Content Standard		Key Learning
READING	Uses reading skills and strategies to comprehend, interpret, and evaluate what is read	5. Identifies both the author’s purpose and the author’s point of view;
		6. Reads for a wide variety of purposes (e.g. to gain knowledge, to aid in making decisions, to receive instructions, to follow an argument, to enjoy).
LITERATURE	Explores, experiences, selects, and  understands literature from a variety  of collections	1. Reads and interprets literature from a variety of genres and regions
		3. Recognizes the relationship of literature to events in real life;
WRITING	Uses the skills and strategies of the  writing process for reflective, creative, and informational purposes.	1. Understands and uses elements of the writing process: brainstorming, drafting, revising, editing and publishing
		2. Writes for public and private audiences
		3. Writes in a variety of genres: reports, literary responses, narrative accounts, narrative procedures, and persuasive essays