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[null,null,null,"RedCritter Classroom "]
[null,null,null,"STARR Flashcard Creator"]
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[null,"WHO IS THIS FOR"]
[null,"This spreadsheet is for schools using the Texas TEKS learning standard."]
[null,"Your RedCritter Classroom must have a datawarehouse license and have the Flashcards enabled."]
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[null,"How can I tell if my RedCritter Classroom is using this standard?"]
[null,"If you are a RedCritter Classroom Admin - sign in click your Profile icon to open the main menu then"]
[null,"choose \"Settings\" and check the setting labelled \"School learning standard\""]
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[null,"OVERVIEW"]
[null,"This spreadsheet allows you to create RedCritter Flashcard questions directly in Excel."]
[null,"You can add up to 100 questions with this file. To create more, simply start with another copy of this file."]
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[null,"REQUIREMENTS"]
[null,"This spreadsheet requires Windows Excel. "]
[null,"You will need to enable editing and all macros when requested. Check for a yellow bar near the top of this page if Macro or Edit permissions are requested."]
[null,"Ensure you know your RedCritter native login and you are a Teacher or Admin for your RedCritter Classroom site."]
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[null,"VALID QUESTION FORMATS"]
[null,"This spreadsheet will validate your questions, however keep in mind a few rules…."]
[null,"1) If any answer has an image, all must have an image."]
[null,"2) You must always put the correct answer in the column under the header \"A\"."]
[null,"3) You must provide a minimum of 2 answers (A and B)."]
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[null,"INSTRUCTIONS"]
[null,"1) Fill in your questions, one per row."]
[null,"2) To add images to questions double click the cell in the \"PIC\" column."]
[null,"3) To remove an image select the cell and press the DEL key."]
[null,"4) Click the \"Upload\" button to generate your Flashcard questions in RedCritter."]
[null,"4) Use \"FILE- > SAVE AS when finished so you can edit or add more questions later."]
[null,"TIP: For best results keep image sizes less than 100K."]
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[null,"If you experience problems with this speadsheet please contact support@redcritter.com"]

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["LA",null,"3.1.A","listen actively, ask relevant questions to clarify information, and make pertinent comments;",null,"3.1.A","apply mathematics to problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace;",null,"5.1.A","demonstrate safe practices and the use of safety equipment as described in the Texas Safety Standards during classroom and outdoor investigations; and",null,"8.1.A","identify the major eras and events in U.S. history through 1877, including colonization, revolution, drafting of the Declaration of Independence, creation and ratification of the Constitution, religious revivals such as the Second Great Awakening, early republic, the Age of Jackson, westward expansi"]
["MA",null,"3.1.A.i","dropping the final \"e\" and add endings such as -ing, -ed, or -able (e.g., use, using, used, usable);",null,"3.1.B","use a problem-solving model that incorporates analyzing given information, formulating a plan or strategy, determining a solution, justifying the solution and evaluating the problem-solving process and the reasonableness of the solution;",null,"5.1.B","make informed choices in the conservation, disposal, and recycling of materials.",null,"8.1.B","apply absolute and relative chronology through the sequencing of significant individuals, events, and time periods; and"]
["SC",null,"3.1.A.ii","doubling final consonants when adding an ending (e.g., hop to hopping);",null,"3.1.C","select tools, including real objects, manipulatives, paper and pencil, and technology as appropriate, and techniques, including mental math, estimation, and number sense as appropriate, to solve problems;",null,"5.10.A","compare the structures and functions of different species that help them live and survive such as hooves on prairie animals or webbed feet in aquatic animals;",null,"8.1.C","explain the significance of the following dates: 1607, founding of Jamestown; 1620, arrival of the Pilgrims and signing of the Mayflower Compact; 1776, adoption of the Declaration of Independence; 1787, writing of the U.S. Constitution; 1803, Louisiana Purchase; and 1861-1865, Civil War."]
["SS",null,"3.1.A.iii","changing the final \"y\" to \"i\" (e.g., baby to babies);",null,"3.1.D","communicate mathematical ideas, reasoning, and their implications using multiple representations, including symbols, diagrams, graphs, and language as appropriate;",null,"5.10.B","differentiate between inherited traits of plants and animals such as spines on a cactus or shape of a beak and learned behaviors such as an animal learning tricks or a child riding a bicycle; and",null,"8.10.A","locate places and regions of importance in the United States during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries;"]
[null,null,"3.1.A.iv","using knowledge of common prefixes and suffixes (e.g., dis-, -ly)",null,"3.1.E","create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas;",null,"5.10.C","describe the differences between complete and incomplete metamorphosis of insects.",null,"8.10.B","compare places and regions of the United States in terms of physical and human characteristics; and"]
[null,null,"3.1.A.v","using knowledge of derivational affixes (e.g., -de, -ful, -able);",null,"3.1.F","analyze mathematical relationships to connect and communicate mathematical ideas; and",null,"5.11.A","compare the structures and functions of different species that help them live and survive in a specific environment such as hooves on prairie animals or webbed feet in aquatic animals; and",null,"8.10.C","analyze the effects of physical and human geographic factors on major historical and contemporary events in the United States."]
[null,null,"3.1.B","follow, restate, and give oral instructions that involve a series of related sequences of action;",null,"3.1.G","display, explain, and justify mathematical ideas and arguments using precise mathematical language in written or oral communication.",null,"5.11.B","differentiate between inherited traits of plants and animals such as spines on a cactus or shape of a beak and learned behaviors such as an animal learning tricks or a child riding a bicycle.",null,"8.11.A","analyze how physical characteristics of the environment influenced population distribution, settlement patterns, and economic activities in the United States during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries;"]
[null,null,"3.1.B.i","closed syllable (CVC) (e.g., mag-net, splen-did);",null,"3.2.A","compose and decompose numbers up to 100,000 as a sum of so many ten thousands, so many thousands, so many hundreds, so many tens, and so many ones using objects, pictorial models, and numbers, including expanded notation as appropriate;",null,"5.2.A","describe, plan, and implement simple experimental investigations testing one variable;",null,"8.11.B","describe the positive and negative consequences of human modification of the physical environment of the United States; and"]
[null,null,"3.1.B.ii","open syllable (CV) (e.g., ve-to);",null,"3.2.B","describe the mathematical relationships found in the base-10 place value system through the hundred thousands place;",null,"5.2.B","ask well-defined questions, formulate testable hypotheses, and select and use appropriate equipment and technology;",null,"8.11.C","describe how different immigrant groups interacted with the environment in the United States during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries."]
[null,null,"3.1.B.iii","final stable syllable (e.g., puz-zle, con-trac-tion);",null,"3.2.C","represent a number on a number line as being between two consecutive multiples of 10; 100; 1,000; or 10,000 and use words to describe relative size of numbers in order to round whole numbers; and",null,"5.2.C","collect information by detailed observations and accurate measuring;",null,"8.12.A","identify economic differences among different regions of the United States;"]
[null,null,"3.1.B.iv","r-controlled vowels (e.g., fer-ment, car-pool)",null,"3.2.D","compare and order whole numbers up to 100,000 and represent comparisons using the symbols >, <, or =.",null,"5.2.D","analyze and interpret information to construct reasonable explanations from direct (observable) and indirect (inferred) evidence;",null,"8.12.B","explain reasons for the development of the plantation system, the transatlantic slave trade, and the spread of slavery;"]
[null,null,"3.1.B.v","vowel digraphs and diphthongs (e.g., ei-ther);",null,"3.3.A","represent fractions greater than zero and less than or equal to one with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 using concrete objects and pictorial models, including strip diagrams and number lines;",null,"5.2.E","demonstrate that repeated investigations may increase the reliability of results;",null,"8.12.C","explain the reasons for the increase in factories and urbanization; and"]
[null,null,"3.1.C","speak coherently about the topic under discussion, employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, and the conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively;",null,"3.3.B","determine the corresponding fraction greater than zero and less than or equal to one with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 given a specified point on a number line;",null,"5.2.F","communicate valid conclusions in both written and verbal forms; and",null,"8.12.D","analyze the causes and effects of economic differences among different regions of the United States at selected times in U.S. history."]
[null,null,"3.1.D","work collaboratively with others by following agreed-upon rules, norms, and protocols; and",null,"3.3.C","explain that the unit fraction 1/b represents the quantity formed by one part of a whole that has been partitioned into b equal parts where b is a non-zero whole number;",null,"5.2.G","construct appropriate simple graphs, tables, maps, and charts using technology, including computers, to organize, examine, and evaluate information.",null,"8.13.A","analyze the War of 1812 as a cause of economic changes in the nation; and"]
[null,null,"3.1.E","develop social communication such as conversing politely in all situations.",null,"3.3.D","compose and decompose a fraction a/b with a numerator greater than zero and less than or equal to b as a sum of parts 1/b;",null,"5.3.A","in all fields of science, analyze, evaluate, and critique scientific explanations by using empirical evidence, logical reasoning, and experimental and observational testing, including examining all sides of scientific evidence of those scientific explanations, so as to encourage critical thinking by",null,"8.13.B","identify the economic factors that brought about rapid industrialization and urbanization."]
[null,null,"3.10.A","explain the author's purpose and message within a text;",null,"3.3.E","solve problems involving partitioning an object or a set of objects among two or more recipients using pictorial representations of fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8;",null,"5.3.B","evaluate the accuracy of the information related to promotional materials for products and services such as nutritional labels;",null,"8.14.A","explain why a free enterprise system of economics developed in the new nation, including minimal government intrusion, taxation, and property rights; and"]
[null,null,"3.10.B","explain how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;",null,"3.3.F","represent equivalent fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 using a variety of objects and pictorial models, including number lines;",null,"5.3.C","draw or develop a model that represents how something works or looks that cannot be seen such as how a soda dispensing machine works; and",null,"8.14.B","describe the characteristics and the benefits of the U.S. free enterprise system during the 18th and 19th centuries."]
[null,null,"3.10.C","explain the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes;",null,"3.3.G","explain that two fractions are equivalent if and only if they are both represented by the same point on the number line or represent the same portion of a same size whole for an area model; and",null,"5.3.D","connect grade-level appropriate science concepts with the history of science, science careers, and contributions of scientists.",null,"8.15.A","identify the influence of ideas from historic documents, including the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, the Mayflower Compact, the Federalist Papers, and selected Anti-Federalist writings, on the U.S. system of government;"]
[null,null,"3.10.D","describe how the author's use of imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile, and sound devices such as onomatopoeia achieves specific purposes;",null,"3.3.H","compare two fractions having the same numerator or denominator in problems by reasoning about their sizes and justifying the conclusion using symbols, words, objects, and pictorial models.",null,"5.4.A","collect, record, and analyze information using tools, including calculators, microscopes, cameras, computers, hand lenses, metric rulers, Celsius thermometers, prisms, mirrors, pan balances, triple beam balances, spring scales, graduated cylinders, beakers, hot plates, meter sticks, magnets, collect",null,"8.15.B","summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation;"]
[null,null,"3.10.E","identify the use of literary devices, including first- or third-person point of view;",null,"3.4.A","solve with fluency one-step and two-step problems involving addition and subtraction within 1,000 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and the relationship between addition and subtraction;",null,"5.4.B","use safety equipment, including safety goggles and gloves.",null,"8.15.C","identify colonial grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence and explain how those grievances were addressed in the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights; and"]
[null,null,"3.10.F","discuss how the author's use of language contributes to voice; and",null,"3.4.B","round to the nearest 10 or 100 or use compatible numbers to estimate solutions to addition and subtraction problems;",null,"5.5.A","classify matter based on physical properties, including mass, magnetism, physical state (solid, liquid, and gas), relative density (sinking and floating), solubility in water, and the ability to conduct or insulate thermal energy or electric energy;",null,"8.15.D","analyze how the U.S. Constitution reflects the principles of limited government, republicanism, checks and balances, federalism, separation of powers, popular sovereignty, and individual rights."]
[null,null,"3.10.G","identify and explain the use of hyperbole.",null,"3.4.C","determine the value of a collection of coins and bills;",null,"5.5.B","identify the boiling and freezing/melting points of water on the Celsius scale;",null,"8.16.A","summarize the purposes for and process of amending the U.S. Constitution; and"]
[null,null,"3.11.A","plan a first draft by selecting a genre for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as brainstorming, freewriting, and mapping;",null,"3.4.D","determine the total number of objects when equally-sized groups of objects are combined or arranged in arrays up to 10 by 10;",null,"5.5.C","demonstrate that some mixtures maintain physical properties of their ingredients such as iron filings and sand; and",null,"8.16.B","describe the impact of 19th-century amendments, including the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, on life in the United States."]
[null,null,"3.11.B","develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by:",null,"3.4.E","represent multiplication facts by using a variety of approaches such as repeated addition, equal-sized groups, arrays, area models, equal jumps on a number line, and skip counting;",null,"5.5.D","identify changes that can occur in the physical properties of the ingredients of solutions such as dissolving salt in water or adding lemon juice to water.",null,"8.17.A","analyze the arguments of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, including those of Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry, James Madison, and George Mason; and"]
[null,null,"3.11.B.i","organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction and a conclusion",null,"3.4.F","recall facts to multiply up to 10 by 10 with automaticity and recall the corresponding division facts;",null,"5.6.A","explore the uses of energy, including mechanical, light, thermal, electrical, and sound energy;",null,"8.17.B","explain constitutional issues arising over the issue of states' rights, including the Nullification Crisis and the Civil War."]
[null,null,"3.11.B.ii","developing an engaging idea with relevant details;",null,"3.4.G","use strategies and algorithms, including the standard algorithm, to multiply a two-digit number by a one-digit number. Strategies may include mental math, partial products, and the commutative, associative, and distributive properties;",null,"5.6.B","demonstrate that the flow of electricity in circuits requires a complete path through which an electric current can pass and can produce light, heat, and sound;",null,"8.18.A","identify the origin of judicial review and analyze examples of congressional and presidential responses;"]
[null,null,"3.11.C","revise drafts to improve sentence structure and word choice by adding, deleting, combining, and rearranging ideas for coherence and clarity;",null,"3.4.H","determine the number of objects in each group when a set of objects is partitioned into equal shares or a set of objects is shared equally;",null,"5.6.C","demonstrate that light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object or travels through one medium to another and demonstrate that light can be reflected such as the use of mirrors or other shiny surfaces and refracted such as the appearance of an object when observed through water; and",null,"8.18.B","summarize the issues, decisions, and significance of landmark Supreme Court cases, including Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, and Gibbons v. Ogden; and"]
[null,null,"3.11.D","edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:",null,"3.4.I","determine if a number is even or odd using divisibility rules;",null,"5.6.D","design an experiment that tests the effect of force on an object.",null,"8.18.C","evaluate the impact of selected landmark Supreme Court decisions, including Dred Scott v. Sandford, on life in the United States."]
[null,null,"3.11.D.i","complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement;",null,"3.4.J","determine a quotient using the relationship between multiplication and division; and",null,"5.7.A","explore the processes that led to the formation of sedimentary rocks and fossil fuels;",null,"8.19.A","define and give examples of unalienable rights;"]
[null,null,"3.11.D.ii","past, present, and future verb tense;",null,"3.4.K","solve one-step and two-step problems involving multiplication and division within 100 using strategies based on objects; pictorial models, including arrays, area models, and equal groups; properties of operations; or recall of facts.",null,"5.7.B","recognize how landforms such as deltas, canyons, and sand dunes are the result of changes to Earth's surface by wind, water, and ice;",null,"8.19.B","summarize rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights;"]
[null,null,"3.11.D.iii","singular, plural, common, and proper nouns;",null,"3.5.A","represent one- and two-step problems involving addition and subtraction of whole numbers to 1,000 using pictorial models, number lines, and equations;",null,"5.7.C","identify alternative energy resources such as wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, and biofuels; and",null,"8.19.C","explain the importance of personal responsibilities, including accepting responsibility for one's behavior and supporting one's family;"]
[null,null,"3.11.D.iv","adjectives, including their comparative and superlative forms;",null,"3.5.B","represent and solve one- and two-step multiplication and division problems within 100 using arrays, strip diagrams, and equations;",null,"5.7.D","identify fossils as evidence of past living organisms and the nature of the environments at the time using models.",null,"8.19.D","identify examples of responsible citizenship, including obeying rules and laws, staying informed on public issues, voting, and serving on juries;"]
[null,null,"3.11.D.ix","capitalization of official titles of people, holidays, and geographical names and places;",null,"3.5.C","describe a multiplication expression as a comparison such as 3 x 24 represents 3 times as much as 24;",null,"5.8.A","differentiate between weather and climate;",null,"8.19.E","summarize the criteria and explain the process for becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States; and"]
[null,null,"3.11.D.v","adverbs that convey time and adverbs that convey manner;",null,"3.5.D","determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers when the unknown is either a missing factor or product; and",null,"5.8.B","explain how the Sun and the ocean interact in the water cycle;",null,"8.19.F","explain how the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizens reflect our national identity."]
[null,null,"3.11.D.vi","prepositions and prepositional phrases;",null,"3.5.E","represent real-world relationships using number pairs in a table and verbal descriptions.",null,"5.8.C","demonstrate that Earth rotates on its axis once approximately every 24 hours causing the day/night cycle and the apparent movement of the Sun across the sky; and",null,"8.2.A","identify reasons for European exploration and colonization of North America; and"]
[null,null,"3.11.D.vii","pronouns, including subjective, objective, and possessive cases;",null,"3.6.A","classify and sort two- and three-dimensional figures, including cones, cylinders, spheres, triangular and rectangular prisms, and cubes, based on attributes using formal geometric language;",null,"5.8.D","identify and compare the physical characteristics of the Sun, Earth, and Moon.",null,"8.2.B","compare political, economic, religious, and social reasons for the establishment of the 13 English colonies."]
[null,null,"3.11.D.viii","coordinating conjunctions to form compound subjects, predicates, and sentences;",null,"3.6.B","use attributes to recognize rhombuses, parallelograms, trapezoids, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories;",null,"5.9.A","observe the way organisms live and survive in their ecosystem by interacting with the living and non-living elements;",null,"8.20.A","explain the role of significant individuals such as Thomas Hooker, Charles de Montesquieu, John Locke, William Blackstone, and William Penn in the development of self-government in colonial America;"]
[null,null,"3.11.D.x","punctuation marks, including apostrophes in contractions and possessives and commas in compound sentences and items in a series",null,"3.6.C","determine the area of rectangles with whole number side lengths in problems using multiplication related to the number of rows times the number of unit squares in each row;",null,"5.9.B","describe how the flow of energy derived from the Sun, used by producers to create their own food, is transferred through a food chain and food web to consumers and decomposers;",null,"8.20.B","evaluate the contributions of the Founding Fathers as models of civic virtue; and"]
[null,null,"3.11.D.xi","correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words",null,"3.6.D","decompose composite figures formed by rectangles into non-overlapping rectangles to determine the area of the original figure using the additive property of area; and",null,"5.9.C","predict the effects of changes in ecosystems caused by living organisms, including humans, such as the overpopulation of grazers or the building of highways; and",null,"8.20.C","analyze reasons for and the impact of selected examples of civil disobedience in U.S. history such as the Boston Tea Party and Henry David Thoreau's refusal to pay a tax."]
[null,null,"3.11.E","publish written work for appropriate audiences.",null,"3.6.E","decompose two congruent two-dimensional figures into parts with equal areas and express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole and recognize that equal shares of identical wholes need not have the same shape.",null,"5.9.D","identify the significance of the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle to the survival of plants and animals.",null,"8.21.A","identify different points of view of political parties and interest groups on important historical and contemporary issues;"]
[null,null,"3.12.A","compose literary texts, including personal narratives and poetry, using genre characteristics and craft;",null,"3.7.A","represent fractions of halves, fourths, and eighths as distances from zero on a number line;",null,"6.1.A","demonstrate safe practices during laboratory and field investigations as outlined in the Texas Safety Standards; and",null,"8.21.B","describe the importance of free speech and press in a constitutional republic; and"]
[null,null,"3.12.B","compose informational texts, including brief compositions that convey information about a topic, using a clear central idea and genre characteristics and craft;",null,"3.7.B","determine the perimeter of a polygon or a missing length when given perimeter and remaining side lengths in problems;",null,"6.1.B","practice appropriate use and conservation of resources, including disposal, reuse, or recycling of materials.",null,"8.21.C","summarize a historical event in which compromise resulted in a peaceful resolution."]
