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Summarizing the key details of stories, dramas, poems, and nonfiction materials, including their themes or main ideas
Identifying and judging evidence that supports particular ideas in an author’s argument to change a reader’s point of view
Integrating information from several print and digital sources to answer questions and solve problems
Writing opinions that offer reasoned arguments and provide facts and examples that are logically grouped to support the writer’s point of view
Writing stories, real or imaginary, that unfold naturally and developing the plot with dialogue, description, and effective pacing of the action
Coming to classroom discussions prepared, then engaging fully and thoughtfully with others (for example, contributing accurate, relevant information; elaborating on the remarks of others; synthesizing ideas)
Reporting on a topic or presenting an opinion with his or her own words, a logical sequence of ideas, sufficient facts and details, and formal English when appropriate
Expanding, combining, and reducing sentences to improve meaning, interest, and style of writing
Building knowledge of academic words with an emphasis on those that signal a contrast in ideas or logical relationships, such as on the other hand, similarly, and therefore
Producing writing on the computer

Adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators (for example, 21⁄4 – 11⁄3), and solving word problems of this kind
Multiplying fractions; dividing fractions in simple cases; and solving related word problems (for example, finding the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths; determining how many 1⁄3-cup servings are in 2 cups of raisins; determining the size of a share if 9 people share a 50-pound sack of rice equally or if 3 people share 1⁄2 pound of chocolate equally)
Generalizing the place-value system to include decimals, and calculating with decimals to the hundredths place (two places after the decimal)
Multiplying whole numbers quickly and accurately, for example 1,638 × 753, and dividing whole numbers in simple Understanding the concept of volume, and solving word problems that involve volume
Graphing points in the coordinate plane (two dimensions) to solve problems
Analyzing mathematical patterns and relationships

$A proctractor, an example of a right angle, and ruler$