5th Grade ELA (South Dakota Content Standards)

Reading Literature (RL)

• 5.RL.1 Quote accurately from a text to explain what it says and to draw inferences.
• 5.RL.2 Identify a theme, support it with details and summarize the text.
• 5.RL.3 Compare and contrast characters, settings or events using specific details.
• 5.RL.4 Work out word and phrase meanings, including figurative and connotative language.
• 5.RL.5 Explain how chapters, scenes or stanzas build the plot and overall structure.
• 5.RL.6 Describe how the perspective of a narrator, speaker or reader affects the way events are told.
• 5.RL.7 Evaluate how visual and multimedia elements add to meaning, tone or mood.
• 5.RL.9 Compare how authors handle similar themes and topics within one genre.
• 5.RL.10 Read and understand varied literary texts of growing difficulty.
  • a. Read grade-level literary texts of growing complexity, considering layout, structure, features and knowledge demands.
  • b. Choose texts for enjoyment, interest and schoolwork.

Reading Informational Text (RI)

• 5.RI.1 Quote accurately from a text to explain what it says and to draw inferences.
• 5.RI.2 Identify two or more main ideas, support them with key details and summarize.
• 5.RI.3 Explain relationships among people, events, ideas, concepts or steps using evidence from the text.
• 5.RI.4 Work out the meaning of general academic and subject-specific words in a text.
• 5.RI.5 Compare and contrast text structures and how information is presented across texts.
• 5.RI.6 Analyze several accounts of the same event, noting similarities and differences in point of view.
• 5.RI.7 Interpret information from diagrams, charts, graphs, maps and tables across sources.
• 5.RI.8 Find and explain how an author backs points with reasons and evidence.
• 5.RI.9 Bring together information from several texts on one topic.
• 5.RI.10 Read and understand informational texts of growing difficulty.
  • a. Read grade-level informational texts of growing complexity, considering layout, structure, language and knowledge demands.
  • b. Choose texts for enjoyment, interest and schoolwork.

Reading Foundational Skills (RF)

• 5.RF.3 Show mastery of phonics and word analysis for decoding and spelling.
  • a. Decode and spell words with the help of common prefixes, suffixes and roots.
  • b. Use common Greek and Latin roots to work out meanings and decode unfamiliar words.
  • c. Decode and spell with word-part patterns such as inflected endings, derivational suffixes and compounds.
  • d. Use syllable division rules and phonics patterns with longer words.
  • e. Use spelling patterns and rules to spell accurately.
• 5.RF.4 Read accurately and fluently to support understanding.
  • a. Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
  • b. Read aloud accurately, at a suitable rate and with expression across genres.
  • c. Self-check word reading and understanding, rereading as needed.

Language (L)

• 5.L.1 Show command of standard English grammar and usage in writing and speaking.
  • a. Explain and use conjunctions, prepositions and interjections.
  • b. Form and use perfect verb tenses.
  • c. Use verb tense to show time, sequence, state and condition.
  • d. Spot and fix unsuitable shifts in verb tense.
  • e. Use correlative conjunctions such as either/or and neither/nor.
  • f. Use commonly confused words such as lose and loose correctly.
• 5.L.2 Show command of standard capitalization, punctuation and spelling.
  • a. Separate listed phrases and clauses with commas.
  • b. Use a comma after an introductory element.
  • c. Use commas with yes and no, tag questions and direct address.
  • d. Use underlining, quotation marks or italics for titles of works.
  • e. Spell grade-level words correctly, checking references as needed.
• 5.L.3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions.
  • a. Expand, combine and reduce sentences for meaning, understanding and style.
  • b. Compare and contrast varieties of English, such as dialects and registers, in stories, dramas or poems.
• 5.L.4 Work out or clarify unknown and multiple-meaning words using a range of strategies.
  • a. Use context to work out a word's or phrase's meaning.
  • b. Use familiar Greek and Latin word parts as clues to meaning.
  • c. Use print and digital references for pronunciation and exact meaning.
• 5.L.5 Show understanding of figurative language, word relationships and shades of meaning.
  • a. Interpret similes and metaphors in context.
  • b. Recognize and explain personification, hyperbole, common idioms and proverbs.
  • c. Use relationships among words such as synonyms, antonyms and homonyms.
• 5.L.6 Use grade-level academic and subject words, including words for contrast, addition and other logical links.

Writing (W)

• 5.W.1 Write opinion pieces supported by reasons and information.
  • a. Introduce the topic, state an opinion and organize related ideas logically.
  • b. Give logically ordered reasons backed by facts and details.
  • c. Link the opinion and reasons with grade-level words, phrases and clauses.
  • d. End with a conclusion linked to the opinion.
• 5.W.2 Write informative or explanatory pieces that share ideas and information clearly.
  • a. Introduce the topic with a general observation and focus, group information logically and add helpful features and multimedia.
  • b. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, details, quotations and examples.
  • c. Connect ideas inside and between categories, paragraphs or sections.
  • d. Use precise language and subject-specific words.
  • e. End with a conclusion linked to the information.
• 5.W.3 Write narratives (story, poetry or drama) with effective technique, details and a clear order of events.
  • a. Set up a situation or setting, introduce a narrator or characters and order events naturally.
  • b. Use dialogue, description and pacing to develop events or show how characters respond.
  • c. Use transition words, phrases and clauses to manage the order of events.
  • d. Use concrete, figurative and sensory details to convey experiences precisely.
  • e. End with a conclusion that follows from the events, when suitable.
• 5.W.4 Write clearly and coherently with suitable tone and voice for task, purpose and audience.
• 5.W.5 With support, strengthen writing by planning, drafting, revising, editing or rewriting.
• 5.W.6 With guidance as needed, use technology to improve writing.
  • a. Produce and publish writing.
  • b. Interact and work with others.
  • c. Type a page or two at one sitting.
• 5.W.7 Carry out short research projects using several sources.
• 5.W.8 Gather relevant information from experience and several print and digital sources.
  • a. Summarize or paraphrase sources in notes and in final work.
  • b. Give a list of sources.
• 5.W.9 Cite evidence from literature or informational texts to back up analysis, reflection and research.
• 5.W.10 Write regularly over longer and shorter time frames and choose topics and formats independently.

Speaking and Listening (SL)

• 5.SL.1 Take part well in group discussions on grade 5 topics and texts.
  • a. Come prepared, drawing on required material and other knowledge.
  • b. Follow agreed rules and carry out assigned roles.
  • c. Ask and answer questions, contributing to and building on others' remarks.
  • d. Review key ideas and draw conclusions from the discussion.
  • e. Cooperate and solve problems in group discussions.
• 5.SL.2 Summarize content presented in different media and formats.
• 5.SL.3 Summarize a speaker's points and explain how each claim is supported.
• 5.SL.4 Present on a topic, text or opinion.
  • a. Order ideas logically.
  • b. Use facts and describing details to support main ideas.
  • c. Speak clearly at an understandable pace.
• 5.SL.5 Include multimedia and visual displays when they strengthen main ideas.
• 5.SL.6 Adapt speech to context, audience and task, using feedback and formal English when suitable.