English Language Arts and Literacy | Grade : 5
Strand - Reading Informational Text
Cluster - Craft and Structure
[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. (See grade 5 Language Standards 4-6 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading.)
- Academic language/vocabulary
Language of school and study, required for success in academic work; words and phrases used across subject areas (e.g., judge, evaluate, refer, composition, decision) as opposed to domain-specific (discipline-specific) language/vocabulary (e.g., drama in literature, integer in mathematics, photosynthesis in biology, millennium in history). - Domain-specific (discipline specific) language/vocabulary
Words and phrases specific to a particular field of study: for example, drama in literature, integer in mathematics, photosynthesis in biology, millennium in history. See Academic language/vocabulary. - Grade 5 Annotated Research Booklet
- Grade 5 Unmarked Research Booklet
- Massachusetts Anchor Standards for Reading
- Phrase
Broadly, any short series of related words; grammatically, a series of related words that lacks either a subject or a predicate or both: for example, by the door or opening the box. See Clause. - Reading Closely to Analyze Complex Texts in the Elementary Grades
- Structure
Broadly, anything composed of parts arranged together in some way; in language arts, the relationships or organization of the component parts in a literary text.
[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.
[L.5.5] -
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
[L.5.6] -
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships (e.g., however, although, nevertheless, similarly, moreover, in addition). grade 5 Reading literature Standard 4 and Reading Informational Text Standard 4 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading; see grade 5 Writing Standard 5 and Speaking and Listening Standard 4 on strengthening writing and presentations by applying knowledge of vocabulary.)