Elementary School

• Recite the alphabet
• Read upper and lower case letters
• Can match letters to the letter sounds they produce
• Can decode simple CVC words producing the appropriate letter sound relationships
• Can produce the character, plot, and setting of a story
• Ask about unknown words in a story
• Identify the author and illustrator of a book and what they do
• Identify parts of a book
• Identify left to right, top to bottom, and page to page conventions of a book
• Sequentially tell a story
• Use standard English grammar in writing
• Print upper and lower case letters - formation of words and sentences
• Ask and answer questions about a story and retells a story
• Identify and produce nouns and verbs
• Make nouns plural by adding s and es
• Retell word meanings from a story
• Sort common objects into categories
• Follow the rules of a conversation when speaking
• Know number names and number sequences
• Count to 100 and can count sequentially
• Count forward from any given number
• Write 0 - 20; sequentially and out of order
• Match a number to counted objects
• Know that numbers represent objects counted
• State that addition means putting things together; subtraction means taking things apart
• Solve addition and subtraction word problems
• Add and subtract within 10 and within 5
• Work with number 11 - 19; these represent 10's and 1's - composing groups of 10's and adding groups of 1's
• Know length and weight of an object
• Classify objects into categories
• Identify relative positions (above, next to, below, etc.)
• Identify and 2-D and 3-D shapes (circle, sphere) (triangle, pyramid) (square, cube) (hexagon, cylinder)
• Recite and write first and last name
• Know parent (s)' real first and last names (not Mom, Dad as a name)
• Know birthday
• Know phone number and mailing address

• Master all kindergarten skills
• Demonstrate command of standard English grammar in writing and speaking
• Print all upper and lower case letters
• Use common, proper, and possessive nouns; use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in sentences
• Use personal, possessive, and indefinite pronouns (I, me, he, she, they, etc.)
• Use verbs to convey tense (past, present, future)
• Use frequently occurring: adjectives, articles, conjunctions, prepositions
• Produce and expand simple and compound declarative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences
• Demonstrate proper command of capital letters, punctuation, and spelling when writing
• Use commas to separate a list and in writing dates
• Use phonetics to spell words with common and uncommon spelling patterns
• Use context clues, root words, prefixes, and suffixes to determine the meaning of words
• Sort words into categories, defining the categories by one or more attributes
• Demonstrate understanding of the features of print
• Distinguish long from short vowels and the rules that govern their sounds
• Blend letters and sounds in words
• Isolate and produce initial, medial, and ending words sounds
• Break words into syllables based on their sounds
• Decode words using the spelling-sound connections for digraphs
• Know that final e represents long vowel sounds
• Know that syllables must have a vowel sound
• Recognize and read grade appropriate irregularly spelled words
• Read with accuracy and fluency to support understanding of text
• Read grade level text with understanding
• Read grade level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression
• Self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading if necessary
• Retell stories using details and noting the main idea
• Describe character, plot, setting, and major events in a story using key details
• Distinguish between fiction and informational text
• Use illustrations and details in a story to describe characters, plot, and setting
• Identify words and phrases from stories or poses that appeal to the senses
• Know and use various text features to locate key information in a text (heading, table of contents, etc.)
