BOSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
By December 16, 2016 all
Kindergarten students should be able to:
1. Follow multi-step directions and basic procedures in the classroom, such
as: packing/unpacking book bags, raising hand to speak, listening to others,
and taking turns.
2.
Recognize and name all the letters of the alphabet, and say the sound
each letter makes.
3.
Fluently read sight words from Dolch Sight Word List #1.
(Students progress through subsequent word lists at the child’s individual
pace).
4.
Listen to stories and answer questions about the story. Identify
character(s), setting, and plot of a story. State the role of the author and
illustrator of a story.
5.
Draw and label pictures to tell a story, and begin to write a sentence by
sounding out words.
6.
Practice proper letter formation, writing both upper case and lower case
letters on lined handwriting paper.
7.
Begin to orally blend Consonant-Vowel-Consonant (CVC) words like
mat, pen, sit, hug, etc.
8.
Point and count one at a time number sets 1 – 20. Write numbers 1-10.
9.
Rote count to 50 by ones and tens: 1, 2, 3 . . . AND 10, 20, 30 . . . to 50.
10. Use and understand math vocabulary (more, less, equal, greater, fewer).
BOSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
By December 16, 2016 all
First Grade students should be able to:
1. Read weekly high frequency words from the reading series. These words
are always the last two words on the spelling test. They do not follow the
weekly phonics focus.
2. Use correct sentence structure when speaking and writing.
a) When speaking – to answer in complete sentences
b) When writing – to use correct punctuation (. ? !)
– to use capital letters to start sentences
– sentences should be a complete thought
– sound out unknown words for spelling
3. Identify the story elements of characters, setting, main idea, and plot.
4. Use phonics skills to read Consonant – Vowel – Consonant (CVC) (short
vowel) words like wig, mat, tub, etc. and Digraphs (sh, th, ch, wh,
ck, and ph).
5. Count to 120 from any given number, forward and backward, and
understand the place value of numbers 0 - 50. Skip count by 5’s
and 10’s.
6. Understand numbers can be represented in more than one way (tally
marks, ten frame, pictures, etc.)
7. Be able to collect, organize, and analyze data from a graph.
8. Use and understand math vocabulary (equal, plus, minus, add, subtract,
ones, tens).
9. Explain their place in the world (living in a city, town, country, and
state).
10. Describe the changes in weather from season to season.
BOSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
By December 16, 2016 all
Second Grade students should be able to:
1.
Understand the difference between place value (where the digit is in
the number), value (what the number is worth), and digit (the
numbers 0-9).
2. Fluently add and subtract facts from 0-20.
3. Write complete sentences. Identify basic parts of speech in any
sentence. (noun, verb, adjective, and adverb)
4. Identify story elements - character (who/what), setting
(where/when), and plot (what happens) in fiction texts.
5. Make sense of word problems and be able to pick out important
information in order to solve them.
6. Decode (sound out words to read) and encode (sound out words to
spell) unfamiliar words in reading and in writing.
7. Respond to all questions in complete sentences.
8. Identify their city, county, state and country.
9. Tell a narrative (personal story) in more than one sentence with a
beginning, middle, and end while remaining on topic and add to their
stories with adjectives and adverbs (write with your senses).
10. Apply the skills of comparing and contrasting (how things are
alike and different).
BOSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
By December 16, 2016 all
Third Grade students should be able to:
1. Answer all questions in complete, thoughtful sentences across all
subject areas
2. Engage in sustained reading for 20 minutes every night
3. Read and answer comprehension questions from fictional stories and
identify character (who/what the story is about), plot (what happens in
the story), and setting (where the story takes place)
4. Read and answer comprehension questions from nonfiction stories and
use the following text features to support learning: table of contents,
index, glossary, headings, bold print words, pictures, and captions
5. Add and subtract numbers up to four digits with regrouping
6. Memorize multiplication facts 0 – 10
7. Solve 2-step word problems using addition, subtraction,
multiplication, and division
8. Locate major U.S. rivers and mountain ranges, lines of latitude, lines
of longitude, the Equator, and the Prime Meridian on a map
9. Explain the physical attributes of rocks, minerals, and various soils
using observation and tools
10. Describe the different habitats of Georgia and explain the
relationship and adaptations between an organism and its habitat
BOSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
By December 16, 2016 all
Fourth Grade students should be able to:
1. Read a story and answer who, what, when, where, why, and how
questions from the story.
