Content Standards:
California Content
Standards
English
and Language Arts, Grade Five
Reading
Word Analysis,
Fluency,
and Systematic Vocabulary Development
Students use
their
knowledge of word origins and word relationships, as well as historical
and
literary context clues, to determine the meaning of specialized
vocabulary
and to understand the precise meaning of grade-level-appropriate words.
Vocabulary and
Concept
Development
ELA.5.1.2. Use
word origins to determine the meaning of unknown words.
Reading
Comprehension
(Focus on Informational Materials)
Students read
and
understand grade-level-appropriate material. They describe and connect
the
essential ideas, arguments, and perspectives of the text by using their
knowledge
of text structure, organization, and purpose.
Structural
Features
of Informational Materials
ELA.5.2.1. Understand
how text features (e.g., format, graphics, sequence, diagrams,
illustrations,
charts, maps) make information accessible and usable.
ELA.5.2.2. Analyze
text that is organized in sequential or chronological order.
Comprehension
and
Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text
ELA.5.2.3. Discern
main ideas and concepts presented in texts, identifying and assessing
evidence
that supports those ideas.
ELA.5.2.4. Draw
inferences, conclusions, or generalizations about text and support them
with
textual evidence and prior knowledge.
Expository
Critique
ELA.5.2.5. Distinguish
facts, supported inferences, and opinions in text.
English
and Language Arts, Grade Five
Writing
Writing
Strategies
Students write
clear,
coherent, and focused essays. The writing exhibits the students'
awareness
of the audience and purpose. Essays contain formal introductions,
supporting
evidence, and conclusions. Students progress through the stages of the
writing
process as needed.
Research and
Technology
ELA.5.1.3. Use
organizational features of printed text (e.g., citations, end notes,
bibliographic
references) to locate relevant information.
ELA.5.1.4. Create
simple documents by using electronic media and employing organizational
features
(e.g., passwords, entry and pull-down menus, word searches, the
thesaurus,
spell checks).
Evaluation and
Revision
ELA.5.1.6. Edit
and revise manuscripts to improve the meaning and focus of writing by
adding,
deleting, consolidating, clarifying, and rearranging words and
sentences.
Writing
Applications
(Genres and Their Characteristics)
Students write
narrative,
expository, persuasive, and descriptive texts of at least 500 to 700
words
in each genre. Student writing demonstrates a command of standard
American
English and the research, organizational, and drafting strategies
outlined
in Writing Standard 1.0.
ELA.5.2.3. Write
research reports about important ideas, issues, or events by using the
following
guidelines:
a. Frame
questions
that direct the investigation.
b. Establish a
controlling
idea or topic.
c. Develop the
topic
with simple facts, details, examples, and explanations.
English
and Language Arts, Grade Five
Listening
and Speaking
Listening
and Speaking Strategies
Students deliver
focused,
coherent presentations that convey ideas clearly and relate to the
background
and interests of the audience. They evaluate the content of oral
communication.
Comprehension
ELA.5.1.1. Ask
questions that seek information not already discussed.
ELA.5.1.2. Interpret
a speaker's verbal and nonverbal messages, purposes, and perspectives.
ELA.5.1.3. Make
inferences or draw conclusions based on an oral report.
Organization and
Delivery
of Oral Communication
ELA.5.1.4. Select
a focus, organizational structure, and point of view for an oral
presentation.
ELA.5.1.5. Clarify
and support spoken ideas with evidence and examples.
ELA.5.1.6. Engage
the audience with appropriate verbal cues, facial expressions, and
gestures.
Analysis and
Evaluation
of Oral and Media Communications
ELA.5.1.7. Identify,
analyze, and critique persuasive techniques (e.g., promises, dares,
flattery,
glittering generalities); identify logical fallacies used in oral
presentations
and media messages.
ELA.5.1.8. Analyze
media as sources for information, entertainment, persuasion,
interpretation
of events, and transmission of culture.
Science,
Grade Five
Life
Sciences
Plants and
animals
have structures for respiration, digestion, waste disposal, and
transport
of materials.
As a basis for
understanding
this concept:
SCI.5.2.a. Students
know many multicellular organisms have specialized structures to
sup-port
the transport of materials.
SCI.5.2.b. Students
know how blood circulates through the heart chambers, lungs, and body
and
how carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen (O2) are exchanged in the lungs and
tissues.
SCI.5.2.c. Students
know the sequential steps of digestion and the roles of teeth and the
mouth,
esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and colon in the
function
of the digestive system.
SCI.5.2.d. Students
know the role of the kidney in removing cellular waste from blood and
converting
it into urine, which is stored in the bladder.
SCI.5.2.g. Students
know plant and animal cells break down sugar to obtain energy, a
process
resulting in carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (respiration).
ELA.5.1.4. Know
abstract, derived roots and affixes from Greek and Latin and use this
knowledge
to analyze the meaning of complex words (e.g., controversial).