As educators and staff wrote and reviewed the standards for grades 3, 5, and 7, their goal was to provide a logical progression in the breadth and depth of what students will be expected to know and be able to do from one grade to the next. The two examples below show how the Framework standards have been articulated for specific grade levels; in these examples, the grades 3, 5, and 7 standards are presented for the first time in this Supplement, while the grades 3–4, 5–6, and 7– 8 standards are quoted from the Framework. For some standards, it is. | Supplement to the Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework Department of Education Grades 3 5 and 7 Grade Level Standards for Vocabulary Reading and Literature May 2004 Table of Contents Introduction 1 Overview General Standards Included in This Supplement 4 Grade 3 Standards 6 Grade 5 Standards 10 Grade 7 Standards 14 Appendix Building Vocabulary 18 Acknowledgements 21 Supplement to the Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework Grades 3 5 and 7 Grade-Level Standards for Vocabulary Reading and Literature May 2004 .
