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Fifth Grade Reading Standards
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Literary Reading
40% of Reading Assessed at Grade 7
Academic Expectation 1.2: Student will make sense of a
variety of materials they read. (Literary Materials include whole
texts and excerpts from short stories, novels, essays, poetry, and
plays consisting of classical and modern texts and representing both
historical and cultural perspectives.)
Core Content Assessed Through Literary Reading
RD-M-1.0.11: Explain the meaning of passages appropriate for
intermediate level students.
RD-M-1.0.12: Identify characteristics of short
stories, novels, poetry, and plays.
RD-M-1.0.13: Describe literary elements (e.g.,
characterization, setting, plot, theme, point of view) in a passage.
RD-M-1.0.14: Analyze the relationship between events in a
story and a character’s behavior.
RD-M-1.0.15: Explain how a conflict in a passage is resolved.
RD-M-1.0.16: Identify literary devices such as foreshadowing,
imagery, and figurative language (e.g., similes, metaphors,
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Informational Reading
25% of Reading Assessed at Grade 7
Academic Expectation 1.2: Student will make sense of a
variety of materials they read. (Informational materials include
whole texts and excerpts from journals, magazines, newspaper
articles, letters, brochures, reference materials, essays,
nonfiction books and electronic texts.)
Core Content Assessed Through Informational
Reading
RD-M-2.0.11: Use text features (e.g., pictures, lists,
charts, graphs, tables, tables of contents, indexes, glossaries,
captions, diagrams, headings) to understand a passage.
RD-M-2.0.12: Apply knowledge of organizational patterns
(e.g., cause and effect, comparison, contrast sequence) to
understand a passage.
RD-M-2.0.13: Identify supporting details and explain their
importance in a passage.
RD-M-2.0.14: Summarize Information from a passage. |
Note: These standards introduce students to Core Content
Grade 5-7
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Persuasive Reading
15% of Reading Assessed at Grade 7
Academic Expectation 1.2: Student will make sense of a
variety of materials they read. (Persuasive materials include whole
texts and excerpts from materials such as magazine and newspaper
articles, brochures, letters, proposals, speeches, editorials,
electronic texts, essays, opinion columns, and advertisements.)
Core Content Assessed Through Persuasive Reading
RD-M-3.0.11: Distinguish between informative and persuasive
passages
RD-M-3.0.12: Identify an author’s opinion about a subject.
RD-M-3.0.13: Apply knowledge of organizational patterns
(cause and effect, comparison, contrast, sequence) to understand a
passage.
RD-M-3.0.14: Distinguish between fact and opinion.
RD-M-3.0.15: Identify the argument and supporting evidence.
RD-M-3.0.16: Identify commonly used persuasive techniques
(expert opinion, statistics, testimonial, bandwagon).
RD-M-3.0.17: Identify bias and/or misinformation.
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Practical/Workplace Reading
20% of Reading Assessed at Grade 7
Academic Expectation 1.2: Student will make sense of a
variety of materials they read. (Practical/Workplace materials
include whole texts and excerpts from materials such as articles,
letters, memos, brochures, electronic texts, warranties, recipes,
forms, consumer texts, manuals, schedules, and directions.)
Core Content Assessed Through Practical Workplace
Reading
RD-M-4.0.11: Locate and apply information for authentic
purposes (following directions, completing a task).
RD-M-4.0.12: Identify the sequence of activities needed to
carry out a procedure.
RD-M-4.0.13: Explain how organizational patterns and/or text
features (pictures, charts, graphs, format) relate to the content of
a practical/workplace passage.
RD-M-4.0.14: Interpret the meaning of specialized vocabulary.
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Note: These standards introduce students Core Content
Grades 5-7.
Fayette County Public Schools ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COMPETENCY
ASSURANCE DOCUMENT for Reading
Developed from Academic Expectations 1.2,2.24, &2.25,
Kentucky Program of Studies, and Kentucky’s Core Content for Reading
Assessment 2003-2004 DRAFT
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