[null,null,"3.12.C","compose argumentative texts, including opinion essays, using genre characteristics and craft; and",null,"3.7.C","determine the solutions to problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes using pictorial models or tools such as a 15-minute event plus a 30-minute event equals 45 minutes;",null,"6.10.A","build a model to illustrate the structural layers of Earth, including the inner core, outer core, mantle, crust, asthenosphere, and lithosphere;",null,"8.22.A","analyze the leadership qualities of elected and appointed leaders of the United States such as George Washington, John Marshall, and Abraham Lincoln; and"]
[null,null,"3.12.D","compose correspondence such as thank you notes or letters.",null,"3.7.D","determine when it is appropriate to use measurements of liquid volume (capacity) or weight; and",null,"6.10.B","classify rocks as metamorphic, igneous, or sedimentary by the processes of their formation;",null,"8.22.B","describe the contributions of significant political, social, and military leaders of the United States such as Frederick Douglass, John Paul Jones, James Monroe, Stonewall Jackson, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton."]
[null,null,"3.13.A","generate questions on a topic for formal and informal inquiry;",null,"3.7.E","determine liquid volume (capacity) or weight using appropriate units and tools.",null,"6.10.C","identify the major tectonic plates, including Eurasian, African, Indo-Australian, Pacific, North American, and South American; and",null,"8.23.A","identify selected racial, ethnic, and religious groups that settled in the United States and explain their reasons for immigration;"]
[null,null,"3.13.B","develop and follow a research plan with adult assistance;",null,"3.8.A","summarize a data set with multiple categories using a frequency table, dot plot, pictograph, or bar graph with scaled intervals; and",null,"6.10.D","describe how plate tectonics causes major geological events such as ocean basins, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain building.",null,"8.23.B","explain the relationship between urbanization and conflicts resulting from differences in religion, social class, and political beliefs;"]
[null,null,"3.13.C","identify and gather relevant information from a variety of sources;",null,"3.8.B","solve one- and two-step problems using categorical data represented with a frequency table, dot plot, pictograph, or bar graph with scaled intervals.",null,"6.11.A","describe the physical properties, locations, and movements of the Sun, planets, Galilean moons, meteors, asteroids, and comets;",null,"8.23.C","identify ways conflicts between people from various racial, ethnic, and religious groups were resolved;"]
[null,null,"3.13.D","identify primary and secondary sources;",null,"3.9.A","explain the connection between human capital/labor and income;",null,"6.11.B","understand that gravity is the force that governs the motion of our solar system; and",null,"8.23.D","analyze the contributions of people of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups to our national identity; and"]
[null,null,"3.13.E","demonstrate understanding of information gathered;",null,"3.9.B","describe the relationship between the availability or scarcity of resources and how that impacts cost;",null,"6.11.C","describe the history and future of space exploration, including the types of equipment and transportation needed for space travel.",null,"8.23.E","identify the political, social, and economic contributions of women to American society."]
[null,null,"3.13.F","recognize the difference between paraphrasing and plagiarism when using source materials;",null,"3.9.C","identify the costs and benefits of planned and unplanned spending decisions;",null,"6.12.A","understand that all organisms are composed of one or more cells;",null,"8.24.A","describe the historical development of the abolitionist movement; and"]
[null,null,"3.13.G","create a works cited page; and",null,"3.9.D","explain that credit is used when wants or needs exceed the ability to pay and that it is the borrower's responsibility to pay it back to the lender, usually with interest;",null,"6.12.B","recognize that the presence of a nucleus determines whether a cell is prokaryotic or eukaryotic;",null,"8.24.B","evaluate the impact of reform movements, including educational reform, temperance, the women's rights movement, prison reform, abolition, the labor reform movement, and care of the disabled."]
[null,null,"3.13.H","use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results.",null,"3.9.E","list reasons to save and explain the benefit of a savings plan, including for college; and",null,"6.12.C","recognize that the broadest taxonomic classification of living organisms is divided into currently recognized Domains;",null,"8.25.A","trace the development of religious freedom in the United States;"]
[null,null,"3.15.A","follow and explain a set of written multi-step directions; and",null,"3.9.F","identify decisions involving income, spending, saving, credit, and charitable giving.",null,"6.12.D","identify the basic characteristics of organisms, including prokaryotic or eukaryotic, unicellular or multicellular, autotrophic or heterotrophic, and mode of reproduction, that further classify them in the currently recognized Kingdoms;",null,"8.25.B","describe religious motivation for immigration and influence on social movements, including the impact of the first and second Great Awakenings; and"]
[null,null,"3.15.B","locate and use specific information in graphic features of text.",null,"4.1.A","apply mathematics to problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace;",null,"6.12.E","describe biotic and abiotic parts of an ecosystem in which organisms interact; and",null,"8.25.C","analyze the impact of the First Amendment guarantees of religious freedom on the American way of life."]
[null,null,"3.16.A","understand how communication changes when moving from one genre of media to another;",null,"4.1.B","use a problem-solving model that incorporates analyzing given information, formulating a plan or strategy, determining a solution, justifying the solution, and evaluating the problem-solving process and the reasonableness of the solution;",null,"6.12.F","diagram the levels of organization within an ecosystem, including organism, population, community, and ecosystem.",null,"8.26.A","describe developments in art, music, and literature that are unique to American culture such as the Hudson River School artists, John James Audubon, \"Battle Hymn of the Republic,\" transcendentalism, and other cultural activities in the history of the United States;"]
[null,null,"3.16.B","explain how various design techniques used in media influence the message (e.g., shape, color, sound); and",null,"4.1.C","select tools, including real objects, manipulatives, paper and pencil, and technology as appropriate, and techniques, including mental math, estimation, and number sense as appropriate, to solve problems;",null,"6.2.A","plan and implement comparative and descriptive investigations by making observations, asking well-defined questions, and using appropriate equipment and technology;",null,"8.26.B","identify examples of American art, music, and literature that reflect society in different eras; and"]
[null,null,"3.16.C","compare various written conventions used for digital media (e.g., language in an informal e-mail vs. language in a web-based news article).",null,"4.1.D","communicate mathematical ideas, reasoning, and their implications using multiple representations, including symbols, diagrams, graphs, and language as appropriate;",null,"6.2.B","design and implement experimental investigations by making observations, asking well-defined questions, formulating testable hypotheses, and using appropriate equipment and technology;",null,"8.26.C","analyze the relationship between fine arts and continuity and change in the American way of life."]
[null,null,"3.17.A","plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for conveying the intended meaning to an audience and generating ideas through a range of strategies (e.g., brainstorming, graphic organizers, logs, journals);",null,"4.1.E","create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas;",null,"6.2.C","collect and record data using the International System of Units (SI) and qualitative means such as labeled drawings, writing, and graphic organizers;",null,"8.27.A","explain the effects of technological and scientific innovations such as the steamboat, the cotton gin, and interchangeable parts;"]
[null,null,"3.17.B","develop drafts by categorizing ideas and organizing them into paragraphs;",null,"4.1.F","analyze mathematical relationships to connect and communicate mathematical ideas; and",null,"6.2.D","construct tables and graphs, using repeated trials and means, to organize data and identify patterns; and",null,"8.27.B","analyze the impact of transportation and communication systems on the growth, development, and urbanization of the United States;"]
[null,null,"3.17.C","revise drafts for coherence, organization, use of simple and compound sentences, and audience;",null,"4.1.G","display, explain, and justify mathematical ideas and arguments using precise mathematical language in written or oral communication.",null,"6.2.E","analyze data to formulate reasonable explanations, communicate valid conclusions supported by the data, and predict trends.",null,"8.27.C","analyze how technological innovations changed the way goods were manufactured and marketed, nationally and internationally; and"]
[null,null,"3.17.D","edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling using a teacher-developed rubric; and",null,"4.10.A","distinguish between fixed and variable expenses;",null,"6.3.A","in all fields of science, analyze, evaluate, and critique scientific explanations by using empirical evidence, logical reasoning, and experimental and observational testing, including examining all sides of scientific evidence of those scientific explanations, so as to encourage critical thinking by",null,"8.27.D","explain how technological innovations brought about economic growth such as how the factory system contributed to rapid industrialization and the Transcontinental Railroad led to the opening of the west."]
[null,null,"3.17.E","publish written work for a specific audience.",null,"4.10.B","calculate profit in a given situation;",null,"6.3.B","use models to represent aspects of the natural world such as a model of Earth's layers;",null,"8.28.A","compare the effects of scientific discoveries and technological innovations that have influenced daily life in different periods in U.S. history; and"]
[null,null,"3.18.A","write imaginative stories that build the plot to a climax and contain details about the characters and setting; and",null,"4.10.C","compare the advantages and disadvantages of various savings options;",null,"6.3.C","identify advantages and limitations of models such as size, scale, properties, and materials; and",null,"8.28.B","identify examples of how industrialization changed life in the United States."]
[null,null,"3.18.B","write poems that convey sensory details using the conventions of poetry (e.g., rhyme, meter, patterns of verse).",null,"4.10.D","describe how to allocate a weekly allowance among spending; saving, including for college; and sharing; and",null,"6.3.D","relate the impact of research on scientific thought and society, including the history of science and contributions of scientists as related to the content.",null,"8.29.A","differentiate between, locate, and use valid primary and secondary sources such as computer software, databases, media and news services, biographies, interviews, and artifacts to acquire information about the United States;"]
[null,null,"3.2.A","ask relevant questions, seek clarification, and locate facts and details",null,"4.10.E","describe the basic purpose of financial institutions, including keeping money safe, borrowing money, and lending.",null,"6.4.A","use appropriate tools to collect, record, and analyze information, including journals/notebooks, beakers, Petri dishes, meter sticks, graduated cylinders, hot plates, test tubes, triple beam balances, microscopes, thermometers, calculators, computers, timing devices, and other equipment as needed to",null,"8.29.B","analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions;"]
[null,null,null,null,null,"4.2.A","interpret the value of each place-value position as 10 times the position to the right and as one-tenth of the value of the place to its left;",null,"6.4.B","use preventative safety equipment, including chemical splash goggles, aprons, and gloves, and be prepared to use emergency safety equipment, including an eye/face wash, a fire blanket, and a fire extinguisher.",null,"8.29.C","organize and interpret information from outlines, reports, databases, and visuals, including graphs, charts, timelines, and maps;"]
[null,null,null,null,null,"4.2.B","represent the value of the digit in whole numbers through 1,000,000,000 and decimals to the hundredths using expanded notation and numerals;",null,"6.5.A","know that an element is a pure substance represented by chemical symbols;",null,"8.29.D","identify points of view from the historical context surrounding an event and the frame of reference which influenced the participants;"]
[null,null,"3.2.A.i","decoding multisyllabic words with multiple sound-spelling patterns such as eigh, ough, and en;",null,"4.2.C","compare and order whole numbers to 1,000,000,000 and represent comparisons using the symbols >, <, or =;",null,"6.5.B","recognize that a limited number of the many known elements comprise the largest portion of solid Earth, living matter, oceans, and the atmosphere;",null,"8.29.E","support a point of view on a social studies issue or event;"]
[null,null,"3.2.A.ii","decoding multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables;",null,"4.2.D","round whole numbers to a given place value through the hundred thousands place;",null,"6.5.C","differentiate between elements and compounds on the most basic level; and",null,"8.29.F","identify bias in written, oral, and visual material;"]
[null,null,"3.2.A.iii","decoding compound words, contractions, and abbreviations;",null,"4.2.E","represent decimals, including tenths and hundredths, using concrete and visual models and money;",null,"6.5.D","identify the formation of a new substance by using the evidence of a possible chemical change such as production of a gas, change in temperature, production of a precipitate, or color change.",null,"8.29.G","evaluate the validity of a source based on language, corroboration with other sources, and information about the author;"]
[null,null,"3.2.A.iv","decoding words using knowledge of syllable division patterns such as VCCV, VCV, and VCCCV with accent shifts;",null,"4.2.F","compare and order decimals using concrete and visual models to the hundredths;",null,"6.6.A","compare metals, nonmetals, and metalloids using physical properties such as luster, conductivity, or malleability;",null,"8.29.H","use appropriate mathematical skills to interpret social studies information such as maps and graphs;"]
[null,null,"3.2.A.v","decoding words using knowledge of prefixes;",null,"4.2.G","relate decimals to fractions that name tenths and hundredths; and",null,"6.6.B","calculate density to identify an unknown substance; and",null,"8.29.I","create thematic maps, graphs, charts, models, and databases representing various aspects of the United States; and"]
[null,null,"3.2.A.vi","decoding words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping e, changing y to i, and doubling final consonants",null,"4.2.H","determine the corresponding decimal to the tenths or hundredths place of a specified point on a number line.",null,"6.6.C","test the physical properties of minerals, including hardness, color, luster, and streak.",null,"8.29.J","pose and answer questions about geographic distributions and patterns shown on maps, graphs, charts, models, and databases."]
[null,null,"3.2.A.vii","identifying and reading high-frequency words from a research-based list;",null,"4.3.A","represent a fraction a/b as a sum of fractions 1/b, where a and b are whole numbers and b>0, including when a>b;",null,"6.7.A","research and debate the advantages and disadvantages of using coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear power, biomass, wind, hydropower, geothermal, and solar resources; and",null,"8.3.A","explain the reasons for the growth of representative government and institutions during the colonial period;"]
[null,null,"3.2.B","ask relevant questions, seek clarification, and locate facts and details",null,"4.3.B","decompose a fraction in more than one way into a sum of fractions with the same denominator using concrete and pictorial models and recording results with symbolic representations;",null,"6.7.B","design a logical plan to manage energy resources in the home, school, or community.",null,"8.3.B","analyze the importance of the Mayflower Compact, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, and the Virginia House of Burgesses to the growth of representative government; and"]
[null,null,null,null,null,"4.3.C","determine if two given fractions are equivalent using a variety of methods;",null,"6.8.A","compare and contrast potential and kinetic energy;",null,"8.3.C","describe how religion and virtue contributed to the growth of representative government in the American colonies."]
[null,null,null,null,null,"4.3.D","compare two fractions with different numerators and different denominators and represent the comparison using the symbols >, =, or <;",null,"6.8.B","identify and describe the changes in position, direction, and speed of an object when acted upon by unbalanced forces;",null,"8.30.A","use social studies terminology correctly;"]
[null,null,"3.2.B.i","spelling multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables;",null,"4.3.E","represent and solve addition and subtraction of fractions with equal denominators using objects and pictorial models that build to the number line and properties of operations;",null,"6.8.C","calculate average speed using distance and time measurements;",null,"8.30.B","use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, punctuation, and proper citation of sources;"]
[null,null,"3.2.B.ii","spelling homophones;",null,"4.3.F","evaluate the reasonableness of sums and differences of fractions using benchmark fractions 0, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and 1, referring to the same whole; and",null,"6.8.D","measure and graph changes in motion; and",null,"8.30.C","transfer information from one medium to another, including written to visual and statistical to written or visual, using computer software as appropriate; and"]
[null,null,"3.2.B.iii","spelling compound words, contractions, and abbreviations;",null,"4.3.G","represent fractions and decimals to the tenths or hundredths as distances from zero on a number line.",null,"6.8.E","investigate how inclined planes and pulleys can be used to change the amount of force to move an object.",null,"8.30.D","create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information."]
[null,null,"3.2.B.iv","spelling multisyllabic words with multiple sound-spelling patterns;",null,"4.4.A","add and subtract whole numbers and decimals to the hundredths place using the standard algorithm;",null,"6.9.A","investigate methods of thermal energy transfer, including conduction, convection, and radiation;",null,"8.31.A","use a problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution; and"]
[null,null,"3.2.B.v","spelling words using knowledge of syllable division patterns such as VCCV, VCV, and VCCCV;",null,"4.4.B","determine products of a number and 10 or 100 using properties of operations and place value understandings;",null,"6.9.B","verify through investigations that thermal energy moves in a predictable pattern from warmer to cooler until all the substances attain the same temperature such as an ice cube melting; and",null,"8.31.B","use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, identify options, predict consequences, and take action to implement a decision."]
[null,null,"3.2.B.vi","spelling words using knowledge of prefixes",null,"4.4.C","represent the product of 2 two-digit numbers using arrays, area models, or equations, including perfect squares through 15 by 15;",null,"6.9.C","demonstrate energy transformations such as energy in a flashlight battery changes from chemical energy to electrical energy to light energy.",null,"8.4.A","analyze causes of the American Revolution, including the Proclamation of 1763, the Intolerable Acts, the Stamp Act, mercantilism, lack of representation in Parliament, and British economic policies following the French and Indian War;"]
[null,null,"3.2.B.vii","spelling words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping e, changing y to i, and doubling final consonants;",null,"4.4.D","use strategies and algorithms, including the standard algorithm, to multiply up to a four-digit number by a one-digit number and to multiply a two-digit number by a two-digit number. Strategies may include mental math, partial products, and the commutative, associative, and distributive properties;",null,"7.1.A","demonstrate safe practices during laboratory and field investigations as outlined in the Texas Safety Standards; and",null,"8.4.B","explain the roles played by significant individuals during the American Revolution, including Abigail Adams, John Adams, Wentworth Cheswell, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, James Armistead, Benjamin Franklin, Bernardo de Gálvez, Crispus Attucks, King George III, Haym Salomon, Patrick Henry, Thomas "]
[null,null,"3.2.C","alphabetize a series of words to the third letter; and",null,"4.4.E","represent the quotient of up to a four-digit whole number divided by a one-digit whole number using arrays, area models, or equations;",null,"7.1.B","practice appropriate use and conservation of resources, including disposal, reuse, or recycling of materials.",null,"8.4.C","explain the issues surrounding important events of the American Revolution, including declaring independence; writing the Articles of Confederation; fighting the battles of Lexington, Concord, Saratoga, and Yorktown; enduring the winter at Valley Forge; and signing the Treaty of Paris of 1783;"]
[null,null,"3.2.D","write complete words, thoughts, and answers legibly in cursive leaving appropriate spaces between words.",null,"4.4.F","use strategies and algorithms, including the standard algorithm, to divide up to a four-digit dividend by a one-digit divisor;",null,"7.10.A","observe and describe how different environments, including microhabitats in schoolyards and biomes, support different varieties of organisms;",null,"8.4.D","analyze the issues of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, including the Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise; and"]
[null,null,"3.20.A","create brief compositions that:",null,"4.4.G","round to the nearest 10, 100, or 1,000 or use compatible numbers to estimate solutions involving whole numbers; and",null,"7.10.B","describe how biodiversity contributes to the sustainability of an ecosystem; and",null,"8.4.E","analyze the arguments for and against ratification."]
