Georgia Performance
Standards for Fifth Grade
Language Arts Terms for Georgia’s
(CRCT) Criterion Reference
Competency Test
Administered in April of Each Year
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CRCT Fifth Grade Terms
Comprehension
(See April Power Point)
. Distinguishes fact from fiction
text
. Uses Title, Table of Contents,
and Chapter Headings
. Recognizes author’s purpose
. Makes predictions about text
CRCT Fifth
Grade Terms
Comprehension
• Uses dictionary, thesaurus, and
glossary skills (See March Power Point)
• Distinguishes fact from opinion
• Identifies a paragraph’s main idea,
topic sentence, supporting details,
and concluding sentence
CRCT Fifth Grade Terms
Comprehension
• Identifies different genres -fiction,
non-fiction, drama, and poetry
• Recognizes the author’s purpose
for writing
• Reads and comprehends 25
books or 1,000,000 words
per year
CRCT Fifth Grade Terms
Comprehension of Poetry
• Alliteration – a sentence with a
string of words with the same
beginning consonant. ( e.g. Peter
Piper picked a pot of pickled
peppers.)
• Onomatopoeia – the sound we
say an object makes. (e.g. -The
bee buzzed and the snake hissed.)
CRCT Fifth Grade Terms
Comprehension of Poetry
• Refrain – a phrase or verse repeated
regularly in a poem or song
• Stanza- a group of lines forming a
division in a poem
• Prose – the ordinary language that
people use in speaking or writing or
writing without the repeating rhythm
that is used in verse
CRCT Fifth Grade Terms
Writing
Uses transition words (finally, in conclusion,
next, etc.) (See March Power Point)
. Develops characters through action
and dialogue
. Uses descriptive adjectives and verbs
. Writes to persuade, inform, and
entertain ( Remember P.I.E.)
CRCT Fifth Grade Terms
Writing
• Pre-writes, drafts, edits,
revises, rewrites, and
publishes. Must complete all
steps of the writing process.
• Provides a closing paragraph in
a piece of writing
CRCT Fifth Grade Terms
Writing
(See 05 Sentences, Boundaries Power Point)
• Fragmented sentence – an
incomplete sentence. It is a sentence
that has a word or words missing
such as a subject, predicate or both.
Incorrect: (e.g.- On the old stool in the
corner of my mom’s kitchen.) Correct:
(e.g. - On Sunday, I sat on the old stool in
the corner of my mom’s kitchen.)
CRCT Fifth Grade Terms
Writing
• Apposition – a grammatical
construction in which a noun is
followed by another noun that
explains it. (e.g. – my friend, the
doctor- the word doctor is an
apposition with friend.)
• Appositive – the second of a pair of
nouns in apposition. (e.g. – my wife,
the teacher- the word teacher is an
appositive.)
CRCT Fifth Grade Terms
Narrative Writing
The student will produce a narrative that
includes a plot, a point of view, setting,
and conflict and/or the significance of
events.
A narrative is a story that one writes.
Narrative strategies can include
flashbacks, foreshadowing, dialogue,
tension or conflict. A closing
paragraph is written at the end.
CRCT Fifth Grade Terms
Informational Writing
The student will produce
informational writing which could be
a report, correspondence, directions,
or procedures. The text will include
facts and details. The student will
use a variety of resources including
newspapers, encyclopedia, internet,
etc. to write the text. A closing
paragraph is written at the end.
CRCT Fifth Grade Terms
Response Writing
The student will produce a
response to literature making
a judgment that is reflective,
evaluative, or interpretive. A
closing paragraph is written
at the end.
CRCT Fifth Grade Terms
Persuasive Writing
The student will produce a persuasive
essay that: establishes context, creates
a speaker’s voice, and develops strong
reader interest; states a clear position
in support of an idea and addressees
readers’ concerns, etc. A closing
paragraph is written at the end.
(See Persuasive Paragraph Checklist
Power Point on this CD.)
CRCT Fifth Grade Terms
Research Writing
• The student will produce a research
paper using internet resources,
encyclopedia, dictionary, etc. The
paper will include citations, end
notes, bibliography, etc. A closing
paragraph is written at the end.
