CA State Standards:
Note that the “Common Core” is only for ELA and Math. There are lots of other subject areas that have standards, so together they all make up the “CA Content Standards”.
The complete list of CA State-Adopted Content Standards TK – Grade 12 are listed with hyperlinks on the state’s website here. You can search the entire TK – Grade 12 CA Content Standards for key words to see where they may be included, too. I found this incredibly illuminating and helpful, though sometimes disappointing. Try it out for yourself here.
- English Language Arts
- CA Content Standards – adopted 1997
- CA Common Core ELA Standards K-12 – adopted 2010 (essentially replaces the Content Standards adopted in 1997)
- 7th grade
- ELA Reading Standards written as “I Can” statements
- ELA Writing Standards written as “I Can” statements
- ELA Speaking & Listening Standards written as “I Can” statements
- Note that the ELA Language Progessive Skills for K-5 are expected to be proficient in upper grades. A highlight of Grade 4 & Grade 5 skills as “I Can” statements can be seen in the 4th & 5th grade links below
- 5th grade
- 4th grade
- ELA Reading Standards written as “I Can” statements
- ELA Writing Standards written as “I Can” statements
- ELA Speaking & Listening Standards written as “I Can” statements
- ELA Language Standards written as “I Can” statements
- Grade 4 ELA Worsheets aligned to standards – I’m using these free downloadable pdfs as reference points, not my entire curriculum, for one or more of these purposes:
- teach the discrete skill before we apply it in a more relevant context
- understand for myself what that skill might look like or sound like at the particular grade level
- get a sense of the extent to which the discrete skill in the standard has been mastered
- 7th grade
- CA ELA Framework K-12 (the “Frameworks” are designed to help the teachers make the standards cohesive)
- Math
- CA Common Core Content Standards K-12 (adopted 2010 and modified 2013)
- CA Framework K-12 (from 2013 – note this is not what is required to be taught, only the suggested map for how the standards can be woven together in each grade level)
- Grade 5 Khan Academy (aligned to CA Common Core state standards)
- Grade 5 & 6 Khan Academy – list by unit & individual practice modules
- Science
- NGSS standards K-12 (adopted 2013)
- 2016 CA Science Framework for understanding the NGSS standards K-12 (Grade 5 starts on p. 294)
- Gr. 5 – List of topics at-a-glance
- History/Social Science (It’s no longer called “Social Studies”)
- CA Content Standards K-12 (adopted 1998)
- CA Framework K-12 (adopted July 2016 – the Content Standards above are also listed at the end of this document, starting on p. 678 – note the Framework is not what is required to be taught, only the suggested map for how the standards can be woven together)
- CA Common Core ELA & Literacy in History, Science, & Technical Subjects K-12
- College, Career, & Civic Life Framework K-12 (referenced in the CA state standards)
- Social Justice Standards from Teaching Tolerance K-12 (These are NOT referenced in the CA state standards (but I personally think they should be))
- Gr. 5 – List of topics at-a-glance
- Technology
- CA Computer Science Standards (still under development since 2016 – not yet completed (It’s 2020!?)
- ISTE Standards (this list referenced in CA Teacher Preparation programs, but NOT in the CA state K-12 content learning standards)
- Health
- CA Health Education Content Standards (adopted 2008)
- Grade 5
- “Standards for Growth, Development, and Sexual Health” were developed for Grade 5
- Physical Education
- Visual Arts
- From the CA Content Standards, these are organized by topic, and then grades within each topic: (adopted 2019)
- All grade 5 arts at-a-glance
All CA GRADE 5 STANDARDS in one pdf – print this and put into a binder with sections for each subject including the following:
- Reading
- Writing
- Speaking & Listening
- Language
- Math
- Science
- History / Social Science
- Health
- Physical Education
- Visual Arts