[null,null,"3.20.A.i","establish a central idea in a topic sentence;",null,"4.4.H","solve with fluency one- and two-step problems involving multiplication and division, including interpreting remainders.",null,"7.10.C","observe, record, and describe the role of ecological succession such as in a microhabitat of a garden with weeds.",null,"8.5.A","describe major domestic problems faced by the leaders of the new republic such as maintaining national security, building a military, creating a stable economic system, setting up the court system, and defining the authority of the central government;"]
[null,null,"3.20.A.ii","include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations",null,"4.5.A","represent multi-step problems involving the four operations with whole numbers using strip diagrams and equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity;",null,"7.11.A","examine organisms or their structures such as insects or leaves and use dichotomous keys for identification;",null,"8.5.B","summarize arguments regarding protective tariffs, taxation, and the banking system;"]
[null,null,"3.20.A.iii","contain a concluding statement;",null,"4.5.B","represent problems using an input-output table and numerical expressions to generate a number pattern that follows a given rule representing the relationship of the values in the resulting sequence and their position in the sequence;",null,"7.11.B","explain variation within a population or species by comparing external features, behaviors, or physiology of organisms that enhance their survival such as migration, hibernation, or storage of food in a bulb; and",null,"8.5.C","explain the origin and development of American political parties;"]
[null,null,"3.20.B","write letters whose language is tailored to the audience and purpose (e.g., a thank you note to a friend) and that use appropriate conventions (e.g., date, salutation, closing); and",null,"4.5.C","use models to determine the formulas for the perimeter of a rectangle (l + w + l + w or 2l + 2w), including the special form for perimeter of a square (4s) and the area of a rectangle (l x w); and",null,"7.11.C","identify some changes in genetic traits that have occurred over several generations through natural selection and selective breeding such as the Galapagos Medium Ground Finch (Geospiza fortis) or domestic animals.",null,"8.5.D","explain the causes, important events, and effects of the War of 1812;"]
[null,null,"3.20.C","write responses to literary or expository texts that demonstrate an understanding of the text.",null,"4.5.D","solve problems related to perimeter and area of rectangles where dimensions are whole numbers.",null,"7.12.A","investigate and explain how internal structures of organisms have adaptations that allow specific functions such as gills in fish, hollow bones in birds, or xylem in plants;",null,"8.5.E","identify the foreign policies of presidents Washington through Monroe and explain the impact of Washington's Farewell Address and the Monroe Doctrine;"]
[null,null,"3.22.A","use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking:",null,"4.6.A","identify points, lines, line segments, rays, angles, and perpendicular and parallel lines;",null,"7.12.B","identify the main functions of the systems of the human organism, including the circulatory, respiratory, skeletal, muscular, digestive, excretory, reproductive, integumentary, nervous, and endocrine systems;",null,"8.5.F","explain the impact of the election of Andrew Jackson, including expanded suffrage; and"]
[null,null,"3.22.A.i","verbs (past, present, and future);",null,"4.6.B","identify and draw one or more lines of symmetry, if they exist, for a two-dimensional figure;",null,"7.12.C","recognize levels of organization in plants and animals, including cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organisms;",null,"8.5.G","analyze the reasons for the removal and resettlement of Cherokee Indians during the Jacksonian era, including the Indian Removal Act, Worcester v. Georgia, and the Trail of Tears."]
[null,null,"3.22.A.ii","nouns (singular/plural, common/proper);",null,"4.6.C","apply knowledge of right angles to identify acute, right, and obtuse triangles; and",null,"7.12.D","differentiate between structure and function in plant and animal cell organelles, including cell membrane, cell wall, nucleus, cytoplasm, mitochondrion, chloroplast, and vacuole;",null,"8.6.A","explain how the Northwest Ordinance established principles and procedures for orderly expansion of the United States;"]
[null,null,"3.22.A.iii","adjectives (e.g., descriptive: wooden, rectangular; limiting: this, that; articles: a, an, the);",null,"4.6.D","classify two-dimensional figures based on the presence or absence of parallel or perpendicular lines or the presence or absence of angles of a specified size.",null,"7.12.E","compare the functions of a cell to the functions of organisms such as waste removal; and",null,"8.6.B","explain the political, economic, and social roots of Manifest Destiny;"]
[null,null,"3.22.A.iv","adverbs (e.g., time: before, next; manner: carefully, beautifully);",null,"4.7.A","illustrate the measure of an angle as the part of a circle whose center is at the vertex of the angle that is \"cut out\" by the rays of the angle. Angle measures are limited to whole numbers;",null,"7.12.F","recognize that according to cell theory all organisms are composed of cells and cells carry on similar functions such as extracting energy from food to sustain life.",null,"8.6.C","analyze the relationship between the concept of Manifest Destiny and the westward growth of the nation;"]
[null,null,"3.22.A.v","prepositions and prepositional phrases;",null,"4.7.B","illustrate degrees as the units used to measure an angle, where 1/360 of any circle is one degree and an angle that \"cuts\" n/360 out of any circle whose center is at the angle's vertex has a measure of n degrees. Angle measures are limited to whole numbers;",null,"7.13.A","investigate how organisms respond to external stimuli found in the environment such as phototropism and fight or flight; and",null,"8.6.D","explain the causes and effects of the U.S.-Mexican War and their impact on the United States; and"]
[null,null,"3.22.A.vi","possessive pronouns (e.g., his, hers, theirs);",null,"4.7.C","determine the approximate measures of angles in degrees to the nearest whole number using a protractor;",null,"7.13.B","describe and relate responses in organisms that may result from internal stimuli such as wilting in plants and fever or vomiting in animals that allow them to maintain balance.",null,"8.6.E","identify areas that were acquired to form the United States, including the Louisiana Purchase."]
[null,null,"3.22.A.vii","coordinating conjunctions (e.g., and, or, but)",null,"4.7.D","draw an angle with a given measure; and",null,"7.14.A","define heredity as the passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next generation;",null,"8.7.A","analyze the impact of tariff policies on sections of the United States before the Civil War;"]
[null,null,"3.22.A.viii","time-order transition words and transitions that indicate a conclusion;",null,"4.7.E","determine the measure of an unknown angle formed by two non-overlapping adjacent angles given one or both angle measures.",null,"7.14.B","compare the results of uniform or diverse offspring from sexual reproduction or asexual reproduction; and",null,"8.7.B","compare the effects of political, economic, and social factors on slaves and free blacks;"]
[null,null,"3.22.B","use the complete subject and the complete predicate in a sentence; and",null,"4.8.A","identify relative sizes of measurement units within the customary and metric systems;",null,"7.14.C","recognize that inherited traits of individuals are governed in the genetic material found in the genes within chromosomes in the nucleus.",null,"8.7.C","analyze the impact of slavery on different sections of the United States; and"]
[null,null,"3.22.C","use complete simple and compound sentences with correct subject-verb agreement.",null,"4.8.B","convert measurements within the same measurement system, customary or metric, from a smaller unit into a larger unit or a larger unit into a smaller unit when given other equivalent measures represented in a table; and",null,"7.2.A","plan and implement comparative and descriptive investigations by making observations, asking well-defined questions, and using appropriate equipment and technology;",null,"8.7.D","identify the provisions and compare the effects of congressional conflicts and compromises prior to the Civil War, including the roles of John Quincy Adams, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, and Daniel Webster."]
[null,null,"3.23.A","write legibly in cursive script with spacing between words in a sentence;",null,"4.8.C","solve problems that deal with measurements of length, intervals of time, liquid volumes, mass, and money using addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division as appropriate.",null,"7.2.B","design and implement experimental investigations by making observations, asking well-defined questions, formulating testable hypotheses, and using appropriate equipment and technology;",null,"8.8.A","explain the roles played by significant individuals during the Civil War, including Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and Abraham Lincoln, and heroes such as congressional Medal of Honor recipients William Carney and Philip Bazaar;"]
[null,null,"3.23.B","use capitalization for:",null,"4.9.A","represent data on a frequency table, dot plot, or stem-and-leaf plot marked with whole numbers and fractions; and",null,"7.2.C","collect and record data using the International System of Units (SI) and qualitative means such as labeled drawings, writing, and graphic organizers;",null,"8.8.B","explain the causes of the Civil War, including sectionalism, states' rights, and slavery, and significant events of the Civil War, including the firing on Fort Sumter; the battles of Antietam, Gettysburg, and Vicksburg; the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation; Lee's surrender at Appomattox"]
[null,null,"3.23.B.i","geographical names and places;",null,"4.9.B","solve one- and two-step problems using data in whole number, decimal, and fraction form in a frequency table, dot plot, or stem-and-leaf plot.",null,"7.2.D","construct tables and graphs, using repeated trials and means, to organize data and identify patterns; and",null,"8.8.C","analyze Abraham Lincoln's ideas about liberty, equality, union, and government as contained in his first and second inaugural addresses and the Gettysburg Address and contrast them with the ideas contained in Jefferson Davis's inaugural address."]
[null,null,"3.23.B.ii","historical periods",null,"5.1.A","apply mathematics to problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace;",null,"7.2.E","analyze data to formulate reasonable explanations, communicate valid conclusions supported by the data, and predict trends.",null,"8.9.A","evaluate legislative reform programs of the Radical Reconstruction Congress and reconstructed state governments;"]
[null,null,"3.23.B.iii","official titles of people;",null,"5.1.B","use a problem-solving model that incorporates analyzing given information, formulating a plan or strategy, determining a solution, justifying the solution, and evaluating the problem-solving process and the reasonableness of the solution;",null,"7.3.A","in all fields of science, analyze, evaluate, and critique scientific explanations by using empirical evidence, logical reasoning, and experimental and observational testing, including examining all sides of scientific evidence of those scientific explanations, so as to encourage critical thinking by",null,"8.9.B","evaluate the impact of the election of Hiram Rhodes Revels;"]
[null,null,"3.23.C","recognize and use punctuation marks including:",null,"5.1.C","select tools, including real objects, manipulatives, paper and pencil, and technology as appropriate, and techniques, including mental math, estimation, and number sense as appropriate, to solve problems;",null,"7.3.B","use models to represent aspects of the natural world such as human body systems and plant and animal cells;",null,"8.9.C","explain the economic, political, and social problems during Reconstruction and evaluate their impact on different groups; and"]
[null,null,"3.23.C.i","apostrophes in contractions and possessives",null,"5.1.D","communicate mathematical ideas, reasoning, and their implications using multiple representations, including symbols, diagrams, graphs, and language as appropriate;",null,"7.3.C","identify advantages and limitations of models such as size, scale, properties, and materials; and",null,"8.9.D","identify the effects of legislative acts such as the Homestead Act, the Dawes Act, and the Morrill Act."]
[null,null,"3.23.C.ii","commas in series and dates",null,"5.1.E","create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas;",null,"7.3.D","relate the impact of research on scientific thought and society, including the history of science and contributions of scientists as related to the content."]
[null,null,"3.23.D","use correct mechanics including paragraph indentations.",null,"5.1.F","analyze mathematical relationships to connect and communicate mathematical ideas; and",null,"7.4.A","use appropriate tools to collect, record, and analyze information, including life science models, hand lens, stereoscopes, microscopes, beakers, Petri dishes, microscope slides, graduated cylinders, test tubes, meter sticks, metric rulers, metric tape measures, timing devices, hot plates, balances, "]
[null,null,"3.24.A","use knowledge of letter sounds, word parts, word segmentation, and syllabication to spell;",null,"5.1.G","display, explain, and justify mathematical ideas and arguments using precise mathematical language in written or oral communication.",null,"7.4.B","use preventative safety equipment, including chemical splash goggles, aprons, and gloves, and be prepared to use emergency safety equipment, including an eye/face wash, a fire blanket, and a fire extinguisher."]
[null,null,"3.24.B","spell words with more advanced orthographic patterns and rules:",null,"5.10.A","define income tax, payroll tax, sales tax, and property tax;",null,"7.4.E","Students will understand the relationship between living organisms and their environment. Different environments support different living organisms that are adapted to that region of Earth. Organisms are living systems that maintain a steady state with that environment and whose balance may be disru"]
[null,null,"3.24.B.i","consonant doubling when adding an ending;",null,"5.10.B","explain the difference between gross income and net income;",null,"7.5.A","recognize that radiant energy from the Sun is transformed into chemical energy through the process of photosynthesis;"]
[null,null,"3.24.B.ii","dropping final \"e\" when endings are added (e.g., -ing, -ed);",null,"5.10.C","identify the advantages and disadvantages of different methods of payment, including check, credit card, debit card, and electronic payments;",null,"7.5.B","demonstrate and explain the cycling of matter within living systems such as in the decay of biomass in a compost bin; and"]
[null,null,"3.24.B.iii","changing y to i before adding an ending;",null,"5.10.D","develop a system for keeping and using financial records;",null,"7.5.C","diagram the flow of energy through living systems, including food chains, food webs, and energy pyramids."]
[null,null,"3.24.B.iv","double consonants in middle of words;",null,"5.10.E","describe actions that might be taken to balance a budget when expenses exceed income; and",null,"7.6.A","identify that organic compounds contain carbon and other elements such as hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, nitrogen, or sulfur;"]
[null,null,"3.24.B.v","complex consonants (e.g., scr-, -dge, -tch)",null,"5.10.F","balance a simple budget.",null,"7.6.B","distinguish between physical and chemical changes in matter in the digestive system; and"]
[null,null,"3.24.B.vi","abstract vowels (e.g., ou as in could, touch, through, bought);",null,"5.2.A","represent the value of the digit in decimals through the thousandths using expanded notation and numerals;",null,"7.6.C","recognize how large molecules are broken down into smaller molecules such as carbohydrates can be broken down into sugars."]
[null,null,"3.24.C","spell high-frequency and compound words from a commonly used list;",null,"5.2.B","compare and order two decimals to thousandths and represent comparisons using the symbols ,",null,"7.7.A","contrast situations where work is done with different amounts of force to situations where no work is done such as moving a box with a ramp and without a ramp, or standing still;"]
[null,null,"3.24.D","spell words with common syllable constructions (e.g., closed, open, final stable syllable);",null,"5.2.C","round decimals to tenths or hundredths.",null,"7.7.B","illustrate the transformation of energy within an organism such as the transfer from chemical energy to heat and thermal energy in digestion; and"]
[null,null,"3.24.E","spell single syllable homophones (e.g., bear/bare; week/weak; road/rode);",null,"5.3.A","estimate to determine solutions to mathematical and real-world problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division;",null,"7.7.C","demonstrate and illustrate forces that affect motion in everyday life such as emergence of seedlings, turgor pressure, and geotropism."]
[null,null,"3.24.F","spell complex contractions (e.g., should've, won't); and",null,"5.3.B","multiply with fluency a three-digit number by a two-digit number using the standard algorithm;",null,"7.8.A","predict and describe how different types of catastrophic events impact ecosystems such as floods, hurricanes, or tornadoes;"]
[null,null,"3.24.G","use print and electronic resources to find and check correct spellings.",null,"5.3.C","solve with proficiency for quotients of up to a four-digit dividend by a two-digit divisor using strategies and the standard algorithm;",null,"7.8.B","analyze the effects of weathering, erosion, and deposition on the environment in ecoregions of Texas; and"]
[null,null,"3.25.A","generate research topics from personal interests or by brainstorming with others, narrow to one topic, and formulate open-ended questions about the major research topic; and",null,"5.3.D","represent multiplication of decimals with products to the hundredths using objects and pictorial models, including area models;",null,"7.8.C","model the effects of human activity on groundwater and surface water in a watershed."]
[null,null,"3.25.B","generate a research plan for gathering relevant information (e.g., surveys, interviews, encyclopedias) about the major research question.",null,"5.3.E","solve for products of decimals to the hundredths, including situations involving money, using strategies based on place-value understandings, properties of operations, and the relationship to the multiplication of whole numbers;",null,"7.9.A","analyze the characteristics of objects in our solar system that allow life to exist such as the proximity of the Sun, presence of water, and composition of the atmosphere; and"]
[null,null,"3.26.A","follow the research plan to collect information from multiple sources of information, both oral and written, including:",null,"5.3.F","represent quotients of decimals to the hundredths, up to four-digit dividends and two-digit whole number divisors, using objects and pictorial models, including area models;",null,"7.9.B","identify the accommodations, considering the characteristics of our solar system, that enabled manned space exploration."]
[null,null,"3.26.A.i","student-initiated surveys, on-site inspections, and interviews;",null,"5.3.G","solve for quotients of decimals to the hundredths, up to four-digit dividends and two-digit whole number divisors, using strategies and algorithms, including the standard algorithm;",null,"8.1.A","demonstrate safe practices during laboratory and field investigations as outlined in the Texas Safety Standards; and"]
[null,null,"3.26.A.ii","data from experts, reference texts, and online searches",null,"5.3.H","represent and solve addition and subtraction of fractions with unequal denominators referring to the same whole using objects and pictorial models and properties of operations;",null,"8.1.B","practice appropriate use and conservation of resources, including disposal, reuse, or recycling of materials."]
[null,null,"3.26.A.iii","visual sources of information (e.g., maps, timelines, graphs) where appropriate;",null,"5.3.I","represent and solve multiplication of a whole number and a fraction that refers to the same whole using objects and pictorial models, including area models;",null,"8.10.A","recognize that the Sun provides the energy that drives convection within the atmosphere and oceans, producing winds and ocean currents;"]
[null,null,"3.26.B","use skimming and scanning techniques to identify data by looking at text features (e.g., bold print, captions, key words, italics);",null,"5.3.J","represent division of a unit fraction by a whole number and the division of a whole number by a unit fraction such as 1/3 ÷ 7 and 7 ÷ 1/3 using objects and pictorial models, including area models;",null,"8.10.B","identify how global patterns of atmospheric movement influence local weather using weather maps that show high and low pressures and fronts; and"]
[null,null,"3.26.C","take simple notes and sort evidence into provided categories or an organizer;",null,"5.3.K","add and subtract positive rational numbers fluently; and",null,"8.10.C","identify the role of the oceans in the formation of weather systems such as hurricanes."]
[null,null,"3.26.D","identify the author, title, publisher, and publication year of sources; and",null,"5.3.L","divide whole numbers by unit fractions and unit fractions by whole numbers.",null,"8.11.A","describe producer/consumer, predator/prey, and parasite/host relationships as they occur in food webs within marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems;"]
[null,null,"3.26.E","differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism and identify the importance of citing valid and reliable sources.",null,"5.4.A","identify prime and composite numbers;",null,"8.11.B","investigate how organisms and populations in an ecosystem depend on and may compete for biotic and abiotic factors such as quantity of light, water, range of temperatures, or soil composition;"]
[null,null,"3.29.A","listen attentively to speakers, ask relevant questions, and make pertinent comments; and",null,"5.4.B","represent and solve multi-step problems involving the four operations with whole numbers using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity;",null,"8.11.C","explore how short- and long-term environmental changes affect organisms and traits in subsequent populations; and"]
[null,null,"3.29.B","follow, restate, and give oral instructions that involve a series of related sequences of action.",null,"5.4.C","generate a numerical pattern when given a rule in the form y = ax or y = x + a and graph;",null,"8.11.D","recognize human dependence on ocean systems and explain how human activities such as runoff, artificial reefs, or use of resources have modified these systems."]
[null,null,"3.3.A","use print or digital resources to determine meaning, syllabication, and pronunciation;",null,"5.4.D","recognize the difference between additive and multiplicative numerical patterns given in a table or graph;",null,"8.2.A","plan and implement comparative and descriptive investigations by making observations, asking well-defined questions, and using appropriate equipment and technology;"]
[null,null,"3.3.B","use context within and beyond a sentence to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and multiple-meaning words;",null,"5.4.E","describe the meaning of parentheses and brackets in a numeric expression;",null,"8.2.B","design and implement comparative and experimental investigations by making observations, asking well-defined questions, formulating testable hypotheses, and using appropriate equipment and technology;"]
[null,null,"3.3.C","identify the meaning of and use words with affixes such as im- (into), non-, dis-, in- (not, non), pre-, -ness, -y, and -ful; and",null,"5.4.F","simplify numerical expressions that do not involve exponents, including up to two levels of grouping;",null,"8.2.C","collect and record data using the International System of Units (SI) and qualitative means such as labeled drawings, writing, and graphic organizers;"]
[null,null,"3.3.D","identify, use, and explain the meaning of antonyms, synonyms, idioms, homophones, and homographs in a text.",null,"5.4.G","use concrete objects and pictorial models to develop the formulas for the volume of a rectangular prism, including the special form for a cube (V = l x w x h, V = s x s x s, and V = Bh); and",null,"8.2.D","construct tables and graphs, using repeated trials and means, to organize data and identify patterns; and"]
[null,null,"3.4.A","identify the meaning of common prefixes (e.g., in-, dis-) and suffixes (e.g., -full, -less), and know how they change the meaning of roots;",null,"5.4.H","represent and solve problems related to perimeter and/or area and related to volume.",null,"8.2.E","analyze data to formulate reasonable explanations, communicate valid conclusions supported by the data, and predict trends."]
