RLA CSOs

The sources outline standards and objectives for English Language Arts (ELA) and Library Media (LM) for grades K-12.

English Language Arts

The ELA standards are divided into five domains: Literacy Foundations, Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening, and Language. Within these domains, there are several "clusters," or groups of standards.

• Kindergarten:

  • Literacy Foundations: Students will learn to recognize and reproduce the structure of sounds in language and understand the basic organization and features of print.
  • Reading: Students will participate in daily read-alouds of complex texts, build knowledge and vocabulary, retell familiar stories, and ask and answer questions about key details in literary and informational texts.
  • Writing: Students will use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion and informative pieces and to narrate events, as well as participate in shared research and writing.
  • Speaking & Listening: Students will participate in collaborative conversations about kindergarten topics and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
  • Language: Students will understand and use nouns, verbs, plurals, prepositions, and question words; produce complete sentences; capitalize the first word of a sentence; spell simple words phonetically, and learn and use words acquired through read alouds and conversations.

• Grade 1:

  • Literacy Foundations: Students will read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension and use phonics and word analysis skills to decode unfamiliar words.
  • Reading: Students will participate in daily read alouds, ask and answer questions about key details in literary and informational texts, use text features to locate information, and compare and contrast different types of texts.
  • Writing: Students will write opinion and informative pieces by introducing a topic, supplying facts and reasons, and providing a sense of closure, write narratives with appropriate sequences, including details, transitional words and a sense of closure, and participate in shared research and writing.
  • Speaking & Listening: Students will participate in collaborative conversations about grade 1 topics and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly in complete sentences.
  • Language: Students will produce a variety of complete sentence types and structures, capitalize dates, names of people and use appropriate ending punctuation, use context, affixes and root words to determine word meaning, and learn and use words and phrases through independent reading, read alouds and conversations.

• Grade 2:

  • Literacy Foundations: Students will read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension, use phonics and word analysis skills to decode unfamiliar words, and create readable documents with legible print or cursive.
  • Reading: Students will read and comprehend complex texts, ask and answer questions about key details in literary and informational texts, use text features to locate information, and describe the overall structure of literary texts and acknowledge differences in character viewpoints.
  • Writing: Students will write opinion and informative pieces using a topic, supplying reasons and using linking words, write narratives with appropriate sequences, and participate in shared research and writing.
  • Speaking & Listening: Students will participate in collaborative conversations about grade 2 topics and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly in complete sentences.

• Language: Students will produce and expand a variety of sentence types, capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names, and use context, affixes, and root words to determine the meaning of words with multiple meanings, and learn and use words acquired through independent reading, read alouds, and conversations.

• Grade 3:

  • Literacy Foundations: Students will read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension, use word analysis skills and phonics to decode unfamiliar words, and write legibly in cursive or joined italics.
  • Reading: Students will read and comprehend a variety of complex texts, ask and answer questions about key details in literary and informational texts, use text features to locate and compare different types of texts, and refer to specific parts of literary and informational texts to describe connections and distinguish between different viewpoints.
  • Writing: Students will write opinion and informative pieces using linking words, write narratives with appropriate sequences, and conduct short research projects.
  • Speaking & Listening: Students will participate in collaborative conversations about third grade topics, and express thoughts and ideas clearly in complete sentences.
  • Language: Students will produce a variety of sentence types and structures, capitalize appropriate words in titles, and use context, affixes, and root words to determine word meaning, and use grade-appropriate conversational, general, academic, and domain-specific words and phrases.

• Grade 4:

  • Literacy Foundations: Students will read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension and use phonics and word analysis skills to decode unfamiliar words, as well as write fluidly and legibly in cursive or joined italics.
  • Reading: Students will read and comprehend a variety of complex texts, refer to details and examples in literary and informational texts when explaining what the text says explicitly, integrate information from two texts on the same topic, and compare and contrast the structures and points of view of multiple literary and informational texts.
  • Writing: Students will write opinion and informative pieces with details and quotations, write narratives with clear event sequences, and conduct short research projects.
  • Speaking & Listening: Students will engage effectively in collaborative discussions on fourth grade topics and identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support points.
  • Language: Students will demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings; use correct capitalization, commas and quotation marks; and acquire and accurately use grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words.

