English Language Arts Common Core Anchor Standards- 5 th grade Below are the Common Core Anchor Standards for Kindergarten through grade 5. The Common Core Anchor Standard strands highlighted in blue are somewhat similar to Kansas Reading Standards assessed indicators for 5 th grade. Common Core Anchor Standards that are in black font are not currently assessed in the 5 th grade Kansas Reading Assessment. College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading (K-5) 1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. 2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. 3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. 4. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. 5. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. 6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. 7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. 8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence. 9. Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take. Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity 10. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing (K-5) Text Types and Purposes 1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. 2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. 3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, wellchosen details, and well-structured event sequences. Production and Distribution of Writing 4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. 5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. 6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others. Research to Build and Present Knowledge 7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. 8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism. 9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. Range of Writing 10. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences. 1
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening (K-5) Comprehension and Collaboration 1. Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. 2. Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. 3. Evaluate a speaker s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric. Presentation of Knowledge and 4. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. 5. Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations. 6. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language (K-5) Conventions of Standard English 1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. 2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. Knowledge of Language 3. Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening. 4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate. 5. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. 6. Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression. Kansas Reading Assessed Indicators and Common Core for 5 th Grade This side-by-side graph of the Kansas Reading Assessed Indicators 2003 and the Kansas Common Core Reading Standards 2010 is intended to assist educators in recognizing the similarities and differences between Kansas Reading Assessed Indicators 2003 and the Kansas Common Core Reading Standards 2010. NOTE: Kansas State Department of Education is underscoring the fact that similar content is not the same as identical content. The Kansas Reading Assessed Indicators 2003 are exactly thatreading indicators. The Kansas Common Core Standards 2010 are written more broadly and encompass aspects of reading, writing, listening, speaking, language and literacy across content areas. The side-by-side graph on the proceeding pages show the Kansas Reading Assessed indicators in the left hand column. The middle column is Kansas Common Core Reading standards and strands for 6 th grade. The right hand column is left blank for your personal use. 2
Kansas Assessed Reading Standards, Benchmark, and Indicator Standard 1 - Reading: The student reads and comprehends text across the curriculum. Benchmark 3: The student expands vocabulary. R.5.1.3.1 Determines the meaning of words or phrases by using context clues (e.g., definitions, restatements, examples, descriptions) from sentences or paragraphs. R.5.1.3.4 Determines meaning of words through knowledge of word structure (e.g., contractions, root words, prefixes, suffixes). Standard 1 - Reading: The student reads and comprehends text across the curriculum. Benchmark 4: The student comprehends a variety of texts (narrative, expository, technical, and persuasive). R.5.1.4.2 Understands the purpose of text features (e.g., title, graphs/charts and maps, table of contents, pictures/ illustrations, boldface type, italics, glossary, index, headings, subheadings, topic and summary sentences, captions) and uses such features to locate information in and to gain meaning from appropriatelevel texts. Common Core Standards and Strands that contain similar content and/or skill Language Standards 4. Determine 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. a. Use context (e.g., cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. Language Standards 4. Determine 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. b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis). 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. Language Standards 4. Determine 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. c. Consult reference materials (e.g., Comments 3
dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases. R.5.1.4.5 Uses information from the text to make inferences and draw conclusions. R.5.1.4.7 Compares and contrasts varying aspects (e.g., topics, characters' traits, themes, problem solution, cause-effect relationships) in one or more appropriate level texts. R.5.1.4.8 Links causes and effects in appropriate level narrative, expository, and technical texts, and identifies signal words related to cause-effect relationships. Literature 1. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. K 5 1. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. Literature 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). 9. Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics. 5. Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/ solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts. 9. Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably. 5. Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, 4
concepts, or information in two or more texts. R.5.1.4.9 Literature Retells main ideas or events as well as supporting 2. Determine a theme of a story, details in appropriate level drama, or poem from details in the narrative, expository, text, including how characters in a technical, and persuasive story or drama respond to texts. challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; 2. Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; R.5.1.4.10 Identifies the topic, main idea(s), supporting details, and theme(s) in appropriate level texts. R.5.1.4.11 Identifies the author's purpose (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform). R.5.4.15 Literature 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; 2. Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; 5. Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes. 6. Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent. 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). 5
Distinguishes between fact and opinion and recognizes propaganda (e.g., advertising, media) in various types of appropriate-level texts. Standard 2 - Literature: The student responds to a variety of text. Benchmark 1: The student uses literary concepts to interpret and respond to text. R.5.2.1.1 Identifies and describes characters' physical traits, personality traits, and feelings, and explains reasons for characters' actions and the consequences of those actions. R.5.2.1.2 Identifies and describes the setting (e.g., environment, time of day or year, historical period, situation, place) and explains the importance of the setting to the story or literary text. 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). Literature 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; 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). Literature 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). 5. Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem. 6
R.5.2.1.3 Identifies and describes the major conflict in a story and major events related to the conflict (e.g., problem or conflict, climax, resolution). No Common Core 13 indicators Items = 68 7