Reading Literacy Standards (Grades 9-10)

Key Ideas and Details
LAFS.910.RST.1.1 – 	Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions.

LAFS.910.RST.1.2 –	Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; trace the text’s explanation or depiction of a complex process, phenomenon, or concept; provide an accurate summary of the text.

LAFS.910.RST.1.3 – 	Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks, attending to special cases or exceptions defined in the text.

Craft and Structure
LAFS.910.RST.2.4 –	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 9–10 texts and topics.

LAFS.910.RST.2.5 –	Analyze the structure of the relationships among concepts in a text, including relationships among key terms (e.g., force, friction, reaction force, energy).

LAFS.910.RST.2.6 –	Analyze the author’s purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text, defining the question the author seeks to address.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
LAFS.910.RST.3.7 –	Translate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text into visual form (e.g., a table or chart) and translate information expressed visually or mathematically (e.g., in an equation) into words.

LAFS.910.RST.3.8 –	Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author’s claim or a recommendation for solving a scientific or technical problem.

LAFS.910.RST.3.9 –	Compare and contrast findings presented in a text to those from other sources (including their own experiments), noting when   
the findings support or contradict previous explanations or accounts.

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
LAFS.910.RST.4.10 –	 By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature [informational texts, history/social studies texts, science/technical texts]  
	 in the grades 9–10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

	By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literature [informational texts, history/social studies texts, science/technical texts] at the high end of the grades 9–10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Writing Literacy Standards (Grades 9-10)

Text Types and Purposes

LAFS.910.WHST.1.1 –	Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.

LAFS.910.WHST.1.2 –	Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments, or technical processes.

Production and Distribution of Writing
LAFS.910.WHST.2.4 –	Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

LAFS.910.WHST.2.5 –	Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.

LAFS.910.WHST.2.6 –	Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.

Research to Build and Present Knowledge
LAFS.910.WHST.3.7 –	Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

LAFS.910.WHST.3.8 – 	Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.

LAFS.910.WHST.3.9 –	Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Range of Writing
LAFS.910.WHST.4.10 –	Write routinely over extended time frames (time for reflection and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Reading Literacy Standards (Grades 11-12)

Key Ideas and Details
LAFS.1112.RST.1.1 –	Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to important distinctions the author makes and to any gaps or inconsistencies in the account.

LAFS.1112.RST.1.2 –	Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; trace the text’s explanation or depiction of a complex process, phenomenon, or concept; provide an accurate summary of the text.

LAFS.1112.RST.1.3 –	Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks, attending to special cases or exceptions defined in the text.

Craft and Structure
LAFS.1112.RST.2.4 –	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 11–12 texts and topics.

LAFS.1112.RST.2.5 –	Analyze how the text structures information or ideas into categories or hierarchies, demonstrating understanding of the information or ideas.

LAFS.1112.RST.2.6 –	Analyze the author’s purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text, identifying important issues that remain unresolved.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
LAFS.1112.RST.3.7 –	Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g. quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem.

LAFS.1112.RST.3.8 –	Evaluate the hypotheses, data, analysis, and conclusions in a science or technical text, verifying the data when possible and corroborating or challenging conclusions with other sources of information.

LAFS.1112.RST.3.9 –	Synthesize information from a range of sources (e.g., texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept, resolving conflicting information when possible.

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
LAFS.1112.RST.4.10 –	By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literature [informational texts, history/social studies texts, science/technical texts] in the grades 11–CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
		
	By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend literature [informational texts, history/social studies texts, science/technical texts] at the high end of the grades 11–CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Writing Literacy Standards (Grades 11-12)

Text Types and Purposes

LAFS.1112.WHST.1.1 –	Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.

LAFS.1112.WHST.1.2 –	Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments, or technical processes.

Production and Distribution of Writing
LAFS.1112.WHST.2.4 –	Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

LAFS.1112.WHST.2.5 –	Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.

LAFS.1112.WHST.2.6 –	Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.

Research to Build and Present Knowledge
LAFS.1112.WHST.3.7 –	Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

LAFS.1112.WHST.3.8 – 	Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the specific task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and overreliance on any one source and following a standard format for citation.

LAFS.1112.WHST.3.9 –	Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Range of Writing
LAFS.1112.WHST.4.10 –	Write routinely over extended time frames (time for reflection and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Mathematical Practices (Grades K-12)

MAFS.K12.MP.1.1 – Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

MAFS.K12.MP.2.1 – Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

MAFS.K12.MP.3.1 – Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

MAFS.K12.MP.4.1 – Model with mathematics.

MAFS.K12.MP.5.1 – Use appropriate tools strategically.

MAFS.K12.MP.6.1 – Attend to precision.

MAFS.K12.MP.7.1 – Look for and make use of structure.

MAFS.K12.MP.8.1 – Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.