Kindergarten Standards

According to district and state standards in Reading, a kindergarten student is expected to:

- recite the alphabet.
- identify sounds of letters.
- identify names of upper and lower case letters.
- distinguish letters from words by recognizing spaces.
- demonstrate an understanding of concepts of print (e.g., front-to-back, top-to- bottom, left-to-right) and begin to track print.
- read designated sight words.
- read basic color words.

According to district and state standards in Writing, a kindergarten student is expected to:

- hold pencil correctly.
- print first and last name with capital letters at the beginning.
- write upper and lower case letters legibly.
- write left to right and top to bottom.
- communicate feelings through drawing and/or words.

According to district and state standards in Math, a kindergarten student is expected to:

- count to 100.
- recognize and write numbers 1-20.
- count sets of objects from 1-20.
- perform certain operations with shapes and identify and create patterns.
- name the days of the week, months, and seasons.


According to district and state standards in Science/Social Studies, a kindergarten student is expected to:

- know personal identification.
- identify directions up, down, left & right.
- identify the US flag.
- recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

Grade One Standards

According to district and state standards in Reading, a first grade student should be able to:

- identify the names and sounds of both upper and lower case letters.
- demonstrate phonological awareness through manipulating phonemes in spoken words.
- identify onsets and rime.
- apply concepts of print when reading.
- read expressively with appropriate pace, phrasing, intonation, and rhythm of speech with familiar text.
- demonstrate automatic recognition of sight words.
- identify synonyms and antonyms to determine the meanings of words.
- sequence events according to basic story structure of beginning, middle and end.
- identify the topic, main idea, characters, setting, and plot.

According to district and state standards in Writing, a first grade student should be able to:

- use correct spacing between words.
- write several complete sentences about one idea.
- express feelings through pictures and words.
- identify and use nouns and verbs with correct subject/verb agreement.
- spell most words like they sound.
- use words to express ideas in a basic sentence.
- capitalize the beginning of a sentence and use correct ending punctuation.

According to district and state standards in Math, a first grade student should be able to:

- know whole numbers from 0 - 100 using concrete objects.
- write in words whole numbers from 0 - 10.
- identify pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters as well as $1, $5, and $10.
- estimate whole number quantities 0 - 100.
- add and subtract 2 digit numbers without regrouping.
- use attributes to generate patterns such as counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's.
- recognize circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, and ellipses.
- read and tell time by the hour and half-hour using analog and digital clocks.
- measure length and width to the nearest whole.
- state the number of days in a week and months in a year.


According to district and state standards in Social Studies, a first grade student should be able to:

- understand the need for rules.
- identify privileges as benefits which can be granted or taken away.
- describe the purpose of a map and the globe.
- identify local weather conditions.
- put events in chronological order.
- ask questions, share information, and discuss ideas about the past.
- tell the story of an important person in his/her life.
- identify the first president and the current president of the US.
- describe the needs of a family.
- recognize the United States flag, Pledge of Allegiance, and bald eagle as important national symbols.
- identify major United States national holidays.

According to district and state standards in Science, a first grade student should be able to:

- develop the skills to state properties of simple objects.
- develop the skills to observe and ask questions about a variety of objects, discuss how they are alike and different, and arrange by characteristics.
- observe life cycles of different living things in various environments.
- describe changes in weather using charts, calendars, and logs.
- discuss weather safety procedures.
- engage in personal care, hygiene, and know the difference between healthy and unhealthy foods.
- discuss how to practice safety at home and school.

Grade Two Standards

According to district and state standards in Reading, a second grade student is expected to:

- use knowledge of developmentally appropriate decoding skills when reading unknown words (e.g., consonant-vowel combinations, blends, digraphs, word families).
- use knowledge of conventions to read fluently at instructional or independent reading levels (e.g., question marks, exclamation points, commas, apostrophes).
- use a variety of word recognition strategies and begin to adjust reading rate to support comprehension.
- determine the meaning of unknown words or phrases using picture clues, context clues, a picture dictionary, dictionary, or glossary.
- sequence events according to basic story structure and can retell or determine important events and main ideas from narrative and expository texts.
- use pictures, content, and prior knowledge to make predictions, make inferences, and draw conclusions.


