Grade 6
6-8.RST.3
Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.
October 1, 20186-8.RST.4
Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6-8 texts and topics.
October 1, 20186-8.RST.5
Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to an understanding of the topic.
October 1, 20186-8.RST.6
Analyze the author’s purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text.
October 1, 20186-8.RST.7
Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).
October 1, 20186-8.RST.8
Distinguish among facts, reasoned judgment based on research findings, and speculation in a text.
October 1, 20186-8.RST.9
Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same topic.
October 1, 20186-8.RST.10
By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
October 1, 20186-8.RH.5
Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally).
October 1, 20186-8.RH.1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
October 1, 20186-8.RH.2
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
October 1, 20186-8.RH.3
Identify key steps in a text’s description of a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, how interest rates are raised or lowered).
October 1, 2018