Grade 05 ELA - EC: E05.D.1.1.8
Grade 05 ELA - EC: E05.D.1.1.8
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Grade Levels
5th Grade
Course, Subject
English Language Arts
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- Identify subjects and verbs in sentences.
- Label subjects and verbs as singular or plural.
- Identify pronouns and antecedents.
- Label pronouns and antecedents as singular or plural.
- State the rules for subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
- Determine the agreement of subject and verb within sentences.
- Apply understanding of subject/verb agreement by identifying the subject and verb in the following sentences. State if the subject is singular or plural, then select the correct verb.
- My friend (like/likes) pizza.
- My friend and my mom (like/likes) pizza.
- My silverware (is/are) very small.
- The children (run/runs) very fast.
- Ten million gallons of oil (is/are) a lot of oil.
- Determine the agreement of pronouns and antecedents within a sentence.
- Apply understanding of pronoun/antecedent agreement by identifying the pronoun and its antecedent in the following sentences. Then state whether both are singular, plural, or not in agreement.
- The salespeople sold (his/their) own merchandise.
- The dog wagged (its/their) tail.
- The girls will sell (her/their) tickets to the game.
- Each of the champions waved (his/their) medal in the air.
- Jim, Jose, and Mario rode (his/their) bikes to the park.
- Revise sentences where subjects and verbs are not in agreement to make them agree.
- Revise sentences where pronouns and antecedents are not in agreement to make them agree.
- Construct complete sentences that demonstrate correct subject/verb agreement.
- Construct complete sentences that demonstrate correct pronoun/antecedent agreement.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Student identifies subjects and verbs in sentences. Subjects are the part of the sentence that tells the person, place, or thing what the sentence is about. Verbs are the part of the sentence that tells what is being done, the action, or the state of being.
- Student identifies subjects that are singular or plural and verbs that are singular or plural. In general, subjects that end in –s are plural and verbs that end in –s are singular. Student also needs to understand such concepts as compound subjects and verbs and collective nouns.
- Student identifies pronouns in a sentence and correctly matches them with their antecedent in the sentence. Pronouns are words that stand for or refer to a noun whose identity is made clear elsewhere in the text. Antecedents are the parts of the sentence that are later replaced by a pronoun.
- Student identifies subjects that are pronouns and antecedents that are singular or plural in general, antecedents are nouns, those that end in –s are plural. Student needs to identify which pronouns are singular and which are plural.
- Student states that a subject/verb and a pronoun/antecedent must agree in number. If the subject is singular, the verb must be singular. If the subject is plural, the verb must be plural. The same is true for the pronouns and their antecedents.
- Student determines the agreement of subject and verb within sentences. To do this, the student needs to find the correct subject and the correct verb and identify whether each is singular or plural.
- Student applies understanding of subject/verb agreement by identifying the subject and verb in the following sentences. Student states if the subject is singular or plural and then selects the correct verb.
- My friend (like/likes) pizza. (Friend is singular, likes is the singular verb to agree with the subject.)
- My friend and my mom (like/likes) pizza. (Friend and mom are plural, like is the plural verb to agree with the subject.)
- My silverware (is/are) very small. (Silverware is singular, is is the singular verb to agree with the subject.)
- The children (run/runs) very fast. (Children is plural, run is the plural verb to agree with the subject.)
- Ten million gallons of oil (is/are) a lot of oil. (Gallons is plural, are is the plural verb to agree with the subject.)
- Student is able to determine the agreement of pronoun and antecedent within sentences. To do this, the student needs to find the correct pronoun and the correct antecedent and identify whether each is singular or plural.
- Student applies understanding of antecedent/pronoun agreement by identifying the pronoun and antecedent in the following sentences. State if the subject is singular or plural, then select the correct pronoun.
- The salespeople sold his/their own merchandise. (Salespeople is plural, their is the plural pronoun to agree with the subject.)
- The dog wagged its/their tail. (Dog is singular, its is the singular pronoun to agree with the subject.)
- The girls will sell her/their tickets to the game. (Girls is plural, their is the plural pronoun to agree with the subject.)
- Each of the champions waved his/their medal in the air. (Each is singular, his is the singular pronoun to agree with the subject.)
- Jim, Jose, and Mario rode his/their bikes to the park. (Jim, Jose, and Mario is plural, their is the plural pronoun to agree with the subject.)
- Student revises sentences where subjects and verbs are not in agreement to make them correctly agree. To do this, the student needs to correctly identify the subject and verb, then needs to discern if they are in agreement, and make appropriate changes when they don’t agree.
- Student revises sentences where pronouns and antecedents are not in agreement to make them correctly agree. To do this, the student needs to correctly identify the pronoun and antecedent, needs to discern if they are in agreement, and make appropriate changes when they don’t agree.
- Student constructs sentences that demonstrate correct subject/verb agreement. These sentences might be individual sentences, or part of a larger writing piece.
- Student constructs complete sentences that demonstrate correct pronoun/antecedent agreement. These sentences might be individual sentences, or part of a larger writing piece.
