*Standards


 * __Content: Social Studies__**
 * SS5H3 The student will describe how life changed in America at the turn of the century.**
 * a. Describe the role of the cattle trails in the late 19th century; include the Black Cowboys of Texas, the Great Western Cattle Trail, and the Chisholm Trail.
 * b. Describe the impact on American life of the Wright brothers (flight), George Washington Carver (science), Alexander Graham Bell (communication), and Thomas Edison (electricity).
 * d. Describe the reasons people emigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled.
 * e. Describe the impact of westward expansion on Native Americans; include the Battle of the Little Bighorn and the relocation of Native Americans to reservations.

For literary texts, the student identifies the characteristics of various genres and produces evidence of reading that: > For informational texts, the student reads and comprehends in order to develop understanding and expertise and produces evidence of reading that:
 * __Comprehension__**
 * ELA5R1 The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts.**
 * a. Identifies and analyzes the elements of setting, characterization, and conflict in plot.
 * a. Locates facts that answer the reader’s questions.
 * __Writing__**
 * ELA5W1 The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a satisfying closure. The student**
 * a. Selects a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view based on purpose, genre expectations, audience, length, and format requirements.
 * b. Writes texts of a length appropriate to address the topic or tell the story.
 * c. Uses traditional structures for conveying information (e.g., chronological order, cause and effect, similarity and difference, and posing and answering a question).
 * d. Uses appropriate structures to ensure coherence (e.g., transition elements).

The student produces a narrative that:
 * ELA5W2 The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres.**
 * a. Engages the reader by establishing a context, creating a point of view, and otherwise developing reader interest.
 * g. Uses a range of appropriate narrative strategies such as flashback, foreshadowing, dialogue, tension, or suspense.

The student produces informational writing (e.g., report, procedures, correspondence) that:
 * c. Creates an organizing structure appropriate to a specific purpose, audience, and context.
 * d. Includes appropriate facts and details.