CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.10
The Standard
By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 6—8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects 6—12
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read grade-level science and technical texts without step-by-step teacher support. They use headings, diagrams, context, and rereading to explain ideas and follow processes accurately.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can finish an unfamiliar article or procedure, identify its main ideas and key details, and summarize it accurately. The student can explain technical terms and cite the passage or visuals when answering questions.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may skip captions, diagrams, and headings, even when those features carry key information. They may copy sentences instead of summarizing, or stop reading when they meet an unfamiliar technical term.
How to Assess It
- Give students a 500-word article on plate tectonics with one labeled diagram. Ask them to write the main idea, two supporting details, and one diagram-based inference.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a short solar-oven procedure, then have them build the model and mark any directions they had to reread.
Ask students to write: Which text feature helped you understand the process most, and what information did it add?
Run a text-feature scavenger hunt using an article, with points for locating definitions, evidence, captions, and sequence clues.
Have students read a medicine label and explain the dosage, warnings, and storage directions to a partner.
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