Grade 5 English (North Carolina SCOS)

Reading Standards for Foundational Skills (RF)

• RF.5.2 Write legibly in cursive.
• RF.5.4 Apply grade-level phonics and word analysis to decode words.
• RF.5.4a Use letter-sound, syllable, and morphology knowledge to read unfamiliar multisyllabic words.
• RF.5.5 Read accurately and fluently enough to support understanding.
• RF.5.5a Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
• RF.5.5b Read prose and poetry aloud accurately, at a suitable rate, with expression.
• RF.5.5c Use context to confirm or correct word reading, rereading as needed.

Reading Standards for Literature (RL)

• RL.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what it says and when inferring.
• RL.5.2 Work out the theme of a story, drama, or poem from details and summarize the text.
• RL.5.3 Compare and contrast characters, settings, or events using specific details.
• RL.5.4 Work out the meaning of words and phrases, noting choices that shape meaning and tone.
• RL.5.5 Explain how chapters, scenes, or stanzas fit together to structure a text.
• RL.5.6 Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view shapes how events are described.
• RL.5.7 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements add to meaning, tone, or beauty of a text.
• RL.5.9 Compare stories in the same genre on their approach to similar themes and topics.
• RL.5.10 Read high-end grades 4–5 literature independently for sustained periods.

Reading Standards for Informational Text (RI)

• RI.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what it says and when inferring.
• RI.5.2 Find two or more main ideas, explain how they are supported, and summarize the text.
• RI.5.3 Explain relationships between individuals, events, ideas, or concepts using specific information.
• RI.5.4 Work out the meaning of general academic and subject-specific words in grade 5 texts.
• RI.5.5 Compare and contrast the overall structure of events or information in two or more texts.
• RI.5.6 Analyze several accounts of the same event, noting similarities and differences in point of view.
• RI.5.7 Draw on several print or digital sources to find answers or solve problems quickly.
• RI.5.8 Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points.
• RI.5.9 Integrate information from several texts on the same topic to write or speak knowledgeably.
• RI.5.10 Read high-end grades 4–5 informational texts independently for sustained periods.

Writing Standards (W)

• W.5.1 Write opinion pieces supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
• W.5.1a Organize ideas around a topic before writing.
• W.5.1b Introduce the topic, state an opinion, and group ideas logically.
• W.5.1c Give logically ordered reasons supported by facts and details.
• W.5.1d Link opinion and reasons with words, phrases, and clauses.
• W.5.1e Write a concluding statement related to the opinion.
• W.5.1f With guidance, revise, edit, rewrite, or try a new approach.
• W.5.2 Write informative texts that examine a topic and convey ideas clearly.
• W.5.2a Organize ideas around a topic before writing.
• W.5.2b Introduce the topic with a general observation and focus and group information logically.
• W.5.2c Develop the topic with facts, definitions, details, quotations, and examples.
• W.5.2d Link ideas within and across categories with words, phrases, and clauses.
• W.5.2e Use precise language and subject-specific vocabulary.
• W.5.2f Write a concluding statement or section related to the information.
• W.5.2g With guidance, revise, edit, rewrite, or try a new approach.
• W.5.3 Write narratives with descriptive details and clear event sequences.
• W.5.3a Organize ideas around a topic before writing.
• W.5.3b Orient the reader with a situation and narrator or characters and order events naturally.
• W.5.3c Use dialogue, description, and pacing to develop events or show characters' responses.
• W.5.3d Use a range of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
• W.5.3e Use concrete words, phrases, and sensory details to convey experiences precisely.
• W.5.3f Write a conclusion that follows from the events narrated.
• W.5.3g With guidance, revise, edit, rewrite, or try a new approach.
• W.5.4 With some guidance, use digital tools and keyboarding to publish writing and work with others.
• W.5.5 Carry out short research projects using several sources on different aspects of a topic.
• W.5.6 Gather relevant print and digital information, summarize or paraphrase it, and list sources.

Speaking and Listening Standards (SL)

• SL.5.1 Take part in a range of discussions on grade 5 topics, building on others' ideas.
• SL.5.1a Come prepared, having read the material and drawn on other knowledge.
• SL.5.1b Follow agreed rules and carry out assigned roles.
• SL.5.1c Ask and answer questions and make comments that add to others' remarks.
• SL.5.1d Review the key ideas and draw conclusions from the discussion.
• SL.5.2 Summarize a read-aloud or information presented in different media.
• SL.5.3 Summarize a speaker's points and explain how reasons and evidence support each claim.
• SL.5.4 Report on a topic or present an opinion in a logical order with facts and details.
• SL.5.5 Add multimedia and visual displays to presentations where they improve main ideas or themes.

Language Standards (L)

• L.5.1 Use grade 5 grammar: perfect tenses, verb tense shifts, correlative conjunctions, and complex sentences.
• L.5.2 Use capitals, punctuation, commas, quotation marks, title formatting, and spelling conventions.
• L.5.3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
• L.5.3a Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, interest, and style.
• L.5.3b Compare and contrast the varieties of English used in stories, dramas, or poems.
• L.5.4 Work out unknown and multiple-meaning words using several strategies and reference materials.
• L.5.5 Show understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances.
• L.5.5a Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.
• L.5.5b Recognize and explain common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
• L.5.6 Learn and use grade-level words, including words for contrast, addition, and other logical links.