[null,null,"3.4.B","use context to determine the relevant meaning of unfamiliar words or distinguish among multiple meaning words and homographs;",null,"5.6.A","recognize a cube with side length of one unit as a unit cube having one cubic unit of volume and the volume of a three-dimensional figure as the number of unit cubes (n cubic units) needed to fill it with no gaps or overlaps if possible; and",null,"8.3.A","in all fields of science, analyze, evaluate, and critique scientific explanations by using empirical evidence, logical reasoning, and experimental and observational testing, including examining all sides of scientific evidence of those scientific explanations, so as to encourage critical thinking by"]
[null,null,"3.4.C","identify and use antonyms, synonyms, homographs, and homophones;",null,"5.6.B","determine the volume of a rectangular prism with whole number side lengths in problems related to the number of layers times the number of unit cubes in the area of the base.",null,"8.3.B","use models to represent aspects of the natural world such as an atom, a molecule, space, or a geologic feature;"]
[null,null,"3.4.D","identify and apply playful uses of language (e.g., tongue twisters, palindromes, riddles); and",null,"5.8.A","describe the key attributes of the coordinate plane, including perpendicular number lines (axes) where the intersection (origin) of the two lines coincides with zero on each number line and the given point (0, 0); the x-coordinate, the first number in an ordered pair, indicates movement parallel to ",null,"8.3.C","identify advantages and limitations of models such as size, scale, properties, and materials; and"]
[null,null,"3.4.E","alphabetize a series of words to the third letter and use a dictionary or a glossary to determine the meanings, syllabication, and pronunciation of unknown words.",null,"5.8.B","describe the process for graphing ordered pairs of numbers in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane; and",null,"8.3.D","relate the impact of research on scientific thought and society, including the history of science and contributions of scientists as related to the content."]
[null,null,"3.5.A","paraphrase the themes and supporting details of fables, legends, myths, or stories; and",null,"5.8.C","graph in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane ordered pairs of numbers arising from mathematical and real-world problems, including those generated by number patterns or found in an input-output table.",null,"8.4.A","use appropriate tools to collect, record, and analyze information, including lab journals/notebooks, beakers, meter sticks, graduated cylinders, anemometers, psychrometers, hot plates, test tubes, spring scales, balances, microscopes, thermometers, calculators, computers, spectroscopes, timing devic"]
[null,null,"3.5.B","compare and contrast the settings in myths and traditional folktales.",null,"5.9.A","represent categorical data with bar graphs or frequency tables and numerical data, including data sets of measurements in fractions or decimals, with dot plots or stem-and-leaf plots;",null,"8.4.B","use preventative safety equipment, including chemical splash goggles, aprons, and gloves, and be prepared to use emergency safety equipment, including an eye/face wash, a fire blanket, and a fire extinguisher."]
[null,null,"3.6.A","establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts;",null,"5.9.B","represent discrete paired data on a scatterplot; and",null,"8.5.A","describe the structure of atoms, including the masses, electrical charges, and locations, of protons and neutrons in the nucleus and electrons in the electron cloud;"]
[null,null,"3.6.B","generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;",null,"5.9.C","solve one- and two-step problems using data from a frequency table, dot plot, bar graph, stem-and-leaf plot, or scatterplot.",null,"8.5.B","identify that protons determine an element's identity and valence electrons determine its chemical properties, including reactivity;"]
[null,null,"3.6.C","make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures;",null,"6.1.A","apply mathematics to problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace;",null,"8.5.C","interpret the arrangement of the Periodic Table, including groups and periods, to explain how properties are used to classify elements;"]
[null,null,"3.6.D","create mental images to deepen understanding;",null,"6.1.B","use a problem-solving model that incorporates analyzing given information, formulating a plan or strategy, determining a solution, justifying the solution, and evaluating the problem-solving process and the reasonableness of the solution;",null,"8.5.D","recognize that chemical formulas are used to identify substances and determine the number of atoms of each element in chemical formulas containing subscripts;"]
[null,null,"3.6.E","make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society;",null,"6.1.C","select tools, including real objects, manipulatives, paper and pencil, and technology as appropriate, and techniques, including mental math, estimation, and number sense as appropriate, to solve problems;",null,"8.5.E","investigate how evidence of chemical reactions indicate that new substances with different properties are formed; and"]
[null,null,"3.6.F","make inferences and use evidence to support understanding;",null,"6.1.D","communicate mathematical ideas, reasoning, and their implications using multiple representations, including symbols, diagrams, graphs, and language as appropriate;",null,"8.5.F","recognize whether a chemical equation containing coefficients is balanced or not and how that relates to the law of conservation of mass."]
[null,null,"3.6.G","evaluate details read to determine key ideas;",null,"6.1.E","create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas;",null,"8.6.A","demonstrate and calculate how unbalanced forces change the speed or direction of an object's motion;"]
[null,null,"3.6.H","synthesize information to create new understanding; and",null,"6.1.F","analyze mathematical relationships to connect and communicate mathematical ideas; and",null,"8.6.B","differentiate between speed, velocity, and acceleration; and"]
[null,null,"3.6.I","monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.",null,"6.1.G","display, explain, and justify mathematical ideas and arguments using precise mathematical language in written or oral communication.",null,"8.6.C","investigate and describe applications of Newton's law of inertia, law of force and acceleration, and law of action-reaction such as in vehicle restraints, sports activities, amusement park rides, Earth's tectonic activities, and rocket launches."]
[null,null,"3.7.A","describe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts;",null,"6.10.A","model and solve one-variable, one-step equations and inequalities that represent problems, including geometric concepts; and",null,"8.7.A","model and illustrate how the tilted Earth rotates on its axis, causing day and night, and revolves around the Sun causing changes in seasons;"]
[null,null,"3.7.B","write a response to a literary or informational text that demonstrates an understanding of a text;",null,"6.10.B","determine if the given value(s) make(s) one-variable, one-step equations or inequalities true.",null,"8.7.B","demonstrate and predict the sequence of events in the lunar cycle; and"]
[null,null,"3.7.C","use text evidence to support an appropriate response;",null,"6.12.A","represent numeric data graphically, including dot plots, stem-and-leaf plots, histograms, and box plots;",null,"8.7.C","relate the position of the Moon and Sun to their effect on ocean tides."]
[null,null,"3.7.D","retell and paraphrase texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order;",null,"6.12.B","use the graphical representation of numeric data to describe the center, spread, and shape of the data distribution;",null,"8.8.A","describe components of the universe, including stars, nebulae, and galaxies, and use models such as the Herztsprung-Russell diagram for classification;"]
[null,null,"3.7.E","interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating;",null,"6.12.C","summarize numeric data with numerical summaries, including the mean and median (measures of center) and the range and interquartile range (IQR) (measures of spread), and use these summaries to describe the center, spread, and shape of the data distribution; and",null,"8.8.B","recognize that the Sun is a medium-sized star near the edge of a disc-shaped galaxy of stars and that the Sun is many thousands of times closer to Earth than any other star;"]
[null,null,"3.7.F","respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate; and",null,"6.12.D","summarize categorical data with numerical and graphical summaries, including the mode, the percent of values in each category (relative frequency table), and the percent bar graph, and use these summaries to describe the data distribution.",null,"8.8.C","explore how different wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum such as light and radio waves are used to gain information about distances and properties of components in the universe;"]
[null,null,"3.7.G","discuss specific ideas in the text that are important to the meaning.",null,"6.13.A","interpret numeric data summarized in dot plots, stem-and-leaf plots, histograms, and box plots; and",null,"8.8.D","model and describe how light years are used to measure distances and sizes in the universe; and"]
[null,null,"3.8.A","infer the theme of a work, distinguishing theme from topic;",null,"6.13.B","distinguish between situations that yield data with and without variability.",null,"8.8.E","research how scientific data are used as evidence to develop scientific theories to describe the origin of the universe."]
[null,null,"3.8.B","explain the relationships among the major and minor characters;",null,"6.14.A","compare the features and costs of a checking account and a debit card offered by different local financial institutions;",null,"8.9.A","describe the historical development of evidence that supports plate tectonic theory;"]
[null,null,"3.8.C","analyze plot elements, including the sequence of events, the conflict, and the resolution; and",null,"6.14.B","distinguish between debit cards and credit cards;",null,"8.9.B","relate plate tectonics to the formation of crustal features; and"]
[null,null,"3.8.D","explain the influence of the setting on the plot.",null,"6.14.C","balance a check register that includes deposits, withdrawals, and transfers;",null,"8.9.C","interpret topographic maps and satellite views to identify land and erosional features and predict how these features may be reshaped by weathering."]
[null,null,"3.9.A","demonstrate knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of well-known children's literature such as folktales, fables, fairy tales, legends, and myths;",null,"6.14.D","explain why it is important to establish a positive credit history;"]
[null,null,"3.9.B","explain rhyme scheme, sound devices, and structural elements such as stanzas in a variety of poems;",null,"6.14.E","describe the information in a credit report and how long it is retained;"]
[null,null,"3.9.C","discuss elements of drama such as characters, dialogue, setting, and acts;",null,"6.14.F","describe the value of credit reports to borrowers and to lenders;"]
[null,null,"3.9.D","recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:",null,"6.14.G","explain various methods to pay for college, including through savings, grants, scholarships, student loans, and work-study; and"]
[null,null,"3.9.D.i","the central idea with supporting evidence;",null,"6.14.H","compare the annual salary of several occupations requiring various levels of post-secondary education or vocational training and calculate the effects of the different annual salaries on lifetime income."]
[null,null,"3.9.D.ii","features such as sections, tables, graphs, timelines, bullets, numbers, and bold and italicized font to support understanding",null,"6.2.A","classify whole numbers, integers, and rational numbers using a visual representation such as a Venn diagram to describe relationships between sets of numbers;"]
[null,null,"3.9.D.iii","organizational patterns such as cause and effect and problem and solution;",null,"6.2.B","identify a number, its opposite, and its absolute value;"]
[null,null,"3.9.E","recognize characteristics and structures of argumentative text by:",null,"6.2.C","locate, compare, and order integers and rational numbers using a number line;"]
[null,null,"3.9.E.i","identifying the claim;",null,"6.2.D","order a set of rational numbers arising from mathematical and real-world contexts; and"]
[null,null,"3.9.E.ii","distinguishing facts from opinion",null,"6.2.E","extend representations for division to include fraction notation such as a/b represents the same number as a ÷ b where b ≠ 0."]
[null,null,"3.9.E.iii","identifying the intended audience or reader",null,"6.3.A","recognize that dividing by a rational number and multiplying by its reciprocal result in equivalent values;"]
[null,null,"3.9.F","recognize characteristics of multimodal and digital texts.",null,"6.3.B","determine, with and without computation, whether a quantity is increased or decreased when multiplied by a fraction, including values greater than or less than one;"]
[null,null,"4.1.A","listen actively, ask relevant questions to clarify information, and make pertinent comments;",null,"6.3.C","represent integer operations with concrete models and connect the actions with the models to standardized algorithms;"]
[null,null,"4.1.B","follow, restate, and give oral instructions that involve a series of related sequences of action;",null,"6.3.D","add, subtract, multiply, and divide integers fluently; and"]
[null,null,"4.1.C","express an opinion supported by accurate information, employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, and the conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively; and",null,"6.3.E","multiply and divide positive rational numbers fluently."]
[null,null,"4.1.D","work collaboratively with others to develop a plan of shared responsibilities.",null,"6.4.A","compare two rules verbally, numerically, graphically, and symbolically in the form of y = ax or y = x + a in order to differentiate between additive and multiplicative relationships;"]
[null,null,"4.10.A","explain the author's purpose and message within a text;",null,"6.4.B","apply qualitative and quantitative reasoning to solve prediction and comparison of real-world problems involving ratios and rates;"]
[null,null,"4.10.B","explain how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;",null,"6.4.C","give examples of ratios as multiplicative comparisons of two quantities describing the same attribute;"]
[null,null,"4.10.C","analyze the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes;",null,"6.4.D","give examples of rates as the comparison by division of two quantities having different attributes, including rates as quotients;"]
[null,null,"4.10.D","describe how the author's use of imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile and metaphor, and sound devices such as alliteration and assonance achieves specific purposes;",null,"6.4.E","represent ratios and percents with concrete models, fractions, and decimals;"]
[null,null,"4.10.E","identify and understand the use of literary devices, including first- or third-person point of view;",null,"6.4.F","represent benchmark fractions and percents such as 1%, 10%, 25%, 33 1/3%, and multiples of these values using 10 by 10 grids, strip diagrams, number lines, and numbers;"]
[null,null,"4.10.F","discuss how the author's use of language contributes to voice; and",null,"6.4.G","generate equivalent forms of fractions, decimals, and percents using real-world problems, including problems that involve money; and"]
[null,null,"4.10.G","identify and explain the use of anecdote.",null,"6.4.H","convert units within a measurement system, including the use of proportions and unit rates."]
[null,null,"4.11.A","plan a first draft by selecting a genre for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as brainstorming, freewriting, and mapping;",null,"6.5.A","represent mathematical and real-world problems involving ratios and rates using scale factors, tables, graphs, and proportions;"]
[null,null,"4.11.B","develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by:",null,"6.5.B","solve real-world problems to find the whole given a part and the percent, to find the part given the whole and the percent, and to find the percent given the part and the whole, including the use of concrete and pictorial models; and"]
[null,null,"4.11.B.i","organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction, transitions, and a conclusion",null,"6.5.C","use equivalent fractions, decimals, and percents to show equal parts of the same whole."]
[null,null,"4.11.B.ii","developing an engaging idea with relevant details;",null,"6.6.A","identify independent and dependent quantities from tables and graphs;"]
[null,null,"4.11.C","revise drafts to improve sentence structure and word choice by adding, deleting, combining, and rearranging ideas for coherence and clarity;",null,"6.6.B","write an equation that represents the relationship between independent and dependent quantities from a table; and"]
[null,null,"4.11.D","edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:",null,"6.6.C","represent a given situation using verbal descriptions, tables, graphs, and equations in the form y = kx or y = x + b."]
[null,null,"4.11.D.i","complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;",null,"6.7.A","generate equivalent numerical expressions using order of operations, including whole number exponents and prime factorization;"]
[null,null,"4.11.D.ii","past tense of irregular verbs;",null,"6.7.B","distinguish between expressions and equations verbally, numerically, and algebraically;"]
[null,null,"4.11.D.iii","singular, plural, common, and proper nouns;",null,"6.7.C","determine if two expressions are equivalent using concrete models, pictorial models, and algebraic representations; and"]
[null,null,"4.11.D.iv","adjectives, including their comparative and superlative forms;",null,"6.7.D","generate equivalent expressions using the properties of operations: inverse, identity, commutative, associative, and distributive properties."]
[null,null,"4.11.D.ix","capitalization of historical periods, events, and documents; titles of books; stories and essays; and languages, races, and nationalities;",null,"6.8.A","extend previous knowledge of triangles and their properties to include the sum of angles of a triangle, the relationship between the lengths of sides and measures of angles in a triangle, and determining when three lengths form a triangle;"]
[null,null,"4.11.D.v","adverbs that convey frequency and adverbs that convey degree;",null,"6.8.B","model area formulas for parallelograms, trapezoids, and triangles by decomposing and rearranging parts of these shapes;"]
[null,null,"4.11.D.vi","prepositions and prepositional phrases;",null,"6.8.C","write equations that represent problems related to the area of rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, and triangles and volume of right rectangular prisms where dimensions are positive rational numbers; and"]
[null,null,"4.11.D.vii","pronouns, including reflexive;",null,"6.8.D","determine solutions for problems involving the area of rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, and triangles and volume of right rectangular prisms where dimensions are positive rational numbers."]
[null,null,"4.11.D.viii","coordinating conjunctions to form compound subjects, predicates, and sentences;",null,"6.9.A","write one-variable, one-step equations and inequalities to represent constraints or conditions within problems;"]
[null,null,"4.11.D.x","punctuation marks, including apostrophes in possessives, commas in compound sentences, and quotation marks in dialogue",null,"6.9.B","represent solutions for one-variable, one-step equations and inequalities on number lines; and"]
[null,null,"4.11.D.xi","correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words",null,"6.9.C","write corresponding real-world problems given one-variable, one-step equations or inequalities."]
[null,null,"4.11.E","publish written work for appropriate audiences.",null,"7.1.A","apply mathematics to problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace;"]
[null,null,"4.12.A","compose literary texts such as personal narratives and poetry using genre characteristics and craft;",null,"7.1.B","use a problem-solving model that incorporates analyzing given information, formulating a plan or strategy, determining a solution, justifying the solution, and evaluating the problem-solving process and the reasonableness of the solution;"]
[null,null,"4.12.B","compose informational texts, including brief compositions that convey information about a topic, using a clear central idea and genre characteristics and craft;",null,"7.1.C","select tools, including real objects, manipulatives, paper and pencil, and technology as appropriate, and techniques, including mental math, estimation, and number sense as appropriate, to solve problems;"]
[null,null,"4.12.C","compose argumentative texts, including opinion essays, using genre characteristics and craft; and",null,"7.1.D","communicate mathematical ideas, reasoning, and their implications using multiple representations, including symbols, diagrams, graphs, and language as appropriate;"]
[null,null,"4.12.D","compose correspondence that requests information.",null,"7.1.E","create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas;"]
[null,null,"4.13.A","generate and clarify questions on a topic for formal and informal inquiry;",null,"7.1.F","analyze mathematical relationships to connect and communicate mathematical ideas; and"]
[null,null,"4.13.B","develop and follow a research plan with adult assistance;",null,"7.1.G","display, explain, and justify mathematical ideas and arguments using precise mathematical language in written or oral communication."]
[null,null,"4.13.C","identify and gather relevant information from a variety of sources;",null,"7.10.A","write one-variable, two-step equations and inequalities to represent constraints or conditions within problems;"]
[null,null,"4.13.D","identify primary and secondary sources;",null,"7.10.B","represent solutions for one-variable, two-step equations and inequalities on number lines; and"]
[null,null,"4.13.E","demonstrate understanding of information gathered;",null,"7.10.C","write a corresponding real-world problem given a one-variable, two-step equation or inequality."]
[null,null,"4.13.F","recognize the difference between paraphrasing and plagiarism when using source materials;",null,"7.11.A","model and solve one-variable, two-step equations and inequalities;"]
[null,null,"4.13.G","develop a bibliography; and",null,"7.11.B","determine if the given value(s) make(s) one-variable, two-step equations and inequalities true; and"]
[null,null,"4.13.H","use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results.",null,"7.11.C","write and solve equations using geometry concepts, including the sum of the angles in a triangle, and angle relationships."]
[null,null,"4.14.A","explain the positive and negative impacts of advertisement techniques used in various genres of media to impact consumer behavior;",null,"7.12.A","compare two groups of numeric data using comparative dot plots or box plots by comparing their shapes, centers, and spreads;"]
[null,null,"4.14.B","explain how various design techniques used in media influence the message (e.g., pacing, close-ups, sound effects); and",null,"7.12.B","use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population; and"]
[null,null,"4.14.C","compare various written conventions used for digital media (e.g. language in an informal e-mail vs. language in a web-based news article).",null,"7.12.C","compare two populations based on data in random samples from these populations, including informal comparative inferences about differences between the two populations."]
[null,null,"4.15.A","plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for conveying the intended meaning to an audience and generating ideas through a range of strategies (e.g., brainstorming, graphic organizers, logs, journals);",null,"7.13.A","calculate the sales tax for a given purchase and calculate income tax for earned wages;"]
[null,null,"4.15.B","develop drafts by categorizing ideas and organizing them into paragraphs;",null,"7.13.B","identify the components of a personal budget, including income; planned savings for college, retirement, and emergencies; taxes; and fixed and variable expenses, and calculate what percentage each category comprises of the total budget;"]
[null,null,"4.15.C","revise drafts for coherence, organization, use of simple and compound sentences, and audience;",null,"7.13.C","create and organize a financial assets and liabilities record and construct a net worth statement;"]
[null,null,"4.15.D","edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling using a teacher-developed rubric; and",null,"7.13.D","use a family budget estimator to determine the minimum household budget and average hourly wage needed for a family to meet its basic needs in the student's city or another large city nearby;"]
[null,null,"4.15.E","revise final draft in response to feedback from peers and teacher and publish written work for a specific audience.",null,"7.13.E","calculate and compare simple interest and compound interest earnings; and"]
[null,null,"4.16.A","write imaginative stories that build the plot to a climax and contain details about the characters and setting; and",null,"7.13.F","analyze and compare monetary incentives, including sales, rebates, and coupons."]
