Learning Standards for English Language Arts at Three Levels Standard1 Language for Information and Understanding �����Students will read, write, listen and speak for information and understanding. Standard2 Language for Literary Response and Expression �����Students will read, write, listen and speak for literary response and expressions. Standard3 Language for Critical Analysis and Evaluation �����Students will read, write, listen and speak for critical analysis and evaluation. Standard4 Language for Social Interaction �����Students will read, write, listen and speak for social interaction. Learning Standards for Social Studies at Three Levels Standard1 History of the United States and New York �����Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in the history of the United States and New York. Standard2 World History �����Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in world history and examine the broad sweep of history from a variety of perspectives. Standard3 Geography �����Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the geography of the interdependent world in which we live - local, national, and global - including the distribution of people, places, and environments over the Earth's surface. Standard5 Civics, Citizenship, and Government �����Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the necessity for establishing governments; the governmental system of the U.S. and other nations; the U.S. Constitution; the basic civic values of American constitutional democracy; and the roles, rights, and responsibilities of citizenship, including avenues of participation. Learning Standards for Languages Other Than English at Three Levels Standard2 Cultural Understanding �����Students will develop cross-cultural skills and understandings. Learning Standards for Math, Science Technology at Three Levels Standard1 Analysis, Inquiry and Design �����Students will use mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry, and engineering design, as appropriate, to pose questions, seek answers, and develop solutions. Standard2 Information Systems �����Students will access, generate, process, and transfer information using appropriate technologies. Standard3 Mathematics �����Students will understand mathematics and become mathematically confident by communicating and reasoning mathematically, by applying mathematics in real-world settings, and by solving problems through the integrated study of number systems, geometry, algebra, data analysis, probability, and trigonometry. Standard4 Science �����Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and recognize the historical development of ideas in science. Standard6 Interconnectedness: Common Themes �����Students will understand the relationships and common themes that connect mathematics, science, and technology and apply the themes to these and other areas of learning.