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McREL
Reading
Key Ideas and Details
Standard 3: With prompting and support, identify characters, settings and major events.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard 9: With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.
Common Core
Speaking and Listening
Comprehension and Collaboration
Standard K2: Confirm understanding of a text or information presented orally through media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
The People Puzzle
McREL
Life Skills
Standard 1: Contributes to the overall effort of a group.
Standard 3: Works well with diverse individuals and in diverse situations.
Standard 4: Displays effective interpersonal communication skills.
Family Spotlight
McREL
Language Arts
Reading
Standard 5.Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process
Standard 6. Uses skills and strategies to read a variety of literary texts
Listening and Speaking
Standard 7. Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes.
Science
Life Sciences
Standard 4. Understands the principles of heredity and related concepts
Standard 6. Understands relationships among organisms and their physical environment
Standard 7. Understands biological evolution and the diversity of life
Arts
Dance
Standard 1. Understands dance as a way to create and communicate
Standard 5. Understands dance in various cultures and historical periods
Standard 6. Understands connections between dance and healthful living
Art Connections
Standard 1. Understands connections among the various art forms and other disciplines
Music
Standard 1. Sings, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
Foreign Language
Standard 1. Uses the target language to engage in conversations, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions and information.
Standard 3. Presents information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
Standard 5. Understands that different languages use different patterns to communicate and applies this knowledge to the target and native languages
Life Skills
Working with Others
Standard 1. Contributes to the overall effort of a group
Standard 3.Works well with diverse individuals and in diverse situations
Standard 4. Display effective interpersonal communication skills
Standard 5. Demonstrates leadership skills
Technology
Standard 6. Understands the nature and uses of different forms of technology
Common Core
Reading for Literature
Keys and Details
Standard 1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis of the answers.
Standard 2. Recount stories including fables and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
Speaking and Listening
Comprehension and Collaboration
Standard 2. Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally
Standard 3. Ask and answer questions about information from speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.
Using Tootsie Roll Pops to Teach Tolerance
McRel
Behavioral Studies
Standard 1. Understands that group and cultural influences contribute to human development, identity and behavior.
Thinking and Reasoning
Standard 3. Effectively uses mental processes that are based on identifying similarities and differences.
Common Core
Speaking and Listening
Standard l. Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building other’s ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
Create an Anti-Cyberbullying Sign Campaign
McREL
Writing
Standard 4. Gathers and uses information for research purposes
Standard 9. Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media
Health
Standard 4. Knows how to maintain mental and emotional health
Technology
Standard 2. Knows the characteristics and uses of computer software programs
Standard 3. Understands the relationships among science, technology, society, and the individual
Common Core
Reading Standards for Informational Text
Standard 2. Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
Language Standards
Standard 1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Our Groups of Friends
McREL
Behavioral Studies
Standard 1. Understands that group and cultural influences contribute to human development, identity, and behavior
Standard 2. Understands various meanings of social group, general implications of group membership, and different ways that groups function
Mathematics
Standard 6. Understands and applies basic and advanced concepts of statistics and data analysis
Common Core
Speaking and Listening
Comprehension and Collaboration
Standard 1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Reading
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard 7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