[null,null,"4.16.B","write poems that convey sensory details using the conventions of poetry (e.g., rhyme, meter, patterns of verse).",null,"7.3.A","add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers fluently; and"]
[null,null,"4.18.A","create brief compositions",null,"7.3.B","apply and extend previous understandings of operations to solve problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of rational numbers."]
[null,null,"4.18.A.i","establish a central idea in a topic sentence;",null,"7.4.A","represent constant rates of change in mathematical and real-world problems given pictorial, tabular, verbal, numeric, graphical, and algebraic representations, including d = rt;"]
[null,null,"4.18.A.ii","include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations",null,"7.4.B","calculate unit rates from rates in mathematical and real-world problems;"]
[null,null,"4.18.A.iii","contain a concluding statement;",null,"7.4.C","determine the constant of proportionality (k = y/x) within mathematical and real-world problems;"]
[null,null,"4.18.B","write letters whose language is tailored to the audience and purpose (e.g., a thank you note to a friend) and that use appropriate conventions (e.g., date, salutation, closing); and",null,"7.4.D","solve problems involving ratios, rates, and percents, including multi-step problems involving percent increase and percent decrease, and financial literacy problems; and"]
[null,null,"4.18.C","write responses to literary or expository texts and provide evidence from the text to demonstrate understanding.",null,"7.4.E","convert between measurement systems, including the use of proportions and the use of unit rates."]
[null,null,"4.2.A","demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by:",null,"7.5.A","generalize the critical attributes of similarity, including ratios within and between similar shapes;"]
[null,null,"4.2.A.i","decoding words with specific orthographic patterns and rules, including regular and irregular plurals;",null,"7.5.B","describe π as the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter; and"]
[null,null,"4.2.A.ii","decoding multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables;",null,"7.5.C","solve mathematical and real-world problems involving similar shape and scale drawings."]
[null,null,"4.2.A.iii","decoding words using advanced knowledge of syllable division patterns such as VV;",null,"7.6.A","represent sample spaces for simple and compound events using lists and tree diagrams;"]
[null,null,"4.2.A.iv","decoding words using knowledge of prefixes;",null,"7.6.B","select and use different simulations to represent simple and compound events with and without technology;"]
[null,null,"4.2.A.v","decoding words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping e, changing y to i, and doubling final consonants",null,"7.6.C","make predictions and determine solutions using experimental data for simple and compound events;"]
[null,null,"4.2.A.vi","identifying and reading high-frequency words from a research-based list;",null,"7.6.D","make predictions and determine solutions using theoretical probability for simple and compound events;"]
[null,null,"4.2.B","demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:",null,"7.6.E","find the probabilities of a simple event and its complement and describe the relationship between the two;"]
[null,null,"4.2.B.i","spelling multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables;",null,"7.6.F","use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population;"]
[null,null,"4.2.B.ii","spelling homophones;",null,"7.6.G","solve problems using data represented in bar graphs, dot plots, and circle graphs, including part-to-whole and part-to-part comparisons and equivalents;"]
[null,null,"4.2.B.iii","spelling multisyllabic words with multiple sound-spelling patterns;",null,"7.6.H","solve problems using qualitative and quantitative predictions and comparisons from simple experiments; and"]
[null,null,"4.2.B.iv","spelling words using advanced knowledge of syllable division patterns;",null,"7.6.I","determine experimental and theoretical probabilities related to simple and compound events using data and sample spaces."]
[null,null,"4.2.B.v","spelling words using knowledge of prefixes",null,"7.8.A","model the relationship between the volume of a rectangular prism and a rectangular pyramid having both congruent bases and heights and connect that relationship to the formulas;"]
[null,null,"4.2.B.vi","spelling words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping e, changing y to i, and doubling final consonants",null,"7.8.B","explain verbally and symbolically the relationship between the volume of a triangular prism and a triangular pyramid having both congruent bases and heights and connect that relationship to the formulas; and"]
[null,null,"4.2.C","write legibly in cursive to complete assignments.",null,"7.8.C","use models to determine the approximate formulas for the circumference and area of a circle and connect the models to the actual formulas."]
[null,null,"4.2.D","identify the meaning of common idioms; and",null,"7.9.A","solve problems involving the volume of rectangular prisms, triangular prisms, rectangular pyramids, and triangular pyramids;"]
[null,null,"4.2.E","use a dictionary or glossary to determine the meanings, syllabication, and pronunciation of unknown words.",null,"7.9.B","determine the circumference and area of circles;"]
[null,null,"4.20.A","use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking:",null,"7.9.C","determine the area of composite figures containing combinations of rectangles, squares, parallelograms, trapezoids, triangles, semicircles, and quarter circles; and"]
[null,null,"4.20.A.i","verbs (irregular verbs);",null,"7.9.D","solve problems involving the lateral and total surface area of a rectangular prism, rectangular pyramid, triangular prism, and triangular pyramid by determining the area of the shape's net."]
[null,null,"4.20.A.ii","nouns (singular/plural, common/proper);",null,"8.1.A","apply mathematics to problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace;"]
[null,null,"4.20.A.iii","adjectives (e.g., descriptive, including purpose: sleeping bag, frying pan) and their comparative and superlative forms (e.g., fast, faster, fastest);",null,"8.1.B","use a problem-solving model that incorporates analyzing given information, formulating a plan or strategy, determining a solution, justifying the solution, and evaluating the problem-solving process and the reasonableness of the solution;"]
[null,null,"4.20.A.iv","adverbs (e.g., frequency: usually, sometimes; intensity: almost, a lot);",null,"8.1.C","select tools, including real objects, manipulatives, paper and pencil, and technology as appropriate, and techniques, including mental math, estimation, and number sense as appropriate, to solve problems;"]
[null,null,"4.20.A.v","prepositions and prepositional phrases to convey location, time, direction, or to provide details;",null,"8.1.D","communicate mathematical ideas, reasoning, and their implications using multiple representations, including symbols, diagrams, graphs, and language as appropriate;"]
[null,null,"4.20.A.vi","reflexive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves);",null,"8.1.E","create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas;"]
[null,null,"4.20.A.vii","correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor)",null,"8.1.F","analyze mathematical relationships to connect and communicate mathematical ideas; and"]
[null,null,"4.20.A.viii","use time-order transition words and transitions that indicate a conclusion;",null,"8.1.G","display, explain, and justify mathematical ideas and arguments using precise mathematical language in written or oral communication."]
[null,null,"4.20.B","use the complete subject and the complete predicate in a sentence; and",null,"8.10.A","generalize the properties of orientation and congruence of rotations, reflections, translations, and dilations of two-dimensional shapes on a coordinate plane;"]
[null,null,"4.20.C","use complete simple and compound sentences with correct subject-verb agreement.",null,"8.10.B","differentiate between transformations that preserve congruence and those that do not;"]
[null,null,"4.21.A","write legibly by selecting cursive script or manuscript printing as appropriate;",null,"8.10.C","explain the effect of translations, reflections over the x- or y-axis, and rotations limited to 90°, 180°, 270°, and 360° as applied to two-dimensional shapes on a coordinate plane using an algebraic representation; and"]
[null,null,"4.21.B","use capitalization for:",null,"8.10.D","model the effect on linear and area measurements of dilated two-dimensional shapes."]
[null,null,"4.21.B.i","historical events and documents;",null,"8.11.A","construct a scatterplot and describe the observed data to address questions of association such as linear, non-linear, and no association between bivariate data;"]
[null,null,"4.21.B.ii","titles of books, stories, and essays",null,"8.11.B","determine the mean absolute deviation and use this quantity as a measure of the average distance data are from the mean using a data set of no more than 10 data points; and"]
[null,null,"4.21.B.iii","languages, races, and nationalities",null,"8.11.C","simulate generating random samples of the same size from a population with known characteristics to develop the notion of a random sample being representative of the population from which it was selected."]
[null,null,"4.21.C","recognize and use punctuation marks including:",null,"8.12.A","solve real-world problems comparing how interest rate and loan length affect the cost of credit;"]
[null,null,"4.21.C.i","commas in compound sentences",null,"8.12.B","calculate the total cost of repaying a loan, including credit cards and easy access loans, under various rates of interest and over different periods using an online calculator;"]
[null,null,"4.21.C.ii","quotation marks.",null,"8.12.C","explain how small amounts of money invested regularly, including money saved for college and retirement, grow over time;"]
[null,null,"4.22.A","spell words with more advanced orthographic patterns and rules:",null,"8.12.D","calculate and compare simple interest and compound interest earnings;"]
[null,null,"4.22.A.i","plural rules (e.g., words ending in f as in leaf, leaves; adding -es);",null,"8.12.E","identify and explain the advantages and disadvantages of different payment methods;"]
[null,null,"4.22.A.ii","irregular plurals (e.g., man/men, foot/feet, child/children);",null,"8.12.F","analyze situations to determine if they represent financially responsible decisions and identify the benefits of financial responsibility and the costs of financial irresponsibility; and"]
[null,null,"4.22.A.iii","double consonants in middle of words;",null,"8.12.G","estimate the cost of a two-year and four-year college education, including family contribution, and devise a periodic savings plan for accumulating the money needed to contribute to the total cost of attendance for at least the first year of college."]
[null,null,"4.22.A.iv","other ways to spell sh (e.g., -sion, -tion, -cian)",null,"8.2.A","extend previous knowledge of sets and subsets using a visual representation to describe relationships between sets of real numbers;"]
[null,null,"4.22.A.v","silent letters (e.g., knee, wring);",null,"8.2.B","approximate the value of an irrational number, including π and square roots of numbers less than 225, and locate that rational number approximation on a number line;"]
[null,null,"4.22.B","spell base words and roots with affixes (e.g., -ion, -ment, -ly, dis-, pre-);",null,"8.2.C","convert between standard decimal notation and scientific notation; and"]
[null,null,"4.22.C","spell commonly used homophones (e.g., there, they're, their; two, too, to); and",null,"8.2.D","order a set of real numbers arising from mathematical and real-world contexts."]
[null,null,"4.22.D","use spelling patterns and rules and print and electronic resources to determine and check correct spellings.",null,"8.3.A","generalize that the ratio of corresponding sides of similar shapes are proportional, including a shape and its dilation;"]
[null,null,"4.23.A","generate research topics from personal interests or by brainstorming with others, narrow to one topic, and formulate open-ended questions about the major research topic; and",null,"8.3.B","compare and contrast the attributes of a shape and its dilation(s) on a coordinate plane; and"]
[null,null,"4.23.B","generate a research plan for gathering relevant information (e.g., surveys, interviews, encyclopedias) about the major research question.",null,"8.3.C","use an algebraic representation to explain the effect of a given positive rational scale factor applied to two-dimensional figures on a coordinate plane with the origin as the center of dilation."]
[null,null,"4.24.A","follow the research plan to collect information from multiple sources of information both oral and written, including:",null,"8.4.A","use similar right triangles to develop an understanding that slope, m, given as the rate comparing the change in y-values to the change in x-values, (y2 - y1)/ (x2 - x1), is the same for any two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) on the same line;"]
[null,null,"4.24.A.i","student-initiated surveys, on-site inspections, and interviews;",null,"8.4.B","graph proportional relationships, interpreting the unit rate as the slope of the line that models the relationship; and"]
[null,null,"4.24.A.ii","data from experts, reference texts, and online searches",null,"8.4.C","use data from a table or graph to determine the rate of change or slope and y-intercept in mathematical and real-world problems."]
[null,null,"4.24.A.iii","visual sources of information (e.g., maps, timelines, graphs) where appropriate;",null,"8.5.A","represent linear proportional situations with tables, graphs, and equations in the form of y = kx;"]
[null,null,"4.24.B","use skimming and scanning techniques to identify data by looking at text features (e.g., bold print, italics);",null,"8.5.B","represent linear non-proportional situations with tables, graphs, and equations in the form of y = mx + b, where b ≠ 0;"]
[null,null,"4.24.C","take simple notes and sort evidence into provided categories or an organizer;",null,"8.5.C","contrast bivariate sets of data that suggest a linear relationship with bivariate sets of data that do not suggest a linear relationship from a graphical representation;"]
[null,null,"4.24.D","identify the author, title, publisher, and publication year of sources; and",null,"8.5.D","use a trend line that approximates the linear relationship between bivariate sets of data to make predictions;"]
[null,null,"4.24.E","differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism and identify the importance of citing valid and reliable sources.",null,"8.5.E","solve problems involving direct variation;"]
[null,null,"4.27.A","listen attentively to speakers, ask relevant questions, and make pertinent comments; and",null,"8.5.F","distinguish between proportional and non-proportional situations using tables, graphs, and equations in the form y = kx or y = mx + b, where b ≠ 0;"]
[null,null,"4.27.B","follow, restate, and give oral instructions that involve a series of related sequences of action.",null,"8.5.G","identify functions using sets of ordered pairs, tables, mappings, and graphs;"]
[null,null,"4.3.A","use print or digital resources to determine meaning, syllabication, and pronunciation;",null,"8.5.H","identify examples of proportional and non-proportional functions that arise from mathematical and real-world problems; and"]
[null,null,"4.3.B","use context within and beyond a sentence to determine the relevant meaning of unfamiliar words or multiple-meaning words;",null,"8.5.I","write an equation in the form y = mx + b to model a linear relationship between two quantities using verbal, numerical, tabular, and graphical representations."]
[null,null,"4.3.C","determine the meaning of and use words with affixes such as mis-, sub-, -ment, and -ity/ty and roots such as auto, graph, and meter; and",null,"8.6.A","describe the volume formula V = Bh of a cylinder in terms of its base area and its height;"]
[null,null,"4.3.D","identify, use, and explain the meaning of homophones such as reign/rain.",null,"8.6.B","model the relationship between the volume of a cylinder and a cone having both congruent bases and heights and connect that relationship to the formulas; and"]
[null,null,"4.6.A","establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts;",null,"8.6.C","use models and diagrams to explain the Pythagorean theorem."]
[null,null,"4.6.B","generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;",null,"8.7.A","solve problems involving the volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres;"]
[null,null,"4.6.C","make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures;",null,"8.7.B","use previous knowledge of surface area to make connections to the formulas for lateral and total surface area and determine solutions for problems involving rectangular prisms, triangular prisms, and cylinders;"]
[null,null,"4.6.D","create mental images to deepen understanding;",null,"8.7.C","use the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse to solve problems; and"]
[null,null,"4.6.E","make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society;",null,"8.7.D","determine the distance between two points on a coordinate plane using the Pythagorean Theorem."]
[null,null,"4.6.F","make inferences and use evidence to support understanding;",null,"8.8.A","write one-variable equations or inequalities with variables on both sides that represent problems using rational number coefficients and constants;"]
[null,null,"4.6.G","evaluate details read to determine key ideas;",null,"8.8.B","write a corresponding real-world problem when given a one-variable equation or inequality with variables on both sides of the equal sign using rational number coefficients and constants;"]
[null,null,"4.6.H","synthesize information to create new understanding; and",null,"8.8.C","model and solve one-variable equations with variables on both sides of the equal sign that represent mathematical and real-world problems using rational number coefficients and constants; and"]
[null,null,"4.6.I","monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.",null,"8.8.D","use informal arguments to establish facts about the angle sum and exterior angle of triangles, the angles created when parallel lines are cut by a transversal, and the angle-angle criterion for similarity of triangles."]
[null,null,"4.7.A","describe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts;"]
[null,null,"4.7.B","write responses that demonstrate understanding of texts, including comparing and contrasting ideas across a variety of sources;"]
[null,null,"4.7.C","use text evidence to support an appropriate response;"]
[null,null,"4.7.D","retell, paraphrase, or summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order;"]
[null,null,"4.7.E","interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating;"]
[null,null,"4.7.F","respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate; and"]
[null,null,"4.7.G","discuss specific ideas in the text that are important to the meaning."]
[null,null,"4.8.A","infer basic themes supported by text evidence;"]
[null,null,"4.8.B","explain the interactions of the characters and the changes they undergo;"]
[null,null,"4.8.C","analyze plot elements, including the rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution; and"]
[null,null,"4.8.D","explain the influence of the setting, including historical and cultural settings, on the plot."]
[null,null,"4.9.A","demonstrate knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of well-known children's literature such as folktales, fables, legends, myths, and tall tales;"]
[null,null,"4.9.B","explain figurative language such as simile, metaphor, and personification that the poet uses to create images;"]
[null,null,"4.9.C","explain structure in drama such as character tags, acts, scenes, and stage directions;"]
[null,null,"4.9.D","recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:"]
[null,null,"4.9.D.i","the central idea with supporting evidence;"]
[null,null,"4.9.D.ii","features such as pronunciation guides and diagrams to support understanding"]
[null,null,"4.9.D.iii","organizational patterns such as compare and contrast;"]
[null,null,"4.9.E","recognize characteristics and structures of argumentative text by:"]
[null,null,"4.9.E.i","identifying the claim;"]
[null,null,"4.9.E.ii","explaining how the author has used facts for an argument"]
[null,null,"4.9.E.iii","identifying the intended audience or reader"]
[null,null,"4.9.F","recognize characteristics of multimodal and digital texts."]
[null,null,"5.1.A","listen actively to interpret verbal and non-verbal messages, ask relevant questions, and make pertinent comments;"]
[null,null,"5.1.B","follow, restate, and give oral instructions that include multiple action steps;"]
[null,null,"5.1.C","give an organized presentation employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, natural gestures, and conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively; and"]
[null,null,"5.1.D","work collaboratively with others to develop a plan of shared responsibilities."]
[null,null,"5.10.A","explain the author's purpose and message within a text;"]
[null,null,"5.10.B","analyze how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;"]
[null,null,"5.10.C","analyze the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes;"]
[null,null,"5.10.D","describe how the author's use of imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile and metaphor, and sound devices achieves specific purposes;"]
[null,null,"5.10.E","identify and understand the use of literary devices, including first- or third-person point of view;"]
[null,null,"5.10.F","examine how the author's use of language contributes to voice; and"]
[null,null,"5.10.G","explain the purpose of hyperbole, stereotyping, and anecdote."]
[null,null,"5.11.A","plan a first draft by selecting a genre for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as brainstorming, freewriting, and mapping;"]
[null,null,"5.11.B","develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by:"]
[null,null,"5.11.B.i","organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction, transitions, and a conclusion"]
[null,null,"5.11.B.ii","developing an engaging idea reflecting depth of thought with specific facts and details;"]
[null,null,"5.11.C","revise drafts to improve sentence structure and word choice by adding, deleting, combining, and rearranging ideas for coherence and clarity;"]
[null,null,"5.11.D","edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:"]
[null,null,"5.11.D.i","complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;"]
[null,null,"5.11.D.ii","past tense of irregular verbs;"]
[null,null,"5.11.D.iii","collective nouns;"]
[null,null,"5.11.D.iv","adjectives, including their comparative and superlative forms;"]
[null,null,"5.11.D.ix","capitalization of abbreviations, initials, acronyms, and organizations;"]
[null,null,"5.11.D.v","conjunctive adverbs;"]
[null,null,"5.11.D.vi","prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement;"]
[null,null,"5.11.D.vii","pronouns, including indefinite;"]
[null,null,"5.11.D.viii","subordinating conjunctions to form complex sentences;"]
[null,null,"5.11.D.x","punctuation marks, including commas in compound and complex sentences, quotation marks in dialogue, and italics and underlining for titles and emphasis"]
[null,null,"5.11.D.xi","correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words"]
[null,null,"5.11.E","publish written work for appropriate audiences."]
[null,null,"5.12.A","compose literary texts such as personal narratives, fiction, and poetry using genre characteristics and craft;"]
[null,null,"5.12.B","compose informational texts, including brief compositions that convey information about a topic, using a clear central idea and genre characteristics and craft;"]
[null,null,"5.12.C","compose argumentative texts, including opinion essays, using genre characteristics and craft; and"]
[null,null,"5.12.D","compose correspondence that requests information."]
