Georgia 5th Grade Reading Standards for Literature
LiteracyTA provides reading skills that Georgia educators use to teach Georgia 5th Grade Reading Standards for Literature.
The Georgia literacy standards are the what. The skills below and the related eCoach discussions are the how. In the table below, you will find next to each Georgia reading standard practical skills, classroom resources, rich conversations and teaching ideas that move all students toward achieving Georgia standards!
Key Ideas and Details
RL1
Quote accurately from a text when explaining
what the text says explicitly and when drawing
inferences from the text.
5 Steps to Confident Reading
Build reading skills and confidence with a step-by-step process for reading fiction and non-fiction texts.
Analyzing Test Questions
Identify and isolate directive verbs and tasks in a writing prompt.
Argument Map
Engage in rhetorical analysis in order to identify various elements of an argument.
Debate a Side
Take a side on an issue and support arguments with sound reasoning and evidence.
Expanding Summary
Write about the main ideas in a text, adding more information with each new summary.
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Four Square Organizer
Keep track of ideas or processes that have four features or steps.
Identifying Evidence
Locate evidence or supporting details in a text that support authors' claims.
Investigative Reading
Pause while reading to explore and examine ideas in a text.
Making Inferences
Draw conclusions about ideas in a text that are not directly stated.
Marking a Text
Identify and isolate essential ideas in a text.
Pausing and Predicting
Pause frequently to make predictions about what will be said or done.
Problem and Solution Organizer
Keep track of problems and solutions in a text.
Read 1, Speak 2, Write 3
Read a paragraph or two, discuss the text, and write down main ideas.
Socratic Seminar
Discuss a text and share ideas with all members in a Socratic circle.
Summarizing Main Ideas
Identify the main ideas in a paragraph(s) and synthesize them into a few concise sentences.
Three Group Socratic Seminar
Work in teams of three to discuss a text and share ideas with all members in a Socratic circle.
Visual Summary
Draw illustrations that represent the main ideas in a text.
WH Organizer
Answer six questions that help provide basic information about a person, an event, or an idea.
Writing in the Margins
Think about the text and write ideas in the margin.
RL2
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem
from details in the text, including how characters
in a story or drama respond to challenges or
how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic;
summarize the text.
5 Steps to Confident Reading
Build reading skills and confidence with a step-by-step process for reading fiction and non-fiction texts.
Argument Map
Engage in rhetorical analysis in order to identify various elements of an argument.
Expanding Summary
Write about the main ideas in a text, adding more information with each new summary.
Investigative Reading
Pause while reading to explore and examine ideas in a text.
Marking a Text
Identify and isolate essential ideas in a text.
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Predicting the Main Idea
Scan the text and make predictions about subject, content, and structure.
Read 1, Speak 2, Write 3
Read a paragraph or two, discuss the text, and write down main ideas.
Socratic Seminar
Discuss a text and share ideas with all members in a Socratic circle.
Story Summary Poster
Visually represent the main message or central theme in a story.
Summarizing Main Ideas
Identify the main ideas in a paragraph(s) and synthesize them into a few concise sentences.
Three Group Socratic Seminar
Work in teams of three to discuss a text and share ideas with all members in a Socratic circle.
Visual Summary
Draw illustrations that represent the main ideas in a text.
Writing in the Margins
Think about the text and write ideas in the margin.
RL3
Compare and contrast two or more characters,
settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing
on specific details in the text (e.g., how
characters interact).
5 Steps to Confident Reading
Build reading skills and confidence with a step-by-step process for reading fiction and non-fiction texts.
Analyzing Short Story Structure
Analyze the five parts of short story structure with this graphic organizer.
Fictional Character Web
Analyze main and subordinate characters in fictional stories and poetry.
Investigative Reading
Pause while reading to explore and examine ideas in a text.
Sequence/Process Organizer
Track how events, individuals, or ideas develop over time.
Craft and Structure
RL4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases
as they are used in a text, including figurative
language such as metaphors and similes.
5 Steps to Confident Reading
Build reading skills and confidence with a step-by-step process for reading fiction and non-fiction texts.
Critical Vocabulary
Record concepts that are essential to the message of a text.
Understanding Vocabulary in Context
Use context clues to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words in a text.
Writing in the Margins
Think about the text and write ideas in the margin.
RL5
Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or
stanzas fits together to provide the overall
structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
5 Steps to Confident Reading
Build reading skills and confidence with a step-by-step process for reading fiction and non-fiction texts.
Analyzing Short Story Structure
Analyze the five parts of short story structure with this graphic organizer.
Sequence/Process Organizer
Track how events, individuals, or ideas develop over time.
Socratic Seminar
Discuss a text and share ideas with all members in a Socratic circle.
Three Group Socratic Seminar
Work in teams of three to discuss a text and share ideas with all members in a Socratic circle.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RL7
Analyze how visual and multimedia elements
contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a
text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation
of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).
5 Steps to Confident Reading
Build reading skills and confidence with a step-by-step process for reading fiction and non-fiction texts.
Analyzing Visuals
Analyze visuals in a text to better understand content and author's purpose.
Source Summary
Summarize an author's argument/main ideas, key supporting details, text structure, and purpose.