• Grade 5:

  • Literacy Foundations: Students will read with sufficient accuracy, rate, and expression to support comprehension, and use knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words.
  • Reading: Students will read and comprehend a variety of complex texts, quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly, and compare and contrast the points of view in multiple literary and informational texts.
  • Writing: Students will produce clear and coherent writing appropriate to task, purpose, and audience, gather relevant information from several sources, and conduct short research projects.
  • Speaking & Listening: Students will engage effectively in collaborative discussions, and summarize information presented in diverse formats.
  • Language: Students will use a variety of sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest and style, and demonstrate understanding of conjunctions, prepositions, interjections, and verb tenses.

• Grade 6:

  • Literacy Foundations: Students will read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension and use word analysis skills to decode unfamiliar words, as well as write legibly in cursive or joined italics.
  • Reading: Students will read and comprehend a variety of complex texts, analyze the development of key ideas and cite textual evidence to support analysis, and evaluate arguments and claims.
  • Writing: Students will produce clear and coherent writing, gather relevant information from multiple sources, and conduct short research projects.
  • Speaking & Listening: Students will engage effectively in diverse conversations on grade 6 topics and present claims and findings to others using clear pronunciation.
  • Language: Students will use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing or speaking, and demonstrate understanding of figurative language and word relationships.

• Grade 7:

  • Literacy Foundations: Students will read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension and use word analysis skills to decode unfamiliar words, as well as write legibly in cursive or joined italics.
  • Reading: Students will read and comprehend complex texts, analyze how elements of literary text interact, and analyze ideas in informational texts and cite textual evidence to support analysis.
  • Writing: Students will produce clear and coherent writing and gather relevant information from multiple sources.
  • Speaking & Listening: Students will engage effectively in diverse conversations on grade 7 topics, and present claims and findings to others; emphasize main points; and speak loudly.
  • Language: Students will use knowledge of language and its conventions, demonstrate understanding of figurative language and word relationships, and choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely.

• Grade 8:

  • Literacy Foundations: Students will read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension and use word analysis skills to decode unfamiliar words, as well as write legibly in cursive or joined italics.
  • Reading: Students will read and comprehend a variety of complex texts, analyze how structure, form and point of view contribute to the overall meaning of a text, and cite textual evidence to support analysis.
  • Writing: Students will produce clear and coherent writing, gather relevant information from multiple sources, and draw evidence from literary and informational texts.
  • Speaking & Listening: Students will engage effectively in diverse conversations on grade 8 topics and present findings and claims to others.
  • Language: Students will use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing or speaking, choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, and demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

• Grades 9-12:

  • Students will read and comprehend increasingly complex literary and informational texts, analyze the development of central ideas, and integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information.
  • Students will write arguments to support claims, write informative texts, write narratives, and conduct research.
  • Students will initiate and effectively participate in collaborative discussions and make strategic use of digital media in presentations.
  • Students will apply knowledge of language and its conventions when writing or speaking, and demonstrate understanding of figurative language and word relationships.

Creative Writing and Reading

• This is a course option for 11th or 12th grade that provides an overview of literary analysis and writing in different genres, with a focus on developing skills in writing, craft, and application of multiple critical lenses.

Technical English Language Arts

• This is a course option that emphasizes technical and career-related texts, with a focus on developing skills in reading, writing, speaking/listening, and language in technical or industry-specific contexts.
  • Students will evaluate perspectives and word choices and engage with informational texts.
  • Students will write routinely in real-world contexts, and write argumentative pieces.
  • Students will engage effectively in real or industry-simulated discussions.
  • Students will understand and use complex phrases and vocabulary.

