What We're Learning

Advanced Standards

Reading Standards

  • Determines theme and central idea
  • Reads with comprehension in a wide variety of appropriate texts
  • Accurately uses text evidence and details from one or more sources to develop ideas or analyze text


Writing Standards

  • Produces writing in which style is appropriate to task, purpose, and audience
  • Produces detailed, clear, and organized writing
  • Uses knowledge of language and its conventions when writing
  • Crafts a question that sustains independent research (Trimester 1)
  • Gathers relevant information from credible print and digital sources (Trimester 2)
  • Creates a product to demonstrate synthesis of research (Trimester 3)


Listening and Speaking

  • Engages in discussions through participation (T1)
  • Engages in discussions through building on ideas or asking questions (T2)
  • Presents effectively to share information (T3)

Core Standards

Reading Standards

  • Determines theme and central idea
  • Reads with comprehension across multiple genres
  • Uses text evidence from one or more sources to support ideas (Trimesters 2 and 3)



Writing Standards

  • Produces writing in which style is appropriate to task, purpose, and audience
  • Uses knowledge of language and its conventions when writing
  • Produces detailed, clear, and organized writing (Trimesters 2 and 3)





Listening and Speaking

  • Engages in discussions (T1)
  • Engages in discussions through building on ideas or asking questions (T2)
  • Presents effectively to share information (T3)