Grade 5
English Language Arts: Reading Informational Text

Use the information below to get a deeper understanding of what your child has mastered and areas where your child may need more help. There are also resources you can use to find activities to support your child’s learning at home.

Help can I help my child progress?

Next Steps

Here are some exercises you can work on at home with your Grade 5 student.

Below Mastery

Ask your student to read an article about a topic and find the main ideas and supporting details. Discuss the relationships between ideas or events. Then ask your student to read another article about the topic and contrast the authors’ points of view.

At or Near Mastery

Ask your student to read an article about a topic and find the main ideas and supporting details. Then ask your student to explain the relationships between ideas or events. Have him or her read another article about the topic and contrast the authors’ points of view and purposes.

Above Mastery

Ask your student to read articles about a topic and explain how events and ideas are communicated. Discuss how people, events, and ideas interact in the texts. Have him or her contrast the authors’ points of view, organizational styles, and purposes.

Talking With Your Child's Teacher

This document titled “Moving Forward: A Guide for Conversations with Your Child’s Teacher” includes helpful tips and questions to discuss with the teacher about your child’s classroom performance, academic progress, and more.

Additional Free Resources Available to Support Your Child's Learning

Use this information to have a meaningful conversation with your child’s teacher about the skills and content in the grade level and to support your child’s learning at home.

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What Can I Do to Help My Child?

Visit the college- and career-readiness resource hub for families to find tools to help your child achieve college and career readiness by the time they graduate from high school.
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Talking with your child's teacher

This document titled “Moving Forward: A Guide for Conversations with Your Child’s Teacher” includes helpful tips and questions to discuss with the teacher about your child’s classroom performance, academic progress, and more.
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