CCGPS Literacy Standards for Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
• 10 Reading Informational Standards
Key Ideas & Details:
(1) Cite textual evidence,
(2) Determine central ideas and provide accurate summary,
(3) Identify key steps in a process or procedure
Craft & Structure:
(4) Determine meanings of vocabulary,
(5) Analyze how the text and presents information (sequentially, comparatively,
causally),
(6) Analyze author’s purpose / point of view
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:
7) Integrate visual, quantitative, or technical information with other information
or texts
(8) Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in text and research
(9) Analyze the relationship between primary and secondary sources OR
compare / contrast information from experiments, simulations to text
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
(10) Read and comprehend texts complexity band appropriate for your grade
level independently and proficiently
• 10 (9) Writing Standards
Text types and purposes:
(1) Write arguments focused on content
(2) Write informative / explanatory texts, including narration of historical
events, scientific procedures, and technical processes.
(3) N/A
Production and distribution of writing:
(4) Produce clear and coherent writing appropriate to task, purpose, and
audience
(5) Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, or
trying a new approach
(6) Use technology (including internet) to produce and publish writing
Research to build and present knowledge:
(7) Conduct short research projects to answer questions that allow for multiple
avenues of exploration
(8) Gather relevant information from multiple sources and quote or paraphrase
the conclusions of others
(9) Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection &
research
Range of writing:
 (10) Write routinely over extended time frames