Class V English

Vocabulary

Prefixes and suffixes

• U.1 Words with pre-
• U.2 Words with re-
• U.3 Words with sub-
• U.4 Words with mis-
• U.5 Words with un-, dis-, in-, im- and non-
• U.6 Words with -ful
• U.7 Words with -less
• U.8 Words with -able and -ible

Greek and Latin roots

• V.1 Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots
• V.2 Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
• V.3 Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
• V.4 Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
• V.5 Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
• V.6 Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
• V.7 Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings

Categories

• W.1 Select the members of a group
• W.2 Select the words that don’t belong

Synonyms and antonyms

• X.1 Choose the synonym
• X.2 Find synonyms in context
• X.3 Choose the antonym
• X.4 Find antonyms in context

Analogies

• Y.1 Analogies

Homophones

• Z.1 Use the correct homophone

Multiple-meaning words

• AA.1 Which definition matches the sentence?
• AA.2 Which sentence matches the definition?

Multiple-Meaning Words

• BB.1 Describe the difference between related words
• BB.2 Positive and negative connotation

Context clues

• CC.1 Find words using context
• CC.2 Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
• CC.3 Use context to identify the meaning of a word
• CC.4 Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures

Reference skills

• DD.1 Order alphabetically based on the first two letters
• DD.2 Order alphabetically based on the first three letters
• DD.3 Order alphabetically: challenge
• DD.4 Use guide words
• DD.5 Use dictionary entries
• DD.6 Use dictionary definitions
• DD.7 Use thesaurus entries

Grammar and mechanics

Sentences, fragments and run-ons

• EE.1 Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative or exclamatory?
• EE.2 Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence
• EE.3 Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence
• EE.4 Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?
• EE.5 Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?
• EE.6 Is it a complete sentence, a fragment or a run-on?
• EE.7 Identify dependent and independent clauses
• EE.8 Is the sentence simple or compound?
• EE.9 Is the sentence simple, compound or complex?
• EE.10 Order the words to create a sentence

Nouns

• FF.1 Identify nouns – with abstract nouns
• FF.2 Identify common and proper nouns
• FF.3 Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y
• FF.4 Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y
• FF.5 Form plurals: review
• FF.6 Form and use plurals: review
• FF.7 Identify plurals, singular possessives and plural possessives
• FF.8 Form the singular or plural possessive
• FF.9 Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

Pronouns

• GG.1 Identify personal pronouns
• GG.2 Choose between subject and object personal pronouns
• GG.3 Replace the noun with a personal pronoun
• GG.4 Compound subjects and objects with ‘I’ and ‘me’
• GG.5 Compound subjects and objects with personal pronouns
• GG.6 Use possessive pronouns
• GG.7 Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns
• GG.8 Use reflexive pronouns
• GG.9 Identify relative pronouns
• GG.10 Use relative pronouns: who and whom
• GG.11 Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which and that

Verb types

• HH.1 Identify main verbs and helping verbs
• HH.2 What does the modal verb show?
• HH.3 Use the correct modal verb

Subject-verb agreement

• II.1 Use the correct subject or verb
• II.2 Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects

Verb tense

• JJ.1 Is the sentence in the past, present or future tense?
• JJ.2 Form and use the regular past tense
• JJ.3 Form and use the irregular past tense
• JJ.4 Form and use the simple past, present and future tense
• JJ.5 Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
• JJ.6 Use the progressive verb tenses
• JJ.7 Form the progressive verb tenses
• JJ.8 Choose between the past tense and past participle
• JJ.9 Use the perfect verb tenses
• JJ.10 Form the perfect verb tenses

Adjectives and adverbs

• KK.1 Identify adjectives
• KK.2 Order adjectives
• KK.3 Identify adverbs
• KK.4 Use relative adverbs
• KK.5 Choose between adjectives and adverbs
• KK.6 Is the word an adjective or adverb?
• KK.7 Use adjectives to compare
• KK.8 Spell adjectives that compare
• KK.9 Use adjectives with more and most
• KK.10 Use adverbs to compare

Prepositions

• LL.1 Identify prepositions
• LL.2 Identify prepositions and their objects
• LL.3 Identify prepositional phrases
• LL.4 Prepositions: review

Conjunctions

• MM.1 Identify coordinating conjunctions
• MM.2 Identify subordinating conjunctions
• MM.3 Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions
• MM.4 Fill in the missing correlative conjunction

Contractions

• NN.1 Pronoun-verb contractions
• NN.2 Contractions with ‘not’

Commas

• OO.1 Commas with direct addresses, introductory words and interjections
• OO.2 Commas with compound and complex sentences

Capitalisation

• PP.1 Correct capitalisation errors
• PP.2 Capitalising titles

Formatting

• QQ.1 Formatting titles
• QQ.2 Formatting and capitalising titles

Writing strategies

Organising writing

• O.1 Put the sentences in order
• O.2 Use coordinating conjunctions
• O.3 Choose the best transition
• O.4 Order items from most general to most specific
• O.5 Organise information by main idea
• O.6 Remove the sentence that does not belong

Introductions and conclusions

• P.1 Choose the best topic sentence
• P.2 Choose the best concluding sentence

Developing and supporting arguments

• Q.1 Distinguish facts from opinions
• Q.2 Identify an author’s statement of opinion
• Q.3 Choose reasons to support an opinion
• Q.4 Identify supporting details in literary texts
• Q.5 Identify supporting details in informational texts

Descriptive details

• R.1 Show character emotions and traits
• R.2 Revise the sentence using a stronger verb

Editing and revising

• S.1 Use the correct frequently confused word
• S.2 Correct errors with frequently confused words

Research skills

• T.1 Identify and correct plagiarism

Reading strategies

Main idea

• A.1 Use key details to determine the main idea
• A.2 Determine the main idea of a passage
• A.3 Combine main ideas from two texts

Theme

• B.1 Determine the themes of short stories

Author’s purpose and tone

• C.1 Identify the purpose of a text
• C.2 Which sentence is more formal?

Text structure

• D.1 Determine the order of events in informational texts
• D.2 Compare and contrast in informational texts
• D.3 Match causes and effects in informational texts
• D.4 Match problems with their solutions
• D.5 Identify text structures

Sensory details

• E.1 Sort sensory details

Literary devices

• F.1 Identify similes and metaphors
• F.2 Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors
• F.3 Analyse the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Point of view

• G.1 Compare and contrast points of view

Inference

• H.1 Use actions and dialogue to understand characters
• H.2 Compare and contrast characters
• H.3 Draw inferences from a text

Story elements

• I.1 Identify story elements

Visual elements

• J.1 Compare mythological illustrations

Literary texts: level 1

• K.1 Read fantasy with illustrations
• K.2 Read realistic fiction with illustrations
• K.3 Read historical fiction with illustrations

Literary texts: level 2

• L.1 Read realistic fiction
• L.2 Read historical fiction
• L.3 Read poetry
• L.4 Read drama

Informational texts: level 1

• M.1 Read about animals
• M.2 Read about art, music and traditions
• M.3 Read about famous places
• M.4 Read about sports and hobbies

Informational texts: level 2

• N.1 Read about famous people
• N.2 Read about business and technology
• N.3 Read about science and nature
• N.4 Read about history