Connecting Content to Standards

Book Links May 2008 (vol. 17, no. 5)

In an effort to help
Book Links readers integrate the magazine’s content into the curriculum, below is a list of standards related to selected articles in the May 2008 issue. This list is intended to serve as a general guideline for relating article features to standards; other standards may also apply to a particular article’s content. The standards below are taken from the Web site of
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning. —Ed.

It’s Elementary! Graphic Novels for the K–6 Classroom (p.6)

Language Arts: Reading: (K–Gr. 8) Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process





Language Arts: Reading: (K–Gr. 8) Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts





Visual Arts: (K–Gr. 4) Understands how different compositional, expressive features (e.g., evoking joy, sadness, anger), and organizational principles (e.g., repetition, balance, emphasis, contrast, unity) cause different responses





Visual Arts: (Gr. 5–8) Knows how the qualities and characteristics of art media, techniques, and processes can be used to enhance communication of experiences and ideas

The Gift of Another Day (p.31)

Language Arts: Reading: (Gr. 6–12) Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process




Language Arts: Writing: (Gr. 6–12) Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process

Playful Punctuation and Parts of Speech (p.44)

Language Arts: Writing: (K–Gr. 8) Uses grammatical and mechanical conventions in written compositions




Language Arts: Writing: (K–Gr. 8) Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process

What a Character! (p.49)

Language Arts: Reading: (K–Gr. 8) Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process





Language Arts: Reading: (K–Gr. 8) Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts

Reading Is Thinking: Modeling Reading Comprehension Strategies with Picture Books (p.56)

Language Arts: Reading: (K–Gr. 5) Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process





Language Arts: Reading: (K–Gr. 5) Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts