GLE-RW5
COLORADO MODEL CONTENT
STANDARDS FOR READING AND WRITING
5th Grade Level Expectations
Standard 1:
Students read and understand a variety of materials.
Fifth grade students will:
1.1 monitor own comprehension and make modifications when understanding breaks down
by rereading a portion, using reference aids, and using contextual information;
1.2 summarize long text passages;
1.3 draw inferences using contextual clues;
1.4 compare and contrast different texts;
1.5 select, use, monitor, and reflect upon appropriate strategies for different reading
purposes;
1.6 identify sequential order in expository text;
1.7 use word recognition skills to understand unfamiliar words (for example, decoding
multi-syllable words, affixes, root words);
1.8 select appropriate definitions from the dictionary;
1.9 use the pronunciation guide in the dictionary to correctly say unfamiliar words;
1.10 paraphrase the key ideas in fiction and non-fiction;
1.1 confirm meaning using context cues.
Standard 2:
Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences
Fifth grade students will:
2.1 generate topics and develop ideas for a variety of writing and speaking purposes
(for example, telling a story, publishing a class newsletter, writing a letter to an
adult, writing or orally presenting a book report, creating and producing a play,
introducing a speaker or an event, narrating a presentation);
2.2 organize their writing so that there is an introduction, logical arrangement of
ideas, and a conclusion;
2.3 use transitions to link ideas;
2.4 chose vocabulary that communicates their messages clearly and precisely;
2.5 revise drafts by adding, elaborating, deleting, combining, and rearranging text;
2.6 revise drafts for coherence, progression, and logical support;
2.7 edit drafts for specific purposes such as to ensure standard usage, varied sentence
structure, and appropriate word choice;
2.8 create readable documents with legible handwriting or word processing at the
appropriate time.
Standard 3:
Students write and speak using conventional grammar, usage, sentence
structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
Fifth grade students will:
3.1 know and use regular and irregular plurals correctly;
3.2 write in complete sentences varying the types such as compound and complex,
and using appropriately punctuated dependent clauses;
3.3 use adjectives (comparative and superlative forms) and adverbs appropriately;
pronoun referents;
3.4 know and use correct capitalization, punctuation, and abbreviations;
3.5 know and use correct pronoun case.
Standard 4:
Students apply thinking skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing.
Fifth grade students will:
4.1 determine author's purpose;
4.2 predict and draw conclusions about stories;
4.3 differentiate between fact and opinion in written and spoken forms;
4.4 use reading, writing, speaking, and listening to define and solve problems;
4.5 respond to written and oral presentations as a reader, listener, and articulate
speaker;
4.6 use listening skills to understand directions.
Standard 5:
Students read to locate, select, and make use of relevant information from a variety of media, reference, and technological sources.
Fifth grade students will:
5.1 frame questions to direct research;
5.2 organize prior knowledge about a topic in a variety of ways (for example, graphic
organizer, Venn diagram, outline);
5.3 take notes from relevant and authoritative sources (for example, guest speakers,
periodicals, on-line searches);
5.4 summarize and organize ideas gained from multiple sources in useful ways (for
example, outlines, conceptual maps, learning logs, timelines);
5.5 find information to support ideas;
5.6 present information in various forms using available technology;
5.7 evaluate own research and raise new questions for further investigation;
5.8 follow accepted formats for writing research, including documenting sources.
Standard 6:
Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience
Fifth grade students will:
6.1 read, respond to, and discuss a variety of novels, poetry, short stories, non-fiction, and
plays;
6.2 read, respond to, and discuss literature that represents points of view from places,
people, and events that are familiar and unfamiliar;
6.3 identify and analyze elements of plot and characterization;
6.4 identify the sound of poetry, including alliteration, assonance, consonance,
onomatopoeia, and rhyme scheme;
6.5 use knowledge of foreshadowing, metaphor, simile, and symbolism to understand the
text;
6.6 understand how figurative language supports meaning in a given context;
6.7 identify characters, setting, problem/conflict, action/plot/events, resolution/solution,
theme, mood/tone/atmosphere, and sequence in fiction.