E.L.A. Standard :  Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.

•   Use several sources of information, in addition to an encyclopedia, in developing research reports

•   Identify an appropriate format for sharing information with an intended audience

•   Take research notes, using a note-taking process, with assistance

E.L.A. Standard:  Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.

•   Compose, mechanically grade-appropriate texts for a variety of student-selected and teacher-selected purposes

•   Write with voice to address varied purposes, topics, and audiences across the curriculum

•   Organize writing effectively to communicate ideas to an intended audience

•   Compose arguments to support points of view with relevant details from single and multiple texts