Grade 5 ELA BC Learning Standards Standards

Big Ideas

Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing)

Curricular Competencies

Content

Create and communicate (writing, speaking, representing)

Story/text

Strategies and processes

Language features, structures, and conventions

features of oral language

reading strategies

forms, functions, and genres of text

Exchange ideas and perspectives to build shared understanding

Access information and ideas from a variety of sources and from prior knowledge to build understanding

Language and text can be a source of creativity and joy.

paragraphing

oral language strategies

text features

Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create texts for a variety of purposes and audiences

Use a variety of comprehension strategies before, during, and after reading, listening, or viewing to deepen understanding of text

Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.

sentence structure and grammar

metacognitive strategies

literary elements

Use language in creative and playful ways to develop style

Synthesize ideas from a variety of sources to build understanding

Texts can be understood from different perspectives.

writing processes

literary devices

Communicate in sentences and paragraphs, applying conventions of Canadian spelling, grammar, and punctuation

Consider different purposes, audiences, and perspectives in exploring text

Using language in creative and playful ways helps us understand how language works.

conventions

perspective/point of view

Develop and apply expanding word knowledge

Apply a variety of thinking skills to gain meaning from texts

Questioning what we hear, read, and view contributes to our ability to be educated and engaged citizens.

Use oral storytelling processes

Identify how differences in context, perspectives, and voice influence meaning in texts

Transform ideas and information to create original texts

Explain the role of language in personal, social, and cultural identity

Use personal experience and knowledge to connect to text and develop understanding of self, community, and world

Respond to text in personal and creative ways

Recognize how literary elements, techniques, and devices enhance meaning in texts

Show an increasing understanding of the role of organization in meaning

Demonstrate awareness of the oral tradition in First Peoples cultures and the purposes of First Peoples texts

Identify how story in First Peoples cultures connects people to land