Grade Level Expectations

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Kindergarten Expectations

Reading

• Identifies sounds and names of both uppercase and lowercase letters
• Identifies and Produces rhyming words
• Demonstrates word/sound skills
• Retells and answers questions about a story
• Identifies kindergarten sight words
• Points to words while reading

Handwriting

• Writes most letters correctly
• Spells first and last name

Creative Writing

• Writes about one idea using pictures, letters, and some words

Math

• Identifies colors
• Identifies shapes: circle, square, rectangle, triangle, ellipse (oval)
• Creates a pattern
• Tells time to the hour
• Identifies and states the value of pennies and dimes
• Identifies numbers 0-20
• Counts objects to 20
• Writes numbers 0-20
• Counts to 20 and beyond
• Can add and subtract numbers 0-10 using objects

Science

• Sort and Compare: same/different, rough/smooth, etc.
• Collect information
• Ask and answer questions
• Describe common objects aloud or with a picture
• Explore life cycles
• Observe and discuss weather and seasonal changes

Social Studies

• Understands needs for rules
• Recognizes various American symbols
• Discuss State and National Events and Holidays
• Discuss State symbols and history
• Understand the difference between a want and a need

Behaviors

• Listens and follows directions
• Completes tasks
• Works independently
• Participates in groups and works well with others
• Demonstrates self control
• Respects property and authority
• Adequate attention span

Routines and Expectations

Check School Handbook for Arrival and Dismissal time
Arrive on time, fed, and rested
Check backpacks daily!
Demonstrates personal hygiene skills
Be respectful of all adults, peers, and property
Demonstrates basic manners

1st Grade Expectations

Reading

• Knows and uses letter sounds to make and read words.
• Reads smoothly with expression.
• Read new words in a variety of books.
• Retell a story.
• Recognizes and uses 200 sight words.
• Demonstrates phonics skills when reading new words.

Spelling

• Learns assigned words.
• Uses phonics skills when spelling words.
• Uses learned words in writing.

Handwriting

• Forms D’Nealian letters and numbers correctly.
• Recognize and use upper and lowercase letters correctly.

Creative Writing

• Create a sentence using a complete thought and is easy to read aloud.
• Sentence begins with a capital and ends with correct punctuation.
• Writes several sentences about an idea and creates a picture to match.

Math

• Creates and extends patterns- ab, abc, aab.
• Sorts objects
• Counts by 1,5, & 10’s to 100.
• Counts by 2’s to 50.
• Adds and Subtracts to 18.
• Tells time to hour and half hour.
• Knows and counts pennies, Nickels & Dimes.
• Weighs and measures with objects.
• Knows Plane shapes- Circles, Squares, Triangle, Rectangle, and Ellipses.
• Knows Geometrical shapes- Sphere, Cube, Cylinder, Cone, Rectangular Prism, Pyramid.

Science

• Sort
• Collect information
• Ask and answer questions
• Describe aloud or with a picture
• Life cycles
• Weather and weather safety
• Seasons
• Exploration
• Technology

Social Studies

• Understands needs for rules
• American symbols
• Responsibilities
• Money relating to goods and services.
• Maps and globes- legend compass rose.
• Location, directions and distances
• Famous People- Christopher Columbus, George Washington, Current president, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr.
• Declaration of Independence, Star spangled Banner, Independence Day, Veterans Day.
• Locate Kansas on a map
• Knows Home on the Range, Meadowlark, Sunflower.
• Spending and saving.

Behaviors

• Listens and follows directions.
• Adequate attention spans.
• Keeps hands and feet to themselves.
• Respects property and authority.
• Gets along with others.
• Completes class and homework.
• Participates in groups and works well with others.

Routines and Expectations

• Arrives on time, fed and rested.
• If having breakfast at schools arrive before 7:45.
• Tardy after 8:05.
• Check and sign parent communication folders.
• Pick up by 3:20.

2nd Grade Expectations

Reading

• Use Phonics skills to read new words
• Uses word structure (compound words, contractions, base words and endings) to read and write words
• Comprehend (Understand) what they are reading:
  Character (who), Main Idea (what), Setting (when and where)
  Reads smoothly with expression
  Reads 500 sight words
  Uses past experiences, pictures, and text to make inferences and conclusions
  Knows story sequence (beginning, middle and end)
  Retell main idea of narrative (fiction) and expository (non-fiction) stories.

