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These Standards were approved by the CA State Board of Education in 2010.

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Standard Identifier: RI.3.2

Grade: 3

Subject Area: English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (K–5)

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

Standard Identifier: RI.3.3

Grade: 3

Subject Area: English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (K–5)

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.

Standard Identifier: RI.4.1

Grade: 4

Subject Area: English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (K–5)

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Standard Identifier: RI.4.2

Grade: 4

Subject Area: English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (K–5)

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.

Standard Identifier: RI.4.3

Grade: 4

Subject Area: English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (K–5)

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.

Standard Identifier: RI.5.1

Grade: 5

Subject Area: English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (K–5)

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Standard Identifier: RI.5.2

Grade: 5

Subject Area: English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (K–5)

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.

Standard Identifier: RI.5.3

Grade: 5

Subject Area: English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (K–5)

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.

Standard Identifier: RI.6.1

Grade: 6

Subject Area: English Language Arts (6–12)

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Standard Identifier: RI.6.2

Grade: 6

Subject Area: English Language Arts (6–12)

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

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