Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part CLXIX - Bulletin 141-Louisiana Student Standards for English Language Arts
Chapter 13 - Grade 5
Section CLXIX-1303 - Reading Informational Text

A. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

B. Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.

C. Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.

D. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.

E. Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two texts.

F. Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.

G. Utilize information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question or to solve a problem efficiently.

H. Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).

I. Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.

J. By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.