Comparing the Reading Literature Standards to the Reading Informational Standards
5th Grade Common Core State Standards
After working with the standards for a few years and analyzing them, I have noticed that the Literature and Informational text standards are quite similar. For Key Ideas and Details, information and literature standards have students quote accurately and explain what the texts say explicitly and through inferences. The other two aspects are different where in literature, students need to determine the theme and discuss how characters react in a story and in informational standards the students are to determine main idea with supporting details and explain relationships/interactions between events, ideas or concepts.
Under Craft and Structure, both the informational and literature standards have students determine the meanings of words. In informational, the words are domain specific and academic words where as in literature; students are to determine the meanings of words and phrases in relation to the text, including figurative language. Information standards also have students compare/contrast the overall structure of information in two or more texts and the literature standards solely make sure students can explain how a series of chapters or stanzas fit together for the overall structure. Both literature and informational standards have students describe and analyze different points of view in the text but informational analyzes multiple accounts of the same topic where as literature describes how the speaker’s point of view influences the events in the story.
For Integration of Knowledge, the informational standards have three and the literature standards only have two. In the literature standards, the students are to analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning of the text and in the informational text the students are to draw on information from multiple print sources to show the ability to locate an answer quickly. Both sets of standards have students look at several texts but in literature the students need to compare and contrast the stories in the same genre and in informational they are to integrate information from several texts to write about a topic.
Both the literature and informational sets of standards state the students should read and comprehend texts at the high end of 4-5-complexity band independently and proficiently by the end of the year.
Under Craft and Structure, both the informational and literature standards have students determine the meanings of words. In informational, the words are domain specific and academic words where as in literature; students are to determine the meanings of words and phrases in relation to the text, including figurative language. Information standards also have students compare/contrast the overall structure of information in two or more texts and the literature standards solely make sure students can explain how a series of chapters or stanzas fit together for the overall structure. Both literature and informational standards have students describe and analyze different points of view in the text but informational analyzes multiple accounts of the same topic where as literature describes how the speaker’s point of view influences the events in the story.
For Integration of Knowledge, the informational standards have three and the literature standards only have two. In the literature standards, the students are to analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning of the text and in the informational text the students are to draw on information from multiple print sources to show the ability to locate an answer quickly. Both sets of standards have students look at several texts but in literature the students need to compare and contrast the stories in the same genre and in informational they are to integrate information from several texts to write about a topic.
Both the literature and informational sets of standards state the students should read and comprehend texts at the high end of 4-5-complexity band independently and proficiently by the end of the year.
Finding Connections Between the Reading Standards and Other Strands
5th Grade Common Core State Standards
After reviewing the speaking and learning standards for Grade 5, I can see how many of these could be integrated into reading instruction. Many of them relate to the reading informational and literature standards. One that stood out to me was SL 5.1.D: Review the key ideas and expressed and draw conclusions in light of information and knowledge gained from the discussions. Finding key ideas in informational text relates to these standard as well as drawing conclusions in a literature standard. The speaking and listening standards also have students summarize a written text and points of a speaker. These two standards relate to those of literature and informational as well.
I could find many similarities within the writing standards and the reading standards, which is definitely why many times they can be taught together. I also see similarities between the writing standards under Research to Build and Present Knowledge and the Speaking and Listening standards. Both allow students to research and present their knowledge of a topic.
I could find many similarities within the writing standards and the reading standards, which is definitely why many times they can be taught together. I also see similarities between the writing standards under Research to Build and Present Knowledge and the Speaking and Listening standards. Both allow students to research and present their knowledge of a topic.