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K5 Report Card Benchmarks
Religion
| Prayers |
| Goal |
Grades |
| By the end of the year can recite these prayers: Sign of the Cross, Guardian Angel, Hail Mary, Our Father, Glory Be, and Food Blessing (test only for prayers learned so far in the classroom) |
- E - Can recite without any help
- S - Can recite with little help (possibly a little slurred)
- N - Can't recite at all or very little
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| Concepts |
| Goal |
Grades |
| Can recall concepts taught during the quarter. |
- E - Can recall all concepts or almost all
- S - Demonstrates understanding but was not able to answer all the questions
- N - Does not understand concepts taught
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Reading
| Left/Right |
| Goal |
Grades |
| By the end of first quarter, can name both the left and right hands and both the left and right feet. |
- E - Can do it consistently
- S - Can do it, but not consistent or needs a little help
- N - Cannot label right or left correctly
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| Names Letters |
| Goal |
Grades |
| Knows the names (capital and small) of the letters of the alphabet by the end of the first quarter. |
- E - Knows all letters
- S - Knows most of the letters but misses a few of the more confusing ones
- N - Does not know easily recognizable letters
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| Given a Letter, Names Sound |
| Goal |
Grades |
| Can say the correct sound when given a letter for the whole alphabet by the end of the first quarter |
- E - Can say all the sounds correctly and clearly for the whole alphabet
- S - Can say most of the sounds but misses a few of the more confusing ones (including the vowels)
- N - Does not know easily recognizable sounds
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| Given a Sound, Names the Letter |
| Goal |
Grades |
| When given a sound can name the letter for the whole alphabet by the end of the first quarter. |
- E - Can give the correct letter when hears the sound for the whole alphabet
- S - Can identify most of the letters when given the sounds but misses a few of the confusing ones (including vowels)
- N - Does not know easily recognizable sounds
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| Blending Sounds |
| Goal |
Grades |
| Able to blend three sounds (CVC) into a word by the end of the second quarter and continues to advance in blending sounds and consonant diagraphs in the fourth quarter. |
- E - Successfully blends beyond current level
- S - Blends the current words a little
- N - Needs a lot of help
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| Rhyming Words |
| Goal |
Grades |
| Able to rhyme a simple one syllable word by the end of the year (short and long vowels) |
- E - Can think of many words that rhyme with the given word
- S - Can think of one word that rhymes with the given word
- N - Cannot rhyme at all
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| Recognizes Words |
| Goal |
Grades |
| Able to rhyme a simple one syllable word by the end of the year (short and long vowels) |
- E - Can read all (or almost all) the words on sight
- S - Can read most of the words on sight
- N - Cannot decode the words without help
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| Reads with Understanding |
| Goal |
Grades |
| Able to comprehend the phonics reader stories read by the students in class and can answer questions regarding content. |
- E - Able to answer all questions including higher level thinking
- S - Able to answer all (or almost all) content questions
- N - Not able to demonstrate an understanding
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Social Studies
| Goal |
Grades |
| Able to remember the main ideas of the different themes covered during the quarter. |
- E - Able to recall the main ideas covered and demonstrates a high level of understanding
- S - Able to recall most of the main idea
- N - Not able to express an understanding of the content covered
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Science
| Goal |
Grades |
| Able to remember the main ideas of the different themes covered during the quarter and is beginning to demonstrate scientific reasoning skills. |
- E - Able to recall the main ideas of the different themes covered during the quarter and demonstrates scientific reasoning skills
- S - Able to recall most of the main ideas and is beginning to show scientific reasoning skills
- N - Not able to express an understanding of the content covered and is not showing effort in participating in discussions
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Writing
| Applies Handwriting |
| Goal |
Grades |
| Is able to correctly form all the capital and lower case letters by the end of the first quarter and continues to perfect throughout the year. |
- E - Able to correctly form all the capital and lower case letters during handwriting and during other writing opportunities
- S - Able to correctly form all (or most) of the capital and lower case letters letters during handwriting time (and end of the 4th quarter also during other writing times)
- N - Not able to correctly form letters
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| Uses Correct Grammar/Punctuation |
| Goal |
Grades |
