Evaluate details read to determine key ideas.
For Grade 5, this standard focuses on Main Ideas & Details and prepares learners for increasingly complex tasks.
Teachers can use 5.6G to sequence instruction on Main Ideas & Details and monitor progress toward mastery.
Use short exit tickets and tasks where students explain decisions, show multiple representations, or justify answers—directly aligned to 5.6G.
It lays groundwork for the next grade by deepening accuracy and flexibility with Main Ideas & Details, so students can tackle more complex problems later.
Students may rely on procedures without reasoning or mix key terms. Build in quick oral explanations, error analysis, and vocabulary supports tied to 5.6G.
Standard 5.6G describes the essential skills and understandings for Main Ideas & Details in Grade 5. It clarifies the learning outcomes and what successful work looks like.
