California State Standards for Language Arts: Grade 5

CA.1.0. Reading: Word Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development: Students use their knowledge of word origins and word relationships, as well as historical and literary context clues, to determine the meaning of specialized vocabulary and to understand the precise meaning of grade-level-appropriate words.

1.1. Word Recognition: Read aloud narrative and expository text fluently and accurately and with appropriate pacing, intonation, and expression. 21
Suggested Titles for California Language Arts State Standard 1.1.

1.2. Vocabulary and Concept Development: Use word origins to determine the meaning of unknown words. 6
Suggested Titles for California Language Arts State Standard 1.2.

1.3. Vocabulary and Concept Development: Understand and explain frequently used synonyms, antonyms, and homographs. 16
Suggested Titles for California Language Arts State Standard 1.3.

1.4. Vocabulary and Concept Development: Know abstract, derived roots and affixes from Greek and Latin and use this knowledge to analyze the meaning of complex words (e.g., controversial). 7
Suggested Titles for California Language Arts State Standard 1.4.

1.5. Vocabulary and Concept Development: Understand and explain the figurative and metaphorical use of words in context. 12
Suggested Titles for California Language Arts State Standard 1.5.

CA.2.0. Reading: Reading Comprehension (Focus on Informational Materials): Students read and understand grade-level-appropriate material. They describe and connect the essential ideas, arguments, and perspectives of the text by using their knowledge of text structure, organization, and purpose.

2.1. Structural Features of Informational Materials: Understand how text features (e.g., format, graphics, sequence, diagrams, illustrations, charts, maps) make information accessible and usable. 5
Suggested Titles for California Language Arts State Standard 2.1.

2.2. Structural Features of Informational Materials: Analyze text that is organized in sequential or chronological order. 75
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2.3. Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: Discern main ideas and concepts presented in texts, identifying and assessing evidence that supports those ideas. 13
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2.4. Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: Draw inferences, conclusions, or generalizations about text and support them with textual evidence and prior knowledge. 10
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2.5. Expository Critique: Distinguish facts, supported inferences, and opinions in text. 4
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CA.3.0. Reading: Literary Response and Analysis: Students read and respond to historically or culturally significant works of literature. They begin to find ways to clarify the ideas and make connections between literary works.

3.1. Structural Features of Literature: Identify and analyze the characteristics of poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction and explain the appropriateness of the literary forms chosen by an author for a specific purpose. 23
Suggested Titles for California Language Arts State Standard 3.1.

3.2. Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: Identify the main problem or conflict of the plot and explain how it is resolved. 9
Suggested Titles for California Language Arts State Standard 3.2.

3.3. Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: Contrast the actions, motives (e.g., loyalty, selfishness, conscientiousness), and appearances of characters in a work of fiction and discuss the importance of the contrasts to the plot or theme. 3
Suggested Titles for California Language Arts State Standard 3.3.

3.4. Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: Understand that theme refers to the meaning or moral of a selection and recognize themes (whether implied or stated directly) in sample works. 4
Suggested Titles for California Language Arts State Standard 3.4.

3.5. Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: Describe the function and effect of common literary devices (e.g., imagery, metaphor, symbolism). 14
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3.6. Literary Criticism: Evaluate the meaning of archetypal patterns and symbols that are found in myth and tradition by using literature from different eras and cultures. 23
Suggested Titles for California Language Arts State Standard 3.6.

3.7. Literary Criticism: Evaluate the author's use of various techniques (e.g., appeal of characters in a picture book, logic and credibility of plots and settings, use of figurative language) to influence readers' perspectives. 15
Suggested Titles for California Language Arts State Standard 3.7.

1.1.a. Establish and develop a situation or plot. 11
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1.1.b. Describe the setting. 8
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1.1.c. Present an ending. 8
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1.2.a. Establish a topic, important ideas, or events in sequence or chronological order. 11
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1.2.b. Provide details and transitional expressions that link one paragraph to another in a clear line of thought. 8
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1.2.c. Offer a concluding paragraph that summarizes important ideas and details. 8
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1.6. Evaluation and Revision: Edit and revise manuscripts to improve the meaning and focus of writing by adding, deleting, consolidating, clarifying, and rearranging words and sentences. 10
Suggested Titles for California Language Arts State Standard 1.6.

2.1.a. Establish a plot, point of view, setting, and conflict. 8
Suggested Titles for California Language Arts State Standard 2.1.a.

2.1.b. Show, rather than tell, the events of the story. 8
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2.2.a. Demonstrate an understanding of a literary work. 15
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2.2.b. Support judgments through references to the text and to prior knowledge. 15
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2.2.c. Develop interpretations that exhibit careful reading and understanding. 15
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2.3.a. Frame questions that direct the investigation. 12
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2.3.b. Establish a controlling idea or topic. 18
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2.3.c. Develop the topic with simple facts, details, examples, and explanations. 18
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2.4.a. State a clear position in support of a proposal. 3
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2.4.b. Support a position with relevant evidence. 3
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2.4.c. Follow a simple organizational pattern. 3
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2.4.d. Address reader concerns. 4
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1.7. Analysis and Evaluation of Oral and Media Communications: Identify, analyze, and critique persuasive techniques (e.g., promises, dares, flattery, glittering generalities); identify logical fallacies used in oral presentations and media messages 3
Suggested Titles for California Language Arts State Standard 1.7.

1.8. Analysis and Evaluation of Oral and Media Communications: Analyze media as sources for information, entertainment, persuasion, interpretation of events, and transmission of culture. 3
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