Implementation Of District Standards
According to the alignment of my district and the state of Texas, the following Teks will be implemented in this Unit. Grade 5
English Language Arts and Reading: Knowledge and skills. (1) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking-oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion. The student is expected to: (A) listen actively to interpret verbal and non-verbal messages, ask relevant questions, and make pertinent comments; follow, restate, and give oral instructions that include multiple action steps; give an organized presentation employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, natural gestures, and conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively; and work collaboratively with others to develop a plan of shared responsibilities.
Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts. The student is expected to: (A) establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts; generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information; make and correct or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures; create mental images to deepen understanding; make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society; make inferences and use evidence to support understanding;
Geography. The student understands the location and patterns of settlement and the geographic factors that influence where people live. The student is expected to: (A) identify and describe the patterns of settlement such as rural, urban, and suburban; explain the geographic factors that influence patterns of settlement and the distribution of population in the United States; and analyze the geographic factors that influence the location of the five largest urban areas in the United States and explain their distribution.
Spanish Language Arts and Reading and English as a Second Language Subchapter A. Elementary
Knowledge and skills. (1) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking-oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion. The student is expected to: listen actively and ask questions to understand information and answer questions using multi-word responses; restate and follow oral directions that involve a short, related sequence of actions; share information and ideas by speaking audibly and clearly using the conventions of language;
Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts. The student is expected to: establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts with adult assistance; generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information with adult assistance; make and confirm predictions using text features and structures with adult assistance; create mental images to deepen understanding with adult assistance; make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society with adult assistance; make inferences and use evidence to support understanding with adult assistance; evaluate details to determine what is most important with adult assistance; synthesize information to create new understanding with adult assistance;
“Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).” Texas Education Agency, Texas Education Agency, 18 June 2026, tea.texas.gov/curriculum-and-instruction/texas-essential-knowledge-and-skills-teks.
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