Georgia Performance Standards
http://www.georgiastandards.org/
Grade 5- English Language Arts


Reading
ELA5R1:  The student demonstrates comprehension and show evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts.  (For informational texts, the student reads and comprehends in order to develop understanding and expertise and produces evidence of reading)
ELA5R3:  The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in reading and writing.

Writing
ELA5W1:  The student produces writing that established an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a satisfying closure.
ELA5W2:  The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres.  (The student produces informational writing)
ELA5W3:  The student uses research and technology to support writing.
ELA5W4:  The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing.

Conventions
ELA5C1:  The student demonstrates understanding and control of the rules of the English language, realizing that usage involves the appropriate application of conventions and grammar in both written and spoken formats.

Listening, Speaking, and Viewing
ELA5LSV1:  The student participates in student-to-teacher, student-to-student, and group verbal interactions.

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