• Read informational text appropriately complex for grade 1
• Follow rules established for collaborative conversations and discussions
• Respond to others' thoughts in conversations
• Ask questions to understand a conversation
• Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details and feelings clearly
• Produce complete sentences when speaking
• Write opinion pieces supplying reasons for the opinion
• Write informative texts supplying facts about a topic with closure
• Write narratives with sequenced events and details
• Write a focused clear passage on a given topic
• Write a research writing project on a given topic
• Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems
• Solve word problems that call for addition of 3 whole numbers whose sum is less than or equal to 20
• Use the commutative and associative properties of addition and subtraction
• Relate counting to addition and subtraction (counting up or down)
• Add and subtract facts within 20
• Understand the meaning of an equals sign
• Determine the unknown whole number in an addition or subtraction equation
• Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120
• Understand that 2 digit numbers represent tens and ones
• Understand that numbers 11 - 19 are composed of tens and ones
• Understand that 10, 20, 30, etc. represent a set of tens and no ones
• Compare two 2 digit numbers using greater than, less than, or equals to signs
• Add within 100 with 2 digit numbers using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value
• Order 3 objects by length
• Express the length of an object as a whole number by laying lengths of multiple shorter objects
• Tell and write time in hours and half hours using analog and digital clocks
• Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to 3 categories
• Distinguish between defining attributes versus non-defining attributes while building and drawing shapes that possess these attributes
• Compose two dimensional shapes or three dimensional shapes to create composite shapes and compose new shapes from the composite shapes
• Divide circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares describing the shares using halves, fourths, and quarters - describe the whole as parts
• Skip count by 2, 5, and 10
• Identify number patterns (10 more, 10 less, 1 more, 1 less, etc.)

• Master all first grade skills
• Know and use grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words
• Know and use short and long vowel sounds appropriately when reading one and two syllable words
• Know spelling and sound combinations for vowel teams in regularly and irregularly spelled words
• Read grade level text with accuracy, fluency, and expression for comprehension
• Self-correct reading errors
• Demonstrate understanding of key details in text
• Retell stories from diverse cultures and determine the meaning or message of the story
• Describe how characters in a story respond to challenges and major events
• Describe how words and phrases used in a story supply meaning
• Describe the structure of a story including how the beginning introduces and the ending concludes the action
• Know that characters have different points of view in a story
• Use illustrations and words in the story help to understand the character, plot, and setting of a story
• Compare and contrast 2 or more versions of the same story by different authors and from different cultures
• Read and understand second grade literature
• Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text
• Identify the main topic of multi-paragraph text
• Describe the connection between a series of historical text, scientific concepts, or technical procedures
• Know and use captions, bold text, subheading, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, and icons from text to locate key facts
• Identify the author's main purpose for writing a story
• Compare and contrast the most important points presented by 2 texts on the same topic
• Read and understand informational texts, including history, science, and technical text
• Write a well organized opinion paper with a topic, opinion, reasoning, and concluding statement
• Write an informational text using facts and definitions to develop points
• Write a narrative with details, actions, thoughts, feelings, and words to show event order
• Focus on writing using editing and publishing techniques to develop a final draft
• Write a short research project using multiple sources to develop the paper
• Participate in respectful, collaborative discussions
• Ask and answer questions to gain further information on an extended topic
• Tell a story using appropriate facts, descriptive details, and speaking in a coherent manner
• Produce complete sentences when asked to clarify or answer questions
• Use collective nouns, irregular plural nouns, reflexive pronouns, and irregular past tenses of verbs correctly
• Use adjectives and adverbs depending on what is to be modified
• Produce, expand, and rearrange simple and compound sentences
• Demonstrate command of standard English using capitalization, punctuation, and correct spelling
• Use commas in greetings and closings
• Use an apostrophe to form contractions and possessives
• Use reference materials, including beginning dictionaries to check and correct spellings
• Determine or clarify the meaning of an unknown word from phrases or words in a passage
• Use root words, prefixes, and suffixes to form new words
• Use meanings of singular words to predict the meaning of a compound word
• Use words and phrases taken through conversations reading, listening, and responding to text to describe someone or something
• Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one and two step word problems
• Add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies
• Memorize all sums of two one-digit numbers to 20
• Determine odd or even objects
• Count by 2's, write an equation to express an even number as a sum of two equal addends
• Use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in arrays with up to 5 rows and 5 columns
• Understand that 3 digits of a 3 digit number represents hundreds, tens, and ones
• Understand that 100 can be thought of as a bundle of 10 tens
• Understand that 100, 200, 300, etc. refer to one, two, or three hundreds
• Count within 1000, skip count by 5s, 10s, and 100s
• Read and write numbers to 1000 using base 10 numerals
• Compare two three-digit numbers based on hundreds, tens, and ones using >,<, or =
• Add up to 4 two digit numbers using place value and properties of operations
• Add and subtract within 1000 based on drawing and strategies around place value and base ten operations
• Mentally add or subtract 10 or 100 to a given number
• Measure the length of an object using appropriate tools
• Measure the length of an object twice, using length units of different lengths, describe how the measurements relate
• Estimate lengths using inches, feet, centimeters, and meters
• Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve word problems involving lengths
• Represent whole numbers as length from 0 on a number line with equally spaced points corresponding to the numbers on a number line
• Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest 5 minutes using a.m. and p.m.
• Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies using $ and cent signs
• Recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes such as number of angles or number of equal faces
• Identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons hexagons, and cubes
• Divide a rectangle into rows and columns of same size squares and count to find the total number of them
• Divide circles and rectangles into 2, 3, and 4 equal parts describing as halves, thirds, quarters, etc.

• Master all second grade skills
• Know and use grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words
• Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and suffixes
• Decode words with common Latin suffixes
• Decode multisyllabic words
• Read grade appropriate irregularly spelled words
• Read with accuracy and fluency
• Use context to confirm word recognition and understanding
• Describe how characters in a story respond to challenges and major events
• Determine the meaning of words and phrases used in text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral text
• Describe the structure of a story including how the beginning introduces and the ending concludes the action
• Distinguish characters' points of view from each other and from a narrator
• Use illustrations and words in the story to help to understand the characters, plot, and setting of a story
• Compare and contrast 2 or more versions of the same story by different authors and from different cultures
• Read and understand third grade literature
• Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text
• Identify the main topic of multi-paragraph text
• Describe the connection between a series of historical text scientific concepts, or technical procedures
• Know and use captions, bold text, subheading, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, and icons from text to locate key facts
• Identify the author's main purpose for writing a story
• Compare and contrast the most important points presented by 2 texts on the same topic
• Read and understand informational texts, including history, science, and technical text
• Write a well-organized opinion paper with a topic, opinion, reasoning, and concluding statement
• Write an informational text using facts and definitions to develop points
• Write a narrative with details, actions, thoughts, feelings, and words to show event order
• Focus on writing using editing and publishing techniques to develop a final draft
• Write a short research project using multiple sources to develop the paper
• Participate in respectful, collaborative discussions
• Ask and answer questions to gain further information on an extended topic
• Tell a story using appropriate facts, descriptive details, and speaking in a coherent manner
• Produce complete sentences when asked to clarify or answer questions
• Use collective nouns, irregular plural nouns, reflexive pronouns, and irregular past tenses of verbs correctly
• Use adjectives and adverbs depending on what is to be modified
• Produce, expand, and rearrange simple and compound sentences
• Demonstrate command of standard English using capitalization, punctuation, and correct spelling
• Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings
• Distinguish literal and nonliteral words and phrases in context
• Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty
• Use grade appropriate conversational, academic, and domain-specific words and phrases
• Include spatial and temporal relationships in writing and speaking
• Interpret products of numbers (multiply) as # of objects in a group
• Interpret whole number quotients as # objects set into equal shares (divide)
• Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems
• Determine the unknown whole number in multiplication or division equations
• Apply properties of operations to multiply and divide (Commutative Property, Associative Property, and Distributive Property)
• Understand that division is an unknown factor problem
• Fluently multiply and divide within 100
• Solve 2 step word problems using the four operations (add, subtract, multiply, and divide)
• Represent these operations in equations with a letter sanding for an unknown quantity
• Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100
• Add and subtract within 1000
• Multiply 1 digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 using place value and properties of operations
• Understand a fraction as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is divided into equal parts
• Understand a fraction as a number on a number line
• Represent a fraction on a number line by defining the value or interval from 0 to 1
• Explain equivalence of fractions and understand that 2 fractions are equal if they are the same size
• Express whole numbers as fractions
• Compare 2 fractions with the same numerator or same denominator
• Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes
• Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units of measure
• Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent data
• Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch
• Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures
• Use a unit square to measure area
• Measure areas by counting unit squares
• Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition
• Find the area of a rectangle
• Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons
• Understand that shapes have different categories but may share attributes (rhombuses, rectangles, quadrilaterals, squares)
• Divide shapes into equal areas, expressing the area as a unit fraction of the whole

• Master all third grade skills
• Know and use grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words
• Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and suffixes
• Use combined knowledge of letter-sound relationships, syllabication patterns, and morphology to read unfamiliar words
• Read grade level prose and poetry with accuracy, appropriate rate and expression
• Read with accuracy and fluency
• Read grade level text with purpose and understanding
• Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition as needed
• Refer to details and examples in text when explaining what the text is saying
• Determine a theme of a story or poem from the details
• Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in text
• Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose
• Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated to include 1st and 3rd person narrations
• Make connections between the text of a story and a visual presentation of the story
• Compare and contrast the treatment of themes and topics from stories, myths, and traditional cultural literature
• Read and understand literature to include stories, dramas, poetry, and informational text
• Refer to details in a text when drawing inferences
• Determine the main idea of a text ad how it is supported by key details
• Summarize text
• Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text
• Determine meaning of general academic and domain specific words in a text relevant to grade 4 or above
• Describe the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text
• Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic
• Interpret information presented visually or orally
• Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support points of view
• Focus on writing using editing and publishing techniques to develop a final draft
• Write a short research project, informational text, opinion, or topic with clear and related information in paragraphs and sections
• Introduce a topic clearly, developing it with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other text related information
• Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information presented
• Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using descriptive details and sequencing
• Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events
• Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events in a story
• Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and an audience
• Plan, revise or edit, and publish a final draft
• Draw evidence from literary or informational text to support analysis, reflection, and research
• Demonstrate command of standard English
• Use relative pronouns, progressive verb tenses, adjectives and adverbs, and prepositional phrases in writing
• Produce complete sentences, recognizing fragments and run-on sentences
• Use appropriate writing mechanics (commas, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling)
• Use text context to determine the meaning of unknown words
• Use common grade level Greek and Latin base words to determine word meanings
• Explain the meaning of similes and metaphors in text - understand figurative language
• Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs
• Interpret multiplication equation as a comparison
• Multiply or divide to solve word problems involving multiple comparisons
• Solve multistep word problems with whole numbers using the four operations - defend the reasonableness of the answer
• Find all factor pairs for a whole number ranging 1 - 100
• Generate a number or shape pattern that follows a given rule
• Recognize that a multi-digit whole number represents multiple number values as they relate to ones, tens, hundreds, etc. (place value)
• Use place value to round multi-digit whole number to any place
• Fluently add and subtract multi-digit numbers
• Multiply a whole number of up to 4 digits by a 2 and 2 digit number
• Divide a multi-digit whole number with up to 1 digit divisor
• Understand a fraction as a number on a number line
• Represent a fraction on a number line by defining the value or interval from 0 to 1
• Explain equivalence of fractions and understand that 2 fractions are equal if they are the same size
• Compare 2 fractions with different numerators and denominators
• Compare 2 fractions with the same numerator or same denominator
• Understand a fraction >1 as a sum of fractions
• Decompose a fraction into a sum of fractions with the same denominator in more than one way
• Add and subtract mixed number fractions with like denominators
• Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiplying a fraction
• Use decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100
• Compare 2 decimals to hundredths
• Know relative sizes of measurement with one system of units
• Apply the area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real world math problems
• Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit
• Recognize angles as geometric shapes that are formed wherever 2 rays have a common endpoint
• Understand that an angle is measured with reference to a circle with its center at the common endpoint of the ray
• Understand that an angle that turns through n one-degree angle is said to have an angle measurement of n degrees
• Measure angles in whole number degrees using a protractor
• Recognize angle measure as additive.. When an angle is decomposed into overlapping parts, the angle measure of the whole is the sum of the parts
• Draw points, lines, line segments, rays, angles, perpendicular and parallel lines
• Classify 2-dimensional figures based on angles and lines
• Recognize a line of symmetry for a two-dimensional figure

• Master all fourth grade skills
• Know and use grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words
• Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and suffixes