Spelling

• Correctly spell commonly used words
• Be able to sound out words using phonics skills and spell them correctly

Handwriting

• Writes neatly using a three fingered grip
• Form D’Nealian letters correctly
• Use upper and lowercase letters correctly

Creative Writing

• Writes a story with a beginning, middle, and end.

Math

• Counts money to $1
• Numbers to 1,000 using 1s, 10s, 100s
• Basic addition and subtraction Fact Families
  0– 20
  Adds and subtracts three digit numbers
  Patterning
  Recognizes and draw shapes
  Tells time to 5 minutes
  Measure to the nearest inch or foot
  Read and make graphs

Science

• Identify characteristics
• Sort objects by properties
• Observe/measure properties
• Describe objects by material they are made from
• Compare/Contrast solids and liquids
• Know living things need food and water
• Examine structure of living things
• Describe properties of earth materials
• Experience science through technology
• Explore so that they wonder why they are practicing science

Social Studies

• Current Events
• Understand rules of law
• Responsibilities and Leadership in all areas (family, school, local, state and national government)
• Constitution
• Coffeyville, Kansas, US and World history

Behaviors

• Listens and follows directions.
• Be Safe
• Be Responsible
• Be Kind
• Be Respectful
• Be Cooperative
• Keeps hands and feet to themselves.
• Respect authority
• Gets along with others.
• Completes class and homework.

Routines and Expectations

• Arrives on time, fed and rested.
• If having breakfast at school arrive by 7:45.
• In class by 8:05 or considered tardy
• Check and sign planner.
• Pick up by 3:20.
• Hallways: No running
• Quiet in hallway and restroom

 

3rd Grade Expectations

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4th Grade Expectations

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5th Grade Expectations

Reading

Basic Signal Words

• Who
• Where
• What
• When
• Why
• How

Story Elements

• Character
• Setting
• Problem
• Conflict
• Plot
• Theme
• Climax
• Solution
• Resolution

Text Types

• Technical
• Narrative
• Expository
• Persuasive

Word Meaning

• Context Clues

Word Structure

• Root Words
• Prefixes
• Suffixes

Figurative Language

• Similes
• Metaphors
• Analogies
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Idioms

Text Features

• Title
• Headings
• Subheadings
• Topic
• Summary Sentences
• Graphs
• Charts
• Maps
• Table of Contents
• Pictures/Illustrations
• Boldface Type
• Italics
• Glossary
• Index
• Captions
• Sidebars
• Underlining
• Numbered or Bulleted Lists

Text Structures

• Inferences
• Drawing Conclusions
• Sequence
• Problem Solution
• Compare/Contrast
• Description
• Cause/Effect
• Fact/Opinion
• Topic
• Main idea
• Supporting Details
• Summarizing
• Paraphrasing
• Retelling
• Author’s Purpose
• Author’s Position

Spelling

• Spell age appropriate words
• Prefixes
• Suffixes
• Root Words
• Other Endings
• Word Origins

Language

• Determines the meaning of figurative language
• Use and Understand the eight parts of speech

Handwriting

• Write to effectively convey an idea for a variety of audiences and purposes
• Narrative
• Expository
• Technical
• Persuasive
• 6 Traits of Writing

Creative Writing

• Writes a multi-paragraph essay

Math

August

• Place Value through 1,000,000
• Place Value with decimals (to thousandths)
• Equivalent Decimals

September

• Estimating Sums/Differences
• Addition/Subtraction with whole numbers
• Rounding Decimals
• Estimating sums/differences with decimals
• Addition/Subtraction with decimals
• Sebtracting across zeros
• Estimate or find exact answer
• Expressions and variables
• Addition properties

October

• Write/Evaluate expressions
• Order of Operations
• Functions
• Write an equation
• Multiplication Properties
• Money

November

• Estimate patterns/multiples
• Multiplication by 2 digits
• Multiply decimals/while numbers
• Patterns in decimals (factors and products)
• Place the decimal
• Zeros in the product
• Estimate quotients
• Divisibility rules
• Divide 3 digit dividends by 1 digit divisor
• Zero in division
• Interpret the remainder

