ELA Worksheets

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• Identify how an author’s word choice and imagery help create a specific tone.
• Explain how craft elements like repetition and descriptive details strengthen the meaning of a text.
• Connect tone to feelings about key events and to possible themes.

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• Identify common organizational structures in informational text (chronological sequence, compare and contrast, problem and solution, cause and effect).
• Explain how transitions and paragraph order help readers understand ideas.
• Use structure awareness to locate the most relevant section for a purpose.

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• Identify the root word in a term to find its core meaning.
• Use prefixes and suffixes to adjust meaning (for example, negation or time).
• Infer word meaning from context by combining word parts.

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• Identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in simple sentences.
• Recognize pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections and explain their roles.
• Use correct parts of speech to improve clarity in writing.

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• Write a summary that keeps the author’s main idea and key supporting points.
• Use accurate relationships in a summary (cause, effect, order, and comparisons).
• Omit minor details and repeated ideas without changing meaning.

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• Use commas to separate items in a list and after introductory words or phrases
• Use apostrophes to form contractions (e.g., can't, it's) and show possession (e.g., Maya's book)
• Revise sentences by correcting comma and apostrophe errors to improve meaning

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• Use precise adjectives and strong verbs to make writing clearer and more interesting.
• Use similes to help readers visualize comparisons (like or as).
• Add purposeful details that support mood, character traits, setting, or factual information.+ Show more

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• Apply final proofreading strategies to check capitalization and punctuation consistently.
• Verify that tense and point of view stay consistent across a whole draft.
• Edit word choice and spelling to improve clarity without changing the original meaning.+ Show more

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• Use shared speaking and listening norms during peer discussions.
• Ask and answer questions with relevant details.
• Build on classmates’ ideas by paraphrasing or referencing what was said.+ Show more

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• Identify the main idea of an expository passage and name supporting details
• Write an expository paragraph with a clear topic sentence and factual details
• Use transitions to connect ideas and improve clarity+ Show more

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• Identify the main stages of plot structure: introduction, rising tension, turning point, and resolution.
• Explain how one event leads to the next in a story.
• Describe how conflict changes the direction of a plot.

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• Identify the main idea and supporting details in an oral message.
• Distinguish essential information from extraneous information when listening.
• Recognize claims and reasons when multiple viewpoints are presented.

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• I can listen carefully to find key details in a short spoken or read-aloud message.
• I can respond politely by turning to the speaker and using what I heard to guide my answers.
• I can confirm or clarify ideas when something is confusing by asking respectful questions.

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• Track evidence by recording which information supports a claim.
• Use quotes or paraphrases and note where the information comes from in a source.
• Revise a claim or research question so it matches what the sources actually show.

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• Use complete sentences to explain an idea clearly.
• Speak at a steady pace and at a volume that fits the audience.
• Include a main point and use transitions to connect ideas.

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• Make inferences using evidence from a text, not just personal opinion.
• Distinguish facts stated in the text from interpretations a reader guesses.
• Select details that best match a specific inference question.

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• Identify similes, metaphors, and personification in a text.
• Use context clues to infer the meaning of figurative language.
• Explain how figurative phrases connect to the overall message.

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• Revise writing to make the main idea clearer by adding missing details that support it
• Revise writing to remove extra details that do not help the purpose
• Use stronger sentence order and clearer connections so ideas flow smoothly

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• Identify the main idea of an informational text as the central message, not just a topic.
• Use supporting details to explain and confirm the main idea within paragraphs and across the whole text.
• Distinguish major details from minor or background information.

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• Identify a theme statement in a story and restate it in your own words.
• Select supporting details that directly connect to the theme.
• Explain how an action, description, or conversation helps the theme develop.

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• Use the correct verb tense to keep writing consistent across a sentence and a passage
• Identify and fix shifts in verb tense when time signals are present
• Use linking verbs and helping verbs to express clear actions and states

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• Identify the characters, setting, and early conflict in a story’s beginning.
• Use details from the text to describe character traits shown through actions and dialogue.
• Explain how the opening sets tone and direction for the story.+ Show more

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• Identify point of view by finding clues in a story
• Explain how a character’s perspective affects what information is shared
• Compare what different perspectives reveal about the same events

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• Use more than one context clue to figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
• Identify what type of clue is helping (synonym, paraphrase, cause-and-effect, or description).
• Choose the word meaning that best fits the topic and the author’s purpose.

