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Ohio 5th Grade ELA Standards

All 46 Ohio English language arts standards for 5th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Ohio Department of Education and Workforce's document, linked at the end of this page.

46 standards

Reading Literature

9 standards
RL.5.1
Quote the text directly and cite stated details to show what you understand in a story, play or poem, and to make and support inferences.
RL.5.2
Explain a theme using details, like how characters face a challenge or how a poem's speaker reflects, and summarize the text with a theme you infer.
RL.5.3
Use specific story details to show how two or more characters, settings, viewpoints or events are alike and different, like how two characters treat each other.
RL.5.4
Identify what similes, metaphors and idioms mean in a story or poem and work out how the author uses them, like a metaphor that sets a mood.
RL.5.5
Explain how the chapters of a novel, the scenes of a play or the stanzas of a poem build on one another to shape the whole.
Common Core RL.5.5
RL.5.6
Name the point of view of a story and explain how it would change if another character told it, like the villain's side of a fairy tale.
RL.5.7
Analyze how a picture, video, performance or read-aloud adds to a story's meaning, tone, mood or appeal.
RL.5.9
Compare and contrast how stories in one genre, like two mysteries, develop similar themes, identifying stated or implied themes and life lessons.
RL.5.10
Read and understand grade 5 fiction, drama and poetry with support as needed, linking it to your own experiences, prior knowledge and other texts.

Reading Informational

10 standards
RI.5.1
Pick relevant direct quotes from a history, science or technical text to answer questions and to make and back up inferences.
RI.5.2
Find one or more main ideas of a nonfiction text, explain how key details support them, and summarize the text with its other important information.
RI.5.3
Explain how two or more people, events, ideas or concepts in a nonfiction text connect or affect each other, using specific information it gives.
RI.5.4
Determine the meaning of general and subject-specific academic vocabulary in nonfiction, like significant in an article or ecosystem in a science text.
RI.5.5
Compare and contrast how two or more texts are organized, like one told in time order and another as problem and solution.
RI.5.6
Analyze several accounts of one event or topic, noting key ways their viewpoints are alike and different, like a soldier's diary and a textbook.
RI.5.7
Find specific facts quickly in print or digital sources, and combine information from two or more of them to answer questions or explain ideas.
RI.5.8
Explain the reasons and evidence an author gives for particular points in a nonfiction text, and draw inferences from those points.
RI.5.9
Combine facts from several texts on one topic, then write or speak about it like someone who has done the reading.
Common Core RI.5.9
RI.5.10
Read and understand grade 5 informational texts with support as needed, tying them to your background knowledge, experiences and other texts.

Reading Foundations

2 standards
RF.5.3
Decode unfamiliar long words using sound-spelling patterns, syllable division and word parts like roots and affixes, as in unbelievable.
RF.5.4
Read decodable and grade 5 texts aloud accurately and expressively, targeting 95 percent accuracy and 146 words correct per minute, and reread to check understanding.

Writing Foundations

3 standards
WF.5.1
Handwrite fluently and neatly in print or cursive across tasks, placing headings, titles and paragraph indents correctly on the page.
WF.5.2
Spell longer words using syllable types, roots, prefixes and suffixes, and spell high-frequency words by their meaningful parts, like -tion or -ment.
WF.5.3
Write and revise sentences with clear pronouns, subject-verb agreement, steady and perfect verb tenses, and paired conjunctions, like either cake or pie.

Writing

10 standards
W.5.1
Write opinion pieces with a clear topic, an opinion, reasons in logical order backed by facts, linking clauses, precise words, varied sentences and a conclusion.
W.5.2
Write informative pieces with a focused topic built from facts, concrete details, quotations and examples, using precise vocabulary, linking clauses and a conclusion.
W.5.3
Write real or imagined stories with a narrator or characters, dialogue, description and pacing, transitions, sensory language and a clear ending.
W.5.4
Write clear, focused pieces on your own and in groups, developing and arranging ideas for the task, purpose and audience, like a lab report or speech.
W.5.5
Use feedback from classmates and adults to plan, revise and edit drafts for clarity, organization, capitals, punctuation and spelling, needing less adult help over time.
W.5.6
With less and less adult help, use digital skills such as fast typing and tools like video or slideshow platforms to produce and publish writing.
W.5.7
Carry out independent research projects on different sides of a topic, using several sources, recording observations and writing short reports.
W.5.8
Use relevant information from experience or sources to take notes, summarize or paraphrase it, and list the sources you used.
W.5.9
Support your analysis, reflections and research with evidence from grade 5 stories and nonfiction, like citing a passage to explain a character's choice.
W.5.10
Build a habit of writing, in single sittings and over many days, moving from plan to draft to edit and revision for varied subjects, purposes and audiences.

Speaking and Listening

6 standards
SL.5.1
Join discussions on grade 5 topics prepared, following rules and roles, using what you know, drawing conclusions from others' remarks and asking clarifying questions.
SL.5.2
Sum up the key points of a read-aloud, video or talk, including data from its charts, graphs, tables or pictures.
SL.5.3
Sum up a speaker’s main points, such as in a classmate’s persuasive talk, and tell which reasons and evidence back each claim.
Common Core SL.5.3
SL.5.4
Report on a topic or give an opinion out loud, presenting details in logical order, backing main ideas with facts and vivid details, and speaking clearly.
SL.5.5
Create multimedia presentations of stories and nonfiction, adding visuals when they strengthen how main ideas or themes develop, like a book trailer.
SL.5.6
Adjust how you speak for different settings and tasks, using formal language when the situation calls for it, like a class presentation.

Language

6 standards
L.5.1
Use correct grammar when writing or speaking, like explaining what conjunctions, prepositions and interjections do, using perfect tenses and fixing tense shifts.
L.5.2
Use commas in lists, after introductory words, with yes and no, tag questions and direct address, mark titles of works, and spell grade 5 words correctly.
L.5.3
Notice the difference between formal and casual English, like Good morning, Mrs. Lee versus Hey, and choose which fits the moment.
Common Core L.2.3
L.5.4
Work out unknown or multiple-meaning words from context and Greek and Latin parts, like photo in photosynthesis, checking a dictionary for pronunciation and precise meaning.
L.5.5
Explain a nonliteral phrase like take steps, name someone who is friendly to link a word to real life, and rank knew, believed and suspected by how sure they are.
Common Core L.3.5
L.5.6
Use everyday, academic and subject words from conversation and reading, including words that show how ideas connect, like however, similarly or moreover.

The official Ohio documents

The plain-English lines on this page are EMStudio's own explanations of Ohio's standards, not the official wording, which Ohio Department of Education and Workforce publishes in the documents above. Codes and strand names identify each standard.