First Grade Standards Based Report Card Information for Parents Overview/Explanation: Every child grows and develops through stages at his/her own rate. Children in the same grade may differ widely. However, there are expectations (standards) for students to have mastered by the end of each year. This pamphlet reflects expectations in each curriculum area. The bold print on this document reflects the statements on the report card. The bullet points provide further explanation and concrete examples of each report card statement. Each trimester your child s teacher is looking for evidence that your child has mastered these skills so they can report that information to you. When families and teachers work together as partners, our children have the best opportunity to learn and succeed in school. The State of Illinois requires that students receive instruction and master learning standards at each grade level. Achievement and learning behaviors are reported separately. A standards-based report card uses numerical levels to indicate performance based on student work when it is compared to models that meet the standards. 4 = Exceeds standard 3 = Meets standard 2 = Does not yet meet standard 1 = Warning: Significantly below standard NA = Standard not addressed this trimester
Learning Behaviors include: Listens attentively Shows respect for self and others Participates appropriately in activities Uses class time productively Completes assignments
READING Common Core State Standards PHYSICAL EDUCATION Acquires movement skills and understands needed to engage in health-enhancing physical activity Performs locomotor and non-locomotor skills in the proper sequence using proper technique Understands and applies perceptual motor skills to classroom activities Demonstrates fitness through cardiorespiratory, muscular strength/ endurance, flexibility, and/or body composition assessments Performs within the Healthy Fitness Zone on FitnessGram assessments Demonstrates good sportsmanship and the ability to work well with others Cooperates with classmates and teacher to ensure a safe and optimal learning environment Listens to instructions and is on task during class Encourages classmates and opponents and maintains a positive attitude Demonstrates an eagerness to participate fully in all activities Participates to fullest extent of ability during class Reads closely to determine key ideas and details in a variety of grade level texts Understands the message of stories Describes characters and events in stories with details Identifies who is telling the story Contrasts adventures of characters in stories Uses knowledge of words to comprehend text Identifies feeling words Segments words into sounds Reads words with final e and vowel teams Reads words with various endings Reads 200 sight words Recognizes root words Uses context clues to solve words or phrases Categorizes different types of words and distinguishes various words by intensity Integrates various print resources to make connections, comparisons, and understand text Recognizes different types of books Compares and contrasts characters and stories of books Reads with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension Reads with purpose and understanding of 1st grade material Reads with accuracy at 1st grade material above 90% Reads about 40 words per minute
LANGUAGE ARTS Common Core State Standards Writes opinion, informative/explanatory, and narrative pieces for a variety of audiences Writes multi-sentence that cover one topic Uses topic sentences, opinion statements, and closing statements to create a variety of writing genres: Informative, Opinion, Narrative Demonstrates understanding of standard English conventions when writing and speaking Adds details to writing Uses matches noun and verb combinations Uses adjectives Capitalizes dates and names of people Uses end punctuation Spells new words phonetically Spells high frequency words correctly Speaks effectively for situations and audiences Continues conversation through multiple exchanges Asks and answers questions, gets clarification Follows group norms for discussions Produces complete sentences appropriate to task and situation Listens and comprehends in variety of settings Clarifies information by asking questions Gains information from variety of media Responds to questions about key details from variety of media MUSIC Applies music vocabulary to music activities Recognizes and labels basic musical qualities (fast/slow, loud/soft) Recognizes story, feelings, or expressive ideas in music Identifies classroom instruments and their sounds Identifies high/low sounds Demonstrates musical knowledge and skills through creating and performing Demonstrates a pleasing vocal tone quality Performs a steady beat Echoes rhythms using quarter/eighth notes and quarter rest Experiences and discusses AB and ABA Creates or performs short vocal or instrumental melodic and rhythmic phrases within specified guidelines Explores music from historical periods and world cultures Performs songs, games, and dances from various cultures and special events
SOCIAL STUDIES VISUAL ARTS Demonstrates basic knowledge of vocabulary used in visual art Recognizes and uses lines to show movement (spiral, jagged, zigzag, wavy, etc.) Recognizes sculpture (e.g., open spaces, takes up space, space around it, and space inside it) Creates art with a variety of tools, media, and techniques Creates art that distinguishes between organic (e.g., free-form, natural) and inorganic (e.g., geometric, man-made) Uses colors to symbolize seasons and celebrations Uses primary colors to make secondary colors Uses the color wheel when mixing colors Explores patterns of repeated shapes, lines, and colors to create texture (e.g., bark on a tree) Demonstrates cutting accurate shapes and gluing Explores how art/artifacts convey stories about people, places, and times Classifies a group of artworks according to subject (e.g., portrait, landscape, still life) Investigates stories, feelings, or expressive ideas shared in the work of two different art forms of political systems Explains that the people of the United States choose leaders who make laws to protect our citizens and that there are consequences for not following the laws Defines the roles and responsibilities of the citizens within various groups (e.g., home, school, community, government) of economic systems Explains that individuals and families have choices to make that include unlimited wants, but there are only limited resources to satisfy those wants Describes how businesses provide opportunities for people to earn a wage for their home and family of local, state, and U.S. history Compares and contrasts life today with lives of people long ago and recognizes that events and decisions of the past affect life today Discusses how transportation and trade connect people, their ideas, technology, and language both today and in the past of geography Identifies landforms and bodies of water in relationship to the continents and describes their characteristics Recognizes representations of the earth (e.g., maps, atlases, globes, models) and accesses information from a map using cardinal directions, colors, symbols, and a map key Explains how resources are obtained from land and water for use by people and animals and must be preserved and protected of social systems Identifies the ethnic, cultural, and economic diversity contributing to our community and country
SCIENCE and HEALTH Next Generation Science Standards Understands the concepts of life, physical, and earth/space science & their interconnectedness. Describes properties of solids, liquids, and gases Identifies what is needed for shadows to form and how they change Describes what machines do and how to make a simple lever Identifies ways to use and conserve resources Compares weather changes season to season Compares and contrasts day and night sky Identifies roots, stems, and leaves and describes what they do Compares and contrasts animals by characteristics such as size, shape, body covering, and movement Defines habitat and tells what it provides Uses inquiry process and concepts of technological design Collects and compares data from simple investigations Makes the connections between science and society Follows teacher directions regarding safety when doing activities Identifies ways that science and technology affect each person s life Understands the basic principles of health and well-being Makes observations using all the senses Identifies ways people change as they grow Identifies food groups on the Food Guide Pyramid MATH Common Core State Standards Operations and Algebraic Thinking Applies knowledge of numbers to solve problems Add and subtract within 20 Understand and apply properties Measurement and Data Applies and interprets concepts of measurement and data Measure and compare length Tell and write time Organize and interpret data Geometry Understands and applies concepts of geometry Build and draw shapes with certain attributes Compose shapes Understand halves and fourths Numbers in Base Ten Understands and applies place value concepts Count, read, write and represent numerals to 120 Order and compare two digit numbers Understand the meaning of =, <, > Find unknowns in all three positions Understand place value Add and subtract within 100