Grade 05 ELA - EC: E05.D.1.2.1
Grade 05 ELA - EC: E05.D.1.2.1
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 series in sentences.
- State the rules for punctuating a series.
- Distinguish between formal and informal lists.
- Determine the type(s) of punctuation needed to correctly punctuate a series.
- Apply understanding of punctuating a series by adding the correct punctuation to various sentences that contain lists.
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- I need the following milk eggs and butter.
- I ate supper read my book and went to bed.
- I spent my morning cleaning reading and visiting the afternoon shopping jogging and hanging out and the evening ironing studying and eating.
- Your friends are polite kind and respectful.
- Please put forks knives and spoons on the table.
- Explain why sentences with series vary in their required punctuation.
- Construct sentences that correctly punctuate a series.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Student identifies series in sentences. A series is a list of three or more items (words, phrases, or clauses).
- Student is able to state the following rules:
- Commas are used to separate three or more items (words, phrases, or clauses) in a series.
- Semicolons are used to separate phrases or clauses in a series if one or more of the phrases or clauses already contain a comma.
- A colon is used to introduce a formal list. Colons can only be used after complete sentences or after an introductory phrase that contains the word “following.” i.e. The following are needed: tent, sleeping bag and insect repellant.
- Student is able to distinguish between formal and informal lists. Formal lists begin with a sentence that introduces the list or begin with a phrase that uses the word “following” to introduce a list. Informal lists are not introduced by the word “following.”
- Student determines the type of punctuation needed to correctly punctuate a series. This requires the student to identify a series correctly, discern if it’s a formal or informal list, and decide if the list has commas within the items.
- Student applies understanding of punctuating a series by adding the correct punctuation to the following sentences that contain lists.
- I need the following: milk, eggs, and butter. (This is a formal list that is introduced by the word following.)
- I ate supper, read my book, and went to bed.
- I spent my morning cleaning, reading, and visiting; the afternoon shopping, jogging, and hanging out; and the evening ironing, studying, and eating. (This list requires semi-colons to separate the items in the list as each list contains commas.)
- Your friends are polite, kind, and respectful.
- Please put forks, knives, and spoons on the table.
- Student explains why sentences with series vary in their required punctuation. This requires the student to thoughtfully explain and clarify why a sentence containing a series is punctuated the way it is. Being able to “prove” why a comma is needed assures that the student understands the rule.
- Student constructs sentences that correctly punctuate a series. Punctuating series correctly should be evident in a variety of venues, including stand-alone sentences as well as being a part of larger writings.
