American Literature Standards

Students will:

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


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



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



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

Social Studies Standards

Students will:

• Reconstruct the meaning of a historical passage;
• Read historical narratives imaginatively;
• Use visual data;
• Compare and contrast sets of ideas;
• Differentiate between historical facts and interpretations;
• Consider multiple perspectives;
• Compare competing historical narratives; and
• Interrogate historical data