[null,null,"5.13.A","generate and clarify questions on a topic for formal and informal inquiry;"]
[null,null,"5.13.B","develop and follow a research plan with adult assistance;"]
[null,null,"5.13.C","identify and gather relevant information from a variety of sources;"]
[null,null,"5.13.D","understand credibility of primary and secondary sources;"]
[null,null,"5.13.E","demonstrate understanding of information gathered;"]
[null,null,"5.13.F","differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism when using source materials;"]
[null,null,"5.13.G","develop a bibliography; and"]
[null,null,"5.13.H","use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results."]
[null,null,"5.14.A","explain how messages conveyed in various forms of media are presented differently (e.g., documentaries, online information, televised news);"]
[null,null,"5.14.B","consider the difference in techniques used in media (e.g., commercials, documentaries, news);"]
[null,null,"5.14.C","identify the point of view of media presentations; and"]
[null,null,"5.14.D","analyze various digital media venues for levels of formality and informality."]
[null,null,"5.15.A","plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for conveying the intended meaning to an audience, determining appropriate topics through a range of strategies (e.g., discussion, background reading, personal interests, interviews), and developing a thesis or controlling idea;"]
[null,null,"5.15.B","develop drafts by choosing an appropriate organizational strategy (e.g., sequence of events, cause-effect, compare-contrast) and building on ideas to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing;"]
[null,null,"5.15.C","revise drafts to clarify meaning, enhance style, include simple and compound sentences, and improve transitions by adding, deleting, combining, and rearranging sentences or larger units of text after rethinking how well questions of purpose, audience, and genre have been addressed;"]
[null,null,"5.15.D","edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling; and"]
[null,null,"5.15.E","revise final draft in response to feedback from peers and teacher and publish written work for appropriate audiences."]
[null,null,"5.16.A","write imaginative stories that include:"]
[null,null,"5.16.A.i","a clearly defined focus, plot, and point of view;"]
[null,null,"5.16.A.ii","a specific, believable setting created through the use of sensory details"]
[null,null,"5.16.A.iii","dialogue that develops the story"]
[null,null,"5.16.B","write poems using:"]
[null,null,"5.16.B.i","poetic techniques (e.g., alliteration, onomatopoeia);"]
[null,null,"5.16.B.ii","figurative language (e.g., similes, metaphors)"]
[null,null,"5.16.B.iii","graphic elements (e.g., capital letters, line length)."]
[null,null,"5.18.A","create multi-paragraph essays to convey information about the topic that:"]
[null,null,"5.18.A.i","present effective introductions and concluding paragraphs;"]
[null,null,"5.18.A.ii","guide and inform the reader's understanding of key ideas and evidence;"]
[null,null,"5.18.A.iii","include specific facts, details, and examples in an appropriately organized structure"]
[null,null,"5.18.A.iv","use a variety of sentence structures and transitions to link paragraphs;"]
[null,null,"5.18.B","write formal and informal letters that convey ideas, include important information, demonstrate a sense of closure, and use appropriate conventions (e.g., date, salutation, closing); and"]
[null,null,"5.18.C","write responses to literary or expository texts and provide evidence from the text to demonstrate understanding."]
[null,null,"5.2.A","demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by:"]
[null,null,"5.2.A.i","decoding words with consonant changes, including/t/ to/sh/ such as in select and selection and/k/ to/sh/ such as music and musician;"]
[null,null,"5.2.A.ii","decoding multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllable; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables;"]
[null,null,"5.2.A.iii","decoding words using advanced knowledge of syllable division patterns;"]
[null,null,"5.2.A.iv","decoding words using advanced knowledge of the influence of prefixes and suffixes on base words"]
[null,null,"5.2.A.v","identifying and reading high-frequency words from a research-based list;"]
[null,null,"5.2.B","demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:"]
[null,null,"5.2.B.i","spelling multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables;"]
[null,null,"5.2.B.ii","spelling words with consonant changes, including/t/ to/sh/ such as in select and selection and/k/ to/sh/ such as music and musician;"]
[null,null,"5.2.B.iii","spelling multisyllabic words with multiple sound-spelling patterns;"]
[null,null,"5.2.B.iv","spelling words using advanced knowledge of syllable division patterns;"]
[null,null,"5.2.B.v","spelling words using knowledge of prefixes"]
[null,null,"5.2.B.vi","spelling words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping e, changing y to i, and doubling final consonants"]
[null,null,"5.2.C","write legibly in cursive."]
[null,null,"5.2.D","identify and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and other sayings; and"]
[null,null,"5.2.E","use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus (printed or electronic) to determine the meanings, syllabication, pronunciations, alternate word choices, and parts of speech of words."]
[null,null,"5.20.A","use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking:"]
[null,null,"5.20.A.i","verbs (irregular verbs and active voice);"]
[null,null,"5.20.A.ii","collective nouns (e.g., class, public);"]
[null,null,"5.20.A.iii","adjectives (e.g., descriptive, including origins: French windows, American cars) and their comparative and superlative forms (e.g., good, better, best);"]
[null,null,"5.20.A.iv","adverbs (e.g., frequency: usually, sometimes; intensity: almost, a lot);"]
[null,null,"5.20.A.v","prepositions and prepositional phrases to convey location, time, direction, or to provide details;"]
[null,null,"5.20.A.vi","indefinite pronouns (e.g., all, both, nothing, anything);"]
[null,null,"5.20.A.vii","subordinating conjunctions (e.g., while, because, although, if)"]
[null,null,"5.20.A.viii","transitional words (e.g., also, therefore);"]
[null,null,"5.20.B","use the complete subject and the complete predicate in a sentence; and"]
[null,null,"5.20.C","use complete simple and compound sentences with correct subject-verb agreement."]
[null,null,"5.21.A","use capitalization for:"]
[null,null,"5.21.A.i","abbreviations;"]
[null,null,"5.21.A.ii","initials and acronyms"]
[null,null,"5.21.A.iii","organizations;"]
[null,null,"5.21.B","recognize and use punctuation marks including:"]
[null,null,"5.21.B.i","commas in compound sentences"]
[null,null,"5.21.B.ii","proper punctuation and spacing for quotations"]
[null,null,"5.21.C","use proper mechanics including italics and underlining for titles and emphasis."]
[null,null,"5.22.A","spell words with more advanced orthographic patterns and rules:"]
[null,null,"5.22.A.i","consonant changes (e.g.,/t/ to/sh/ in select, selection;/k/ to/sh/ in music, musician);"]
[null,null,"5.22.A.ii","vowel changes (e.g., long to short in crime, criminal; long to schwa in define, definition; short to schwa in legality, legal)"]
[null,null,"5.22.A.iii","silent and sounded consonants (e.g., haste, hasten; sign, signal; condemn, condemnation);"]
[null,null,"5.22.B","spell words with:"]
[null,null,"5.22.B.i","Greek Roots (e.g., tele, photo, graph, meter);"]
[null,null,"5.22.B.ii","Latin Roots (e.g., spec, scrib, rupt, port, ject, dict);"]
[null,null,"5.22.B.iii","Greek suffixes (e.g., -ology, -phobia, -ism, -ist)"]
[null,null,"5.22.B.iv","Latin derived suffixes (e.g., -able, -ible; -ance, -ence);"]
[null,null,"5.22.C","differentiate between commonly confused terms (e.g., its, it's; affect, effect);"]
[null,null,"5.22.D","use spelling patterns and rules and print and electronic resources to determine and check correct spellings; and"]
[null,null,"5.22.E","know how to use the spell-check function in word processing while understanding its limitations."]
[null,null,"5.23.A","brainstorm, consult with others, decide upon a topic, and formulate open-ended questions to address the major research topic; and"]
[null,null,"5.23.B","generate a research plan for gathering relevant information about the major research question."]
[null,null,"5.24.A","follow the research plan to collect data from a range of print and electronic resources (e.g., reference texts, periodicals, web pages, online sources) and data from experts;"]
[null,null,"5.24.B","differentiate between primary and secondary sources;"]
[null,null,"5.24.C","record data, utilizing available technology (e.g., word processors) in order to see the relationships between ideas, and convert graphic/visual data (e.g., charts, diagrams, timelines) into written notes;"]
[null,null,"5.24.D","identify the source of notes (e.g., author, title, page number) and record bibliographic information concerning those sources according to a standard format; and"]
[null,null,"5.24.E","differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism and identify the importance of citing valid and reliable sources."]
[null,null,"5.25.A","refine the major research question, if necessary, guided by the answers to a secondary set of questions; and"]
[null,null,"5.25.B","evaluate the relevance, validity, and reliability of sources for the research."]
[null,null,"5.26.A","compiles important information from multiple sources;"]
[null,null,"5.26.B","develops a topic sentence, summarizes findings, and uses evidence to support conclusions;"]
[null,null,"5.26.C","presents the findings in a consistent format; and"]
[null,null,"5.26.D","uses quotations to support ideas and an appropriate form of documentation to acknowledge sources (e.g., bibliography, works cited)."]
[null,null,"5.27.A","listen to and interpret a speaker's messages (both verbal and nonverbal) and ask questions to clarify the speaker's purpose or perspective;"]
[null,null,"5.27.B","follow, restate, and give oral instructions that include multiple action steps; and"]
[null,null,"5.27.C","determine both main and supporting ideas in the speaker's message."]
[null,null,"5.3.A","use print or digital resources to determine meaning, syllabication, pronunciation, and word origin;"]
[null,null,"5.3.B","use context within and beyond a sentence to determine the relevant meaning of unfamiliar words or multiple-meaning words;"]
[null,null,"5.3.C","identify the meaning of and use words with affixes such as trans-, super-, -ive, and -logy and roots such as geo and photo; and"]
[null,null,"5.3.D","identify, use, and explain the meaning of adages and puns."]
[null,null,"5.6.A","establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts;"]
[null,null,"5.6.B","generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;"]
[null,null,"5.6.C","make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures;"]
[null,null,"5.6.D","create mental images to deepen understanding;"]
[null,null,"5.6.E","make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society;"]
[null,null,"5.6.F","make inferences and use evidence to support understanding;"]
[null,null,"5.6.G","evaluate details read to determine key ideas;"]
[null,null,"5.6.H","synthesize information to create new understanding; and"]
[null,null,"5.6.I","monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down."]
[null,null,"5.7.A","describe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts;"]
[null,null,"5.7.B","write responses that demonstrate understanding of texts, including comparing and contrasting ideas across a variety of sources;"]
[null,null,"5.7.C","use text evidence to support an appropriate response;"]
[null,null,"5.7.D","retell, paraphrase, or summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order;"]
[null,null,"5.7.E","interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating;"]
[null,null,"5.7.F","respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate; and"]
[null,null,"5.7.G","discuss specific ideas in the text that are important to the meaning."]
[null,null,"5.8.A","infer multiple themes within a text using text evidence;"]
[null,null,"5.8.B","analyze the relationships of and conflicts among the characters;"]
[null,null,"5.8.C","analyze plot elements, including rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution; and"]
[null,null,"5.8.D","analyze the influence of the setting, including historical and cultural settings, on the plot."]
[null,null,"5.9.A","demonstrate knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of well-known children's literature such as folktales, fables, legends, myths, and tall tales;"]
[null,null,"5.9.B","explain the use of sound devices and figurative language and distinguish between the poet and the speaker in poems across a variety of poetic forms;"]
[null,null,"5.9.C","explain structure in drama such as character tags, acts, scenes, and stage directions;"]
[null,null,"5.9.D","recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:"]
[null,null,"5.9.D.i","the central idea with supporting evidence;"]
[null,null,"5.9.D.ii","features such as insets, timelines, and sidebars to support understanding"]
[null,null,"5.9.D.iii","organizational patterns such as logical order and order of importance;"]
[null,null,"5.9.E","recognize characteristics and structures of argumentative text by:"]
[null,null,"5.9.E.i","identifying the claim;"]
[null,null,"5.9.E.ii","explaining how the author has used facts for or against an argument"]
[null,null,"5.9.E.iii","identifying the intended audience or reader"]
[null,null,"5.9.F","recognize characteristics of multimodal and digital texts."]
[null,null,"6.1.A","listen actively to interpret a message, ask clarifying questions, and respond appropriately;"]
[null,null,"6.1.B","follow and give oral instructions that include multiple action steps;"]
[null,null,"6.1.C","give an organized presentation with a specific stance and position, employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, natural gestures, and conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively; and"]
[null,null,"6.1.D","participate in student-led discussions by eliciting and considering suggestions from other group members, taking notes, and identifying points of agreement and disagreement."]
[null,null,"6.1.E","identify the importance of using appropriate nonverbal communication;"]
[null,null,"6.1.F","identify and explain the components of listening process;"]
[null,null,"6.1.G","identify the kinds of listening and analyze skills related to each type;"]
[null,null,"6.1.H","analyze how perception of self and others affects communication;"]
[null,null,"6.1.I","analyze and develop techniques and strategies for building self-confidence and reducing communication apprehension;"]
[null,null,"6.1.J","identify and explain factors that influence communication decisions such as knowledge, attitudes, and culture; and"]
[null,null,"6.1.K","explain the importance of assuming responsibility for communication decisions."]
[null,null,"6.10.A","summarize the main ideas and supporting details in text, demonstrating an understanding that a summary does not include opinions;"]
[null,null,"6.10.B","explain whether facts included in an argument are used for or against an issue;"]
[null,null,"6.10.B.i","organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction, transitions, coherence within and across paragraphs, and a conclusion"]
[null,null,"6.10.B.ii","developing an engaging idea reflecting depth of thought with specific facts and details;"]
[null,null,"6.10.C","explain how different organizational patterns (e.g., proposition-and-support, problem-and-solution) develop the main idea and the author's viewpoint; and"]
[null,null,"6.10.D","synthesize and make logical connections between ideas within a text and across two or three texts representing similar or different genres."]
[null,null,"6.10.D.i","complete complex sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;"]
[null,null,"6.10.D.ii","consistent, appropriate use of verb tenses;"]
[null,null,"6.10.D.iii","conjunctive adverbs;"]
[null,null,"6.10.D.iv","prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement;"]
[null,null,"6.10.D.ix","correct spelling, including commonly confused terms such as its/it's, affect/effect, there/their/they're, and to/two/too"]
[null,null,"6.10.D.v","pronouns, including relative;"]
[null,null,"6.10.D.vi","subordinating conjunctions to form complex sentences and correlative conjunctions such as either/or and neither/nor;"]
[null,null,"6.10.D.vii","capitalization of proper nouns, including abbreviations, initials, acronyms, and organizations;"]
[null,null,"6.10.D.viii","punctuation marks, including commas in complex sentences, transitions, and introductory elements"]
[null,null,"6.10.E","publish written work for appropriate audiences."]
[null,null,"6.11.A","compare and contrast the structure and viewpoints of two different authors writing for the same purpose, noting the stated claim and supporting evidence; and"]
[null,null,"6.11.B","identify simply faulty reasoning used in persuasive texts."]
[null,null,"6.11.C","compose multi-paragraph argumentative texts using genre characteristics and craft; and"]
[null,null,"6.11.D","compose correspondence that reflects an opinion, registers a complaint, or requests information in a business or friendly structure."]
[null,null,"6.12.A","follow multi-tasked instructions to complete a task, solve a problem, or perform procedures; and"]
[null,null,"6.12.B","interpret factual, quantitative, or technical information presented in maps, charts, illustrations, graphs, timelines, tables, and diagrams."]
[null,null,"6.12.C","refine the major research question, if necessary, guided by the answers to a secondary set of questions;"]
[null,null,"6.12.D","identify and gather relevant information from a variety of sources;"]
[null,null,"6.12.E","differentiate between primary and secondary sources;"]
[null,null,"6.12.F","synthesize information from a variety of sources;"]
[null,null,"6.12.G","differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism when using source materials;"]
[null,null,"6.12.H","examine sources for:"]
[null,null,"6.12.H.i","reliability, credibility, and bias"]
[null,null,"6.12.H.ii","faulty reasoning such as hyperbole, emotional appeals, and stereotype;"]
[null,null,"6.12.I","display academic citations and use source materials ethically; and"]
[null,null,"6.12.J","use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results."]
[null,null,"6.13.A","explain messages conveyed in various forms of media;"]
[null,null,"6.13.B","recognize how various techniques influence viewers' emotions;"]
[null,null,"6.13.C","critique persuasive techniques (e.g., testimonials, bandwagon appeal) used in media messages; and"]
[null,null,"6.13.D","analyze various digital media venues for levels of formality and informality."]
[null,null,"6.14.A","plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for conveying the intended meaning to an audience, determining appropriate topics through a range of strategies (e.g., discussion, background reading, personal interests, interviews), and developing a thesis or controlling idea;"]
[null,null,"6.14.B","develop drafts by choosing an appropriate organizational strategy (e.g., sequence of events, cause-effect, compare-contrast) and building on ideas to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing;"]
[null,null,"6.14.C","revise drafts to clarify meaning, enhance style, include simple and compound sentences, and improve transitions by adding, deleting, combining, and rearranging sentences or larger units of text after rethinking how well questions of purpose, audience, and genre have been addressed;"]
[null,null,"6.14.D","edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling; and"]
[null,null,"6.14.E","revise final draft in response to feedback from peers and teacher and publish written work for appropriate audiences."]
[null,null,"6.15.A","write imaginative stories that include:"]
[null,null,"6.15.A.i","a clearly defined focus, plot, and point of view;"]
[null,null,"6.15.A.ii","a specific, believable setting created through the use of sensory details"]
[null,null,"6.15.A.iii","dialogue that develops the story"]
[null,null,"6.15.B","write poems using:"]
[null,null,"6.15.B.i","poetic techniques (e.g., alliteration, onomatopoeia);"]
[null,null,"6.15.B.ii","figurative language (e.g., similes, metaphors)"]
[null,null,"6.15.B.iii","graphic elements (e.g., capital letters, line length)."]
[null,null,"6.17.A","create multi-paragraph essays to convey information about a topic that:"]
[null,null,"6.17.A.i","present effective introductions and concluding paragraphs;"]
[null,null,"6.17.A.ii","guide and inform the reader's understanding of key ideas and evidence;"]
[null,null,"6.17.A.iii","include specific facts, details, and examples in an appropriately organized structure"]
[null,null,"6.17.A.iv","use a variety of sentence structures and transitions to link paragraphs;"]
[null,null,"6.17.B","write informal letters that convey ideas, include important information, demonstrate a sense of closure, and use appropriate conventions (e.g., date, salutation, closing);"]
[null,null,"6.17.C","write responses to literary or expository texts and provide evidence from the text to demonstrate understanding; and"]
[null,null,"6.17.D","produce a multimedia presentation involving text and graphics using available technology."]
[null,null,"6.19.A","use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking:"]
[null,null,"6.19.A.i","verbs (irregular verbs and active and passive voice);"]
[null,null,"6.19.A.ii","non-count nouns (e.g., rice, paper);"]
[null,null,"6.19.A.iii","predicate adjectives (She is intelligent.) and their comparative and superlative forms (e.g., many, more, most);"]
[null,null,"6.19.A.iv","conjunctive adverbs (e.g., consequently, furthermore, indeed);"]
[null,null,"6.19.A.v","prepositions and prepositional phrases to convey location, time, direction, or to provide details;"]
[null,null,"6.19.A.vi","indefinite pronouns (e.g., all, both, nothing, anything);"]
[null,null,"6.19.A.vii","subordinating conjunctions (e.g., while, because, although, if)"]
[null,null,"6.19.A.viii","transitional words and phrases that demonstrate an understanding of the function of the transition related to the organization of the writing (e.g., on the contrary, in addition to);"]
[null,null,"6.19.B","differentiate between the active and passive voice and know how to use them both; and"]
[null,null,"6.19.C","use complete simple and compound sentences with correct subject-verb agreement."]
[null,null,"6.2.A","determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes;"]
[null,null,"6.2.B","use context (e.g., cause and effect or compare and contrast organizational text structures) to determine or clarify the meaning of unfamiliar or multiple meaning words;"]
[null,null,"6.2.C","complete analogies that describe part to whole or whole to part (e.g., ink:pen as page: ____ or pen:ink as book: _____);"]
[null,null,"6.2.D","explain the meaning of foreign words and phrases commonly used in written English (e.g., RSVP, que sera sera); and"]
[null,null,"6.2.E","use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus (printed or electronic) to determine the meanings, syllabication, pronunciations, alternate word choices, and parts of speech of words."]
