Language Arts Grade 5 – Unpacking a standard

Standard What Students Need to What Students are to be Student Friendly

Know able to do Language
(Unpacked)
Students will understand how
CC.1.2.5.G  Draw on Information illustrations help explain the text.
 Demonstrate ability to locate At this level, students should also
 Draw on information from answers develop the ability to recognize
multiple print or digital  Solve problems efficiently the author’s reasoning by finding
sources, demonstrating support or answers within the
the ability to locate an source. Students will look for
answer to a question similarities and differences in
multiple sources that share the
quickly or to solve a
same main idea and provide
problem efficiently.
answers.
Use questions and prompts such
as:
 How does this information add
to your thinking about what
you read?
 Can you find the reason why
the author thinks that…?
 Can you find the answer to the
question as quickly and
efficiently as possible?
 Look at these two types of
information about the same
topic. How are they the same?
How are they different