English Language Arts provides a foundation for college and career readiness, fifth graders need to build the stamina and skills to read challenging fiction, nonfiction and other materials over longer periods of time . They are learning more about the world through reading more complicated stories and poems from different cultures and a range of stories and books on history, science, art and music. Using correct grammar and punctuation, they write effective summaries , book reports and descriptions of characters and/or events. Fourth grade students will: Understand a range of grade - level stories, poems and informational texts including biographies, articles and books on history, science, and arts.
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