5th Grade Reading Essential Learning:
1. Students will be able to read and determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details and then summarize the given texts.
2. Students will be able to read and determine the theme of a story, drama or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic.
3. Students will be able explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which points.
1. Students will be able to read and determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details and then summarize the given texts.
2. Students will be able to read and determine the theme of a story, drama or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic.
3. Students will be able explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which points.