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• Select dependable research sources for a question.
• Use note details to support an idea with evidence.
• Tell the difference between background information and evidence that answers the question.

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• Identify the writing process stages: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and finalizing.
• Use clear evidence and supporting details to strengthen ideas during revising.
• Correct common mistakes during editing to improve clarity and readability.+ Show more

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• Use context clues to infer the meaning of unfamiliar academic words.
• Analyze prefixes and suffixes to understand word meaning.
• Match a definition to a word’s purpose in a sentence.

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• Identify the difference between a broad question and a focused inquiry question
• Write inquiry questions that connect to a topic and seek cause, effect, or description
• Use inquiry questions to guide what information to look for in a text or investigation

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• Write complete sentences by avoiding fragments and run-ons.
• Use subject-verb agreement and keep consistent tense when writing.
• Combine related ideas with clear connections to improve sentence fluency.+ Show more

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• Identify the main idea and supporting details in a short media or visual text.
• Track the sequence of events across a brief message.
• Explain how visuals (images, captions, diagrams, gestures, and on-screen words) help the meaning.+ Show more

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• Use end punctuation to complete statements and questions.
• Edit sentences for correct capitalization and spelling.
• Fix sentence-level errors to improve readability and meaning.

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• Explain how an author’s organization helps the reader understand the main message.
• Identify how transitions and paragraph roles guide meaning beyond naming a pattern.
• Support interpretations with evidence from where information appears in the text.

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• Identify common text features in an informational text (headings, captions, labels, bold words, and charts).
• Explain how a text feature helps the reader understand the main idea or specific details.
• Use information from text features to answer questions about what the text means.

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• Identify a shared theme or central idea in a narrative and an informational text.
• Explain how the genre affects which details support the theme.
• Use evidence from both texts to support a theme statement.

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• Identify temporal words that show when events happen in order.
• Use sequence words to explain earlier and later events in a story or informational text.
• Recognize how actions change over time and how outcomes connect to earlier events.

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• I can identify a paragraph’s main idea and topic sentence.
• I can explain how supporting sentences match the topic sentence.
• I can revise a paragraph by removing unrelated details.+ Show more

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• I can explain why citations help readers trust information.
• I can match a citation to a specific statement, such as a definition or a statistic.
• I can tell the difference between original wording and borrowed information while keeping my writing clear.+ Show more

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• I can revise a broad question to focus on the most important details.
• I can explain how reviewing initial information helps a question become more specific.
• I can choose evidence that matches my refined question.

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• I can identify a main idea from information in a short viewing text.
• I can support the main idea with specific details from what I watched or listened to.
• I can connect details to discussion questions and explain my thinking in a clear spoken-style response.+ Show more

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• Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I.
• Capitalize common proper nouns, including names of people and places.
• Use correct spelling for commonly misspelled grade-level words and patterns.+ Show more

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• I can identify the main idea and key supporting details in a passage.
• I can write a summary that keeps the important information and leaves out minor details.
• I can organize summary ideas in a clear order that matches the passage.

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• Edit sentences to ensure subjects and verbs agree.
• Use correct verb tense and punctuation to make meaning clear.
• Capitalize correctly for sentence beginnings and proper names.+ Show more

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• Identify story elements: characters, setting, and plot events.
• Describe how a problem and its resolution change what happens next.
• Explain how character actions and relationships connect to key events.

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• Explain why commas are used after introductory phrases and dependent clauses.
• Add commas correctly when an introductory element comes before the main clause.
• Use commas to separate three or more items in a series to prevent misreading.

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• Use spelling and writing tools to fix misspelled words and choose the best word for the meaning.
• Apply common spelling patterns and affixes (like -tion and -ed) to write accurately.
• Recognize and correct commonly confused homophones using context and tool feedback.

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• Explain how text features help readers find important information.
• Identify headings, captions, bold/italic terms, and diagrams and match them to their purpose.
• Use the structure of a text to understand relationships such as steps and categories.

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• Use context clues to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases in a passage.
• Explain how sentence details, comparisons, contrasts, and cause-effect relationships help determine word meaning.
• Use affixes and root words to support word meaning when context signals a related concept.

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• Organize research findings so they match a question and are easy to understand.
• Use clear, simple sentences to present observations and facts.
• Add citations by telling what source supports a statement.