English Language Arts
ELA2015 (2015)
Grade: 3
| 1 ) Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. [RL.3.1]
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
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English Language Arts
ELA2015 (2015)
Grade: 3
| 3 ) Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. [RL.3.3]
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
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English Language Arts
ELA2015 (2015)
Grade: 3
| 5 ) Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. [RL.3.5]
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English Language Arts
ELA2015 (2015)
Grade: 3
| 7 ) Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting). [RL.3.7]
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
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English Language Arts
ELA2015 (2015)
Grade: 3
| 9 ) By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the Grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. [RL.3.10]
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English Language Arts
ELA2015 (2015)
Grade: 4
| 21 ) Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. [RF.4.4]
a. Read on-level text with purpose and understanding. [RF.4.4a]
b. Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings. [RF.4.4b]
c. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary. [RF.4.4c]
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
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English Language Arts
ELA2015 (2015)
Grade: 4
| 23 ) Write informative or explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. [W.4.2]
a. Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. [W.4.2a]
b. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic. [W.4.2b]
c. Link ideas within categories of information using words and phrases (e.g., another, for example, also, because). [W.4.2c]
d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. [W.4.2d]
e. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented. [W.4.2e]
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
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English Language Arts
ELA2015 (2015)
Grade: 4
| 24 ) Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. [W.4.3]
a. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator, characters, or both; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. [W.4.3a]
b. Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations. [W.4.3b]
c. Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events. [W.4.3c]
d. Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely. [W.4.3d]
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events. [W.4.3e]
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
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English Language Arts
ELA2015 (2015)
Grade: 4
| 25 ) Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 22-24 above.) [W.4.4]
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English Language Arts
ELA2015 (2015)
Grade: 4
| 30 ) Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. [W.4.9]
a. Apply Grade 4 Reading standards to literature (e.g., "Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text [e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions]"). [W.4.9a]
b. Apply Grade 4 Reading standards to informational texts (e.g., "Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text"). [W.4.9b]
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
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English Language Arts
ELA2015 (2015)
Grade: 4
| 32 ) Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on Grade 4 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly. [SL.4.1]
a. Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion. [SL.4.1a]
b. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles. [SL.4.1b]
c. Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information, and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks of others. [SL.4.1c]
d. Review the key ideas expressed and explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion. [SL.4.1d]
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English Language Arts
ELA2015 (2015)
Grade: 4
| 37 ) Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English (e.g., presenting ideas) and situations where informal discourse is appropriate (e.g., small-group discussion); use formal English when appropriate to task and situation. (See Grade 4 Language standards 38 and 40 for specific expectations.) [SL.4.6]
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English Language Arts
ELA2015 (2015)
Grade: 5
| 38 ) Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. [L.5.1]
a. Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences. [L.5.1a]
b. Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses. [L.5.1b]
c. Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions. [L.5.1c]
d. Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.* [L.5.1d]
e. Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor). [L.5.1e]
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
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English Language Arts
ELA2015 (2015)
Grade: 5
| 41 ) Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on Grade 5 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. [L.5.4]
a. Use context (e.g., cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. [L.5.4a]
b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis). [L.5.4b]
c. Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases. [L.5.4c]
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
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English Language Arts
ELA2015 (2015)
Grade: 5
| 43 ) Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships (e.g., however, although, nevertheless, similarly, moreover, in addition). [L.5.6]
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