December

• Estimates quotients
• Divide by 2 digit divisors
• Multiples
• Least Common Multiple
• Greatest Common Factor
• Identify Relationships
• Relate decimals to fractions
• Equivalent Fractions
• Understand mixed numbers
• Collect and organize data
• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range
• Make/analyze graph
• Scale
• Ordered Pairs
• Line Graphs
• Choose appropriate graphs
• Estimation patterns/multiples

January

• Lines/Angles
• Angles, Polygons
• Circles
• Symmetric figures
• Triangles
• Quadrilaterals
• Solid Figures
• Faces
• Edges
• Vertices
• Solid figures from different views

February

• Estimation/Customary
• Customary length (to 1/8”)
• Metric Length (to nearest cm)
• Change linear units (customary only)
• Customary capacity
• And weight
• Metric capacity, weight, and mass (grams)
• Time
• Perimeter
• Area if squares/rectangles

March

• State Test

April

• Exponents
• Addition/Subtraction Fractions
• (Representations)
• Mixed Numbers
• Multiply Fractions
• Divide Fractions

May

• Ratios
• Percent
• Probability
• Transformations

Science

• Matter
• Solids
• Liquids
• Gases
• Plasma
• Graphs and Measures effects of temperatures on matter
• Simple Machines
• Potential and Kinetic Energy
• Light, Light Rays, Color
• Ecosystems and Environment
• Food Webs
• Producers-Consumers-Decomposers
• Compare/Contrast characteristics of:
• Stars
• Planets
• Moons
• Comets
• Asteroids
• Spatial Relationships of:
• Earth
• Moon
• Plants
• Sun
• Past and Present methods to explore space

Social Studies

• Use of Atlas and Maps
• Overview of Native Americans
• Homes
• Food
• Lifestyles
• Explorers
• Motives for exploration
• Colonization
• Relationship between England and Colonial America
• Timelines
• Knowledge of:
• Constitution
• Preamble
• Declaration of Independence
• Bill of Rights
• Knowledge of founding fathers and their contributions
• Civics and Government
• 3 branches of Federal Government and their functions
• State Government
• Economics
• Factors of supply and demand

Behaviors

Young adults who are:
Productive
Educated
Responsible
Respectful

Routines and Expectations

• Be respectful of all adults, peers, and property
• Basic Manners
• Be in the breakfast room by 7:20
• Walk in hallway single file, no voices, hands to self.

6th Grade Expecations

Reading

Basic Signal Words

• Who
• Where
• What
• When
• Why
• How

Story Elements

• Character
• Setting
• Problem
• Conflict
• Plot
• Theme
• Climax
• Solution
• Resolution

Text Types

• Technical
• Narrative
• Expository
• Persuasive

Word Meaning

• Context Clues

Word Structure

• Root Words
• Prefixes
• Suffixes

Figurative Language

• Similes
• Metaphors
• Analogies
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Idioms

Text Features

• Title
• Headings
• Subheadings
• Topic
• Summary Sentences
• Graphs
• Charts
• Maps
• Table of Contents
• Pictures/Illustrations
• Boldface Type
• Italics
• Glossary
• Index
• Captions
• Sidebars
• Underlining
• Numbered or Bulleted Lists

Text Structures

• Inferences
• Drawing Conclusions
• Sequence
• Problem Solution
• Compare/Contrast
• Description
• Cause/Effect
• Fact/Opinion
• Topic
• Main idea
• Supporting Details
• Summarizing
• Paraphrasing
• Retelling
• Author’s Purpose
• Author’s Position

Spelling

• Spell age appropriate words
• Prefixes
• Suffixes
• Root Words
• Other Endings
• Word Origins

Language

• Determines the meaning of figurative language
• Use and Understand the eight parts of speech

