AISL Grade 5 Benchmarks in English Language Arts

(Revised June, 2010)

• AISL.ELA.01 READING-FLUENCY: Students will read fluently using the skills and strategies of the reading process.
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• AISL.ELA.01.G5.01 Outline selections using main idea and details
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• AISL.ELA.01.G5.02 Use context clues from reading selections to make predictions, draw conclusions, identify cause-effect and inference
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• AISL.ELA.01.G5.03 Read narrative and expository text aloud with fluency, accuracy, intonation, and expression
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• AISL.ELA.02 READING-COMPREHENSION: Students will comprehend, respond to, and analyze a wide variety of literary texts.
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• AISL.ELA.02.G5.01 State the characters, setting, point of view, and dialogue within reading themes.
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• AISL.ELA.02.G5.02 Identify similes and metaphors as parts of figurative language.
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• AISL.ELA.02.G5.03 Compare and contrast reading selections, characters, and plot outcomes.
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• AISL.ELA.02.G5.04 Summarize reading selections using plot development and expository writing.
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• AISL.ELA.03 READING-STRATEGIES: Students will apply skills and strategies appropriate for decoding reading of unfamiliar words in a variety of texts
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• AISL.ELA.03.G5.01 Use knowledge of word relationships, as well as historical and literary context clues, to determine the meaning of specialized vocabulary and to understand the precise meaning of grade-level-appropriate words.
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• AISL.ELA.03.G5.02 Use idioms, analogies, metaphors, and similes to infer the literal and figurative meanings of phrases
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• AISL.ELA.03.G5.03 Use the dictionary as a tool for reading (e.g., pronunciation, parts of speech, etc.)
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• AISL.ELA.03.G5.04 Apply knowledge of Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon roots and affixes to infer the meaning of words
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• AISL.ELA.04 WRITING-MECHANICS: Students will write using the appropriate conventions of the English language.
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• AISL.ELA.04.G5.01 Define, explain, distinguish, and show use of nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, and pronouns, as parts of speech.
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• AISL.ELA.04.G5.02 Demonstrate effective, correct, and consistent use of capitalization, punctuation, and quotations.
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• AISL.ELA.04.G5.03 Identify and avoid sentence fragments and run-ons.
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• AISL.ELA.04.G5.04 Write prescribed as well as commonly used words correctly.
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• AISL.ELA.05 WRITING-CONTENT: Students will write with clarity and coherence in a wide variety of contexts.
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• AISL.ELA.05.G5.01 Recognize and compose expository paragraphs by establishing a topic, providing details about that topic, and offering a concluding statement summarizing the important ideas expressed
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• AISL.ELA.05.G5.02 Write both business and personal letters
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• AISL.ELA.05.G5.03 Respond to literature by identifying story elements
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• AISL.ELA.05.G5.04 Write descriptively utilizing comparing and contrasting of characters and selections
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• AISL.ELA.05.G5.05 Write in a variety of formats, such as book reports, biographies, poetry, and directions
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• AISL.ELA.06 LISTENING: Students will listen and respond critically to oral communication.
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• AISL.ELA.06.G5.01 Listen for story information, directions, sequence, fact or opinion, cause and effect, and literary devices and techniques
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• AISL.ELA.06.G5.02 Respond to and ask literal and inferential questions
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• AISL.ELA.06.G5.03 Respond to and give multi-stepped directions.
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• AISL.ELA.07 SPEAKING: Students will speak with clarity and coherence in a wide variety of contexts.
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• AISL.ELA.07.G5.01 Think about and respond to questions about reading in small groups and whole-class discussion
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• AISL.ELA.07.G5.02 Present oral reports, informative talks, and how-to presentations
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• AISL.ELA.07.G5.03 Use appropriate verbal and non-verbal cues (enunciation, gesture, diction, tempo) to clarify meaning and emphasize points
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• AISL.ELA.08 RESEARCH: Students will use a variety of resources and research skills
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• AISL.ELA.08.G5.01 Research information for reports that draw from multiple sources of information
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• AISL.ELA.08.G5.02 Quote or paraphrase information sources, citing them with author and source.
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• AISL.ELA.09 MEDIA-COMPREHENSION: Students will respond to, analyze and comprehend the content of a variety of media.
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• AISL.ELA.09.G5.01 Evaluate various techniques used by visual image-makers e.g. graphic artists, illustrators, news photographers to communicate information and affect impressions and opinions.
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• AISL.ELA.09.G5.02 Understand that a medium can transmit information for a variety of reasons
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• AISL.ELA.09.G5.03 Understand that sometimes media presentations provide misleading information
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• AISL.ELA.10 MEDIA-CREATION: Students will create a variety of media
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• AISL.ELA.10.G5.01 Create a newsletter
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• AISL.ELA.10.G5.02 Create blogs about books read