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Linking Words and Phrases

5th Grade

Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards: 5.W.1.c

Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).

Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.5.1c

Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE5W1c

Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.5.1.c

Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.5.1c

Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).

North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.5.1.d

Tennessee Academic Standards: 5.W.TTP.1.e

Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses.

New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 5W1c

Use precise language and content-specific vocabulary while writing an argument.

Ohio's Learning Standards: W.5.1.c

Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).

Alabama Course of Study Standards: 41

Write using grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases accurately, including those that signal contrasting ideas, additional information, and other logical relationships.

Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards: 5.W.2.c

Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).

Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.5.2c

Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE5W2c

Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.5.2.c

Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.5.2c

Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).

North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.5.2.d

Tennessee Academic Standards: 5.W.TTP.2.f

Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses.

New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 5W2d

Use appropriate transitional/linking words, phrases, and clauses to clarify and connect ideas and concepts.

Ohio's Learning Standards: W.5.2.c

Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).

Wisconsin Academic Standards: W.5.3.b

Transitions: Use a variety of transitional words and phrases that logically connect and develop ideas.

Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards: 5.W.3.c

Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.5.3c

Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE5W3c

Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.5.3.c

Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.5.3c

North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.5.3.d

New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 5W3c

Tennessee Academic Standards: 5.W.TTP.3.d

Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.

Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks: W.5.3.c

Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage sequence.

Wisconsin Academic Standards: W.5.3.c

Word Choice (including domain specific): Creatively select unique words for emphasis, addition, contrast, or order.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.5.C

Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic; include illustrations and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
  • E05.E.1.1.2 - Develop the analysis using a variety of evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.5.E

Write with an awareness of style.

Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

Use sentences of varying length.
  • E05.D.2.1.1 - Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.

  • E05.D.2.1.2 - Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely.*

  • E05.D.2.1.3 - Choose punctuation for effect.*

  • E05.D.2.1.4 - Choose words and phrases for effect.*

  • E05.E.1.1.3 - Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).

  • E05.E.1.1.4 - Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.

  • E05.E.1.1.5 - Establish and maintain a formal style.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.5.J

Create an organizational structure that includes related ideas grouped to support the writer’s purpose; link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses; provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion.
  • E05.E.1.1.1 - Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.

  • E05.E.1.1.3 - Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).

  • E05.E.1.1.6 - Provide a concluding section related to the analysis presented.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.5.K

Write with an awareness of style.

Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

Use sentences of varying length.
  • E05.D.2.1.1 - Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.

  • E05.D.2.1.2 - Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely.*

  • E05.D.2.1.3 - Choose punctuation for effect.*

  • E05.D.2.1.4 - Choose words and phrases for effect.*

  • E05.E.1.1.3 - Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).

  • E05.E.1.1.4 - Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.

  • E05.E.1.1.5 - Establish and maintain a formal style.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.5.P

Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally, using a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events; provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences and events

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.5.Q

Write with an awareness of style.

Use sentences of varying length.

Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
    E05.D.2.1.1 - Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
  • E05.D.2.1.2 - Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely.*

  • E05.D.2.1.3 - Choose punctuation for effect.*

  • E05.D.2.1.4 - Choose words and phrases for effect.*

5th Grade Writing - Linking Words and Phrases Lesson
 
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