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English Language Arts (43)

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ELA.5.RF.3Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words, including using combined knowledge of Greek and Latin roots, affixes, and patterns to read accurately.Open Page
ELA.5.RF.4Read grade-level text with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension, using context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding.Open Page
ELA.5.RL.1Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.Open Page
ELA.5.RL.2Determine 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.Open Page
ELA.5.RL.3Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.Open Page
ELA.5.RL.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.Open Page
ELA.5.RL.5Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.Open Page
ELA.5.RL.6Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.Open Page
ELA.5.RL.7Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text.Open Page
ELA.5.RL.9Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries, adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.Open Page
ELA.5.RL.10Read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, independently and proficiently at grade level.Open Page
ELA.5.RI.1Quote accurately from a text and explain what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.Open Page
ELA.5.RI.2Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.Open Page
ELA.5.RI.3Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a text based on specific information in the text.Open Page
ELA.5.RI.4Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.Open Page
ELA.5.RI.5Compare and contrast the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.Open Page
ELA.5.RI.6Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.Open Page
ELA.5.RI.7Draw 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.Open Page
ELA.5.RI.8Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).Open Page
ELA.5.RI.9Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.Open Page
ELA.5.RI.10Read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, independently and proficiently at grade level.Open Page
ELA.5.W.1Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information using logically ordered reasons, linking words, and a concluding statement.Open Page
ELA.5.W.2Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly, using text structures, precise language, and a concluding section.Open Page
ELA.5.W.3Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.Open Page
ELA.5.W.4Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.Open Page
ELA.5.W.5With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.Open Page
ELA.5.W.6With some guidance and support, use technology to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills.Open Page
ELA.5.W.7Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.Open Page
ELA.5.W.8Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work.Open Page
ELA.5.W.9Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research by applying grade 5 reading standards to literature and informational texts.Open Page
ELA.5.W.10Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.Open Page
ELA.5.SL.1Engage 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.Open Page
ELA.5.SL.2Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.Open Page
ELA.5.SL.3Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence.Open Page
ELA.5.SL.4Report 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.Open Page
ELA.5.SL.5Include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.Open Page
ELA.5.SL.6Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, using formal English when appropriate to task and situation.Open Page
ELA.5.L.1Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking, including using verb tenses, correlative conjunctions, and recognizing sentence fragments and run-ons.Open Page
ELA.5.L.2Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.Open Page
ELA.5.L.3Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening, including comparing varieties of English in stories, dramas, or poems.Open Page
ELA.5.L.4Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies including Greek and Latin roots.Open Page
ELA.5.L.5Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings, including similes, metaphors, idioms, adages, and proverbs.Open Page
ELA.5.L.6Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships.Open Page
Mathematics (26)

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MATH.5.OA.A.1Use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions, and evaluate expressions with these symbols.Open Page
MATH.5.OA.A.2Write simple expressions that record calculations with numbers, and interpret numerical expressions without evaluating them.Open Page
MATH.5.OA.B.3Generate two numerical patterns using two given rules; identify apparent relationships between corresponding terms; form ordered pairs and graph on a coordinate plane.Open Page
MATH.5.NBT.A.1Recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left.Open Page
MATH.5.NBT.A.2Explain patterns in the number of zeros of the product when multiplying a number by powers of 10, and explain patterns in the placement of the decimal point.Open Page
MATH.5.NBT.A.3Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form; compare using >, =, and <.Open Page
MATH.5.NBT.A.4Use place value understanding to round decimals to any place.Open Page
MATH.5.NBT.B.5Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.Open Page
MATH.5.NBT.B.6Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and the relationship between multiplication and division.Open Page
MATH.5.NBT.B.7Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and the relationship between the operations.Open Page
MATH.5.NF.A.1Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed numbers) by replacing given fractions with equivalent fractions to produce an equivalent sum or difference.Open Page
MATH.5.NF.A.2Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole, including cases of unlike denominators; assess the reasonableness of answers.Open Page
MATH.5.NF.B.3Interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator; solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers.Open Page
MATH.5.NF.B.4Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole number by a fraction; interpret the product and find the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths.Open Page
MATH.5.NF.B.5Interpret multiplication as scaling (resizing); compare the size of a product to the size of one factor on the basis of the other factor, without performing the indicated multiplication.Open Page
MATH.5.NF.B.6Solve real-world problems involving multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers, using models or equations to represent the problem.Open Page
MATH.5.NF.B.7Apply and extend previous understandings of division to divide unit fractions by whole numbers and whole numbers by unit fractions; solve real-world problems involving division of unit fractions.Open Page
MATH.5.MD.A.1Convert among different-sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system (e.g., convert 5 cm to 0.05 m), and use these conversions in solving multi-step, real-world problems.Open Page
MATH.5.MD.B.2Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8); use operations on fractions to solve problems involving information presented in line plots.Open Page
MATH.5.MD.C.3Recognize volume as an attribute of solid figures and understand concepts of volume measurement: a unit cube packs with no gaps or overlaps, and volume is measured in unit cubes.Open Page
MATH.5.MD.C.4Measure volumes by counting unit cubes, using cubic cm, cubic in, cubic ft, and improvised units.Open Page
MATH.5.MD.C.5Relate volume to the operations of multiplication and addition; find the volume of a right rectangular prism using V = l × w × h and by packing with unit cubes; solve real-world volume problems.Open Page
MATH.5.G.A.1Use a pair of perpendicular number lines (axes) to define a coordinate system; describe how to find the location of a point in the first quadrant using an ordered pair of numbers.Open Page
MATH.5.G.A.2Represent real-world and mathematical problems by graphing points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane; interpret coordinate values of points in the context of the situation.Open Page
MATH.5.G.B.3Understand that attributes belonging to a category of two-dimensional figures also belong to all subcategories of that category (e.g., all rectangles have four right angles, and squares are rectangles).Open Page
MATH.5.G.B.4Classify two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy based on properties (e.g., all squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares).Open Page
Science (10)