Transition English Language Arts

• This course is for seniors who have not yet met college and career readiness benchmarks, and focuses on the development of skills in reading, writing, speaking/listening, and language.
  • Students will evaluate word choices, convey meaning and add complexity to works of historical and modern authors.
  • Students will write argumentative pieces and use technology to produce, publish, and update shared writing products.
  • Students will evaluate a speaker's point of view and use of evidence and rhetoric, and make strategic use of digital media in presentations.
  • Students will apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions, and demonstrate knowledge of standard English conventions.

Library Media

The Library Media standards focus on information literacy, independent learning, and social responsibility.

• Grades K-2:

  • Students will use library resources to enhance learning, explore authors and topics of personal interest, and act on feedback from others.
  • Students will demonstrate good library citizenship, including the treatment of print materials and understanding of copyright.

• Grades 3-5:

  • Students will independently locate books and other library resources, investigate areas of personal or academic interest, and act on the feedback of others.
  • Students will understand the importance of the safe and responsible use of technology and acknowledge the ownership of work created by themselves and others.

• Grades 6-8:

• Students will explore online resources to find materials on topics of personal and academic interest, and independently identify and explore career options.

• Students will acknowledge ownership of work created by self and others, and respect the rights of others to express their views.

• Grades 9-12:

  • Students will use libraries and librarians to solve problems, and independently identify and explore career options.
  • Students will respectfully acknowledge ownership of work, and acknowledge and respect the rights of others.

 

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Here's a list of subjects, grades, and objectives, sorted by subject, then grade, then objective, as requested:

Language

• Grade 1
  • Alphabetize: beginning with different letter
  • Alphabetize: beginning with same letter
  • Correctly formed sentences
  • Eliminating fragments
  • Extraneous sentence
  • First word in sentence
  • Months of the year
  • Names of people
  • Proper and common nouns
  • Pronoun 'I'
  • Subject/verb agreement in a simple sentence
  • Supporting sentence
  • Use of exclamation point with exclamatory sentence
  • Use of past tense
  • Use of period with declarative sentence
  • Use of present tense
  • Use of question mark with interrogative sentence
  • Verb formation
• Grade 2
  • Alphabetize: beginning with different letter
  • Correctly formed sentences
  • Days of the week
  • Eliminating fragments
  • Extraneous sentence
  • Family names as titles
  • Letter parts
  • Months of the year
  • Proper and common nouns
  • Purpose and audience
  • Subject/verb agreement in a simple sentence
  • Supporting sentence
  • Use of comma with city and state
  • Use of exclamation point with exclamatory sentence
  • Use of period with declarative sentence
  • Use of present tense
  • Use of question mark with interrogative sentence
• Verb formation
• Past tense
• Grade 3
  • Comparison of Adjectives
  • First Word in Quotation
  • Letter Parts
  • Proper / Common Nouns
  • Pronoun Case
  • Special Problems in Usage
  • Subject-Verb Agreement
  • Titles of People
  • Verb Formation
  • Works of Art
• Grade 4
  • Apostrophe with Contraction
  • Apostrophe with Possessive
  • Comma with Conjunction in Compound Sentence
  • Comma with Items in a Series
  • First Word in Quotation
  • Letter Parts
  • Proper / Common Nouns
  • Purpose and Audience
  • Question Mark
  • Quotation Marks with Dialogue
  • Quotation Marks with Title of Works
  • Sentence Combining
  • Supporting Sentence
  • Titles of People
  • Topic Sentence
  • Works of Art
  • Extraneous Sentence
  • Period with Abbreviation
• Grade 5
  • First Word in Quotation
  • Letter Parts
  • Proper / Common Nouns
  • Purpose and Audience
  • Sentence Combining
  • Supporting Sentence
  • Titles of People
  • Topic Sentence
  • Works of Art
  • Extraneous Sentence
• Grade 6
• First Word in Quotation
• Letter Parts
• Proper Adjectives
• Proper / Common Nouns
• Titles of People
• Works of Art
• Grade 7
  • Descriptive Language
  • Direction as Region
  • Extraneous Sentence
  • Faulty Subordination
  • Proper Adjectives
  • Proper / Common Nouns
  • Purpose and Audience
  • Sentence Combining
  • Supporting Sentence
  • Titles of People
  • Topic Sentence
  • Transitions
• Grade 8
  • Apostrophe with Possessive
  • Colon with List
  • Comma with Appositive
  • Comma with Conjunction in Compound Sentence
  • Comma with Introductory Element
  • Descriptive Language
  • Direction as Region
  • Extraneous Sentence
  • Faulty Subordination
  • Proper Adjectives
  • Proper / Common Nouns
  • Purpose and Audience
  • Quotation Marks with Dialogue
  • Semicolon Between Independent Clauses
  • Sentence Combining
  • Supporting Sentence
  • Titles of People
  • Topic Sentence
  • Transitions
• Grade 10
  • Direction as Region
  • Misplaced Modifier
  • On-and-On
  • Parallel Structure
  • Proper Adjectives
  • Proper / Common Nouns
  • Pronoun Case
  • Sentence Combining
  • Special Problems
  • Topic Sentence
  • Titles of People
  • Comma with Interrupter
• Grade 11
  • Apostrophe with Possessive
  • Colon with List
  • Comma with Appositive
  • Comma with Introductory Element
  • Descriptive Language
  • Direction as Region
  • Extraneous Sentence
  • Proper Adjectives
  • Proper / Common Nouns
  • Purpose and Audience
  • Question Mark
  • Semicolon Between Independent Clauses
  • Sentence Combining
  • Supporting Sentence
  • Titles of People
  • Topic Sentence
  • Transitions