Handwriting

• Writes legibly

Creative Writing

• Writes a multi-paragraph essay

Math

• Compare and order numbers
• Integers
• Fractions
• Decimals (to the thousandths place)
• Convert percents, decimals, and fractions
• Divide numbers by 2 digit numbers and express remainders as a fraction
• Use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to complete number patterns
• Solves real world problems using one or more of the following:
• Addition
• Subtraction
• Multiplication
• Division
• Write and solve one step equations for real world situations using +, -, x, /
• Add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals through the thousandths place
• Know rational #’s must be able to be written as a fraction
• Order positive and negative fractions and decimals to see which is larger/smaller
• Solve real world problems using area and perimeter
• Classify angles and triangles by features
• Convert within the metric system using prefixes for
• Length
• Mass
• Volume
• Flips
• Turns
• Slides
• List possible results of an experiment with 2 events that happen together, but are not related
• Ratio
• Identify/Plot points on a coordinate system divided into 4 areas
• Estimate to check the reasonability of answers

Science

• Understand the scientific process
• Understand concepts and properties of:
• Matter
• Life Science
• Earth Processes

Social Studies

• Understand basic systems of
• Government
• USA
• Others
• Economics
• Be able to use maps
• Locate various world civilizations
• Describe processes that divide and unite people
• Understand origins, accomplishments, and beliefs of early civilizations

Behaviors

• Have age appropriate listening skills
• Have a well developed sense of responsibility for
• Behavior
• Personal items
• School tasks
• Have respect for:
• Self
• Peers
• All authority figures

Routines and Expectations

• Arrives on time, with all materials and a willingness to cooperate
• Care for and value school property

Art Expecations

Art knowledge and skills all students should achieve in their K-6 schooling. Each grade level will be introduced to multiple elements in each of these fields:

Structures & Functions: Students will know…

• Visual art elements and principles such as line, shape, texture
• Kinds of art, such as environmental, functional and fine and
• Purposes of art.
• Etc

Media, Techniques & Processes: Students will know about the various art materials, their technical aspects and how to use them. Such as:

• Paint (watercolor, tempera, acrylic)
• Pastels,
• Paper
• Drawing utensils – pencils, colored pencils, markers, etc
• Model Magic
• Copper Foil
• Yarn
• Etc

Subjects, Symbols & Ideas: Students will…

• Understand that art has meaning
• Be able to develop and refine ways to construct meaningful artworks
• Etc

Art Criticism: Students will be able to identify and assess artworks of different kinds such as…

• Identify various purposes for creating works of visual art
• Describe how people’s experiences influence the art they make
• Point and tell about different qualities of art, such as line (thick/thin, horizontal/diagonal/vertical, etc); shape (positive/negative, organic, geometric, etc); color (primary, secondary, neutral, etc.)
• Etc

History & Culture: Students will be able to understand the visual arts across societies, time and place through the introduction of…

• Various artists
• Cultural functional and fine art
• Visual art movements
• Etc

Connections: Students will realize how the arts are related to each other and how they are related to other subject areas and discipline through…

• Using body movement to express meaning
• Writing descriptions of artworks using sense words
• Understanding of rhythm in artworks and music
• Illustrating feelings that cannot be conveyed through words.
• Etc

STAR Computer Expecations

By the end of Grade 2

Keyboard fingering, mouse manipulation, monitor and printer use, symbols, icons, font, size, bold, underline, shift, space bar, new, close, save, save as, print, word processing, drawing tools, graphing, collect and create pictures, images, charts, clip art, search engines, databases, illustrate and sequence stories, virtual field trips, navigating web sites, parts of a computer, passwords, research, e-mail and blogs with adult guidance, presentation software, favorites

By the end of Grade 6

Printers, scanners, digital cameras, spreadsheets, text, save, print, format, store, access, and manage files, dictionary, thesaurus, spelling and grammar tools, keyboarding, arrows, escape, backspace, delete, caps lock, control, menus, toolbars, importing and manipulating pictures, images, video clips, e-mail, queries, slide shows, timeline software, online databases, Acceptable Use Policy, presentation software, blogs, word processing, data and graphing, intellectual property rights, Internet resources, scientific simulations, search engines, “Ask an Expert” sites

 

STAR Library Expecations

Students will understand or use the following terms, skills, and resources.

