Pennsylvania 5th Grade ELA Standards in Writing

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1.4 Writing

• Informative/Explanatory
  • CC.1.4.5.A Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
• Informative/Explanatory Focus
  • CC.1.4.5.B Identify and introduce the topic clearly.
• Informative/Explanatory Content
  • CC.1.4.5.C Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic; include illustrations and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
• Informative/Explanatory Organization
  • CC.1.4.5.D Group related information logically linking ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses; provide a concluding statement or section; include formatting when useful to aiding comprehension.
• Informative/Explanatory Style
  • CC.1.4.5.E Write with an awareness of style.
    • CC.1.4.5.E.1 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
    • CC.1.4.5.E.2 Use sentences of varying length.
• Informative/Explanatory Conventions of Language
  • CC.1.4.5.F Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
• Opinion/Argumentative
  • CC.1.4.5.G Write opinion pieces on topics or texts.
• Opinion/Argumentative Focus
  • CC.1.4.5.H Introduce the topic and state an opinion on the topic.
• Opinion/Argumentative Content
  • CC.1.4.5.I Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details; draw from credible sources.
• Opinion/Argumentative Organization
  • CC.1.4.5.J Create an organizational structure that includes related ideas grouped to support the writer’s purpose; link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses; provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion.
• Opinion/Argumentative Style
  • CC.1.4.5.K Write with an awareness of style.
    • CC.1.4.5.K.1 Use sentences of varying length.
    • CC.1.4.5.K.2 Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
• Opinion/Argumentative Conventions of Language
  • CC.1.4.5.L Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
• Narrative
  • CC.1.4.5.M Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.
• Narrative Focus
  • CC.1.4.5.N Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters.
• Narrative Content
  • CC.1.4.5.O Use narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations; use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
• Narrative Organization
  • CC.1.4.5.P Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally, using a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events; provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences and events.
• Narrative Style
  • CC.1.4.5.Q Write with an awareness of style.
    • CC.1.4.5.Q.1 Use sentences of varying length.
    • CC.1.4.5.Q.2 Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
• Narrative Conventions of Language
  • CC.1.4.5.R Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
• Response to Literature
  • CC.1.4.5.S Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research, applying grade-level reading standards for literature and informational texts.
• Production and Distribution of Writing/Writing Process
  • CC.1.4.5.T With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
• Technology and Publication
  • CC.1.4.5.U With some guidance and support, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.
• Conducting Research
  • CC.1.4.5.V Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
• Credibility, Reliability, and Validity of Sources
  • CC.1.4.5.W Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.
• Range of Writing
  • CC.1.4.5.X Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes and audiences.