The East Marshall Middle School has prioritized the 5th grade level Iowa Core standards for Reading, Writing, Math, Science, and Social Studies. These priority standards are listed below.

READING

5th Grade Reading – Priority Standards
Standard Number Description

RL.5.1

 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing

inferences from the text.

RI.5.2

 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details;

summarize the text of general academic and domain–specific words and phrases in a

text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.

RL.5.2

 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; summarize the text.

RL.5.3

 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).

RI.5.4

 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain–specific words and phrases in a text

relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.

RL.5.5

 Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure

of a particular story, drama, or poem.

RL.5.1

 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing

inferences from the text.

RI.5.2

 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details;

summarize the text of general academic and domain–specific words and phrases in a text

relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.

Resources:

Lucy Calkins Reading Units of Study

 

WRITING

5th Grade Writing – Priority Standards
Standard Number Description

W.5.2

 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and

information clearly.

  1. Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus, and group relatedinformation logically; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia

    when useful to aiding comprehension. 

  2. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
  3. Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
  4. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
  5. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.

W.5.3

 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using an effective

technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

  1. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters;

    organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.

  2. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop

    experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.

  3. Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
  4. Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and

    events precisely.

  5. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.

W.5.5 

 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by

planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. (Editing for conventions should

demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grade 5.)

W.5.6 

 With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to

produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate

sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.

W.5.8

 Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and

digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide

a list of sources.

W.5.9.b 

 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection,

and research.

  1. Apply grade 5 Reading standards to informational texts (e.g., “Explain how an author

uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which

reasons and evidence support which point[s]”).

L.5.5 

 Demonstrate an understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and

nuances in word meanings.

  1. Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.

          3.

          Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonyms, antonyms,

          homographs) to better understand each of the words

RI.5.6

 Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important differences

Resources:

Lucy Calkins Writing Units of Study

 

MATH

5th Grade Math – Priority Standards
Standard Number Description

5.OA.A

 Write and interpret numerical expressions.

5.NBT.A

 Understand Place Value System

5.NBT.B

 Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths

5.NF.A

 Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions

5.NF. B

 Apply and extend previous understanding of multiplication and division to multiply and

divide fractions

5.MD.A

 Convert like measurements within a given measurement system

5.MD.B

 Represent and interpret data

5.MD.C

 Understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and measurement

Resources:

Howard County Public School System

 

SCIENCE

5th Grade Science – Priority Standards
Standard Number Description

5-PS1-1

 Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

5-PS1-3

 Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

5-PS2-1

 Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

5-PS3-1

 Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food(used for body repair, growth, motion,

and to maintain body warmth)was once energy from the sun.

5-LS2-1

 Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers,

and the environment.

5-ESS2-1

 Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere,

and/or atmosphere.

5-ESS2-2

 Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various

reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.

Resources:

Mystery Science

 

SOCIAL STUDIES

5th Grade Social Studies – Priority Standards
Standard Number Description

SS.5.8

 Analyze how rights and laws influence interactions between groups in society.

SS.5.12 

 Describe how laws, rules and processes have changed over time in order to restrict, protect,

or extend rights (21st century skills) 

SS.5.15

 Explain how trade impacts relationships between countries.

SS.5.20

 Analyze how rules and laws encourage or restrict human population movements to and

within the United States of America. 

SS.5.22

 Explain how economic, political, and social contexts shaped people’s perspectives at a given

time in history. 

SS.5.26

 Analyze Iowa’s role in civil rights history. 

SS.5.8

 Analyze how rights and laws influence interactions between groups in society.

SS.5.12 

 Describe how laws, rules and processes have changed over time in order to restrict, protect,

or extend rights (21st century skills) 

Resources: