Dearborn Educational Curriculum

Craft and Structure: Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel; multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.

Range of Reading and Complexity of Text: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Key Ideas and Details: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Key Ideas and Details: With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

Key Ideas and Details: With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

Craft and Structure: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

Craft and Structure: Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.

Craft and Structure: Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.