5th Grade SAT Objectives

5th Grade SAT Objectives:

The student will be able to:

1. determine explicit sequence or action (SAT 9)

2. determine unknown words from context (SAT 9)

3. make predictions based on text (SAT 9)

4. apply ideas from text to new situations

5. set purpose for reading (SAT 9)

6. analyze text structure

7. determine implicit causes for or effects of ideas

8. form hypotheses from ideas in text

9. draw conclusions from supporting details (SAT 9)

10. extract implicit main idea or theme (SAT 9 #s 10,12)

11. analyze author’s tone (SAT 9)

12. analyze author’s purpose, assumptions, or viewpoint

13. determine explicit causes or effects for events (SAT 9)

14. interpret a character’s traits, motivation, or behavior (SAT 9)

15. distinguish important from less important information

16. categorize, classify, compare, or contrast details (SAT 9)

17. determine explicit supporting details (SAT 9)

18. select an appropriate reading strategy in a given situation

19. evaluate sufficiency of information

20. identify characteristics of genre (SAT 9)

21. distinguish fact from opinion

22. determine likely source of text

23. discern literary devices

24. determine if needed information is within text


The above standards apply to literary (stories), informational (textbook) and functional (newspaper, schedules, etc.) reading.