Texas Content Area Standards

• ELA: 3.110.5.b.6

  Comprehension skills: listening speaking, reading, writing and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.

  • ELA: 3.6.G: The student is expected to evaluate details read to determine key ideas.
  • ELA: 3.6.H: The student is expected to synthesize information to create new understanding.

• ELA: 3.110.5.b.7

  Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

  • ELA: 3.7.E: The student is expected to interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating.

• ELA: 4.110.6.b.1

  Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking- oral language. The students develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.

  • ELA: 4.1.C: The student is expected to express an opinion supported by accurate information, employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation and the conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively.

• ELA: 4.110.6.b.6

  Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.

  • ELA: 4.6.G: The student is expected to evaluate details read to determine key ideas.
  • ELA: 4.6.H: The student is expected to synthesize information to create new understanding.

• ELA: 4.110.6.b.7

  Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

  • ELA: 4.7.E: The student is expected to interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating.

• ELA: 4.110.6.b.12

  Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts- genres. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful.

  • ELA: 4.12.B: The student is expected to compose information texts, including brief compositions that convey information about a topic, using a clear central idea and genre characteristics and craft.

• ELA: 5.110.7.b.6

  Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.

  • ELA: 5.6.G: The student is expected to evaluate details read to determine key ideas.
  • ELA: 5.6.H: The student is expected to synthesize information to create new understanding.

• ELA: 5.110.7.b.7

  Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

  • ELA: 5.7.E: The student is expected to interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating.

• ELA: 5.110.7.b.12

  Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts -- genres. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful.

  • ELA: 5.12.B: The student is expected to compse information texts, including brief compositions that convey information about a topic, using a clear central idea and genre characteristics and craft.

• Social Studies: 3.113.14.c.15

  Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms. The student is expected to:

  • Social Studies: 3.113.14.c.15.A: use social studies terminology correctly
  • Social Studies: 3.113.14.c.15.D: express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences

• Social Studies: 4.113.15.c.21

  Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms. The student is expected to:

  • Social Studies: 4.113.15.c.21.C: express ideas orally based on research and experiences

• Social Studies: 5.113.16.c.2

  History. The student understands how conflict between the American colonies and Great Britain led to American independence and the formation of the United States. The student is expected to:

  • Social Studies: 5.113.16.c.2.B: identify the Founding Fathers and Patriot heroes, including John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, the Sons of Liberty, and George Washington, and their motivations and contributions during the revolutionary period

• Social Studies: 5.113.16.c.25

  Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms. The student is expected to:

  • Social Studies: 5.113.16.c.25.C: express ideas orally based on research and experiences

• Technology Applications: 126.8.c.1

  Computational thinking--foundations. The student explores the core concepts of computational thinking, a set of problem-solving processes that involve decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction, and algorithms. The student is expected to:

  • Technology Applications: 126.8.c.1.A: decompose story problems into smaller, manageable subproblems and identify a solution to the problems
  • Technology Applications: 126.8.c.1.C: develop a plan collaboratively and document a plan that outlines specific steps taken to complete a project

• Technology Applications: 126.9.c.1

  Computational thinking--foundations. The student explores the core concepts of computational thinking, a set of problem-solving processes that involve decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction, and algorithms. The student is expected to:

  • Technology Applications: 126.9.c.1.A: decompose story problems into smaller, manageable subproblems and discuss and document various solutions to the problems
  • Technology Applications: 126.9.c.1.C: communicate design plans and solutions using a variety of options

• Technology Applications: 126.10.c.1

  Computational thinking--foundations. The student explores the core concepts of computational thinking, a set of problem-solving processes that involve decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction, and algorithms. The student is expected to:

  • Technology Applications: 126.10.c.1.A: decompose a real-world problem into smaller, manageable subproblems using graphic organizers such as learning maps, concept maps, or other representations of data