Standards
1.C.1b
Goal: Read with understanding and fluency.
Standard: Comprehend a broad range of reading materials.
Benchmark: Identify important themes and topics.
3.B.1a
Goal: Write to communicate for a variety of purposes.
Standard: Compose well-organized and coherent writing for specific purposes and audiences.
Benchmark: Use prewriting strategies to generate and organize ideas (e.g., focus on one topic; organize writing to include a beginning, middle and end; use descriptive words when writing about people, places, things, events).
12.A.1b
Goal: Understand the fundamental concepts, principles and interconnections of the life, physical and earth/space sciences.
Standard: Know and apply concepts that explain how living things function, adapt and change.
Benchmark: Categorize living organisms using a variety of observable features (e.g., size, color, shape, backbone).