Listening

• Grade 1
  • Listening
• Grade 3
  • Action / Reason / Sequence
  • Extending Meaning
  • Inference
  • Specific Detail
  • Vocabulary
• Grade 4
  • Action / Reason / Sequence
  • Comprehension
  • Extending Meaning
  • Inference
  • Specific Detail
  • Vocabulary
• Grade 5
  • Action / Reason / Sequence
  • Analyze author's purpose
  • Extending Meaning
  • Inference
  • Specific Detail
  • Vocabulary
• Grade 6
  • Action / Reason / Sequence
  • Comprehension
  • Extending Meaning
  • Inference
  • Specific Detail
  • Vocabulary
• Grade 8
  • Action / Reason / Sequence
  • Comprehension
  • Extending Meaning
  • Inference
  • Specific Detail
  • Vocabulary

Math

• Grade 1
  • MATH: PROBLEM SOLVING
• Grade 3
• MATH PROBLEM SOLVING
• Grade 3
• Addition
• Addition with regrouping
• Computation in context/addition of decimals
• Computation in context/multiplication
• Computation in context/subtraction
• Computation in context/subtraction of decimals with regrouping
• Computation in context/subtraction with regrouping
• Computation in context/addition with regrouping
• Computation/symbolic notation
• Identify congruent figures
• Identify most likely and least likely outcomes
• Identify plane figures
• Identify the arithmetic operations
• Identify the identity element for multiplication
• Make predictions from a sampling
• Order numbers to 999
• Compare numbers and sets to 999
• Complete number patterns
• Estimate using front-end estimation
• Find the place value of a digit
• Recognize multiplication as repeated addition
• Solve problems using non-routine strategies
• Compare and order decimal fractions
• Grade 4
  • Compare and order decimal fractions
  • Compare areas
  • Compare numbers and sets to 9999
  • Complete geometric patterns
  • Complete number patterns
  • Count and trade coins and bills
  • Estimate temperatures
  • Estimate using front-end estimation
  • Identify a number sentence that represents the commutative property of multiplic
  • Identify correct change
  • Identify equivalent expressions that represent the commutative property of multi
  • Identify equivalent expressions that represent the identity element for multipli
  • Identify missing information
  • Identify most likely and least likely outcomes
  • Identify odd and even numbers
  • Identify plane figures
  • Identify pictorial representations of decimal fractions
  • Identify the place value of a digit in a whole number
  • Identify reasonableness
  • Identify rotations and reflections
  • Interpret bar graphs
  • Interpret tally charts
  • Name numbers to 9999
  • Order numbers to 9999
  • Read bar graphs
  • Read and interpret tables
  • Read and interpret tally charts
  • Read thermometers
  • Select appropriate units
  • Solve problems using non-routine strategies
  • Use estimation of whole numbers: compatible numbers
• Grade 5
  • Identify a solution sentence equivalent to a problem expressed in words
  • Identify equivalent expressions that represent the commutative property of multi
  • Identify number sentences that represent the inverse operation of a given number
• Grade 5
• Computation in context/addition of decimals
• Computation in context/addition of fractions
• Computation in context/addition of whole numbers
• Computation in context/multiplication of decimals
• Computation/division of whole numbers
• Computation/multiplication of fractions
• Computation/multiplication of whole numbers
• Rounding whole numbers
