Washington State Standards
Reading
1.3.2 - Understand and apply conten/academic vocabulary critical to the
meaning of text
2.2.2 - Apply features of printed and electronic text to locate and
comprehend text
2.2.4 - Apply understanding of text organizational structures
2.3.2 - Apply understandinf of systems for organizing information and
analyze appropriate source
2.4.2 - Analyze the author's purpose for and style of writing in both
informational/expository text and literary/narrative text
2.4.5 - Understand how to generalize from text
3.2.1 - Understand information gained from reading to perform a specific task
Writing
1.5.1 - Publishes in more than one format for specific audiences and purposes
2.1.1 - Applies understanding of multiple and vaired audiences to write
effectively
2.2.1 Demonstates understanding of different purposes for Writing
2.3.1 - Uses a variety of forms/genres
3.2.1 - Understand that different audiences and purposes affect writer's
voice
3.2.2 - Uses language appropriate for a specific audience and purpose
4.1.1 - Analyzes and evaluates writing using established criteria
4.2.1 - Evaluates and adjusts writing goals using criteria
National Council for the Social Studies - Curriculum Standards for Social
Studies
I. Culture
a. explore and describe similarities and differences in the ways groups,
societies and cultures address similar human needs and concerns.
c. describe ways in which language, stories, folktales, music and artistic
creations serve as expressions of culture and influence behavior of people
living in a particular culture.
e. give examples and describe the importance of cultureal unity and
diversity within and across groups.
III. People, Places & Environments
b. interpret, use and distinguish various representations of the earth,
such as maps, globes, and photogrpahs
c. use appropriate resources, data sources, and geographic tools such as
atlases, data bases, grid systems, charts, graphs and maps to generate,
manipulate, and interpret information
e. locate and distinguish among varying landforms and geographic features
such as mountainjs, plateaus, islands and oceans.
f. describe and specualte about physical system changes, such as seasons,
climate and weather and the water cycle.
g. describe how people create places that reflect ideas, personality,
culture, and wants and needs as they design homes, playgrounds, classrooms
and the like.
h. examine the interaction of human beings and their physical environemtn,
the use of the land, building of cities, and ecosystem changes in selected
locales and regions.
