The Art of Biography

Appendices

California Common Core Standards for 5 ^th Grade ²⁹

Reading Standards: Foundational Skills

4. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

a. Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.

b. Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression

on successive readings.

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

Reading Standards For Informational Text

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

2. Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how

they are supported by key details; summarize the text.

3. Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more

individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific,

or technical text based on specific information in the text.

Writing Standards K–5

4. Produce clear and coherent writing (including multiple paragraphs

texts) in which the development and organization are appropriate to task,

purpose, and audience.

5. With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing

as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.

Research to Build and Present Knowledge

7. Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge

through investigation of different aspects of a topic.

8. Recall relevant information from experiences or gather

relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize

or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and

provide a list of sources.

Speaking and Listening Standards/Comprehension and Collaboration

4. Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.

5.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

5.1a Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.

5.1b Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles.

5.1c Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.

5.1d Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light of information and knowledge gained from the discussions.

5.2 Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

5.3 Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

7. Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.

8. Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).

9. Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band

independently and proficiently.

History-Social Science

5.5 Students explain the causes of the American Revolution.

1. Understand how political, religious, and economic ideas and interests brought about the Revolution.

5.6 Students understand the course and consequences of the American Revolution.

2. Describe the contributions of France and other nations and of individuals to the outcome of the Revolution.