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TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills)

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Language Arts - Grade 5

Assessment Exam - TEKS Grade 5 Language Arts

Reading/Fluency	eTAP Lesson
Students read grade-level text with fluency and comprehension
Read aloud grade-level stories with fluency (rate, accuracy, expression, appropriate phrasing) and comprehension TX.ELA.110.16.1	Elements and Themes of Literature
Reading/Vocabulary Development	eTAP Lesson
Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing
Determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes TX.ELA.110.16.2.A	Determine Meanings of Words
Use context (e.g., in-sentence restatement) to determine or clarify the meaning of unfamiliar or multiple meaning words TX.ELA.110.16.2.B	Determine Meanings of Words
Produce analogies with known antonyms and synonyms TX.ELA.110.16.2.C	Figurative Language and Word Relationships
Identify and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and other sayings TX.ELA.110.16.2.D	Figurative Language and Word Relationships
Use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus (printed or electronic) to determine the meanings, syllabication, pronunciations, alternate word choices, and parts of speech of words TX.ELA.110.16.2.E	Grammar Conventions
Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre	eTAP Lesson
Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding
Compare and contrast the themes or moral lessons of several works of fiction from various cultures TX.ELA.110.16.3.A	Imaginative Forms of Literature
Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understandingD
Describe the phenomena explained in origin myths from various cultures TX.ELA.110.16.3.B	Imaginative Forms of Literature
Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding
Explain the effect of a historical event or movement on the theme of a work of literature TX.ELA.110.16.3.C	Setting
Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry	eTAP Lesson
Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding
Analyze how poets use sound effects (e.g., alliteration, internal rhyme, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme) to reinforce meaning in poems TX.ELA.110.16.4	Imaginative Forms of Literature
Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Drama	eTAP Lesson
Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of drama and provide evidence from text to support their understanding
Analyze the similarities and differences between an original text and its dramatic adaptation TX.ELA.110.16.5	Analyzing Texts
Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction	eTAP Lesson
Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding
Describe incidents that advance the story or novel, explaining how each incident gives rise to or foreshadows future events TX.ELA.110.16.6.A	Elements and Themes of Literature
Explain the roles and functions of characters in various plots, including their relationships and conflicts TX.ELA.110.16.6.B	Character Traits
Explain different forms of third-person points of view in stories TX.ELA.110.16.6.C	Analogies, Metaphors, Similes, and Point of View
Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction	eTAP Lesson
Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding
Identify the literary language and devices used in biographies and autobiographies, including how authors present major events in a person's life TX.ELA.110.16.7	Literary Genres
Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Sensory Language	eTAP Lesson
Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about how an author's sensory language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding
Evaluate the impact of sensory details, imagery, and figurative language in literary text TX.ELA.110.16.8	Figurative Language and Word Relationships
Reading/Comprehension of Text/Independent Reading	eTAP Lesson
Students read independently for sustained periods of time and produce evidence of their reading
Read independently for a sustained period of time and summarize or paraphrase what the reading was about, maintaining meaning and logical order (e.g., generate a reading log or journal; participate in book talks) TX.ELA.110.16.9	Elements and Themes of Literature
Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History	eTAP Lesson
Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author's purpose in cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding
Draw conclusions from the information presented by an author and evaluate how well the author's purpose was achieved TX.ELA.110.16.10	Analyzing Texts
Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text	eTAP Lesson
Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about expository text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding
Summarize the main ideas and supporting details in a text in ways that maintain meaning and logical order TX.ELA.110.16.11.A	Analyzing Texts
Determine the facts in text and verify them through established methods TX.ELA.110.16.11.B
Analyze how the organizational pattern of a text (e.g., cause-and-effect, compare-and-contrast, sequential order, logical order, classification schemes) influences the relationships among the ideas TX.ELA.110.16.11.C	Compare and Contrast Text Structure
Use multiple text features and graphics to gain an overview of the contents of text and to locate information TX.ELA.110.16.11.D	Discussing Ideas Compare and Contrast Text Structure
Synthesize and make logical connections between ideas within a text and across two or three texts representing similar or different genres TX.ELA.110.16.11.E	Integrate Information
Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Persuasive Text	eTAP Lesson
Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about persuasive text and provide evidence from text to support their analysis
