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With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.

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Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words both in isolation and in text. CA a. Distinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one-syllable words. b. Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams. c . Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words with long vowels. d. Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes. e. Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences. f. Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.

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Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

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Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.

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Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.

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Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.

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Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

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Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

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With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.) CA

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With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.