This English Language Arts Common Core video features fifth grade students from John F. Kennedy Intermediate School located in Deer Park, New York. This lesson features:
Focus Standard RL.5.1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text;
Focus Standard RL.5.2: Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text; and
Focus Standard S&L.5.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.