Identify the author's viewpoint or position and explain the basic relationships among ideas (e.g., parallelism, comparison, causality) in the argument TX.ELA.110.16.12.A	Analyzing Texts
Recognize exaggerated, contradictory, or misleading statements in text TX.ELA.110.16.12.B	Analyzing Texts
Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Procedural Texts	eTAP Lesson
Students understand how to glean and use information in procedural texts and documents
Interpret details from procedural text to complete a task, solve a problem, or perform procedures TX.ELA.110.16.13.A	Informative/Explanatory Texts
Interpret factual or quantitative information presented in maps, charts, illustrations, graphs, timelines, tables, and diagrams TX.ELA.110.16.13.B
Reading/Media Literacy	eTAP Lesson
Students use comprehension skills to analyze how words, images, graphics, and sounds work together in various forms to impact meaning
Explain how messages conveyed in various forms of media are presented differently (e.g., documentaries, online information, televised news) TX.ELA.110.16.14.A	Media 2
Consider the difference in techniques used in media (e.g., commercials, documentaries, news) TX.ELA.110.16.14.B	Media 2
Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly more complex texts
Identify the point of view of media presentations TX.ELA.110.16.14.C	Media 2
Analyze various digital media venues for levels of formality and informality TX.ELA.110.16.14.D	Media 2
Writing/Writing Process	eTAP Lesson
Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
Plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for conveying the intended meaning to an audience, determining appropriate topics through a range of strategies (e.g., discussion, background reading, personal interests, interviews), and developing a thesis or controlling idea TX.ELA.110.16.15.A	Writing Opinion Pieces
Develop drafts by choosing an appropriate organizational strategy (e.g., sequence of events, cause-effect, compare-contrast) and building on ideas to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing TX.ELA.110.16.15.B	Compare and Contrast Text Structure
Revise drafts to clarify meaning, enhance style, include simple and compound sentences, and improve transitions by adding, deleting, combining, and rearranging sentences or larger units of text after rethinking how well questions of purpose, audience, and genre have been addressed TX.ELA.110.16.15.C	Edit and Revise
Edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling TX.ELA.110.16.15.D	Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling
Revise final draft in response to feedback from peers and teacher and publish written work for appropriate audiences TX.ELA.110.16.15.E	Edit and Revise
Writing/Literary Texts	eTAP Lesson
Students write literary texts to express their ideas and feelings about real or imagined people, events, and ideas
Write imaginative stories that include:   A clearly defined focus, plot, and point of view   A specific, believable setting created through the use of sensory details   Dialogue that develops the story TX.ELA.110.16.16.A	Imaginative Forms of Literature
Write poems using: Poetic techniques (e.g., alliteration, onomatopoeia) Figurative language (e.g., similes, metaphors) Graphic elements (e.g., capital letters, line length) TX.ELA.110.16.16.B	Figurative Language and Word Relationships
Writing	eTAP Lesson
Students write about their own experiences
Write a personal narrative that conveys thoughts and feelings about an experience TX.ELA.110.16.17	Narrative Writing
Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts	eTAP Lesson
Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes
Create multi-paragraph essays to convey information about the topic that: Present effective introductions and concluding paragraphs Guide and inform the reader's understanding of key ideas and evidence Include specific facts, details, and examples in an appropriately organized structure Use a variety of sentence structures and transitions to link paragraphs TX.ELA.110.16.18.A	Writing Opinion Pieces
Write formal and informal letters that convey ideas, include important information, demonstrate a sense of closure, and use appropriate conventions (e.g., date, salutation, closing) TX.ELA.110.16.18.B
Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts TX.ELA.110.16.18.C	Informative/Explanatory Texts
Writing/Persuasive Texts	eTAP Lesson
Students write persuasive texts to influence the attitudes or actions of a specific audience on specific issues
Write persuasive essays for appropriate audiences that establish a position and include sound reasoning, detailed and relevant evidence, and consideration of alternatives TX.ELA.110.16.19	Discussing Ideas Writing Opinion Pieces
Oral and Written Conventions/Conventions	eTAP Lesson
Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writin
Use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking: Verbs (irregular verbs and active voice) Collective nouns (e.g., class, public) Adjectives (e.g., descriptive, including origins: French windows, American cars) and their comparative and superlative forms (e.g., good, better, best) Adverbs (e.g., frequency: usually, sometimes; intensity: almost, a lot) Prepositions and prepositional phrases to convey location, time, direction, or to provide details Indefinite pronouns (e.g., all, both, nothing, anything) Subordinating conjunctions (e.g., while, because, although, if) Transitional words (e.g., also, therefore) TX.ELA.110.16.20.A	Pronouns, Verbs, and Adjectives Grammar Conventions
Use the complete subject and the complete predicate in a sentence TX.ELA.110.16.20.B	Grammar Conventions
Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing
Use complete simple and compound sentences with correct subject-verb agreement TX.ELA.110.16.20.C	Edit and Revise
Oral and Written Conventions/Handwriting, Capitalization, and Punctuation	eTAP Lesson
