Common Core Learning Standards

Common Core Learning Standards Met in Case

Note: All standards below are met though a combination of activities included within this case. The activities and lessons are designed to be a general guideline for teaching this material that can be tailored for use across grade levels. Some activities and stories may be better suited for younger or older audiences. Each teacher, knowing the abilities and interests of his or her students, can adapt these materials as they see fit.

K-5 Standards:
Reading Standards for Literature:
RL 1: Asking and answering questions and citing details from a text
RL 3: Identify and analyze major story points (characters, setting, etc.)
RL 7: Understand relationship between illustrations and the text
RL 11: Making connections between texts, experiences, etc.

Reading Standards for Informational Text
RI 1: Asking and answering questions and citing details from a text
RI 2: Identify main topic and key details of text
RI 3: Identify and analyze connections between people, events, and ideas
RI 6: Understanding the purpose and point-of-view of a text or texts
RI 7: Understand relationship between illustrations and the text
RI 8: Understand the use of supporting points
RI 9: Identifying and analyzing similarities and differences between multiple texts
RI 10: Reading and comprehending history informational texts at grade level

Writing Standards
W 1: Writing opinion pieces
W 2: Writing informative and explanatory texts on a topic
W 3: Writing narratives to develop real or imaginary experiences
W 7: Create short research projects on a topic
W 9: Draw evidence from texts to support analysis

Speaking and Listening Standards
SL 1: Engage in collaborative discussions
SL 2: Understanding and paraphrasing information presented in various formats
SL 4: Report on a topic or text with relevant details

6-12 Standards:
Reading Standards for Literature
RL 1: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of text
RL 2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text
RL 3: Analyze story elements

Reading Standards for Informational Texts
RI 1: Cite textual evidence to support analysis
RI 2: Identify central ideas of a text
RI 3: Analyze interactions between people, events, ideas, etc.
RI 6: Determine author’s point of view or purpose
RI 7: Use information presented in different formats
RI 8: Trace and evaluate arguments and claims in a text
RI 9: Analyze presentations of multiple authors on one subject

Writing Standards
W 1: Write arguments to support claims
W 2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic
W 3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined events
W 7: Conduct short research projects to answer a question
W 8: Gather information from multiple sources
W 9: Draw evidence from literary and informational texts

Speaking and Listening Standards
SL 1: Participate in collaborative discussions
SL 2: Interpret information presented in diverse media

Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies
RH 1: Cites specific textual evidence
RH 2: Determine the central ideas of a primary or secondary source
RH 5: Describe how a text presents information
RH 6: Identify aspects of the text that reveal the author’s point of view
RH 7: Integrate visual information
RH 8: Distinguish fact from opinion, evaluate claims
RH 9: Analyze the relationship between primary and secondary sources