• Grade 7
  • Identify alternative representations of a decimal
  • Identify alternative representations of a fraction or mixed number
  • Identify integers on a number line
  • Identify numbers expressed in scientific notation
  • Identify powers and square roots
  • Identify the least common multiple or greatest common factor of two numbers
  • Identify the place value of a digit in a decimal
  • Identify the place value of a digit in a whole number
  • Identify whole numbers expressed in expanded notation
  • Identify an integer that is greater or less than a negative integer
  • Compare and order fractions
• Grade 8
  • Compare and order decimals
  • Compare and order fractions
  • Identify alternative representations of a decimal
  • Identify alternative representations of a fraction or mixed number
  • Identify an integer that is greater or less than a negative integer
  • Identify integers on a number line
  • Identify numbers expressed in scientific notation
  • Identify powers and square roots
  • Identify the place value of a digit in a decimal
  • Identify the place value of a digit in a whole number
  • Identify whole numbers expressed in expanded notation
• Grade 10
  • Evaluate polynomials
  • Solve equations with radicals
  • Solve inequalities
  • Solve linear equations
  • Use formulas to find the volume of solid figures

Reading Comprehension

• Grade 2
  • Inferential comprehension
  • Interpret information
  • Literal comprehension
  • Literal information
  • Literary classification
  • Predict outcome
• Grade 3
  • Analyze author's viewpoint
  • Analyze support
  • Classify fiction and non-fiction stories
  • Context clues
  • Determine reasons
  • Determine title
  • Draw conclusions
  • Evaluating
  • Identify main idea/theme
  • Identify source of information
  • Identify sources of information
  • Literal
  • Make an inference
  • Predict
  • Sequence
• Grade 4
  • Analyze author's purpose
  • Analyze support
  • Classify fiction and non-fiction stories
  • Determine reasons
  • Determine title
  • Draw conclusions
  • Identify main idea/theme
  • Identify mood
  • Identify prereading strategy
  • Literal
  • Make an inference
  • Predict
  • Scan passage for key words
  • Use context clues
• Grade 5
  • Analyze author's purpose
  • Analyze structure
  • Determine reasons
  • Determine title
  • Draw conclusions
  • Identify fiction and non-fiction stories
  • Identify main idea/theme
  • Identify source of information
  • Interpret figurative language
  • Literal
  • Make an inference
• Grade 6
  • Analyze author's purpose
  • Analyze fact and opinion
  • Analyze speaker
  • Analyze support
  • Determine reactions
  • Determine reasons
  • Determine title
  • Draw conclusions
  • Identify genre
  • Identify main idea/theme
  • Identify source of information
  • Interpret figurative language
  • Literal
  • Make an inference
  • Apply reading strategy
  • Use graphic organizers
  • Use context clues
• Grade 7
  • Analyze author's purpose
  • Analyze fact and opinion
  • Draw conclusions
  • Identify genre
  • Identify source of information
  • Literal
  • Make an inference
  • Use context clues
• Grade 9
  • Analyze author's purpose
  • Analyze support
  • Analyze viewpoint
  • Draw conclusions
  • Identify genre
  • Identify main idea/theme
  • Interpret mood
  • Interpret tone
  • Literal
  • Make an inference
  • Predict
  • Apply reading strategy
  • Use context clues

