Overview of Selected
Priority Standards by Grade-Level
6th Grade Priority Standards
SS.6.3: I can gather relevant information from primary and secondary sources using the origin and authority of the source to guide the selection.
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SS.6.6: With teacher direction, I can develop claims and counterclaims while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both.
SS.6.8: With guided practice, I can construct responses to compelling questions supported by reasoning and evidence.
5th Grade Priority Standards
SS.5.2: I can use supporting questions to help answer a compelling question for initial understanding in an inquiry.
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SS.5.4: I can find evidence that uses information from multiple perspectives and sources to respond to a compelling question.
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SS.5.5: I can respond to a compelling question using reason and evidence with support from the teacher.
SS.5.16: I can demonstrate ways to monitor how money is spent and saved.
4th Grade Priority Standards
SS.4.2: I can use supporting questions to show evidence that is connected to a given inquiry
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SS.4.4: I can construct responses to questions using reasoning, examples, and relevant details.
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SS.4.5: I can identify challenges, provide possible solutions to overcome them, and predict their results.
SS.4.22: I can infer the purpose of a primary source and, from that purpose, who the intended audience was.
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SS.4.23: I can explain how events (or developments) have a sequence of causes and effects.
3rd Grade Priority Standards
SS.3.4. I can cite evidence that supports a response to supporting or compelling questions.
SS.3.5. I can construct responses to compelling questions using reasoning, examples, and relevant details.
SS.3.28. I can explain the cultural contributions that different groups have made on Iowa.
2nd Grade Priority Standards
SS.2.3: I can determine if a source is primary or secondary and distinguish whether it is mostly fact or opinion.
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SS.2.7: I can explain how people from different groups work through conflict when solving a community problem.
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SS.2.20: I can determine the influence of particular individuals and groups who have shaped significant historical change.
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1st Grade Priority Standards
SS.1.13: I can explain why people have different jobs in the community. (21st century skills)
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SS.1.21: I can compare life in the past to life today within different communities and cultural groups, including indigenous communities.
Kindergarten Priority Standards
SS.K.8: I can describe ways to work with my classmates to make decisions to improve our classroom.
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SS.K.17: I can identify or sort life in the past and life today.