LANGUAGE ARTS
K-2
Goal 1 - READING
Students will read at increasing levels of complexity for a variety of
purposes.
Indicator 2: Students will evaluate patterns of
organizations, literary elements, and literary devices within various
texts.
Grade Level Standards
Kindergarten
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identify and describe characters,
settings, and key events.
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retell familiar stories using beginning,
middle, and end.
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identify patterns of rhyming words,
e.g., poems, songs.
First Grade
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compare settings and characters
presented by different authors.
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identify the problem or central idea in
stories.
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explain the sequence of events in
familiar stories.
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identify patterns of rhyming words and
repeated phrases in various texts.
Second Grade
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compare plots, settings and
characters presented by different authors in various
texts.
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identify simple figurative language in
text, e.g., similes, idioms.
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explain major elements
in text to form an understanding of stories and other
materials, e.g., theme, main idea, problem/solution.
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describe cause and effect relationships
in various text.
Indicator 3: Students will interpret and respond to a
diversity of works representative of a variety of cultures and time
periods.
Grade Level Standards
Kindergarten
- describe how books, stories, poems
reflect things people do.
- note similarities and differences
found in various stories and poems.
- identify the characteristics of a
variety of simple genres, e.g., fairy tales, poems.
First Grade
- recognize that different versions of
the same story may be told in various cultures.
Second Grade
- compare/contrast different versions
of the same story from various cultures.
- compare/contrast stories and poems by
different authors.
Goal 2 - WRITING
Students will write effectively for different audiences and specific
purposes.
Indicator 2: Students will use appropriate style,
organization, and form in technical, transactional, creative, and
personal writing.
Grade Level Standards
Kindergarten
- use pictures and words to tell a story.
First Grade
- use pictures and words to tell a story.
Second Grade
- use the writing process to generate various forms of
writing, e.g., notes, letters, stories.
Indicator 4: Students will write to clarify and enhance
understanding of information.
Grade Level Standards
Kindergarten
- create illustrations which represent
information, e.g., a personal trip.
- create sentences or word
representations to explain events.
- retell or restate what has been heard
or seen.
First Grade
- write to organize information and
ideas.
- write to clarify what is known about
different places, customs, and traditions.
Second Grade
- write to explain key concepts and
relationships with other concepts in various subject areas.
- condense, combine, and order new
information in written work.
Goal 4 –
SPEAKING
Students will speak
effectively in a variety of formal and informal situations.
Indicator 1:
Students will use appropriate structure and sequence to best express
ideas and convey information.
Grade Level Standards
First Grade
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participate in a
variety of oral language activities, e.g., role playing, pantomime,
choral speaking.
Second Grade
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create and
participate in oral dramatic activities.
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SOCIAL STUDIES
K-2
Goal 1 – HISTORY
Students will understand the emergence and development of civilizations
and cultures over time and place.
Indicator 2: Evaluate the significance of interactions
among cultures and civilizations and the impact on cultural diffusion.
Grade Level Standards
Second Grade
- recognize that members of a group share beliefs, attitudes,
and values.
Goal 2 – GEOGRAPHY
Students will understand the interrelationships of people, places and
the environment.
Indicator 1: Analyze information from geographic
representation, tools, and technology to define location, place and
region.
Grade Level Standards
Kindergarten
- locate areas referenced in historically based legends and stories.
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MATHEMATICS
K-2
Goal 3 – MEASUREMENT
Students will apply systems of measurement and use appropriate
measurement to describe and analyze the world around them.
Indicator 1: Use various units of measure within a system
of measurement.
Grade Level Standards
Kindergarten
- explore length, weight, and volume of objects using standard and
non-standard units.
Second Grade
- select an appropriate standard or non-standard unit to measure
various objects and substances.
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FINE ARTS
K-2
Goal - THEATER/DRAMATIC ARTS
Standard 1:
Students will use theater as
a means for creative self‑expression and interpersonal communication.
Grade Level Benchmarks
Kindergarten, First and
Second Grade
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share ideas or
emotions through dialogue in social pretend play.
Standard 2:
Students will understand the technical and dramatic aspects used in the
production and performance of theater.
Grade Level Benchmarks
Kindergarten, First and
Second Grade
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select various
people from the appropriate literature and dramatize their character.
Standard 3:
Students will understand the relationship between theater and history,
culture, and society.
Grade Level Benchmarks
Kindergarten, First and
Second Grade
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recognize how
drama is a part of all cultures.
Goal – VISUAL ARTS
Standard 3:
Students will understand the relationship between visual arts and
history, culture, and society.
Grade Level Benchmarks
Kindergarten, First and
Second Grade
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explore ways art
reflects culture and society.
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LANGUAGE ARTS
3-5
Goal 1 - READING
Students will read at increasing levels of complexity for a variety of
purposes.
Indicator 2: Students will evaluate patterns of
organizations, literary elements, and literary devices within various
texts.