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SCI.5.PS1.ADevelop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen, and that mixtures of substances can be separated based on observable properties.Open Page
SCI.5.PS1.BDevelop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.Open Page
SCI.5.PS3.DUse models to describe that energy in animals' food was once energy from the sun and is now stored in chemical bonds in food.Open Page
SCI.5.LS1.CSupport an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water through the process of photosynthesis.Open Page
SCI.5.LS2.ADevelop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment in an ecosystem food web.Open Page
SCI.5.LS2.BObtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect Earth's resources and environment, focusing on cycles of matter and energy transfer.Open Page
SCI.5.ESS1.BRepresent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.Open Page
SCI.5.ESS2.ADescribe and graph the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.Open Page
SCI.5.ESS2.CDevelop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.Open Page
SCI.5.ESS3.CObtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect Earth's natural resources and environment.Open Page
Social Studies (18)

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SS.5.E.5.ADescribe how markets allocate resources and how prices signal information about scarcity in a mixed economy, with examples from early American economic history.Open Page
SS.5.E.5.BExplain how specialization and trade among regions and nations create economic interdependence, using examples from colonial and early American trade.Open Page
SS.5.GS.AUse maps, globes, and geographic tools to identify physical features of the United States and explain how geographic factors influenced settlement, exploration, and early American history.Open Page
SS.5.GS.BAnalyze how people in early America interacted with and modified their physical environment to meet their needs, and how the environment shaped their communities.Open Page
SS.5.GS.CDescribe the physical and human characteristics of the regions of the United States and explain how regional differences affected colonial and early American life.Open Page
SS.5.GS.DExplain push and pull factors that influenced migration and settlement patterns in colonial and early America, including forced and voluntary migration.Open Page
SS.5.H.5.AExplain the causes and consequences of European exploration and colonization of the Americas, including interactions among European nations, Indigenous peoples, and enslaved Africans.Open Page
SS.5.H.5.BDescribe life in colonial America, including economic activities, social structures, cultural practices, and the experiences of different groups including colonists, enslaved people, and Indigenous peoples.Open Page
SS.5.H.5.CExplain the causes, major events, and outcomes of the American Revolution, including the role of key figures and the principles expressed in founding documents such as the Declaration of Independence.Open Page
SS.5.H.5.DDescribe the development of the early American republic, including the Articles of Confederation, the Constitutional Convention, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.Open Page
SS.5.PC.AExplain the principles of democratic government found in founding documents and describe how the Constitution establishes the structure and limits of government in the United States.Open Page
SS.5.PC.BDescribe the rights and responsibilities of citizens in the United States, including the role of civic participation in sustaining democracy.Open Page
SS.5.PC.CExplain how individuals, groups, and institutions work together for the common good and how civil society contributes to democratic life.Open Page
SS.5.TS.ADevelop and use compelling and supporting questions to investigate topics in American history using social studies inquiry processes.Open Page
SS.5.TS.BGather and evaluate information from multiple primary and secondary sources, including digital sources, to answer historical questions about early America.Open Page
SS.5.TS.COrganize and interpret information from maps, timelines, charts, and other sources to analyze patterns and relationships in early American history.Open Page
SS.5.TS.DConstruct explanations and arguments about early American history topics using evidence gathered and evaluated from multiple sources.Open Page
SS.5.TS.ECommunicate findings about early American history through speaking, writing, and using multimedia to present well-organized arguments and information.Open Page