| Able to write sentences using a noun and a verb with capital letters at beginning and correct ending punctuation by the end of the year |
- E - Able to write sentences using a noun and a verb with correct beginning and ending punctuation before the fourth quarter
- S - Able to demonstrate the skills as they are taught
- N - Does not show growth in this area
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| Composes and Writes Stories |
| Goal |
Grades |
| Able to write a simple three-sentence story by the end of the year |
- E - Able to put 5-6 sentences together to make a simple story without help
- S - Able to put sentences together to make a story with a little assistance
- N - Not able to express a story
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| Writes Letters and Numbers |
| Goal |
Grades |
| Writes all letters uppercase and lowercase and numbers 1-120 (1-50 first quarter, 1-75 second quarter, 1-100 third quarter, 1-120 fourth quarter) |
- E - Writes all letters in correct direction using rules and writes correct letter when asked
- S - Able to write most
- N - Not able to correctly write letters and numbers
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Mathematics
| Counting Objects |
| Goal |
Grades |
| Is able to do one-to-one correspondence up to 100 objects by the end of the year |
- E - Demonstrates consistant one-to-one correspondence and is able to achieve all forms of counting taught so far (such as by 1s, 2s, 5s, 10s, 100s, 1000s)
- S - Demonstrates one-to-one correspondence and is learning the different forms of counting
- N - Does not have one-to-one correspondence
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| Numbers in Order |
| Goal |
Grades |
| Can put numbers 1-100 in order without copying by the end of the year (test for numbers 1-50 consecutively first quarter, 1-50 randomly second quarter, 1-75 randomly third quarter, 1-100 randomly fourth quarter) |
- E - Achieves beyond goal
- S - Achieves goal or comes very close
- N - Cannot achieve goal
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| Counts up to... |
| Goal |
Grades |
| Counts past 100 without help by the end of the year (can count up to 50 first quarter, 75 by second quarter, 100 by third quarter, and 120 by fourth quarter) |
- E - Achieves beyond goal
- S - Achieves goal or comes very close
- N - Cannot achieve goal
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| Names Numbers |
| Goal |
Grades |
| Can name the numbers from 1-100 by the end of the year (test for 1-50 by first quarter, 1-75 by second quarter, 1-100 by third quarter, 1-120 by fourth quarter) |
- E - Achieves beyond goal
- S - Achieves goal or comes very close
- N - Cannot achieve goal
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| Addition |
| Goal |
Grades |
| Understands addition and can do equations correctly by the end of the quarter addition was taught. |
- E - Can do addition without any help and fully understands the concept and already has some simple equations memorized
- S - Can do addition (by the end of the fourth quarter have some memorized)
- N - Cannot do addition
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| Subtraction |
| Goal |
Grades |
| Understands subtraction and can do equations correctly by the end of the quarter subtraction is taught. |
- E - Can do subtraction without any help and fully understands the concept and already has some simple equations memorized.
- S - Can do subtraction (by the end of fourth quarter have some memorized)
- Cannot do subtraction
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| Fractions |
| Goal |
Grades |
| Able to identify simple fractions at the end of the quarter they were taught |
- E - Able to identify simple fractions and fully understands the concept
- S - Able to identify simple fractions
- N - Not able to identify simple fractions
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| Measurement |
| Goal |
Grades |
| Able to demonstrate the measurement skills that were learned during the quarter taught (such as time, weight, length, temperature, and money) |
- E - Able to demonstrate the measurement skills that have been taught and fully understands the concept
- S - Able to demonstrate the measurement skill
- N - Not able to demonstrate the skill
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| Applies Problem Solving Skills |
| Goal |
Grades |
| Able to think through a story problem and answer correctly |
- E - Able to solve story problems successfully and consistently
- S - Able to solve story problems with little help
- N - Not able to solve story problems
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Music, Art, Physical Education
| Goal |
Grades |
| To show effort and participation along with growth in skills |
- E - Put forth a lot of effort and participation consistently excelling in skills
- S - Put forth the effort and participation and exhibits some growth in skills
- Does not put forth the effort or participates and growth is below expectations
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Foreign Language - Spanish
| Goal |
Grades |
| Able to recognize basic letters, commands, directions, etc. in Spanish |
- E - Able to consistently exhibit understanding
- S - Able to understand most of the time
- Does not understand basic components
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