According to district and state standards in Written Language, a second grade student is expected to:

- write several sentences about one clear idea by using personal experiences and/or observations.
- begin to use a variety of prewriting strategies.
- write a piece with a beginning, middle, and end.
- recognize an incomplete thought (fragment).
- use correct spacing between words.
- capitalize the beginning of a sentence and use correct ending punctuation.
- use correct subject/verb agreement and verb tenses.
- correctly spell high frequency words.


According to district and state standards in Math, a second grade student is expected to:

- compare and order whole numbers from 0 through 1,000.
- compare and order a mixed group of coins to $1.00.
- identify coins, state their values, & determine the total value to $1.00 of a mixed group of coins using pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and half-dollars.
- read & write whole numbers from 0 to 1000 in words and numerals.
- identify place of the digits in whole numbers from 0 through 1,000.
- add & subtract monetary amounts to $0.99 with regrouping.
- recognize, draw, describe, and compare circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, ellipses (ovals) (plane figures).
- compare two measurements using the attributes: longer, shorter, taller, heavier, lighter, hotter, colder.
- read and tell time by five-minute intervals using analog and digital clocks.
- state the number of minutes in an hour and days in each month.


According to district and state standards in Social Studies, a second grade student is expected to:
- use the skills necessary to understand that rules are important to school and community.
- identify and describe the characteristics of a good citizen (e.g., honesty, courage, patriotism, tolerance respect)
- understand how to apply decision making skills as a consumer.
- explain some important United States national holidays (e.g., Independence Day, Columbus Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day).


According to district and state standards in Science, a second grade student is expected to:

- identify, classify, and arrange objects by properties.
- use appropriate materials, tools, & safety procedures to collect information.
- recognize and describe the differences between solids and liquids.
- identify that the source of sound is vibrations.
- demonstrate that magnets attract and repel.  
- observe life cycles of various organisms.
- observe, compare, and sort earth materials.
- discuss that the sun provides light and heat (electromagnetic radiation) to maintain the temperature of the earth.
- observe and record changes in the weather from day to day.
- explore the way things work.
 

Grade Three Standards

According to district and state standards in Reading, a third grade student is expected to:

- use decoding skills that include knowledge of phonetics and structural analysis when reading unknown words.
- determine meaning of words through word structure, root words, prefixes, suffixes, and contractions.
- read expressively with appropriate pace, phrasing, intonation, and rhythm of speech.
- recognize the differences between narrative and expository text.
- respond logically by retelling main ideas or events as well as supporting details in narrative and expository texts.
- identify and describe story elements, character traits, basic personality traits, and actions.


According to district and state standards in Written Language, a third grade student is expected to:

- write effectively for a variety of audiences, purposes, and contexts including narrative and expository texts.
- use a variety of prewriting strategies and brainstorming before beginning a written piece that includes an introduction, body, and conclusion.
- develop one clear main idea with supporting details and share emotions and feelings about a topic with an awareness of the reader.
- express information in own words using details and complete sentences while recognizing and using nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
- capitalize proper nouns as well as beginnings of sentences.
- use correct punctuation.
- spell high frequency words correctly.


According to district and state standards in Math, a third grade student is expected to:

- compare and order whole numbers from 0 - 10,000 with and without the use of concrete objects.
- add and subtract whole numbers from 0 - 1000.
- know multiplication facts through 5s as well as 10s.
- determine the value of mixed coins and bills with a total value of $50 or less and add and subtract monetary amounts through 99¢ using cent notation and money models.
- add and subtract three-digit whole numbers with and without regrouping.
- recognize geometric shapes including cubes, rectangular prisms, cylinders, cones, and spheres.
- recognize and describe the square, triangle, rhombus, hexagon, parallelogram, and trapezoid from a pattern block set.
- solve real-world problems by applying length to the nearest inch, foot, yard, centimeter or meter.
- read and tell time to the minute using analog and digital clocks.
- work with a data set using whole numbers from 0 through 1,000 to find minimum and maximum values, range, mode, and median.


