South Dakota ELA 5.W.8

5.W.8 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 5.W.8.a

  Summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work.

• 5.W.8.b

  Provide a list of sources.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students answer a question using a firsthand observation, a book, and an article from a library database. They put useful facts in their own words, use them in a short answer, and list their sources.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student picks details that answer the question and leaves out unrelated facts. Their notes and final paragraph explain ideas without copying sentences. Their source list gives each title and author when available.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may copy a sentence and change one word, thinking they have paraphrased it. They may include interesting facts that do not answer the question or list only a website link instead of the article title.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a book excerpt and a printed library database article about plant growth. Ask for one useful fact from each in their own words, followed by a list naming both sources.

1. 01

   Give pairs a potted plant and a plant book; have them sketch a leaf, record an observation, and find one related fact.

2. 02

   Have students write two sentences comparing their plant observation with a fact from a library database article about leaves.

3. 03

   Hand out three plant fact cards, including one off-topic fact, and have teams sort useful facts and rewrite one in their own words.

4. 04

   Have students use a seed packet and a library database article to write a care label for the class plant, listing both sources.

• 3.W.8

  Gather and recall information from experiences and print and digital sources.

• 6-8.WHST.8

  Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources.

• 7.W.8

  Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources.

• 4.W.8

  Gather and recall relevant information from experiences and print and digital sources such as library databases.