5th Grade Writing Standards

Lessons tied to MUSD Writing Standards for 5th Grade:

(These standards are very similar to4-6 grades, and lessons can easily be adapted for different grade levels through middle school.)

5-F Students write for a variety of purposes and demonstrate spelling skills

Activities that apply to the above standards:

5-G Students write for a variety of purposes and demonstrate composition skills

Compose descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive writings
Write five related, quality paragraphs
Use all story elements in writing and independent composition
Compose friendly and business letters
Address an envelope correctly
Participate in self and peer editing to refine various types of grade level writing
Incorporate the entire writing process into preparing various type of grade level work
Incorporate grade level research skills into preparing various types of grade level writing
compose various types of grade level writing using correct formats
Use a thesaurus to identify alternative word choices and meanings

Activities that relate to the above standards:

5-H Students write for a variety of purposes and demonstrate language expression skills

Rewrite poems found in grade level material
Summarize a complex story found in grade level material
Identify and use complex and compound sentences in various types of grade level writing
Use a variety of word choices to make their writing interesting and effective
Use a dictionary as an aide in their writing and editing
Identify information that does not relate to a paragraph in grade level material and in student compositions
Maintain agreement between parts of speech in their writing
Expand simple sentence structure into complex sentence structure
Use literary devices such as personification, alliteration, and figurative language in various types of grade level writing
Use voice and point of view in various types of grade level writing
Incorporate a coherent closure in various types of grade level writing
Write a composition for a specific audience
Assess , guide, and discuss their own writing and the writing of others through the use of a rubric
Use synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and multi-meaning words to make their writing effective and interesting
Identify and exclude extraneous and inappropriate information from their own writing and the writing of others

Lessons and activities that address the above standards:

5-I Students write for a variety of purposes and demonstrate language mechanics skills

Use correct language mechanics in various types of grade level writing
Proofreading and editing their own writing and the writing of others
Use grade level conventions of written language in their compositions
Identify and differentiate between correctly formed sentences, fragments, run-ons, and other incorrectly formed sentences

Lessons and activities that address the above standards:

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