• Use combined knowledge of letter-sound relationships, syllabication patterns, and morphology to read unfamiliar words
• Read grade level prose and poetry with accuracy, appropriate rate and expression
• Read with accuracy and fluency
• Read grade level text with purpose and understanding
• Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition as needed
• Quote accurately from a text explaining what the test says while drawing conclusions
• Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in text
• Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose
• Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated to include 1st and 3rd person narrations
• Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanza fit together to provide an overall structure of text
• Compare and contrast the treatment of themes and topics from stories, myths, and traditional cultural literature
• Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text
• Compare and contrast stories in the same genre
• Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details
• Summarize text
• Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text
• Determine meaning of general academic and domain specific words in a text relevant to grad 4 or above
• Describe the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text
• Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic
• Interpret information presented visually or orally
• Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support points of view
• Focus on writing using editing and publishing techniques to develop a final draft
• Write a short research project, informational text, opinion, or topic with clear and related information in paragraphs and sections
• Introduce a topic clearly, developing it with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other text related information
• Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information presented
• Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using descriptive details and sequencing
• Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events
• Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events in a story
• Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and an audience
• Plan, revise or edit, and publish a final draft
• Draw evidence from literary or informational text to support analysis, reflection, and research
• Demonstrate command of standard English
• Explain the function or conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in sentences
• Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions
• Use appropriate writing mechanics (commas, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling)
• Use correlative conjunctions (either/or; neither/nor)
• Use common grade level Greek and Latin base words to determine word meanings
• Explain the meaning of similes and metaphors in text - understand figurative language
• Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs
• Use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions and evaluate with these symbols
• Multiply or divide to solve word problems involving multiple comparisons
• Solve multistep word problems with whole numbers using the four operations - defend the reasonableness of the answer
• Explain patterns in the number of zeros of the product when multiplying by powers of 10
• Read, write, and compare decimals to the thousandths place
• Recognize that a multi-digit whole number represents multiple number values as they relate to ones, tens, hundreds, etc. (place value)
• Use place value to round multi-digit whole numbers to any place
• Fluently add and subtract multi-digit numbers
• Multiply a whole number of up to 4 digits by a 2 and 2 digit number
• Subtract fractions with unlike denominators by replacing given fractions with equivalent fractions
• Solve word problems involving the division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers
• Interpret the product of (a/b) x q as a partition of q into b equal parts
• Find the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths
• Interpret multiplication as scaling (resizing) by comparing the size of a product to the size of one factor on the basis of the size of the other factor without performing the indicated multiplication
• Interpret multiplication as scaling by explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction greater than 1 results in a product greater than the given number
• Apply and extend previous understandings of division to divide unit fractions by whole numbers
• Solve real world problems involving division of unit fractions by non-zero whole numbers and division of whole numbers by unit fractions
• Convert different sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system
• Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions
• Recognize volume as an attribute of solid figures
• Measure volumes by counting unit cubes
• Relate volume to the operations of multiplication and addition and solve real world math problems using volume
• Apply the formula V=L x W x H and V=B x H for rectangular prisms
• Find volumes of solid figures composed of two non-overlapping right rectangular prisms by adding the volumes of the non-overlapping parts
• Use a pair of perpendicular lines, called axes, to define a coordinate system with the intersection arranged to be 0 on both sides - call these coordinates or pairs of numbers
• Graph points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane and interpret the values of the points
• Understand that attributes belonging to a category of 2 dimensional figures also belong to all subcategories of that category
• Classify two dimensional figures based on properties

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