Arkansas Curriculum Frameworks
AR.RL.5. Grade 5 Reading Standards for Literature
Key Ideas and Details
RL.5.2. Examine a grade-appropriate literary text. Provide a summary. 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 and how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
RL.5.10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the Grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
AR.RF.5. Grade 5 Reading Standards: Foundational Skills
Fluency
RF.5.4. Read grade-level text with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
RF.5.4.B. Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.