State Curriculum - Reading

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Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5
Standard 5.0 Controlling Language: Students will control language by applying the conventions of standard English in speaking and writing.* Standard 5.0 Controlling Language: Students will control language by applying the conventions of standard English in speaking and writing.* Standard 5.0 Controlling Language: Students will control language by applying the conventions of standard English in speaking and writing.*
A. Grammar A. Grammar A. Grammar
1. Recognize elements of grammar in personal and academic reading
1. Recognize elements of grammar in personal and academic reading
1. Recognize elements of grammar in personal and academic reading
2. Recognize, recall, and use basic elements of grammar to express ideas clearly **
2. Recognize, recall, and use basic elements of grammar to express ideas clearly **
2. Recognize, recall, and use basic elements of grammar to express ideas clearly **
a. Identify and use parts of speech such as nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives (including articles)
a. Identify and use parts of speech such as prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections
a. Recognize the meaning, position, form, and function of words when identifying grammatical concepts such as concrete, collective, and abstract nouns; demonstrative and relative pronouns; subordinating conjunctions
b. Identify and incorporate subjects and verbs when composing simple sentences
b. Combine short, related sentences using a series, compound subjects, and key words
b. Combine sentences using appositives, participial phrases, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases
c. Compose complete and correct declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences
c. Compose simple and compound sentences using coordinating conjunctions
c. Differentiate between a phrase and a clause and between grammatically complete sentences and non-sentences such as sentence fragments and stringy/rambling sentences
d. Identify and use verb forms such as singular/ plural, regular/ irregular
d. Identify and use verb forms such as singular/plural, regular/irregular
d. Compose simple, compound, and complex sentences using independent and dependent clauses, transitions, and conjunctions to connect ideas
e. Identify and use verb tenses such as present, past, and future
e. Identify and use verb tenses such as present, past, and future
 
B. Usage B. Usage B. Usage
1. Recognize examples of conventional usage in personal and academic reading
1. Recognize examples of conventional usage in personal and academic reading
1. Recognize examples of conventional usage in personal and academic reading
2. Comprehend and apply standard English usage in oral and written language **
2. Comprehend and apply standard English usage in oral and written language **
2. Comprehend and apply standard English usage in oral and written language **
a. Use singular subjects with singular verbs and plural subjects with plural verbs
a. Use singular subjects with singular verbs and plural subjects with plural verbs
a. Apply appropriate subject/verb agreement such as in compound subjects and with phrases that interrupt the subject and the verb
b. Apply consistent and appropriate use of verb tenses such as past, present, and future; pronouns such as personal and possessive; and modifiers
b. Apply consistent and appropriate use of verb tenses such as past, present, and future; pronouns such as personal, possessive, and pronoun/antecedent agreement; and modifiers
b. Apply consistent and appropriate use of the principal parts of regular and irregular verbs; person, number, and case of pronouns; pronoun/antecedent agreement; and degrees of comparison of modifiers
c. Recognize and correct common usage errors such as homophones, contractions, and commonly confused words
c. Recognize and correct common usage errors such as homophones, contractions, and commonly confused words
c. Recognize and correct common usage errors such as misplaced modifiers and incorrect use of verbs such as lie - lay, rise - raise, sit - set
d. Use available resources to correct or confirm editorial choices
d. Use available resources to correct or confirm editorial choices
d. Use available resources to correct or confirm editorial choices
e. Explain editorial choices
e. Explain editorial choices
e. Explain editorial choices
C. Mechanics C. Mechanics C. Mechanics
1. Explain the purpose of mechanics to make and clarify meaning in academic and personal reading and writing
1. Explain the purpose of mechanics to make and clarify meaning in academic and personal reading and writing
1. Explain and justify the purpose of mechanics to make and clarify meaning in academic and personal reading and writing
2. Apply standard English punctuation and capitalization in written language **
2. Apply standard English punctuation and capitalization in written language **
2. Apply standard English punctuation and capitalization in written language **
a. Use end punctuation correctly
a. Use correct and varied end punctuation
a. Use commas correctly in direct address and to separate adjectives and parenthetical expressions such as on the other hand, for example, by the way
b. Use commas correctly in dates, addresses, city and state, salutations and closings, and items in a series
b. Use commas correctly in appositives, items in a series, and before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence
b. Use apostrophes in plural possessives and nouns that end in –s
c. Use underlining for titles of books
c. Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to identify titles of documents
c. Use quotation marks and commas in dialogue
d. Use apostrophes in contractions and singular possessives
d. Use apostrophes in contractions and possessives
d. Use a colon to introduce a list
e. Use quotation marks in simple dialogue
e. Use quotation marks and commas in simple dialogue and for direct quotations
e. Use quotation marks and commas in simple dialogue and for direct quotations
f. Use capital letters to begin a sentence and identify a proper noun
f. Use capital letters correctly in titles and the first word in a direct quotation
 
g. Indent for paragraphs
g. Indent for paragraphs
 
3. Explain editorial choices involving mechanics
3. Explain editorial choices involving mechanics
3. Explain editorial choices involving mechanics
D. Spelling D. Spelling D. Spelling
1. Recognize conventional spelling in and through personal and academic reading
1. Recognize conventional spelling in and through personal and academic reading
1. Recognize conventional spelling in and through personal and academic reading
2. Apply conventional spelling in written language
2. Apply conventional spelling in written language
2. Apply conventional spelling in written language
a. Spell non-phonetic high frequency words
a. Spell grade-appropriate high frequency and content words
a. Spell grade-appropriate high-frequency and content words
b. Spell words with common prefixes and suffixes
b. Modify spellings when adding inflectional endings and suffixes
b. Spell multi-syllabic words with complex spelling patterns
c. Modify spellings when adding inflectional endings and suffixes
c. Spell one-syllable and multi-syllabic words with complex spelling patterns such as -tion, -ous, ph-, kn-, etc.
c. Use suitable traditional and electronic resources as a spelling aid
d. Spell words that follow regular spelling patterns in multi-syllabic words
d. Access resources as a spelling aid (word wall, dictionary, technology)
d. Use mnemonic devices to recall frequently misspelled words
e. Spell previously studied contractions and possessives
e. Use mnemonic devices to recall frequently misspelled words
 
f. Access resources as a spelling aid (word wall, dictionary, technology)
   
3. Maintain a personal list of words to use in editing original writing
3. Maintain a personal list of words to use in editing original writing
3. Maintain a personal list of words to use in editing original writing
E. Handwriting E. Handwriting E. Handwriting
1. Produce writing that is legible to the audience
1. Produce writing that is legible to the audience
1. Produce writing that is legible to the audience
a. Use manuscript fluently when appropriate to the task
a. Maintain accuracy and automaticity in manuscript and cursive writing
a. Write fluidly and legibly in manuscript and cursive
b. Form upper and lower case letters using cursive writing
b. Use word processing technology when appropriate
b. Use word processing technology when appropriate
c. Use connecting strokes to write continuous text for daily assignments
   
d. Use cursive writing for independent assignments to build accuracy and automaticity
   
e. Use word processing technology when appropriate
   
 *: Emphasis is on application of conventions rather than memorization of terms.
 **: At each grade level, curricular options include more complex examples of previous years' objectives.
 

Indicators/objectives that include assessment limits are assessed on MSA *New Standards identifies the need for students to process 1 million words per year to maintain academic progress.

 

MSDE has developed a toolkit for these standards which can be found online at: http://mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/reading/vsc_toolkit.html.

 

11/15/07