According to district and state standards in Social Studies, a third grade student is expected to:

- explain the purpose of rules and laws and why they are important in a community.
- understand that consequences exist when rules are broken.
- recognize important founding fathers and their contributions.
- explain the functions of the three branches of government, the basic purpose of local government, and recognize that citizenship has responsibilities.
- identify examples of producers and consumers and factors that change supply and demand for a product.
- apply geographic tools including grid systems, symbols, legends, scales and a compass rose to construct and interpret maps.
- identify oceans and continents.
- know characteristics of urban, suburban, and rural areas.
- list the physical characteristics of the local community.
- retell the history of the community using local documents, artifacts, and timelines.
- describe various cultures and customs within his/her community or region of Kansas.
- use research skills by selecting relevant information and organizing and sharing that information in own words.


According to district and state standards in Science, a third grade student is expected to:

- investigate, plan, and conduct a simple investigation using appropriate tools and safety procedures to gather data.
- demonstrate the ability to communicate, critique, and analyze own investigations and interpret the work of other students.
- observe, measure, describe, and classify objects by more than one property.
- recognize and describe the differences between solids, liquids, and gasses.
- describe the motion of objects by pushing, pulling, throwing, spinning, dropping, and rolling.
- demonstrate that magnets attract and repel.
- construct a simple, parallel, or series circuit.
- compare and contrast structural characteristics, functions, life cycles, and basic needs of different organisms in their environment.
- observe and classify properties of earth materials in environment.
- know that the sun provides light and heat to maintain the temperature of the earth.
- observe, describe, and record daily and seasonal weather changes.
- discuss the nutritional value of various foods and their contribution to health.

GRADE FOUR STANDARDS

According to district and state standards in Math, a fourth grader should be able to:

- understand whole numbers form 0 to 100,000 and decimals greater than or equal to 0 through the hundredths place.
- identify, read, and write numbers using numerals, words, and expanded notation from hundredths place through one hundred thousandths place.
- understand the commutative property of addition and multiplication.
- know the zero property of addition and multiplication and the associative property of addition.
- know the symmetric property of equality applied to addition and multiplication (basic fact families).
- solve real world problems with one or two operations.
- add and subtract monetary amounts 0 through 10,000.
- multiply a two digit number by a two digit number.
- multiply whole dollar amounts (up to 3 digits) by one and two digit whole numbers.
- multiply money less that $100 by whole numbers less than 10
- figure correct change through $20.00.

According to state and district standards in reading, a fourth grader should be able to:

- use decoding skills that include knowledge of structural analysis automatically when reading.
- use conventions to read fluently.
- read expressively with appropriate pace, phrasing, intonation, and rhythm of speech.
- use sentence structure for fluency and use word recognition strategies.
- adjust reading rate to support comprehension.
- use context clues to determine the meaning of words.
- respond to questions to make predictions, draw conclusions and respond logically to critical thinking and inferential questions.
- identify topic, main idea, and supporting details, retell the story, and compare/contrast information.
- explain the author’s purpose and tell the difference between fact and opinion.

According to district and state standards in Written Language, a fourth grader should be able to:

- write in a narrow and focused way using personal experience, observations, and prior knowledge.
- use supporting details, have a clear introduction, reasonable body, and conclusion, and use transitions to allow ideas to flow smoothly.
- write expressively, using appropriate words and phrases in grammatically correct sentences of varying length and structure.
- write in a logical or sequential order using supporting details.
- use correct spelling on more difficult words.
- maintain focused ideas with supporting details.
- begin to write to convey emotion and personality, use specific nouns, powerful verbs, and vivid adjectives.
- use standard conventions (punctuation, capitalization) with accuracy.
- use prewriting strategies (webbing, brainstorming, listing, etc.)
- begin to explore two sides of an issue, begins to build an argument.


According to district and state standards in Social Studies, a fourth grader should be able to:

- explain function of three branches of government, how people
- define capitol as location of state and national governments.
- apply geographic tools (grids, compass rose) to construct and interpret maps.
- use data source as a tool (graphs, charts, tables).
- identify major land forms of the United States and Kansas.
- describe people, stories, and explorers of Kansas history.
- describe life on the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails.
- describe reasons immigrants came to KS and contributions they made.
- create and use historical timelines.

