American Literature Standards

• Apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g. sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, and graphics).



• Adjust their spoken, written, and visual language (e.g., conventions, style, and vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.



• Participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.



• Use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange of information).

Social Studies Standards

• Reconstruct the meaning of a historical passage.



• Read historical narratives imaginatively.



• Compare and contrast differing sets of ideas.



• Differentiate between historical facts and interpretations.



• Consider multiple perspectives.



• Compare competing historical narratives.



• Evaluate historical data.