5th Grade ELA (New Jersey NJSLS)

Language (L)

• L.RF.5.3 Use grade 5 phonics and word analysis to read and spell words, including unfamiliar longer words.
• L.RF.5.4 Read grade 5 texts accurately and fluently enough to understand them.
  • 1. Read with a purpose and with understanding.
  • 2. Read aloud accurately, at a suitable rate and with expression.
  • 3. Use context to check or self-correct word reading, rereading if needed.
• L.WF.5.2 Use grade 5 writing conventions, building on grade 4 skills.
  • 1. Avoid fragments, run-ons, rambling sentences and comma splices.
  • 2. Keep tenses consistent, place phrases and clauses well and choose adjectives or adverbs correctly.
  • 3. Make subjects agree with verbs and pronouns agree with what they refer to.
  • 4. Tell commonly confused words apart (e.g. their, there).
  • 5. Use idioms and word choice for effect and punctuate for meaning and effect.
  • 6. Use punctuation to separate items in a list, including lists of phrases or clauses.
  • 7. Use commas after an opening word or phrase, with yes/no, tag questions and when addressing someone.
  • 8. Spell grade 5 words correctly, checking references when needed.
• L.KL.5.1 Apply knowledge of language and conventions when writing, speaking, reading or listening.
  • 1. Learn and use grade 5 academic and subject words correctly.
  • 2. Expand, combine and shorten sentences for meaning, interest and style.
  • 3. Compare varieties of English (dialects, registers) used in stories and poems.
• L.VL.5.2 Work out unknown and multiple-meaning academic and subject words using a range of strategies.
  • 1. Use context clues such as cause/effect and comparisons.
  • 2. Use common grade 5 Greek and Latin affixes and roots to help with meaning.
  • 3. Check print and digital references for pronunciation and exact meanings.
• L.VI.5.3 Understand figurative language, word relationships and shades of meaning.
  • 1. Interpret similes, metaphors and idioms in context.
  • 2. Recognize and explain common idioms, adages and proverbs.
  • 3. Use synonyms, antonyms and homographs to understand words better.

Reading Literature (RL)

• RL.CR.5.1 Quote accurately from a literary text to explain what it says and to support inferences.
• RL.CI.5.2 Work out a story's or poem's theme, support it with key details and summarize the text.
• RL.IT.5.3 Analyze how two or more characters or events affect a story or play, using evidence.
• RL.TS.5.4 Explain how chapters, scenes or stanzas fit together to build the structure of a story, play or poem.
• RL.PP.5.5 Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view shapes how events are described and read.
• RL.MF.5.6 Analyze how visuals and multimedia add to a text's meaning, tone or beauty.
• RL.CT.5.8 Compare how authors approach similar topics or themes in literary texts of the same genre.

Reading Informational Text (RI)

• RI.CR.5.1 Quote accurately from an informational text to explain what it says and to support inferences.
• RI.CI.5.2 Work out a text's central idea, support it with key details and summarize the text.
• RI.IT.5.3 Explain how people, events or ideas in history, science or technical texts are related.
• RI.TS.5.4 Compare the overall structures of two or more informational texts.
• RI.PP.5.5 Analyze several accounts of one event, noting likenesses, differences and points of view.
• RI.MF.5.6 Interpret visual, spoken or numerical information and explain what it adds to the text.
• RI.AA.5.7 Explain how an author backs up points with reasons and evidence, matching evidence to each point.
• RI.CT.5.8 Compare how authors approach the same topic in informational texts of the same genre.

Writing (W)

• W.AW.5.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts that back a viewpoint with reasons and information.
  • 1. Introduce the topic, state the opinion and organize ideas logically for the purpose.
  • 2. Give reasons in a logical order backed by facts and details, quoting where useful.
  • 3. Link opinion and reasons with words and clauses such as consequently and specifically.
  • 4. End with a conclusion tied to the opinion.
• W.IW.5.2 Write informative texts that examine a topic and explain ideas clearly.
  • 1. Introduce a focused topic, group information logically and use helpful text features.
  • 2. Build the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotes or examples.
  • 3. Link ideas within and across paragraphs and sections with transitions.
  • 4. Use exact language and subject vocabulary.
  • 5. End with a conclusion about the information.
• W.NW.5.3 Write narratives about real or imagined experiences with technique, detail and clear order.
  • 1. Set the scene, introduce narrator or characters and let events unfold naturally.
  • 2. Use dialogue, description and pacing to develop events and show reactions.
  • 3. Use a variety of transitions to order events.
  • 4. Use concrete words and sensory detail to show events exactly.
  • 5. End in a way that follows from the events.
• W.WP.5.4 With support, plan, revise, edit or try a new approach to strengthen writing.
  • 1. Think about audience, purpose and intent before writing.
  • 2. Plan to use subject-specific language suited to audience and topic.
  • 3. Treat writing as a process of self-checking, revising and editing.
  • 4. Use feedback and tools such as dictionaries or spell checkers to judge if the writing works.
  • 5. After drafting, expand, combine and shorten sentences for meaning, reader and style.
• W.WR.5.5 Develop a central idea about a topic, investigation, issue or event, supported by several sources.
• W.SE.5.6 Collect relevant information from several reliable sources, paraphrase it, note disagreements and list sources.
• W.RW.5.7 Write regularly, over long and short time frames, for many tasks, purposes and readers.

Speaking and Listening (SL)

• SL.PE.5.1 Take part well in group discussions with different partners on grade 5 topics and texts.
  • 1. Draw directly on texts read and other knowledge to explore ideas.
  • 2. Follow agreed rules for discussion and carry out given roles.
  • 3. Ask and answer specific questions and build on others' comments.
  • 4. Review key ideas and draw conclusions from the discussion.
• SL.II.5.2 Summarize a read-aloud text or information given in different media.
• SL.ES.5.3 Summarize a speaker's points and explain how reasons and evidence support each claim.
• SL.PI.5.4 Report on a topic, text or opinion in a logical order with facts and details, speaking clearly.
• SL.UM.5.5 Use multimedia and visuals in presentations when they strengthen main ideas.
• SL.AS.5.6 Adjust speech to the situation and task, using formal English when suitable.