5.7

5.7 is a knowledge and skills statement. These are the student expectations under it.

• 5.7.A

  describe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts

• 5.7.B

  write responses that demonstrate understanding of texts, including comparing and contrasting ideas across a variety of sources

• 5.7.C

  use text evidence to support an appropriate response

• 5.7.D

  retell, paraphrase, or summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order

• 5.7.E

  interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating

• 5.7.F

  respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate

• 5.7.G

  discuss specific ideas in the text that are important to the meaning.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students explain their thinking about texts they read, hear, or view. They make personal connections, compare ideas across sources, and support responses with specific details. They also take notes, discuss key ideas, and summarize information clearly in their own words.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students can explain how ideas in two sources are alike or different and support the explanation with relevant details. They can paraphrase or summarize accurately, keep ideas in order, and use source notes and new vocabulary in their response.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may give a personal opinion without connecting it to a source. They may copy evidence without explaining it, retell every detail, or change only a few words when paraphrasing. Some use new vocabulary in ways that do not fit the context.

04

How to Assess It

Have students read a short passage and study an infographic. Ask them to compare one shared idea, support it with evidence from both sources, and summarize their learning in two sentences.

1. 01

   Give groups sentence strips from an article to arrange in order, annotate, and use to write a three-sentence summary.

2. 02

   After students choose a book, ask: What experience or belief helped you understand one important idea, and which detail made the connection?

3. 03

   Play Evidence Match by having teams pair claim cards with quotation cards, then explain why each quotation supports the claim.

4. 04

   Compare a school lunch menu with a nutrition article, then recommend one meal using evidence and two new vocabulary words.

• 8.6

  The 8th Grade version of this standard.

• 2.7

  The 2nd Grade version of this standard.

• 3.7

  The 3rd Grade version of this standard.

• 4.7

  The 4th Grade version of this standard.