Grade Level Standards
Third Grade
- identify various story elements in
age appropriate text, e.g., character, setting, conflict, plot, theme.
- recognize the use of formal and
figurative language in text.
- distinguish between cause and effect,
fact and opinion, and main idea and supporting details in expository
text.
- recognize organizational structures
of fiction and nonfiction.
Fourth Grade
- identify the main incidents of the
plot, their causes and how they influence future action.
- determine the causes of literary
action in various texts, character traits and motivation; uniqueness of
the situation and setting.
- identify and define the presence of
figurative language and rhyme scheme in literary works, e.g., simile,
metaphor, exaggeration.
- describe the author’s use of various
techniques to influence readers’ opinions, feelings, and actions, e.g.,
appeal of characters in a picture book, logic and believability of
claims, use of figurative language.
- describe the structural differences
of various imaginative forms of literature, including fantasies, fables,
myths, legends, and fairy tales.
Fifth Grade
- explain how the main problems or
conflicts of various plots are developed and resolved, e.g., as found in
fables, myths, folk tales.
- determine the author’s underlying
theme or message through the actions, motives, and appearances of
characters in various works of fiction.
- describe the function and effect of
key literary elements and devices in various text, e.g.,
cause-and-effect relationships, imagery, symbolism, rhythmical patterns.
- describe how an author’s choice of
vocabulary and style contribute to the quality and enjoyment of
selections.
- identify and analyze the
distinguishing organizational patterns of various literary forms, e.g.,
non-fiction, fiction, drama, poetry.
Indicator 3: Students will interpret and respond to a
diversity of works representative of a variety of cultures and time
periods.
Grade Level Standards
Third Grade
- describe the structural differences
of various imaginative forms of literature, e.g., fantasies, fables,
myths, legends, and fairy tales.
- understand the characteristics of a
variety of simple genres, e.g., fiction, nonfiction, fantasy, fairy
tales, poetry, plays, fables, folk tales.
Fourth Grade
- compare tales from different
cultures.
- compare use of fact and fantasy in
historical fiction with other forms of literature.
- compare life experiences to
situations/events found in literature.
Fifth Grade
- explain the commonalties of mythical
patterns and symbols found in literature from different eras and
cultures.
- recognize that a work of literature
reflects the author’s viewpoints, experiences, heritage, and/or beliefs.
- recognize that literature can be used
to better understand the culture of the time period.
- critique and compare literary
selections for a variety of elements/purposes.
Goal 2 - WRITING
Students will write effectively for different audiences and specific
purposes.
Indicator 2: Students will use appropriate style,
organization, and form in technical, transactional, creative, and
personal writing.
Grade Level Standards
Third Grade
- write creative short stories, descriptive paragraphs, or
narratives.
Fourth Grade
- write to inform or entertain a specific audience.
Fifth Grade
- create various examples of expressive writing, e.g.,
narratives which present ideas, details, imagination.
- write to inform, to entertain, or to provide explanations
to specific audiences.
Indicator 4: Students will write to clarify and enhance
understanding of information.
Grade Level Standards
Third Grade
- organize and write about information
according to topic.
- prepare written texts which explain
main ideas in information collected.
Fourth Grade
- use various references to support
personal ideas or viewpoints, e.g., speakers, newspapers, Internet.
- organize and write about information
according to category, source, or topic.
Fifth Grade
- write in response to information from
various sources to confirm or reject prior understanding.
- support key ideas and view-points
using various references from print or electronic sources.
- write to organize information
according to category, situation, issue, or topic.
Goal 4 –
SPEAKING
Students will speak
effectively in a variety of formal and informal situations.
Indicator 1:
Students will use
appropriate structure and sequence to best express ideas and convey
information.
Grade Level Standards
Third Grade
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present brief
oral reports/stories that have a beginning, middle, and ending, and
include concrete details that provide a central focus/impression.
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MATHEMATICS
3-5
Goal 3 – MEASUREMENT
Students will apply systems of measurement and use appropriate
measurement to describe and analyze the world around them.
Indicator 1: Use various units of measure within a system
of measurement.
Grade Level Standards
Fourth Grade
- select and use the most appropriate units for given measurement
situations.
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FINE ARTS
3-5
Goal - THEATER/DRAMATIC ARTS
Standard 1:
Students will use theater as
a means for creative self‑expression and interpersonal communication.
Grade Level Benchmarks
Third and, Fourth Grade
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present ideas or
emotions through a variety of dramatizations.
Fifth Grade
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express ideas
and emotions through various improvised and scripted scenes.
Standard 2:
Students will understand the technical and dramatic aspects used in the
production and performance of theater.
Grade Level Benchmarks
Third and Fourth Grade
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explore acting
techniques or principles of drama.
Standard 3:
Students will understand the relationship between theater and history,
culture, and society.
Grade Level Benchmarks
Third and Fourth Grade
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describe how the
dramatic arts reflect the customs of various cultures.
Fifth Grade
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research how the
dramatic arts reflect the customs or traditions of different cultures.
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