CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.3

ELA7th GradeKey Ideas and Details

The Standard

Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects 6—12

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students read a procedure closely and identify the required order, materials, quantities, conditions, and warnings. They carry out the task as written and use results to check whether they followed each direction.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students complete a task in the correct order without adding or skipping actions. They use the stated materials, measurements, conditions, and safety directions, then identify the step that caused an error.
Common Misconceptions: Students may skim, skip steps, or assume the order does not matter. They may overlook units, quantities, safety notes, diagrams, or conditional words such as “if” and “until.”
How to Assess It: Give students written directions for making and testing a paper helicopter. Check whether they complete each step in order and record the flight time using the stated unit.

Lesson moves

Give pairs written directions to build a paper helicopter, then have them test it and record flight time exactly as directed.
Ask students to explain which words in a procedure control order, measurement, conditions, and stopping points.
Cut a procedure into step cards and challenge teams to arrange, perform, and justify the correct sequence.
Have students examine appliance instructions and identify one skipped step that could cause damage, injury, or a poor result.

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