[null,null,"6.2.F","use appropriate strategies for agreeing or disagreeing in interpersonal and group situations; and"]
[null,null,"6.2.G","prepare and present an oral statement on a topic of interest or concern."]
[null,null,"6.20.A","use capitalization for:"]
[null,null,"6.20.A.i","abbreviations;"]
[null,null,"6.20.A.ii","initials and acronyms"]
[null,null,"6.20.A.iii","organizations;"]
[null,null,"6.20.B","recognize and use punctuation marks including:"]
[null,null,"6.20.B.i","commas in compound sentences;"]
[null,null,"6.20.B.ii","proper punctuation and spacing for quotations"]
[null,null,"6.20.B.iii","parentheses, brackets, and ellipses (to indicate omissions and interruptions or incomplete statements)"]
[null,null,"6.20.C","use proper mechanics including italics and underlining for titles of books."]
[null,null,"6.21.A","differentiate between commonly confused terms (e.g., its, it's; affect, effect);"]
[null,null,"6.21.B","use spelling patterns and rules and print and electronic resources to determine and check correct spellings; and"]
[null,null,"6.21.C","know how to use the spell-check function in word processing while understanding its limitations."]
[null,null,"6.22.A","brainstorm, consult with others, decide upon a topic, and formulate open-ended questions to address the major research topic; and"]
[null,null,"6.22.B","generate a research plan for gathering relevant information about the major research question."]
[null,null,"6.23.A","follow the research plan to collect data from a range of print and electronic resources (e.g., reference texts, periodicals, web pages, online sources) and data from experts;"]
[null,null,"6.23.B","differentiate between primary and secondary sources;"]
[null,null,"6.23.C","record data, utilizing available technology (e.g., word processors) in order to see the relationships between ideas, and convert graphic/visual data (e.g., charts, diagrams, timelines) into written notes;"]
[null,null,"6.23.D","identify the source of notes (e.g., author, title, page number) and record bibliographic information concerning those sources according to a standard format; and"]
[null,null,"6.23.E","differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism and identify the importance of citing valid and reliable sources."]
[null,null,"6.24.A","refine the major research question, if necessary, guided by the answers to a secondary set of questions; and"]
[null,null,"6.24.B","evaluate the relevance and reliability of sources for the research."]
[null,null,"6.25.A","compiles important information from multiple sources;"]
[null,null,"6.25.B","develops a topic sentence, summarizes findings, and uses evidence to support conclusions;"]
[null,null,"6.25.C","presents the findings in a consistent format; and"]
[null,null,"6.25.D","uses quotations to support ideas and an appropriate form of documentation to acknowledge sources (e.g., bibliography, works cited)."]
[null,null,"6.26.A","listen to and interpret a speaker's messages (both verbal and nonverbal) and ask questions to clarify the speaker's purpose and perspective;"]
[null,null,"6.26.B","follow and give oral instructions that include multiple action steps; and"]
[null,null,"6.26.C","paraphrase the major ideas and supporting evidence in formal and informal presentations."]
[null,null,"6.3.A","infer the implicit theme of a work of fiction, distinguishing theme from the topic;"]
[null,null,"6.3.B","analyze the function of stylistic elements (e.g., magic helper, rule of three) in traditional and classical literature from various cultures; and"]
[null,null,"6.3.C","compare and contrast the historical and cultural settings of two literary works."]
[null,null,"6.3.D","use effective techniques to prepare, organize, and present a speech for a special occasion; and"]
[null,null,"6.3.E","use appreciative and critical-listening skills to analyze, evaluate, and respond appropriately to class, public, or media."]
[null,null,"6.4.A","use prior knowledge and experience to comprehend;"]
[null,null,"6.4.B","determine purpose for reading;"]
[null,null,"6.4.C","self-monitor reading and adjust when confusion occurs by rereading, using resources, and questioning;"]
[null,null,"6.4.D","summarize texts by identifying main ideas and relevant details;"]
[null,null,"6.4.E","make inferences such as drawing conclusions and making generalizations or predictions, supporting them with prior experiences and textual evidence;"]
[null,null,"6.4.F","analyze and use both narrative and expository text structures: sequence, description, problem/solution, compare/contrast, and cause/effect;"]
[null,null,"6.4.G","make connections and find patterns, similarities, and differences across texts;"]
[null,null,"6.4.H","construct visual images based on text descriptions;"]
[null,null,"6.4.I","determine important ideas from texts and oral presentations;"]
[null,null,"6.4.J","manage text by using practices such as previewing, highlighting, making marginal notes, notetaking, outlining, and journaling; and"]
[null,null,"6.4.K","use questioning to enhance comprehension before, during, and after reading."]
[null,null,"6.5.A","establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected text;"]
[null,null,"6.5.B","generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;"]
[null,null,"6.5.C","make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures;"]
[null,null,"6.5.D","create mental images to deepen understanding;"]
[null,null,"6.5.E","make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society;"]
[null,null,"6.5.F","make inferences and use evidence to support understanding;"]
[null,null,"6.5.G","evaluate details read to determine key ideas;"]
[null,null,"6.5.H","synthesize information to create new understanding; and"]
[null,null,"6.5.I","monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down."]
[null,null,"6.6.A","summarize the elements of plot development (e.g., rising action, turning point, climax, falling action, denouement) in various works of fiction;"]
[null,null,"6.6.B","recognize dialect and conversational voice and explain how authors use dialect to convey character; and"]
[null,null,"6.6.C","describe different forms of point-of-view, including first- and third-person."]
[null,null,"6.6.D","paraphrase and summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order;"]
[null,null,"6.6.E","interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating;"]
[null,null,"6.6.F","respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate;"]
[null,null,"6.6.G","discuss and write about the explicit or implicit meanings of text;"]
[null,null,"6.6.H","respond orally or in writing with appropriate register, vocabulary, tone, and voice; and"]
[null,null,"6.6.I","reflect on and adjust responses as new evidence is presented."]
[null,null,"6.7.A","infer multiple themes within and across texts using text evidence;"]
[null,null,"6.7.B","analyze how the characters' internal and external responses develop the plot;"]
[null,null,"6.7.C","analyze plot elements, including rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, and non-linear elements such as flashback; and"]
[null,null,"6.7.D","analyze how the setting, including historical and cultural settings, influences character and plot development."]
[null,null,"6.8.A","demonstrate knowledge of literary genres such as realistic fiction, adventure stories, historical fiction, mysteries, humor, and myths;"]
[null,null,"6.8.B","analyze the effect of meter and structural elements such as line breaks in poems across a variety of poetic forms;"]
[null,null,"6.8.C","analyze how playwrights develop characters through dialogue and staging;"]
[null,null,"6.8.D","analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational text, including:"]
[null,null,"6.8.D.i","the controlling idea or thesis with supporting evidence;"]
[null,null,"6.8.D.ii","features such as introduction, foreword, preface, references, or acknowledgements to gain background information"]
[null,null,"6.8.D.iii","organizational patterns such as definition, classification, advantage, and disadvantage;"]
[null,null,"6.8.E","analyze characteristics and structures of argumentative text by:"]
[null,null,"6.8.E.i","identifying the claim;"]
[null,null,"6.8.E.ii","explaining how the author uses various types of evidence to support the argument;"]
[null,null,"6.8.E.iii","identifying the intended audience or reader"]
[null,null,"6.8.F","analyze characteristics of multimodal and digital texts."]
[null,null,"6.9.A","explain the author's purpose and message within a text;"]
[null,null,"6.9.B","analyze how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;"]
[null,null,"6.9.C","analyze the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes;"]
[null,null,"6.9.D","describe how the author's use of figurative language such as metaphor and personification achieves specific purposes;"]
[null,null,"6.9.E","identify the use of literary devices, including omniscient and limited point of view, to achieve a specific purpose;"]
[null,null,"6.9.F","analyze how the author's use of language contributes to mood and voice; and"]
[null,null,"6.9.G","explain the differences between rhetorical devices and logical fallacies."]
[null,null,"7.1.A","listen actively to interpret a message and ask clarifying questions that build on others' ideas;"]
[null,null,"7.1.B","follow and give complex oral instructions to perform specific tasks, answer questions, or solve problems;"]
[null,null,"7.1.C","present a critique of a literary work, film, or dramatic production, employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, a variety of natural gestures, and conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively; and"]
[null,null,"7.1.D","engage in meaningful discourse and provide and accept constructive feedback from others."]
[null,null,"7.1.E","identify the importance of using appropriate nonverbal communication;"]
[null,null,"7.1.F","identify and explain the components of listening process;"]
[null,null,"7.1.G","identify the kinds of listening and analyze skills related to each type;"]
[null,null,"7.1.H","analyze how perception of self and others affects communication;"]
[null,null,"7.1.I","analyze and develop techniques and strategies for building self-confidence and reducing communication apprehension;"]
[null,null,"7.1.J","identify and explain factors that influence communication decisions such as knowledge, attitudes, and culture; and"]
[null,null,"7.1.K","explain the importance of assuming responsibility for communication decisions."]
[null,null,"7.10.A","evaluate a summary of the original text for accuracy of the main ideas, supporting details, and overall meaning;"]
[null,null,"7.10.B","distinguish factual claims from commonplace assertions and opinions;"]
[null,null,"7.10.B.i","organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction, transitions, coherence within and across paragraphs, and a conclusion"]
[null,null,"7.10.B.ii","developing an engaging idea reflecting depth of thought with specific facts, details, and examples;"]
[null,null,"7.10.C","use different organizational patterns as guides for summarizing and forming an overview of different kinds of expository text; and"]
[null,null,"7.10.D","synthesize and make logical connections between ideas within a text and across two or three texts representing similar or different genres, and support those findings with textual evidence."]
[null,null,"7.10.D.i","complete complex sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;"]
[null,null,"7.10.D.ii","consistent, appropriate use of verb tenses;"]
[null,null,"7.10.D.iii","conjunctive adverbs;"]
[null,null,"7.10.D.iv","prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement;"]
[null,null,"7.10.D.ix","correct spelling, including commonly confused terms such as its/it's, affect/effect, there/their/they're, and to/two/too"]
[null,null,"7.10.D.v","pronoun-antecedent agreement;"]
[null,null,"7.10.D.vi","subordinating conjunctions to form complex sentences and correlative conjunctions such as either/or and neither/nor;"]
[null,null,"7.10.D.vii","correct capitalization;"]
[null,null,"7.10.D.viii","punctuation, including commas to set off words, phrases, and clauses, and semicolons"]
[null,null,"7.10.E","publish written work for appropriate audiences."]
[null,null,"7.11.A","analyze the structure of the central argument in contemporary policy speeches (e.g., argument by cause and effect, analogy, authority) and identify the different types of evidence used to support the argument; and"]
[null,null,"7.11.B","identify such rhetorical fallacies as ad hominem, exaggeration, stereotyping, or categorical claims in persuasive texts."]
[null,null,"7.11.C","compose multi-paragraph argumentative texts using genre characteristics and craft; and"]
[null,null,"7.11.D","compose correspondence that reflects an opinion, registers a complaint, or requests information in a business or friendly structure."]
[null,null,"7.12.A","follow multi-dimensional instructions from text to complete a task, solve a problem, or perform procedures; and"]
[null,null,"7.12.B","explain the function of the graphical components of a text."]
[null,null,"7.12.C","refine the major research question, if necessary, guided by the answers to a secondary set of questions;"]
[null,null,"7.12.D","identify and gather relevant information from a variety of sources;"]
[null,null,"7.12.E","differentiate between primary and secondary sources;"]
[null,null,"7.12.F","synthesize information from a variety of sources;"]
[null,null,"7.12.G","differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism when using source materials;"]
[null,null,"7.12.H","examine sources for:"]
[null,null,"7.12.H.i","reliability, credibility, and bias"]
[null,null,"7.12.H.ii","faulty reasoning such as hyperbole, emotional appeals, and stereotype;"]
[null,null,"7.12.I","display academic citations and use source materials ethically; and"]
[null,null,"7.12.J","use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results."]
[null,null,"7.13.A","interpret both explicit and implicit messages in various forms of media;"]
[null,null,"7.13.B","interpret how visual and sound techniques (e.g., special effects, camera angles, lighting, music) influence the message;"]
[null,null,"7.13.C","evaluate various ways media influences and informs audiences; and"]
[null,null,"7.13.D","assess the correct level of formality and tone for successful participation in various digital media."]
[null,null,"7.14.A","plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for conveying the intended meaning to an audience, determining appropriate topics through a range of strategies (e.g., discussion, background reading, personal interests, interviews), and developing a thesis or controlling idea;"]
[null,null,"7.14.B","develop drafts by choosing an appropriate organizational strategy (e.g., sequence of events, cause-effect, compare-contrast) and building on ideas to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing;"]
[null,null,"7.14.C","revise drafts to ensure precise word choice and vivid images; consistent point of view; use of simple, compound, and complex sentences; internal and external coherence; and the use of effective transitions after rethinking how well questions of purpose, audience, and genre have been addressed;"]
[null,null,"7.14.D","edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling; and"]
[null,null,"7.14.E","revise final draft in response to feedback from peers and teacher and publish written work for appropriate audiences."]
[null,null,"7.15.A","write an imaginative story that:"]
[null,null,"7.15.A.i","sustains reader interest;"]
[null,null,"7.15.A.ii","includes well-paced action and an engaging story line;"]
[null,null,"7.15.A.iii","creates a specific, believable setting through the use of sensory details;"]
[null,null,"7.15.A.iv","develops interesting characters"]
[null,null,"7.15.A.v","uses a range of literary strategies and devices to enhance the style and tone"]
[null,null,"7.15.B","write a poem using:"]
[null,null,"7.15.B.i","poetic techniques (e.g., rhyme scheme, meter);"]
[null,null,"7.15.B.ii","figurative language (e.g., personification, idioms, hyperbole)"]
[null,null,"7.15.B.iii","graphic elements (e.g., word position)."]
[null,null,"7.17.A","write a multi-paragraph essay to convey information about a topic that:"]
[null,null,"7.17.A.i","presents effective introductions and concluding paragraphs;"]
[null,null,"7.17.A.ii","contains a clearly stated purpose or controlling idea;"]
[null,null,"7.17.A.iii","is logically organized with appropriate facts and details and includes no extraneous information or inconsistencies;"]
[null,null,"7.17.A.iv","accurately synthesizes ideas from several sources"]
[null,null,"7.17.A.v","uses a variety of sentence structures, rhetorical devices, and transitions to link paragraphs;"]
[null,null,"7.17.B","write a letter that reflects an opinion, registers a complaint, or requests information in a business or friendly context;"]
[null,null,"7.17.C","write responses to literary or expository texts that demonstrate the writing skills for multi-paragraph essays and provide sustained evidence from the text using quotations when appropriate; and"]
[null,null,"7.17.D","produce a multimedia presentation involving text and graphics using available technology."]
[null,null,"7.18.A","establishes a clear thesis or position;"]
[null,null,"7.18.B","considers and responds to the views of others and anticipates and answers reader concerns and counter-arguments; and"]
[null,null,"7.18.C","includes evidence that is logically organized to support the author's viewpoint and that differentiates between fact and opinion."]
[null,null,"7.19.A","identify, use, and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking:"]
[null,null,"7.19.A.i","verbs (perfect and progressive tenses) and participles;"]
[null,null,"7.19.A.ii","appositive phrases;"]
[null,null,"7.19.A.iii","adverbial and adjectival phrases and clauses;"]
[null,null,"7.19.A.iv","conjunctive adverbs (e.g., consequently, furthermore, indeed);"]
[null,null,"7.19.A.v","prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement;"]
[null,null,"7.19.A.vi","relative pronouns (e.g., whose, that, which);"]
[null,null,"7.19.A.vii","subordinating conjunctions (e.g., because, since)"]
[null,null,"7.19.A.viii","transitions for sentence to sentence or paragraph to paragraph coherence;"]
[null,null,"7.19.B","write complex sentences and differentiate between main versus subordinate clauses; and"]
[null,null,"7.19.C","use a variety of complete sentences (e.g., simple, compound, complex) that include properly placed modifiers, correctly identified antecedents, parallel structures, and consistent tenses."]
[null,null,"7.2.A","determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes;"]
[null,null,"7.2.B","use context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to determine or clarify the meaning of unfamiliar or ambiguous words;"]
[null,null,"7.2.C","complete analogies that describe part to whole or whole to part;"]
[null,null,"7.2.D","identify the meaning of foreign words commonly used in written English with emphasis on Latin and Greek words (e.g., habeus corpus, e pluribus unum, bona fide, nemesis); and"]
[null,null,"7.2.E","use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus (printed or electronic) to determine the meanings, syllabication, pronunciations, alternate word choices, and parts of speech of words."]
[null,null,"7.2.F","use appropriate strategies for agreeing or disagreeing in interpersonal and group situations; and"]
[null,null,"7.2.G","prepare and present an oral statement on a topic of interest or concern."]
[null,null,"7.20.A","use conventions of capitalization; and"]
[null,null,"7.20.B","recognize and use punctuation marks including:"]
[null,null,"7.20.B.i","commas after introductory words, phrases, and clauses"]
[null,null,"7.20.B.ii","semicolons, colons, and hyphens."]
[null,null,"7.22.A","brainstorm, consult with others, decide upon a topic, and formulate a major research question to address the major research topic; and"]
[null,null,"7.22.B","apply steps for obtaining and evaluating information from a wide variety of sources and create a written plan after preliminary research in reference works and additional text searches."]
[null,null,"7.23.A","follow the research plan to gather information from a range of relevant print and electronic sources using advanced search strategies;"]
[null,null,"7.23.B","categorize information thematically in order to see the larger constructs inherent in the information;"]
[null,null,"7.23.C","record bibliographic information (e.g., author, title, page number) for all notes and sources according to a standard format; and"]
[null,null,"7.23.D","differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism and identify the importance of citing valid and reliable sources."]
[null,null,"7.24.A","narrow or broaden the major research question, if necessary, based on further research and investigation; and"]
[null,null,"7.24.B","utilize elements that demonstrate the reliability and validity of the sources used (e.g., publication date, coverage, language, point of view) and explain why one source is more useful than another."]
[null,null,"7.25.A","draws conclusions and summarizes or paraphrases the findings in a systematic way;"]
[null,null,"7.25.B","marshals evidence to explain the topic and gives relevant reasons for conclusions;"]
[null,null,"7.25.C","presents the findings in a meaningful format; and"]
[null,null,"7.25.D","follows accepted formats for integrating quotations and citations into the written text to maintain a flow of ideas."]
[null,null,"7.26.A","listen to and interpret a speaker's purpose by explaining the content, evaluating the delivery of the presentation, and asking questions or making comments about the evidence that supports a speaker's claims;"]
[null,null,"7.26.B","follow and give complex oral instructions to perform specific tasks, answer questions, or solve problems; and"]
[null,null,"7.26.C","draw conclusions about the speaker's message by considering verbal communication (e.g., word choice, tone) and nonverbal cues (e.g., posture, gestures, facial expressions)."]
[null,null,"7.3.A","describe multiple themes in a work of fiction;"]
[null,null,"7.3.B","describe conventions in myths and epic tales (e.g., extended simile, the quest, the hero's tasks, circle stories); and"]
[null,null,"7.3.C","analyze how place and time influence the theme or message of a literary work."]
[null,null,"7.3.D","use effective techniques to prepare, organize, and present a speech for a special occasion; and"]
[null,null,"7.3.E","use appreciative and critical-listening skills to analyze, evaluate, and respond appropriately to class, public, or media."]
[null,null,"7.4.A","use prior knowledge and experience to comprehend;"]
[null,null,"7.4.B","determine purpose for reading;"]
[null,null,"7.4.C","self-monitor reading and adjust when confusion occurs by rereading, using resources, and questioning;"]
[null,null,"7.4.D","summarize texts by identifying main ideas and relevant details;"]
[null,null,"7.4.E","make inferences such as drawing conclusions and making generalizations or predictions, supporting them with prior experiences and textual evidence;"]
[null,null,"7.4.F","analyze and use both narrative and expository text structures: sequence, description, problem/solution, compare/contrast, and cause/effect;"]
[null,null,"7.4.G","make connections and find patterns, similarities, and differences across texts;"]
[null,null,"7.4.H","construct visual images based on text descriptions;"]
[null,null,"7.4.I","determine important ideas from texts and oral presentations;"]
[null,null,"7.4.J","manage text by using practices such as previewing, highlighting, making marginal notes, notetaking, outlining, and journaling; and"]
[null,null,"7.4.K","use questioning to enhance comprehension before, during, and after reading."]