2. Answer questions in complete sentences using text-based evidence.
3. Compose a personal narrative using details and maintaining
paragraph structure.
4. Consistently apply appropriate grammar when writing. (e.g. Write a
complete sentence with proper capitalization and punctuation.)
5. Solve multi-step math problems involving all four operations,
addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
6. Identify place value locations for multi-digit whole numbers and
correctly read numbers to the millions.
7. Demonstrate the flow of energy through a food web.
8. Understand the water cycle and how it effects the weather.
9. Understand where Native American Tribes are located and how they
use natural resources.
10. Display and interpret information from charts, graphs, maps, and
other visual illustrations.
BOSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
By December 16, 2016 all
Fifth Grade students should be able to:
1.
Use problem solving strategies to solve math problems (ex. Using drawing
models).
2.
Understand the base ten number system and fractions (in addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division.
3.
Follow the scientific method to conduct experiments and make observations.
Use this website: http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/scientific_method.html
4.
Identify the scientific parts that make up a whole.
For Example: Cells make up tissue, tissue make up organs, organs make up
organ systems and organ systems make up organs (humans).
5.
Recognize and understand key vocabulary words and be able to use them in
written responses.
(Example - - When studying the Civil War, key vocabulary words are: Jim Crow
Laws, succession, fugitive slave law, etc.)
6.
Write a complete sentence to answer all questions.
7.
Use reading strategies to understand a selection of text. (Example-Repeated
Reading, Generate Questions, Create Mental Pictures, Prior Knowledge)
8.
Read a variety of texts – across all genre (via the Great Reading Race) and
respond using RACE – R-restate the question, Answer the question, Cite the
evidence, Explain the evidence.
9.
Organize a written piece to have a clear beginning (introduction that engages the
reader), middle (body with many specific details) and an ending (conclusion).
10. Can write a story in phases with a balance of action, dialogue, characters,
thoughts and feelings (figurative language).
BOSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
By December 16, 2016 all
Students Grades K-5 should be able to:
1. Listen to, describe, and perform music using appropriate music vocabulary.
(High/low; loud (forte)/soft (piano); fast (allegro)/medium (moderato)/slow
(adagio); mood; how the instruments and voices sound (timbre); steady beat;
rhythm
2. Read, write, and play melodies and rhythms using correct music notation (notes
and rests) per grade level. Examples: Sixteenth, Eighth, Quarter, Half, Whole notes
and rests
3. Students will sing, listen to, and play music from different genres (pop,
classical, folk, etc.…) and historical periods (Renaissance, Baroque, Classical,
etc.…)
4. Explain the difference between a locomotor movement (run, hop, skip, etc.…)
and non-locomotor movement (swaying, turning, bending, etc.…)
5. Describe why it is important to live a healthy lifestyle and identify some ways to
promote lifetime physical fitness.
6. Students will learn the proper techniques for a variety of team sports in the
upper grades (3rd – 5th). Examples: dribbling, throwing, catching, striking,
cooperation and team building.
7. Students will learn the proper techniques of basic manipulation of objects in the
lower grades (K – 2nd). Examples: tossing, catching, and striking (balloon).
8. Describe his or her own artwork, and that of others, using the elements of art
(LINE, SHAPE, COLOR, TEXTURE, VALUE, and SPACE) and principles of
design (BALANCE, CONTRAST, PATTERN, RHYTHM, MOVEMENT, and
EMPHASIS). These art vocabulary words are the same for everyone. Use these
vocabulary words to describe or talk about art.
9. Creates his or her artwork (2D and 3D) based around artistic skills learned in
the art room.
10. Recognize artists and art forms from various time periods. (Contemporary,
Impressionism, Surrealism, etc.)