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the perspective they represent.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

RI.5.7 Analyze information from multiple print and non-print formats, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.

RI.5.8 Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular claims in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which claim(s).

RI.5.9 Integrate information from several texts on the same theme or topic.

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

C.5 Composition

Text Types and Purposes

C.5.1 Compose opinion pieces, using writing and digital resources, on topics or texts, supporting the writer's perspective with reasons and information.

C.5.1a Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose and audience.

C.5.1b Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer's purpose.

C.5.1c Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.

C.5.1d Use grade-appropriate transitions.

C.5.1e Provide a concluding section.

C.5.1f With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting or trying a new approach.

C.5.2 Compose informative and/or explanatory texts, using writing and digital resources, to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

C.5.2a Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose and audience.

C.5.2b Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus and group related information logically; include formatting, illustrations and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.

C.5.2c Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations or other information and examples related to the topic.

C.5.2d Use grade-appropriate conjunctions to develop text structure within sentences.

C.5.2e Use grade-appropriate transitions to develop text structure across paragraphs.

C.5.2f Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

C.5.2g Provide a concluding section.

C.5.2h With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting or trying a new approach.

C.5.3 Compose narratives, using writing and digital resources, to develop real or imagined experiences or multiple events or ideas, using effective technique, descriptive details and clear sequences.

C.5.3a Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose and audience.

C.5.3b Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that reflects linear, nonlinear or circular structure.

C.5.3c Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.

C.5.3d Use a variety of conjunctions and transitional words, phrases and clauses to manage the sequence of events.

C.5.3e Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.

C.5.3f Provide a conclusion that follows the narrated experiences or events.

C.5.3g With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting or trying a new approach.

Production and Distribution

C.5.4 With limited guidance and support from adults, use digital resources to create and publish products as well as to interact and collaborate with others.

Research to Build and Present Knowledge

C.5.5 Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.

C.5.6 Summarize relevant information from experiences, or gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase applicable information in notes and finished work and provide a list of sources.

Range of Writing

C.5.7 Compose routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a variety of tasks, purposes and audiences.

L.5 Language

Conventions of Standard English

L.5.1 When writing or speaking, demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage.

L.5.1a Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions and interjections in a grade-level text.

L.5.1b Use the perfect verb tenses.

L.5.1c Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states and conditions.

L.5.1d Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate shifts in verb tense.

L.5.1e Use correlative conjunctions.