Category Grade Specific Standards Grade Specific Standards Activity Ideas Literature Informational 7. Analyze how visual and multimedia 7. Draw on information from multiple print Students compare and elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or digital sources, demonstrating the contrast coming-of-age stories Integration or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, ability to locate an answer to a question by Christopher Paul Curtis of multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, quickly or to solve a problem efficiently. (Bud, Not Buddy) and Louise Knowledge myth, poem). and Ideas Erdrich (The Birchbark House) 8. (Not applicable to literature) 8. Explain how an author uses reasons and by identifying similar themes evidence to support particular points in a and examining the stories’ text, identifying which reasons and approaches to the topic of evidence support which point(s). growing up. [RL.5.9] 9. Compare and contrast stories in the same 9. Integrate information from several texts genre (e.g., mysteries, adventures) on their on the same topic in order to write or approaches to similar themes and topics. speak about the subject knowledgeably. 10. By the end of the year, read and 10. By the end of the year, read and Range of comprehend literature, including stories, comprehend informational texts, including Reading dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the history/social studies, science, and and grades 4–5 text complexity band technical texts, at the high end of the Level of independently and proficiently. grades 4–5 text complexity band Complexity independently and proficiently. 11. Recognize, interpret, and make connections in narratives, poetry, and Responding drama, to other texts, ideas, cultural to perspectives, eras, personal events, and Literature situations. Self-select text to develop personal (Not applicable to informational) preferences regarding favorite authors. Use established criteria to categorize, select texts and assess to make informed judgments about the of the pieces. Reading Standards: Foundational Skills Grade 5
Category Grade Specific Standards Literature Grade Specific Standards Informational Activity Ideas Integration of Knowledge and Ideas 7. Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem). 8. (Not applicable to literature) 9. Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries, adventures) on their approaches to similar themes and topics. 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. 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). 9. Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably. Students compare and contrast coming-of-age stories by Christopher Paul Curtis (Bud, Not Buddy) and Louise Erdrich (The Birchbark House) by identifying similar themes and examining the stories’ approaches to the topic of growing up. [RL.5.9] Range of Reading and Level of Complexity 10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band independently and proficiently. 10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Responding to Literature 11. Recognize, interpret, and make connections in narratives, poetry, and drama, to other texts, ideas, cultural perspectives, eras, personal events, and situations. Self-select text to develop personal preferences regarding favorite authors. Use established criteria to categorize, select texts and assess to make informed judgments about the of the pieces. (Not applicable to informational) Reading Standards: Foundational Skills Grade 5