According to district and state standards in Science, a fourth grader should be able to:

- plan and conduct a simple investigation.
- use appropriate equipment, tools, and safety procedures to gather data.
- demonstrate ability to communicate, critique, analyze own investigations, and interpret work of other students.
- observe properties of, describe and classify objects, and measure using appropriate tools.
- observe and record how one object interacts with another object.
- describe differences between solids, liquids, and gasses.
- identify source of sound as vibration
- compare, contrast, and understand needs and life cycles of various organisms.
- describe properties of rocks, light and heat, erosion, and seasonal/weather changes.

Grade Five Standards

According to district and state standards in Reading, a fifth grader is able to:

- determine the meaning of words or phrases by using context clues and knowledge of word structure.
- understand how the information located in text features can be used to understand the meaning of the text.
- use information to make inferences and draw conclusions.
- tell how an author organizes material or information in the text,
- determine the purpose of the text, compare and contrast, describe characters and main ideas, and identify problem/solution.
- retell main ideas or events as well as supporting details in appropriate-level narrative, expository, persuasive, and technical texts.

According to district and state standards in Written Language, a fifth grader is able to:

- use the writing process to write narrative, expository, persuasive and technical texts for a variety of audiences, purposes, and contexts.
- use effective and ethical research practices while applying reading and writing skills to demonstrate learning.


According to district and state standards in Math, a fifth grader is able to:

- explain and use whole numbers from 0 to 1,000,000.
- estimate using whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and money.
- know multiplication facts to 12s.
- identifies, explains, and finds the greatest common factor and least common multiple of two or more whole numbers.
- explain and use variables and symbols to represent unknown whole number quantities from 0 through 1, 000.
- use a function table to identify, plot, and label whole number ordered pairs.
- recognize and describe two and three-dimensional figures.
- use measurement and estimation to determine exact computational procedures.
- solve one and two step real-world problems using numbers, computation, geometry and measurement.
- accurately solve 3 digit with 3 digit problems in +,-,x,/.


According to district and state standards in Science, a fifth grader is able to:

- develop, demonstrate, and understand a scientific inquiry investigation.
- understand physical science concepts of matter, energy, and laws of motion.
- explore and understand the structure and function of living things in life science.
- identify contributions of scientists and technology to the field of science.
- explore the structure of the planet Earth and its place in the solar system.


According to district and state standards in Social Studies, a fifth grader is able to:

- learn the functions of the three branches of government.
- know the important founding fathers and their contributions to our government.
- study and understand the fundamental factors of supply and demand in economics.
- locate major physical and political features of Earth from memory.
- use time lines to trace the cause-and effect relationships between events.

Grade Seven Standards

7th grade Blurps

Geography

The average 7th grade student will be able to identify locations of major political and physical features, identify and compare physical characteristics of world regions, (locations, climate and topography)

Additionally an average 7th grade student will identify ways culture and technology have influenced regions, (resources, dominate regions and economic development).

Writing

An average 7th grade student can understand and develop a focused written piece that includes plot elements, rising and falling action, climax, conflict setting and character development. They should be able to analyze and understand implications of plagiarism. Additionally an average 7th grade student can write a piece with an inviting introduction, appropriate body, and satisfying conclusion. The student should be able to vary sentence structure and length and write with fluency.

Reading

An average 7th grade student can read with expression and appropriate pacing. They can comprehend when reading narrative, expository, technical and persuasive texts, determine meaning of words or phrases from sentences or paragraphs. Students can read logically and respond to literal questions, inferential questions, critical thinking questions and evaluate the text.

Math

The average 7th grade student can add and subtract decimals. The 7th grade student can multiply and divide a four-digit number by a two digit number. They can add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions. Seventh grade students know the mathematical relationship between ratios, proportions and percents and how to solve for a missing term. Students can also evaluate simple algebraic expressions.

Science

The average 7th grade student understands the relationship of atoms to elements and elements to compounds. The student can recognize and describe examples of Newton’s Law of Motion. The 7th grade student can relate the structure of cells, organs, tissues and organs systems and they can trace the energy flow from the sun to producers, to consumers and decomposers in food web.