Appendix on Implementing District Standards:
Below are the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) Objectives and Common Core Standards:
English Standards of Learning for Virginia Public Schools – January 2017
Vocabulary 5.4The student will expand vocabulary when reading.
a) Use context to clarify meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases
b) Use context and sentence structure to determine meanings and differentiate among multiple meanings of words
d) Identify an author’s use of figurative language.
Comprehension of Literary Fictional Text 5.5 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts, literary nonfiction, and poetry.
c) Describe character development
d) Identify theme(s)
j) Draw conclusions and make inferences with support from the text
k) Identify cause and effect relationships
l) Compare/contrast details in literary and informational nonfiction texts
m) Use reading strategies throughout the reading process to monitor comprehension.
Narrative Writing 5.7 The student will write in a variety of forms to include narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive.
d) Introduce and develop a topic, incorporating evidence and supporting details
e) Organize information to convey a central idea,
Editing 5.8 The student will self- and peer-edit writing for capitalization, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, paragraphing, and Standard English.
h) Edit for fragments and run-on sentences
j) Use correct spelling of commonly used words.
Common Core English Language Arts Standards 5th Grade Vocabulary, Comprehension and Writing:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3 Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
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