Reading Vocabulary

• Grade 2
  • Identify word meaning by using other words in the sentence
  • Identify word/word groups with the same or about the same meaning
  • Use sentence context to determine the meaning of a word with multiple meanings
• Grade 3
  • Identify word meaning by using other words in the sentence
  • Identify word/word groups with the same or about the same meaning
  • Use sentence context to determine the meaning of a word with multiple meanings
• Grade 4
  • Identify word meaning by using other words in the sentence
  • Identify word/word groups with the same or about the same meaning
  • Use sentence context to determine the meaning of a word with multiple meanings
• Grade 5
  • Identify word meaning by using other words in the sentence
  • Identify word/word groups with the same or about the same meaning
  • Use sentence context to determine the meaning of a word with multiple meanings
• Grade 10
  • Identify word meaning by using other words in the sentence
  • Identify word/word groups with the same or about the same meaning
• Grade 11
  • Identify word/word groups with the same or about the same meaning
  • Use sentence context to determine the meaning of a word with multiple meanings

Science

• Grade 3
  • Associate events with seasons
  • Associate products with their sources
  • Deduce the criteria used to order some celestial objects
  • Evaluate evidence supporting a conclusion
  • Evaluate evidence supporting a conclusion about relative points in time
  • Interpret a diagram of Earth events
  • Make a prediction about force
  • Predict the effect of time on organism structure
  • Predict the outcome of a change in an Earth motion
  • Read a chart about Earth products
  • Read a graph about organism characteristics
  • Understand energy sources in Earth cycles
  • Use observations to predict a sequence
  • Use observations to relate a fossil to its restoration
  • Use observations to determine the relative motion of objects
  • Recognize safety hazards
  • Analyze data about organism niches
  • Analyze data from an experiment about pressure
  • Evaluate evidence used to measure heat
• Grade 5
  • Associate an activity with a career
  • Associate celestial objects with their characteristics
  • Analyze the effects of the sun
  • Draw conclusions about changes in the Earth from graphic data
  • Evaluate the design of a soil experiment
  • Evaluate Earth models
  • Interpret a graph about the solar system
  • Make a hypothesis about the variables in an experiment on motion
  • Predict the outcome of changes in temperature
  • Read a chart about stars
  • Relate cause and effect of weathering
  • Use observations to sequence events in Earth history
  • Apply an understanding of structure and function
  • Draw a conclusion based on structure and function relationships
  • Evaluate models of sound
  • Make a prediction based on an understanding of structure and function
  • Read a graph about energy
  • Relate causes and effects of pressure
  • Use observations to make a prediction about relative rates of change in matter
• Grade 6
  • Analyze a graph about atmospheric conditions
  • Associate an activity with a career
• Grade 7
  • Analyze a chart about organism development
  • Analyze a chart about the physical properties of matter
    • Analyze a graph to make a prediction about motion
    • Analyze a chart about planet characteristics
  • Apply an understanding of energy changes
  • Associate cause and effect of light transmission
  • Associate an activity with a career
  • Draw a conclusion based on experimental data
  • Draw a conclusion from data
  • Draw a conclusion about Earth resources
  • Interpret a diagram about atmospheric conditions
  • Interpret a model of an ecosystem
  • Identify parts of a food chain
  • Make a prediction using a food web
  • Relate causes and effects of health problems
  • Relate causes and effects of physical changes
  • Read a chart about foods
  • Read a chart on properties of water
  • Read a graph about motion
  • Sequence the steps in a safety procedure
  • Use observations to classify organisms
  • Use observations to make a prediction about growth
  • Use an operational definition of behavioral patterns
• Grade 8
  • Associate body cells with their component parts
  • Determine the relationships between organisms
  • Draw a conclusion about physical properties
  • Group organs by function
  • Make a prediction about force
  • Make a prediction about water pollution
  • Analyze a weather chart
  • Interpret a weather map
  • Relate causes and effects of rock formations
  • Sequence a food chain
• Grade 10
  • Analyze a chart about the solar system
  • Associate causes and effects of atmospheric conditions
  • Apply operational definitions to interpret the periodic table
  • Associate causes and effects of atmospheric conditions
  • Draw a conclusion from a food web
  • Draw a conclusion from data on erosion
  • Draw a conclusion from a geological model
  • Evaluate graphs
  • Interpret observations of stars
  • Make a prediction of fluid pressure
  • Predict the outcome of a diffusion
  • Read a chart about blood types
    • Use observations to apply an operational definition of cell organelle function
• Grade 11
  • Associate orbits with the forces causing them
  • Evaluate conclusions about the Earth's surface
  • Evaluate graphs
  • Evaluate the limiting factors in an ocean study
  • Interpret a graph about the atmosphere
  • Interpret a minerals chart
  • Interpret a profile of the sea floor
  • Predict relative effects of erosion
  • Predict the relative effects of light on the Earth's surface
  • Read a graph of weather data
  • Relate causes and effects of weather phenomena
  • Use observations to apply an understanding of erosion
  • Draw a conclusion based on observations

