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K–12 Standards

Reading for Science and Technical Subjects: Grades 9, 10

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Reading Informational Text: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text – with emphasis on comprehension, making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.CC.3.5

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    Key Ideas and Details

    1. A.

      Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions.CC.3.5.9-10.A

    2. B.

      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.CC.3.5.9-10.B

    3. C.

      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.CC.3.5.9-10.C

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    Craft and Structure

    1. D.

      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.CC.3.5.9-10.D

    2. E.

      Analyze the structure of the relationships among concepts in a text, including relationships among key terms (e.g., force, friction, reaction force, energy).CC.3.5.9-10.E

    3. F.

      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.CC.3.5.9-10.F

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    Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

    1. G.

      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.CC.3.5.9-10.G

    2. H.

      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.CC.3.5.9-10.H

    3. I.

      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.CC.3.5.9-10.I

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    Range and Level of Complex Texts

    1. J.

      By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 9–10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.CC.3.5.9-10.J

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What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 9 and Grade 10
When were these standards adopted?
2014

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