Students write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions in their compositions
Use capitalization for: Abbreviations Initials and acronyms Organizations TX.ELA.110.16.21.A	Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling
Recognize and use punctuation marks including: Commas in compound sentences Proper punctuation and spacing for quotations TX.ELA.110.16.21.B	Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling
Use proper mechanics including italics and underlining for titles and emphasis TX.ELA.110.16.21.C	Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling
Oral and Written Conventions/Spelling	eTAP Lesson
Students spell correctly
Spell words with more advanced orthographic patterns and rules: Consonant changes (e.g.,/t/ to/sh/ in select, selection;/k/ to/sh/ in music, musician) Vowel changes (e.g., long to short in crime, criminal; long to schwa in define, definition; short to schwa in legality, legal) Silent and sounded consonants (e.g., haste, hasten; sign, signal; condemn, condemnation) TX.ELA.110.16.22.A	Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling
Spell words with: Greek Roots (e.g., tele, photo, graph, meter); Latin Roots (e.g., spec, scrib, rupt, port, ject, dict) Greek suffixes (e.g., -ology, -phobia, -ism, -ist) Latin derived suffixes (e.g., -able, -ible; -ance, -ence) TX.ELA.110.16.22.B	Determine Meanings of Words
Differentiate between commonly confused terms (e.g., its, it's; affect, effect) TX.ELA.110.16.22.C
Use spelling patterns and rules and print and electronic resources to determine and check correct spellings TX.ELA.110.16.22.D	Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling
Know how to use the spell-check function in word processing while understanding its limitations TX.ELA.110.16.22.E
Research/Research Plan	eTAP Lesson
Students ask open-ended research questions and develop a plan for answering them
Brainstorm, consult with others, decide upon a topic, and formulate open-ended questions to address the major research topic TX.ELA.110.16.23.A	Investigate and Research Topics Discussing Ideas
Generate a research plan for gathering relevant information about the major research question TX.ELA.110.16.23.B
Research/Gathering Sources	eTAP Lesson
Students determine, locate, and explore the full range of relevant sources addressing a research question and systematically record the information they gather
Follow the research plan to collect data from a range of print and electronic resources (e.g., reference texts, periodicals, web pages, online sources) and data from experts TX.ELA.110.16.24.A	Investigate and Research Topics
Differentiate between primary and secondary sources TX.ELA.110.16.24.B
Record data, utilizing available technology (e.g., word processors) in order to see the relationships between ideas, and convert graphic/visual data (e.g., charts, diagrams, timelines) into written notes TX.ELA.110.16.24.C
Identify the source of notes (e.g., author, title, page number) and record bibliographic information concerning those sources according to a standard format TX.ELA.110.16.24.D	Investigate and Research Topics
Differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism and identify the importance of citing valid and reliable sources TX.ELA.110.16.24.E
Research/Synthesizing Information	eTAP Lesson
Students clarify research questions and evaluate and synthesize collected information
Refine the major research question, if necessary, guided by the answers to a secondary set of questions TX.ELA.110.16.25.A	Investigate and Research Topics
Evaluate the relevance, validity, and reliability of sources for the research TX.ELA.110.16.25.B
Research/Organizing and Presenting Ideas	eTAP Lesson
Students organize and present their ideas and information according to the purpose of the research and their audience
Compiles important information from multiple sources TX.ELA.110.16.26.A	Presenting Reports
Develops a topic sentence, summarizes findings, and uses evidence to support conclusions TX.ELA.110.16.26.B	Investigate and Research Topics
Presents the findings in a consistent format TX.ELA.110.16.26.C	Presenting Reports
Uses quotations to support ideas and an appropriate form of documentation to acknowledge sources (e.g., bibliography, works cited) TX.ELA.110.16.26.D
Listening and Speaking/Listening	eTAP Lesson
Students use comprehension skills to listen attentively to others in formal and informal settings. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity
Listen to and interpret a speaker's messages (both verbal and nonverbal) and ask questions to clarify the speaker's purpose or perspective; TX.ELA.110.16.27.A	Questioning
Follow, restate, and give oral instructions that include multiple action steps TX.ELA.110.16.27.B	Multiple-Step Instructions
Determine both main and supporting ideas in the speaker's message TX.ELA.110.16.27.C	Summarize Texts and Speaker Presentations
Listening and Speaking/Speaking	eTAP Lesson
Students speak clearly and to the point, using the conventions of language. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity
Give organized presentations employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, natural gestures, and conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively TX.ELA.110.16.28	Presenting Reports
Listening and Speaking/Teamwork	eTAP Lesson
Students work productively with others in teams. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity
Participate in student-led discussions by eliciting and considering suggestions from other group members and by identifying points of agreement and disagreement TX.ELA.110.16.29	Discussing Ideas

Math - Grade 5

Algebraic reasoning	eTAP Lesson
The student applies mathematical process standards to develop concepts of expressions and equations
Generate a numerical pattern when given a rule in the form y = ax or y = x + a and graph TX.MATH.111.7.4.C	Patterns & Relationships