FIFTH4+ELA

5th Grade Reading-4th 9-Weeks

 * **//Standard 2: Acquisition of Vocabulary//** ||
 * I can identify the connotation and denotation of new words. ||
 * **//Standard 3: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-Motivating Strategies//** ||
 * **I can make critical comparisons across texts.** ||
 * I can summarize the information in texts, recognizing that there may be several important ideas rather than just one main idea and identifying details that support each idea. ||
 * I can make inferences based on implicit information in texts, and provide justifications for those inferences. ||
 * **I can select, create and use graphic organizers to interpret textual informat** ||
 * I can list questions and search for answers within the text to construct meaning. ||
 * **//Standard 4: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text//** ||
 * **I can compare important details about a topic, using different sources of information, including books, magazines, newspapers, and online resources.** ||
 * I can clarify steps in a set of instructions or procedures for proper sequencing and completeness and revise if necessary. ||
 * **//Standard 6: Writing Process//** ||
 * I can determine a purpose and an audience. ||
 * **I can proofread my writing to edit and improve my conventions.** ||
 * I can prepare for publication (e.g. for display or for sharing with others) writing that follows a format appropriate to the purpose, using techniques such as electronic resources and graphics to enhance the final product. ||
 * **//Standard 8: Writing Conventions//** ||
 * **I can use prepositions and prepositional phrases.** ||
 * I can use adverbs. ||
 * I can use conjunctions and interjections. ||
 * **//Standard 9: Research//** ||
 * I can define plagiarism and acknowledge sources of information. ||
 * **//Standard 10: Communication: Oral & Visual//** ||
 * I can identify the speaker's purpose in presentations and visual media (e.g. to inform, to entertain, to persuade). ||
 * I can discuss how facts and opinions are used to shape the opinions of listeners and viewers. ||
 * I can use clear diction, pitch, tempo and tone, and adjust volume and tempo to stress important ideas. ||
 * I can adjust speaking content according to the needs of the situation, setting, and audience. ||
 * **I can deliver informational presentations (e.g. expository, research) that:**
 * **demonstrates an understanidng of the topic and presents events or ideas in a logical sequence**
 * **supports the main idea with relevant facts, details, examples, quotations, statistics, stories and anecdotes**
 * **organizes information, including a clear introduction, body, and conclusion and follows common organizational structures when appropriate (e.g. cause-effect, compare-contrast)**
 * **uses appropriate visual materials (e.g. diagrams, charts, illustrations) and available technology**
 * **draws from several sources and identifies sources used.** ||
 * **I can deliver informational presentations (e.g. expository, research) that:**
 * **demonstrates an understanidng of the topic and presents events or ideas in a logical sequence**
 * **supports the main idea with relevant facts, details, examples, quotations, statistics, stories and anecdotes**
 * **organizes information, including a clear introduction, body, and conclusion and follows common organizational structures when appropriate (e.g. cause-effect, compare-contrast)**
 * **uses appropriate visual materials (e.g. diagrams, charts, illustrations) and available technology**
 * **draws from several sources and identifies sources used.** ||