Social Science

• Grade 3
  • Analyze a situation concerning public safety
  • Analyze the consequences of majority rule
  • Make an inference concerning economic choice
  • Read a special purpose map
  • Relate a government function to everyday life
  • State the interval between political events
  • Analyze a special purpose map
• Grade 5
  • Analyze an aspect of citizenship
  • Analyze reasons for a compromise
  • Compare similar responsibilities in public and private settings
  • Identify the role of an elected representative
  • Relate functions and levels of government
  • Relate functions and levels of government from information in a chart
  • Relate the Constitution and the Articles of Confederation
• Grade 6
  • Analyze a legal process
  • Analyze a Supreme Court case
  • Analyze the role of local police
  • Analyze a provision of the Constitution
  • Assess an aspect of Lincoln's presidency
  • Differentiate between rights and privileges
  • Relate a political entity to its aims
  • Relate cause and effect of constitutional provisions
• Grade 7
  • Analyze an early culture
  • Draw a conclusion based on a poster
  • Identify a continent on a polar projection
  • Identify an industrial action
  • Relate history and culture
• Grade 8
  • Analyze the jurisdiction of various courts
  • Classify public service jobs by function
  • Compare similarities from different time periods
  • Draw a conclusion about information in a chart
  • Identify a Constitutional right
  • Identify colonial voters
  • Identify the major responsibilities of the branches of government
  • Relate functions and levels of government

Spelling

• Grade 3
  • No Mistake
  • Phonetic Principles
  • Sight Words
  • Structural Principles
• Grade 4
  • Homophones
  • No Mistake
  • Phonetic Principles
  • Structural Principles
• Grade 5
  • Homophones
  • No Mistake
  • Phonetic Principles
  • Structural Principles
• Grade 6
  • Homophones
  • No Mistake
  • Phonetic Principles
  • Structural Principles
• Grade 7
  • Homophones
  • No Mistake
  • Phonetic Principles
  • Structural Principles
• Grade 8
  • Homophones
  • No Mistake
  • Phonetic Principles
  • Structural Principles

Study Skills

• Grade 3
  • Dictionary Entries
  • Encyclopedia
  • Guide Words
  • Language Arts Book
  • Newspaper
  • Study Skills
• Grade 4
  • Alphabetization
  • Dictionary Entries
  • Guide Words
  • Information Skills
  • Library/Reference Skills