Common Core. ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

Common Core. ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.

Common Core. ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Common Core. ELA-Literacy.W.3.2, W.4.2, W.5.2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

Common Core. ELA-Literacy.SL.3.4. Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
Common Core. ELA-Literacy.SL.4.4. Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
Common Core. ELA-Literacy.SL.5.4. Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.

Common Core. ELA-Literacy.RI.3.2. Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea. Common Core. ELA-Literacy.RI.4.2. Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea. Common Core. ELA-Literacy.RI.5.2. Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.

Common Core. ELA-Literacy.RL.3.4, RL.4.4, RL.5.4. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade-level topic or subject area.

Common Core. Math.5.OA.A.1. Write and interpret numerical expressions.

Common Core. ELA-Literacy.RI.3.2, RI.4.2. Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

Common Core. ELA-Literacy.RI.5.2. Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.

Common Core. Math.3.MD.3. Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories.

Common Core. ELA-Literacy.SL.3.4. Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
Common Core. ELA-Literacy.SL.4.4. Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
Common Core. ELA-Literacy.SL.5.4. Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.

Common Core. ELA-Literacy.W.5.3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.