[null,null,"7.5.A","establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts;"]
[null,null,"7.5.B","generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;"]
[null,null,"7.5.C","make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures;"]
[null,null,"7.5.D","create mental images to deepen understanding;"]
[null,null,"7.5.E","make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society;"]
[null,null,"7.5.F","make inferences and use evidence to support understanding;"]
[null,null,"7.5.G","evaluate details read to determine key ideas;"]
[null,null,"7.5.H","synthesize information to create new understanding; and"]
[null,null,"7.5.I","monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down."]
[null,null,"7.6.A","explain the influence of the setting on plot development;"]
[null,null,"7.6.B","analyze the development of the plot through the internal and external responses of the characters, including their motivations and conflicts; and"]
[null,null,"7.6.C","analyze different forms of point of view, including first-person, third-person omniscient, and third-person limited."]
[null,null,"7.6.D","paraphrase and summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order;"]
[null,null,"7.6.E","interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating;"]
[null,null,"7.6.F","respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate;"]
[null,null,"7.6.G","discuss and write about the explicit or implicit meanings of text;"]
[null,null,"7.6.H","respond orally or in writing with appropriate register, vocabulary, tone, and voice; and"]
[null,null,"7.6.I","reflect on and adjust responses as new evidence is presented."]
[null,null,"7.7.A","infer multiple themes within and across texts using text evidence;"]
[null,null,"7.7.B","analyze how characters' qualities influence events and resolution of the conflict;"]
[null,null,"7.7.C","analyze plot elements, including the use of foreshadowing and suspense, to advance the plot; and"]
[null,null,"7.7.D","analyze how the setting influences character and plot development."]
[null,null,"7.8.A","demonstrate knowledge of literary genres such as realistic fiction, adventure stories, historical fiction, mysteries, humor, myths, fantasy, and science fiction;"]
[null,null,"7.8.B","analyze the effect of rhyme scheme, meter, and graphical elements such as punctuation and capitalization in poems across a variety of poetic forms;"]
[null,null,"7.8.C","analyze how playwrights develop characters through dialogue and staging;"]
[null,null,"7.8.D","analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational text, including:"]
[null,null,"7.8.D.i","the controlling idea or thesis with supporting evidence;"]
[null,null,"7.8.D.ii","features such as references or acknowledgements"]
[null,null,"7.8.D.iii","organizational patterns that support multiple topics, categories, and subcategories;"]
[null,null,"7.8.E","analyze characteristics and structures of argumentative text by:"]
[null,null,"7.8.E.i","identifying the claim;"]
[null,null,"7.8.E.ii","explaining how the author uses various types of evidence and consideration of alternatives to support the argument"]
[null,null,"7.8.E.iii","identifying the intended audience or reader"]
[null,null,"7.8.F","analyze characteristics of multimodal and digital texts."]
[null,null,"7.9.A","explain the author's purpose and message within a text;"]
[null,null,"7.9.B","analyze how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;"]
[null,null,"7.9.C","analyze the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes;"]
[null,null,"7.9.D","describe how the author's use of figurative language such as metaphor and personification achieves specific purposes;"]
[null,null,"7.9.E","identify the use of literary devices, including subjective and objective point of view;"]
[null,null,"7.9.F","analyze how the author's use of language contributes to mood, voice, and tone; and"]
[null,null,"7.9.G","explain the purpose of rhetorical devices such as direct address and rhetorical questions and logical fallacies such as loaded language and sweeping generalizations."]
[null,null,"8.1.A","listen actively to interpret a message by summarizing, asking questions, and making comments;"]
[null,null,"8.1.B","follow and give complex oral instructions to perform specific tasks, answer questions, or solve problems;"]
[null,null,"8.1.C","advocate a position using anecdotes, analogies, and/or illustrations employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, a variety of natural gestures, and conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively; and"]
[null,null,"8.1.D","participate collaboratively in discussions, plan agendas with clear goals and deadlines, set time limits for speakers, take notes, and vote on key issues."]
[null,null,"8.1.E","identify the importance of using appropriate nonverbal communication;"]
[null,null,"8.1.F","identify and explain the components of listening process;"]
[null,null,"8.1.G","identify the kinds of listening and analyze skills related to each type;"]
[null,null,"8.1.H","analyze how perception of self and others affects communication;"]
[null,null,"8.1.I","analyze and develop techniques and strategies for building self-confidence and reducing communication apprehension;"]
[null,null,"8.1.J","identify and explain factors that influence communication decisions such as knowledge, attitudes, and culture; and"]
[null,null,"8.1.K","explain the importance of assuming responsibility for communication decisions."]
[null,null,"8.10.A","summarize the main ideas, supporting details, and relationships among ideas in text succinctly in ways that maintain meaning and logical order;"]
[null,null,"8.10.B","distinguish factual claims from commonplace assertions and opinions and evaluate inferences from their logic in text;"]
[null,null,"8.10.B.i","organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction, transitions, coherence within and across paragraphs, and a conclusion"]
[null,null,"8.10.B.ii","developing an engaging idea reflecting depth of thought with specific facts, details, and examples;"]
[null,null,"8.10.C","make subtle inferences and draw complex conclusions about the ideas in text and their organizational patterns; and"]
[null,null,"8.10.D","synthesize and make logical connections between ideas within a text and across two or three texts representing similar or different genres and support those findings with textual evidence."]
[null,null,"8.10.D.i","complete complex sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;"]
[null,null,"8.10.D.ii","consistent, appropriate use of verb tenses and active and passive voice;"]
[null,null,"8.10.D.iii","prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement;"]
[null,null,"8.10.D.iv","pronoun-antecedent agreement;"]
[null,null,"8.10.D.v","correct capitalization;"]
[null,null,"8.10.D.vi","punctuation, including commas in nonrestrictive phrases and clauses, semicolons, colons, and parentheses"]
[null,null,"8.10.D.vii","correct spelling, including commonly confused terms such as its/it's, affect/effect, there/their/they're, and to/two/too"]
[null,null,"8.10.E","publish written work for appropriate audiences."]
[null,null,"8.11.A","compare and contrast persuasive texts that reached different conclusions about the same issue and explain how the authors reached their conclusions through analyzing the evidence each presents; and"]
[null,null,"8.11.B","analyze the use of such rhetorical and logical fallacies as loaded terms, caricatures, leading questions, false assumptions, and incorrect premises in persuasive texts."]
[null,null,"8.11.C","compose multi-paragraph argumentative texts using genre characteristics and craft; and"]
[null,null,"8.11.D","compose correspondence that reflects an opinion, registers a complaint, or requests information in a business or friendly structure."]
[null,null,"8.12.A","analyze text for missing or extraneous information in multi-step directions or legends for diagrams; and"]
[null,null,"8.12.B","evaluate graphics for their clarity in communicating meaning or achieving a specific purpose."]
[null,null,"8.12.C","refine the major research question, if necessary, guided by the answers to a secondary set of questions;"]
[null,null,"8.12.D","identify and gather relevant information from a variety of sources;"]
[null,null,"8.12.E","differentiate between primary and secondary sources;"]
[null,null,"8.12.F","synthesize information from a variety of sources;"]
[null,null,"8.12.G","differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism when using source materials;"]
[null,null,"8.12.H","examine sources for:"]
[null,null,"8.12.H.i","reliability, credibility, and bias, including omission"]
[null,null,"8.12.H.ii","faulty reasoning such as bandwagon appeals, repetition, and loaded language;"]
[null,null,"8.12.I","display academic citations and use source materials ethically; and"]
[null,null,"8.12.J","use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results."]
[null,null,"8.13.A","evaluate the role of media in focusing attention on events and informing opinion on issues;"]
[null,null,"8.13.B","interpret how visual and sound techniques (e.g., special effects, camera angles, lighting, music) influence the message;"]
[null,null,"8.13.C","evaluate various techniques used to create a point of view in media and the impact on audience; and"]
[null,null,"8.13.D","assess the correct level of formality and tone for successful participation in various digital media."]
[null,null,"8.14.A","plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for conveying the intended meaning to an audience, determining appropriate topics through a range of strategies (e.g., discussion, background reading, personal interests, interviews), and developing a thesis or controlling idea;"]
[null,null,"8.14.B","develop drafts by choosing an appropriate organizational strategy (e.g., sequence of events, cause-effect, compare-contrast) and building on ideas to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing;"]
[null,null,"8.14.C","revise drafts to ensure precise word choice and vivid images; consistent point of view; use of simple, compound, and complex sentences; internal and external coherence; and the use of effective transitions after rethinking how well questions of purpose, audience, and genre have been addressed;"]
[null,null,"8.14.D","edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling; and"]
[null,null,"8.14.E","revise final draft in response to feedback from peers and teacher and publish written work for appropriate audiences."]
[null,null,"8.15.A","write an imaginative story that:"]
[null,null,"8.15.A.i","sustains reader interest;"]
[null,null,"8.15.A.ii","includes well-paced action and an engaging story line;"]
[null,null,"8.15.A.iii","creates a specific, believable setting through the use of sensory details;"]
[null,null,"8.15.A.iv","develops interesting characters"]
[null,null,"8.15.A.v","uses a range of literary strategies and devices to enhance the style and tone"]
[null,null,"8.15.B","write a poem using:"]
[null,null,"8.15.B.i","poetic techniques (e.g., rhyme scheme, meter);"]
[null,null,"8.15.B.ii","figurative language (e.g., personification, idioms, hyperbole)"]
[null,null,"8.15.B.iii","graphic elements (e.g., word position)."]
[null,null,"8.17.A","write a multi-paragraph essay to convey information about a topic that:"]
[null,null,"8.17.A.i","presents effective introductions and concluding paragraphs;"]
[null,null,"8.17.A.ii","contains a clearly stated purpose or controlling idea;"]
[null,null,"8.17.A.iii","is logically organized with appropriate facts and details and includes no extraneous information or inconsistencies;"]
[null,null,"8.17.A.iv","accurately synthesizes ideas from several sources"]
[null,null,"8.17.A.v","uses a variety of sentence structures, rhetorical devices, and transitions to link paragraphs;"]
[null,null,"8.17.B","write a letter that reflects an opinion, registers a complaint, or requests information in a business or friendly context;"]
[null,null,"8.17.C","write responses to literary or expository texts that demonstrate the use of writing skills for a multi-paragraph essay and provide sustained evidence from the text using quotations when appropriate; and"]
[null,null,"8.17.D","produce a multimedia presentation involving text, graphics, images, and sound using available technology."]
[null,null,"8.18.A","establishes a clear thesis or position;"]
[null,null,"8.18.B","considers and responds to the views of others and anticipates and answers reader concerns and counter-arguments; and"]
[null,null,"8.18.C","includes evidence that is logically organized to support the author's viewpoint and that differentiates between fact and opinion."]
[null,null,"8.19.A","use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking:"]
[null,null,"8.19.A.i","verbs (perfect and progressive tenses) and participles;"]
[null,null,"8.19.A.ii","appositive phrases;"]
[null,null,"8.19.A.iii","adverbial and adjectival phrases and clauses;"]
[null,null,"8.19.A.iv","relative pronouns (e.g., whose, that, which)"]
[null,null,"8.19.A.v","subordinating conjunctions (e.g., because, since);"]
[null,null,"8.19.B","write complex sentences and differentiate between main versus subordinate clauses; and"]
[null,null,"8.19.C","use a variety of complete sentences (e.g., simple, compound, complex) that include properly placed modifiers, correctly identified antecedents, parallel structures, and consistent tenses."]
[null,null,"8.2.A","determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes;"]
[null,null,"8.2.B","use context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to determine or clarify the meaning of unfamiliar or ambiguous words or words with novel meanings;"]
[null,null,"8.2.C","complete analogies that describe a function or its description (e.g., pen:paper as chalk: ______ or soft:kitten as hard: ______);"]
[null,null,"8.2.D","identify common words or word parts from other languages that are used in written English (e.g., phenomenon, charisma, chorus, passé, flora, fauna); and"]
[null,null,"8.2.E","use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus (printed or electronic) to determine the meanings, syllabication, pronunciations, alternate word choices, and parts of speech of words."]
[null,null,"8.2.F","use appropriate strategies for agreeing or disagreeing in interpersonal and group situations; and"]
[null,null,"8.2.G","prepare and present an oral statement on a topic of interest or concern."]
[null,null,"8.20.A","use conventions of capitalization; and"]
[null,null,"8.20.B","use correct punctuation marks, including:"]
[null,null,"8.20.B.i","commas after introductory structures and dependent adverbial clauses, and correct punctuation of complex sentences"]
[null,null,"8.20.B.ii","semicolons, colons, hyphens, parentheses, brackets, and ellipses."]
[null,null,"8.22.A","brainstorm, consult with others, decide upon a topic, and formulate a major research question to address the major research topic; and"]
[null,null,"8.22.B","apply steps for obtaining and evaluating information from a wide variety of sources and create a written plan after preliminary research in reference works and additional text searches."]
[null,null,"8.23.A","follow the research plan to gather information from a range of relevant print and electronic sources using advanced search strategies;"]
[null,null,"8.23.B","categorize information thematically in order to see the larger constructs inherent in the information;"]
[null,null,"8.23.C","record bibliographic information (e.g., author, title, page number) for all notes and sources according to a standard format; and"]
[null,null,"8.23.D","differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism and identify the importance of using valid and reliable sources."]
[null,null,"8.24.A","narrow or broaden the major research question, if necessary, based on further research and investigation; and"]
[null,null,"8.24.B","utilize elements that demonstrate the reliability and validity of the sources used (e.g., publication date, coverage, language, point of view) and explain why one source is more useful and relevant than another."]
[null,null,"8.25.A","draws conclusions and summarizes or paraphrases the findings in a systematic way;"]
[null,null,"8.25.B","marshals evidence to explain the topic and gives relevant reasons for conclusions;"]
[null,null,"8.25.C","presents the findings in a meaningful format; and"]
[null,null,"8.25.D","follows accepted formats for integrating quotations and citations into the written text to maintain a flow of ideas."]
[null,null,"8.26.A","listen to and interpret a speaker's purpose by explaining the content, evaluating the delivery of the presentation, and asking questions or making comments about the evidence that supports a speaker's claims;"]
[null,null,"8.26.B","follow and give complex oral instructions to perform specific tasks, answer questions, or solve problems; and"]
[null,null,"8.26.C","summarize formal and informal presentations, distinguish between facts and opinions, and determine the effectiveness of rhetorical devices."]
[null,null,"8.3.A","analyze literary works that share similar themes across cultures;"]
[null,null,"8.3.B","compare and contrast the similarities and differences in mythologies from various cultures (e.g., ideas of afterlife, roles and characteristics of deities, purposes of myths); and"]
[null,null,"8.3.C","explain how the values and beliefs of particular characters are affected by the historical and cultural setting of the literary work."]
[null,null,"8.3.D","use effective techniques to prepare, organize, and present a speech for a special occasion; and"]
[null,null,"8.3.E","use appreciative and critical-listening skills to analyze, evaluate, and respond appropriately to class, public, or media."]
[null,null,"8.4.A","use prior knowledge and experience to comprehend;"]
[null,null,"8.4.B","determine purpose for reading;"]
[null,null,"8.4.C","self-monitor reading and adjust when confusion occurs by rereading, using resources, and questioning;"]
[null,null,"8.4.D","summarize texts by identifying main ideas and relevant details;"]
[null,null,"8.4.E","make inferences such as drawing conclusions and making generalizations or predictions, supporting them with prior experiences and textual evidence;"]
[null,null,"8.4.F","analyze and use both narrative and expository text structures: sequence, description, problem/solution, compare/contrast, and cause/effect;"]
[null,null,"8.4.G","make connections and find patterns, similarities, and differences across texts;"]
[null,null,"8.4.H","construct visual images based on text descriptions;"]
[null,null,"8.4.I","determine important ideas from texts and oral presentations;"]
[null,null,"8.4.J","manage text by using practices such as previewing, highlighting, making marginal notes, notetaking, outlining, and journaling; and"]
[null,null,"8.4.K","use questioning to enhance comprehension before, during, and after reading."]
[null,null,"8.5.A","establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts;"]
[null,null,"8.5.B","generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;"]
[null,null,"8.5.C","make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures;"]
[null,null,"8.5.D","create mental images to deepen understanding;"]
[null,null,"8.5.E","make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society;"]
[null,null,"8.5.F","make inferences and use evidence to support understanding;"]
[null,null,"8.5.G","evaluate details read to determine key ideas;"]
[null,null,"8.5.H","synthesize information to create new understanding; and"]
[null,null,"8.5.I","monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down."]
[null,null,"8.6.A","analyze linear plot developments (e.g., conflict, rising action, falling action, resolution, subplots) to determine whether and how conflicts are resolved;"]
[null,null,"8.6.B","analyze how the central characters' qualities influence the theme of a fictional work and resolution of the central conflict; and"]
[null,null,"8.6.C","analyze different forms of point of view, including limited versus omniscient, subjective versus objective."]
[null,null,"8.6.D","paraphrase and summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order;"]
[null,null,"8.6.E","interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating;"]
[null,null,"8.6.F","respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate;"]
[null,null,"8.6.G","discuss and write about the explicit or implicit meanings of text;"]
[null,null,"8.6.H","respond orally or in writing with appropriate register, vocabulary, tone, and voice;"]
[null,null,"8.6.I","reflect on and adjust responses as new evidence is presented; and"]
[null,null,"8.6.J","defend or challenge the authors' claims using relevant text evidence."]
[null,null,"8.7.A","analyze how themes are developed through the interaction of characters and events;"]
[null,null,"8.7.B","analyze how characters' motivations and behaviors influence events and resolution of the conflict;"]
[null,null,"8.7.C","analyze non-linear plot development such as flashbacks, foreshadowing, subplots, and parallel plot structures and compare it to linear plot development; and"]
[null,null,"8.7.D","explain how the setting influences the values and beliefs of characters."]
[null,null,"8.8.A","demonstrate knowledge of literary genres such as realistic fiction, adventure stories, historical fiction, mysteries, humor, fantasy, science fiction, and short stories;"]
[null,null,"8.8.B","analyze the effect of graphical elements such as punctuation and line length in poems across a variety of poetic forms such as epic, lyric, and humorous poetry;"]
[null,null,"8.8.C","analyze how playwrights develop dramatic action through the use of acts and scenes;"]
[null,null,"8.8.D","analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational text, including:"]
[null,null,"8.8.D.i","the controlling idea or thesis with supporting evidence;"]
[null,null,"8.8.D.ii","features such as footnotes, endnotes, and citations"]
[null,null,"8.8.D.iii","multiple organizational patterns within a text to develop the thesis;"]
[null,null,"8.8.E","analyze characteristics and structures of argumentative text by:"]
[null,null,"8.8.E.i","identifying the claim and analyzing the argument;"]
[null,null,"8.8.E.ii","identifying and explaining the counter argument"]
[null,null,"8.8.E.iii","identifying the intended audience or reader"]
[null,null,"8.8.F","analyze characteristics of multimodal and digital texts."]
[null,null,"8.9.A","explain the author's purpose and message within a text;"]
[null,null,"8.9.B","analyze how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;"]
[null,null,"8.9.C","analyze the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes;"]
[null,null,"8.9.D","describe how the author's use of figurative language such as extended metaphor achieves specific purposes;"]
[null,null,"8.9.E","identify and analyze the use of literary devices, including multiple points of view and irony;"]
[null,null,"8.9.F","analyze how the author's use of language contributes to the mood, voice, and tone; and"]
[null,null,"8.9.G","explain the purpose of rhetorical devices such as analogy and juxtaposition and of logical fallacies such as bandwagon appeals and circular reasoning."]