I-CANyons Parent Toolkit for Fifth Grade Language Arts (ELA)

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Standard

Use grammar skills when writing or speaking.

Core Standard

L 5.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
a. Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences.
b. Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked. I have walked. I will have walked) verb tenses.
c. Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states and conditions.
d. Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.*
e. Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor).

L 5.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing or speaking.
a. Use punctuation to separate items in a series.*
b. Use a comma to separate an introductory elementary from the rest of the sentence.
c. Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off a tag queston from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It's true, isn't it?), and to indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?).
d. Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.
e. Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.

In Other Words

Students will capitalize where appropriate and use punctuation (periods, commas, and quotation marks) correctly.

If Mastered

As an opportunity to review, have your student play Edit Dan's found here. 

If Not Yet Mastered

Write letters back and forth with your child. Use these letters to show your child correct capitalization and punctuation. Also, use these letters to have your child practice correct capitalization and punctuation. You can also provide mistakes and see if he/she can find the mistakes.

Standard

Apply grade level spelling when writing.

Core Standard

L 5.2 e. Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.

In Other Words

Students will use the correct verb tense (an action word that indicates past, present, or future), pronouns (he, she, it) and prepositions (on, over, from, toward, etc.).

If Mastered

As a ongoing review, have your child play games at this site.

If Not Yet Mastered

Have your student tell a story. When there is an action word, have them physically do the action. While they are acting, they need to state if it is past, present, or future. Have your student find the verb tense mistake in a sentence that you say. Have student act out prepositions while reading.  

Standard

Use context clues, affixes, and roots to determine the meaning of vocabulary words and phrases.

Core Standard

L 5.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
a. Use context (e.g., cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
b. Use common, grade-appropriate Green and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis.
c. Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.

RL.5.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors adn similes.

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.

In Other Words

Students will explain the meaning of a word in text, whether it is a word they didn't know before or a word that has multiple definitions.

If Mastered

Have your student use the following 3 interactives found at: http://www.uen.org/core/displayLinks.do;jsessionid=F31E38BC1046BAC9CA4A62A9D6BAA504?courseNumber=4250&standardId=70652. The last activity, Word Central, has plenty of extension activities to expand your child's vocabulary knowledge.

If Not Yet Mastered

Read together. Help your child to understand how to use context clues (information in the text) to understand what the word means. After you demonstrate this skill, ask him/her to do it. When you come across a word that has more than one definition, discuss with your child how to understand which meaning is being used. Then have your child do the same thing.