• The student will demonstrate basic
keyboarding skills before middle
grades.
CRCT Fifth Grade Terms
Vocabulary
.
Homophone
. Homograph
. Antonym
. Synonym
. Idiom
homophone
Homophone- a word with the same
pronunciation as another but with
a different meaning and spelling
Blue and blew are homophones.
The sky is blue.
The wind blew the trees over.
homograph
Homograph - a word with
the same spelling, but has
a different meaning
He has a bow and arrow.
He took a bow.
antonym
Antonym- a word that has
the opposite meaning
(in
and
out)
He is going in the door.
He is going out the door.
synonym
Synonym – a word with
the same or almost the
same meaning
The rock is large.
The rock is big.
idiom
Idiom -
a phrase whose meaning cannot be
understood from the ordinary meanings of
the separate words in it
I believe you are “pulling my leg.”
The idiom “pulling my leg" means to “trick or
tease.”
People who do not speak English well have a
hard time understanding idioms.
CRCT Fifth Grade Vocabulary
• Suffixes – a syllable added to the
end of a word to change its
meaning – successes
• Prefixes - a syllable added to the
beginning of a word to change its
meaning - dislike
• Root words – a word to which a
prefix or suffix is added- successes
CRCT Fifth Grade Vocabulary
• Hyperbole – an exaggeration that
represents something greater than it is
(e.g. - a mile high ice cream cone.)
• Simile – a figure of speech comparing
two unlike things using “like or as”
(e.g. - Santa’ cheeks were like roses.)
• Metaphor- a figure of speech
comparing two unlike things without
using “like or as” (e.g. - their cheeks
were roses.)
CRCT Fifth Grade Vocabulary
• Refrain – a phrase or verse
repeated regularly in a song or
verse
• Personification – giving human
qualities to animals or objects
(e.g. - a smiling moon or
a jovial sun.)
CRCT Fifth Grade Vocabulary
Prosody- student should read orally with rhythm and flow that
sounds like everyday speech. Student self corrects and self
monitors.
Should read orally with 95%
accuracy so that the meaning
is clear to the listener.
CRCT Fifth Grade Terms
Conventions- “ Rules of Grammar ”
(See February & March Vocabulary Power Points)
• Uses correct subject/verb
agreement
• Uses nouns correctly
• Uses adjectives/adverbs
correctly
• Uses contractions correctly
CRCT Fifth Grade Terms
Conventions
• Uses personal and possessive
pronouns correctly
• Uses internet, encyclopedia,
atlas, books, etc. to research
• Uses punctuation and
capitalization correctly
• Writes legibly in cursive
CRCT Fifth Grade Terms
Conventions
(See March Power Point)
• Varies sentence structure by using and
understanding the four (4) different
kinds of sentences which include:
• Declarative- a telling sentence
• Interrogative- a question sentence
• Exclamatory- a sentence that
shows excitement
• Imperative- a command sentence
CRCT Fifth Grade Terms
Conventions
• Uses correct mechanics of commas,
quotation marks, and apostrophes
• Quotation Marks- a pair of marks to
indicate the beginning and end of a
direct quotation.
She asked, “ Why do I have to go? ”
• Comma- a mark used to show
separation of words or word groups in
a sentence
I like bikes, boats, cats, and dogs.
CRCT Fifth Grade Terms
Conventions
Apostrophe – a mark used to
show that letters are missing
as in can’t. It also can be used
to show the possessive case as
in James’s.
CRCT Fifth Grade Terms
Conventions
• Semi-colon – a punctuation mark that
is used to separate parts of a sentence
which need clearer separation or it can
be used to separate main clauses
which have no conjunctions. (and, or,
but)
• Colon – a punctuation mark used to
call attention to what follows such as a
list, explanation or quotation.
CRCT 5th Grade Terms
Listening, Speaking and Presentations
• Listens critically and responds
appropriately
• Clarifies, illustrates, expands on a topic
• Uses notes and multi-media when
delivering a presentation
• Uses languages cues and hypothesizes by
saying phrases like… what if…, very
likely…., I’m unsure whether….