Pitt County Schools 5th Grade ELA Power Standards
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S Reading: Literature
PS RL5.9: Compare and contrast RL5.10: By the end of the year,
stories in the same genre on
their approaches to similar
themes and topics.
Will Know:
*The genres realistic fiction,
folklore, mystery, fantasy, and
poetry.
*Authors use a variety of ways
to get the reader to determine a
theme.
* The elements/structure of a
story needed (characters,
settings, conflict, resolution,
main events) in order to
compare them.
Will be Able to:
*Identify the genre of a story.
*Determine the structure of two
stories in the same genre.
*Summarize how the characters
respond to conflict.
*Determine the theme of each
story.
*Explain how the theme of the
story was conveyed to the
reader.
*Compare both stories
approaches to the theme,
noting similarities and
differences in each.
Alan Becker (District Specialist for Elementary Education ELA)
read and understand literature at
the high end of the grades 4-5
text complexity band proficiently
and independently for sustained
periods of time. Connect prior
knowledge and experiences to
text.
Will Know: N/A
Will be Able to: N/A
4th 9 Weeks: Learning Goals
Reading: Informational Text
RI5.3: 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.
Will Know:
*The characteristics of
historical, scientific, and
technical text.
*Events, ideas, or concepts in
an informational text are a
result of something
happening.
*Authors write about
individuals interacting with
one another in a text to
support outcomes in historical
and scientific texts.
*Relationships or interactions
are the “cause,” events, ideas,
or concepts are the “effect”
Will be Able to:
*Identify the type of
informational text.
*Represent the events, ideas, or
concepts using a graphic
organizer.
*Analyze and explain the “cause”
behind each “effect” (event,
topic, or concept) using specific
details from the text.
RL5.10: By the end of the year,
read and understand informational
text at the high end of the grades
4-5 text complexity band
proficiently and independently for
sustained periods of time. Connect
prior knowledge and experiences
to text.
Will Know: N/A
Will be Able to: N/A
Language
L5.4: Determine and/or clarify the
meaning of unknown and
multiple-meaning words and
phrases based on grade 5 reading
and content, choosing flexibly
from a range of strategies: context
clues, word parts, word
relationships, and reference
materials.
Will Know:
*Words often have dual
meanings
*Authors sometimes use
phrases figuratively to
engage the reader.
Will be Able to:
*Recognize that the
meaning of a word or
phrase is unknown to the
reader.
*Determine which context
clues to use to help identify
the meaning of the
unknown word or phrase.
*Explain the meaning of the
unknown word or phrase in
their own words and check
to see if it makes sense in
the context of the story or
informational text.