Kdg: Cover, spine, fiction, nonfiction, real, make-believe, retelling, sorting, inferences, drawing conclusions, point of view, picture clues, true or false, beginning, middle, end, author, illustrator, publisher, nursery rhymes, Caldecott Medal, author, illustrator

1 st: Title page, glossary, index, dictionary, encyclopedia, atlas, fiction, nonfiction, call numbers, fact and opinion, point of view, picture clues, inference, fairy tales, folk tales, tall tales, Caldecott Medal, sequence, author, illustrator, publisher

2 nd: Bibliography, author, title, guide words, encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, fiction, nonfiction, captions, icons, call numbers, alphabetizing, facts, opinions, point of view, characters, sequence, inference, drawing conclusions, genre, fairy tales, folk tales, tall tales, problem, setting, main idea, Caldecott Medal, William Allen White Book Award, intellectual freedom

3 rd: Appendix, bibliography, glossary, copyright date, publisher, title page, table of contents, index, preface, ‘see’ and ‘see also’, Dewey Decimal classification, periodicals, almanacs, thesaurus, encyclopedia, dictionary, call numbers, alphabetizing, facts, opinions, point of view, expository, technical, persuasive, inference, drawing conclusions, realistic fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, legends, fables, plot, characters, setting, problem/solution, main idea, sequence, Newbery Medal, Betchelder Medal, Coretta Scott King Book Award, William Allen White Book Award, intellectual freedom, freedom of speech, plagiarism

4 th: Appendix, bibliography, glossary, copyright date, publisher, title page, table of contents, index, preface, ‘see’ and ‘see also’, bibliography, periodical, database, almanac, dictionary, newspaper, thesaurus, encyclopedia, Dewey Decimal Classification, call numbers, facts, opinions, point of view, genre, realistic fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, legend, fable, expository, technical, persuasive, theme, plot, Newbery Medal, Betchelder Medal, Coretta Scott King Book Award, William Allen White Book Award, reliability, relevance, intellectual freedom, freedom of speech, plagiarism, point of view

5 th: Appendix, bibliography, glossary, copyright date, publisher, title page, table of contents, index, preface, ‘see’ and ‘see also’, bibliography, periodical, atlas, encyclopedia, database, almanac, thesaurus, primary sources, dictionary, newspaper, Dewey Decimal Classification, call number, bias, point of view, facts, opinions, main idea, supportive facts, sequence, reliability, genre, realistic fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, legend, fable, expository, technical, persuasive, theme, plot, Newbery Medal, Betchelder Medal, Coretta Scott King Book Award, William Allen White Book Award, reliability, relevance, compare/contrast, intellectual freedom, freedom of speech, plagiarism, point of view

6 th: Appendix, bibliography, glossary, copyright date, publisher, title page, table of contents, index, preface, ‘see’ and ‘see also’, bibliography, periodical, atlas, database, almanac, thesaurus, primary sources, dictionary, newspaper, Dewey Decimal Classification, call number, bias, point of view, facts, opinions, main idea, supportive facts, sequence, reliability, genre, realistic fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, legend, fable, myth, theme, plot, Newbery Medal, Betchelder Medal, Coretta Scott King Book Award, William Allen White Book Award, reliability, relevance, compare/contrast, intellectual freedom, freedom of speech, plagiarism, point of view.

LAMP Library Expecations

• Follows Library Procedures
• Uses a whisper voice
• Demonstrates proper book care
• Uses a shelf marker
• Uses time appropriately
• Reads quietly
• Returns books on time
• Takes responsibility for lost or damaged books

• Locating Books
• Uses the Online Catalog to find books by author, title, or subject
• Locates books independently by author’s last name or Dewey Decimal number
• Asks for assistance when needed

• Choosing Books
• Chooses age appropriate books
• Chooses books that are at their reading level
• Chooses books that they will enjoy or will meet their information needs

Phsycial Education Expectations

Physical Education Standard 1:

Motor Skills- The student demonstrates competency in motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.

Physical Education Standard 2:

Learning Concepts- The student demonstrates understanding of movement concept, principles, strategies, and tactics as they apply to the learning and performance of physical activity.

Physical Education Standard 3:

Active Participation- The student participates regularly in physical activity.

Physical Education Standard 4:

Physical Fitness- The student achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.

Physical Education Standard 5:

Personal and Social Behavior- The student exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others in physical activity settings.

Physical Education Standard 6:

Activity Appreciation- The student values physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and/or social interaction.