Kindergarten
Reading
• Decoding:
o Recognizing upper and lower case letters
o Identifying consonant sounds and short vowel sounds
o Identifying beginning and ending sounds
o Recognizing rhyming sounds
o Distinguishing letters from words and words from sentences
o Demonstrating one-to-one correspondence between spoken and written words
o Demonstrating left to right, top to bottom movement with print
o Blending sounds to read words
o Using meaning and context cues
• Comprehension:
o Making predictions about story content
o Anticipating story endings
o Connecting text to life experiences
o Using picture clues and context to aid comprehension
o Retelling familiar stories
o Identifying characters, settings, and events in a story
o Distinguishing fantasy from reality
o Self correcting miscues that affect meaning
o Identifying main idea and plot
Writing
• Learning correct letter formation
• Writing from left to right and top to bottom
• Discussing ideas to include in a story
• Telling a story that another person will write
• Adding details to a main topic
• Using phonetic spelling to write independently
• Using knowledge of word families and high-frequency words to write independently
Mathematics
Curriculum used: Singapore Math, Math Their Way
• Identifying, extending, and creating simple patterns (AB, ABC, AABB)
• Identifying shapes
• Understanding calendar concepts
• Recognizing and printing numerals 0-20
• Counting by ones, fives and tens to 100
• Understanding the terms: more, less, same, and equal
• Understanding positional words (up, down, above, under, etc.)
• Solving addition problems to 10 using manipulatives
• Solving subtraction problems from 10 using manipulatives
• Estimating
• Using non-standard measuring tools
• Reading and interpreting simple graphs
• Using place value for ones and tens
• Telling time by the hour
• Identifying pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
First Grade
Reading
• Reading habits:
o Reading orally with expression
• Decoding:
o Identifying consonant sounds, short vowel sounds, beginning digraphs and blends, and common word families
o Blending sounds to read words
o Using meaning and context cues
o Using sentence structure cues
o Self-correcting miscues that affect meaning
o Reading grade-level high-frequency words
• Comprehension:
o Retelling stories to reflect sequence, setting, characters, problem, and resolution
o Using story maps
o Anticipating story endings
o Identifying main idea and details of informational text
Writing
• Selecting a focus when writing
• Using writing to communicate ideas
• Working on one piece of writing over several days
• Adding details to a main topic
• Rereading writing and revises for content
• Using periods and capitalization
• Using correct letter formation
• Using phonetic spelling to write independently
• Using knowledge of word families and high-frequency words to write independently
Mathematics
• Recognizing and printing numerals 1-20
• Counting by ones and tens to 100
• Reading and interpreting simple graphs
• Solving addition problems to 10
• Solving subtraction problems to 10
• Adding two digit numbers without renaming
• Subtracting two digit numbers without renaming
• Solving simple word problems
• Telling time by the hour and half hour
• Identifying coins and uses value to count change to $1.00
• Recognizing fractions 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4
• Identifying common 2-d and 3-d shapes
• Measuring in standard and non-standard units
Second Grade
Reading
• Reading habits:
o Reading orally with expression and attention to punctuation
o Reading independently for a sustained period of time
o Reading and studying different genres: fiction, nonfiction, biography and poetry
• Decoding:
o Differentiating between short and long vowels
o Identifying long vowel patterns and r-influenced vowel patterns
o Using multiple decoding strategies automatically as needed
o Self-correcting miscues that affect meaning
o Reading high-frequency words
• Comprehension:
o Vocabulary development
o Identifying and summarizing setting, characters, problem, and resolution of fiction
o Making predictions & inferences that are supported by the text
o Identifying and summarizing topic, main idea, and details of informational text
o Using table of contents, captions, glossary, and index
Writing
• Using, planning and organizing tools for prewriting
• Using the prewriting process (prewriting, drafting, revising, editing)
• Producing longer texts with several related ideas
• Narrative writing with a beginning, middle, and end
• Writing in different forms, including personal narratives, fiction, essays, friendly letters and poetry
• Working on writing over several days to produce more complex text
• Revising for content clarity
• Editing for punctuation, capitalization, and spelling
• Making near accurate or conventional attempts at spelling words
• Identifying nouns, verbs, and adjectives
• Using basic punctuation and capitalization
• Using correct letter formation
Mathematics
Solving addition facts to 20 with automaticity
• Solving subtraction facts within 20 with automaticity
• Solving multiplication facts
• Solving division facts
• Understanding tens, ones, and place value
• Using place value to add and subtract two-digit numbers
• Measuring length with English and metric units
• Measuring weight with English and metric units
• Telling time to the hour, half hour, and quarter hour
• Describing and classifying 2-d and 3-d shapes
• Creating and interpreting graphs
• Recognizing simple fractions of a whole
• Identifying coins and using value to count change to $1.00
Third Grade
Reading
• Independently selecting and reading books of appropriate difficulty
• Reading orally with fluency
• Sustaining interest and focus on texts that require several days to read
• Using several strategies to determine meaning of unknown words
• Reading books from a variety of genres
• Writing thoughtful responses to text
• Discussing responses to text with peers thoughtfully
• Making inferences, drawing conclusions, making predictions, and interpreting text
Writing
• Narrative writing with plot, character, and setting
• Informational writing with main topic and supporting facts
• Beginning research and report writing
• Writing with clarity and organization
• Demonstrating command of sentence structure & paragraphs
• Using the writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, and editing) independently
• Editing for punctuation, capitalization, and spelling independently
• Spelling most grade-level words conventionally and makes near attempts for many more words
• Identifying nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs
• Developing dictionary skills
Spelling
• Identifying and using:
o Long vowel patterns
o R-influenced vowel patterns
o Homophones
o Three-letter blends
o Word endings
o Contractions
o Adding –ed and –ing to words
o Plurals
o Compound words
o Syllable junctures
Mathematics
• Reading and writing numbers and number-words to 1000
• Understanding and using place value to 1000
• Adding two and three digit numbers without renaming
• Subtracting two and three digit numbers without renaming
• Adding two and three digit numbers with renaming
• Subtracting two and three digit numbers with renaming
• Solving multiplication facts
• Solving division facts
• Solving word problems and showing work
• Finding the area of shapes in non-standard units
• Comparing and measuring capacity
• Measuring length with English and metric units
• Measuring weight with English and metric units