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Standard #1: Reading for Information:
Students will read and understand informational materials, describe characteristics of informational text and use facts, ideas and perspectives in developing concepts.
- 2.1.a Identify specific items of information.
Standard #2: Reading Literature:
Students will read and understand a variety of classic and contemporary literature representing diverse historical and cultural perspectives to build an understanding of themselves and others, their environment and the world.
- 2.2.b Distinguish genres of literature and understand their
purposes.
Standard #3: Process of Reading:
Students will demonstrate their understanding of the reading process by using reading and thinking skills and strategies to achieve their purposes in reading.
- 2.3.c Apply and integrate reading strategies efficiently and
flexibility.
Standard #4: Literacy Communities:
Students will recognize the value of personal and social connection of reading, read to satisfy personal interests, and to establish, maintain and enhance personal relationships with others.
- 2.4.d Enjoy reading and sharing ideas with others.
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Standard #1:
Students will use mathematics to solve problems, communicate, and work with others.
- 2.1.a use addition or subtraction to solve word problems.
- 2.1.b draw or use a picture to solve word problems.
Standard #2:
Students will use measurement skills.
- 2.2.c tell time to the nearest 5 minutes.
- 2.2.d recognize and count groups of coins (pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters) up to 99¢.
Standard #3:
Students will use reasoning skills, mental mathematics, and estimation skills.
- 2.3.e use reasoning skills to solve a problem.
Standard #4:
Students will perform mathematical operations and see relationships among numbers.
- 2.4.f solve addition facts to 18.
- 2.4.g solve subtraction facts to 18.
- 2.4.h solve 2-digit addition with trading in the 1s place.
- 2.4.i solve 2-digit subtraction with trading in the 1s place.
Standard #5:
Students will demonstrate a development of spatial sense.
- 2.5.j correctly draw various plane shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle).
Standard #6:
Students will collect and analyze data.
- 2.6.k gather and organize information to construct a graph (picture, pie, bar) to solve a problem.
- 2.6.l analyze graphs and tables in order to solve a problem.
Standard #7:
Students will use patterns and relationships to solve problems.
- 2.7.m identify the numeral in the ones, tens, hundreds place.
- 2.7.n skip count by 2s, 5s, and 10s.
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Standard #1:
Students will understand major concepts in earth science and how these apply to society.
- 2.1.a describe the weather using weather terminology (e.g. precipitation, sun, temperature, clouds, wind).
- 2.1.b tell how the weather affects people.
- 2.1.c demonstrate that air has matter and can move things.
Standard #2:
Students will understand major concepts in life science and how these apply to society.
- 2.2.d label the 4 parts of a plant.
- 2.2.e tell what plants need to grow and live.
Standard #3:
Students will understand major concepts in physical science and how these apply to society.
- 2.3.f tell that a balanced object is stable.
- 2.3.g demonstrate a shape and balance it.
Standard #4:
Students will use scientific inquiry processes (e.g. questioning, observing, predicting, experimenting, controlling variables, concluding) to understand the natural world.
- 2.4.h observe and describe weather.
- 2.4.i experiment to create a stable object and find a solution to balance the object.
Standard #5:
Students will recognize the inter-relationships among the earth, life, and physical sciences and their effect on the environment.
- 2.5.j name 2 different ways people use plants.
- 2.5.k tell why we need to take care of our oceans.
Standard #6:
Students will know the needs, functions, and systems of the human body, as it develops into an adult.
- 2.6.l understand that germs cause illness.
- 2.6.m list ways to prevent the spread of germs.
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Standard #1:
The student will use maps, charts, graphs and timelines.
- 1-2.1.a Identify the seven continents, four oceans and NSEW on a map.
- 1-2.1.b Identify the Equator and the three countries of North
America on a world map.
Standard #2:
The student will demonstrate research skills.
- 1-2.2.c Demonstrates where information on a topic may be located.
- 1-2.2.d Use one resource to obtain information on a topic.
- 1-2.2.e Share the information .
Standard #3:
The student will demonstrate cultural awareness.
- 1-2.3.f Describe similarities and differences between him/herself
and others.
- 1-2.3.g Describe customs or lifestyles in another culture.
Standard #4:
The student will demonstrate a geographic perspective.
- 1-2.4.h Identify one or two geographic aspects of an area.
- 1-2.4.i Identify one or two of the natural resources in a
geographic area.
Standard #5:
The student will demonstrate participatory citizenship.
- 1-2.5.j Describe a positive choice at school.
- 1-2.5.k Be involved in a role that demonstrates citizenship at
school.
Standard #6:
The student is developing an awareness of democracy.
- 1-2.6.l Demonstrate an awareness of some of the rights of
people living in a democracy. (i.e. voting, free speech, etc.).
Standard #7:
The student will demonstrate economic awareness.
- 1-2.7.m Give examples of needs and wants.
Standard #8:
The student will demonstrate historical thinking.
- 1-2.8.n Differentiate between events from the past and the present.
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Standard #1:
Students will perform music alone and with others.
- 1.a. Students will sing/play melodic ostinatos with class and alone.
Standard #2:
Students will read and write music.
- 2.b. Students will read and perform from staff notation a DRMSL song that includes half notes.
Standard #3:
Students will listen and respond to a varied repertoire of music.
- 3.c. Students will identify the sections of the Rondo form.
Standard #4:
Students will describe music as it relates to history, culture, and diversity.
- 4.d. Students will demonstrate an appropriate understanding of the style of Japanese music.
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Standard #1: Aesthetic Perception:
To inquire into the nature, beauty, and experiences of art through sensory perception.
- 2.1.a. The student will communicate his/her ideas about art and the surrounding world.
Standard #2: Art Criticism:
To observe, reflect, and understand the characteristics and significance of one's own artwork and the artwork of others.
- 2.2.b. The student will describe ideas or feelings connected with the viewing or making of art.
Standard #3: Art History:
To acquire knowledge of historical and cultural development through varying aesthetic points of view.
- 2.3.c. The student will compare characteristics of art works in various eras and cultures
Standard #4: Art Production:
To create and express ideas through a variety of media, techniques, and processes.
- 2.4.d. The student will use a variety of media, techniques and processes to express meaning through art.
Standard #1: Communication:
Students understand and interpret spoken and written communication in the target language on a variety of topics.
Standard #2: Cultures:
Students will demonstrate an awareness of the cultures of the target languages.
Standard #3: Connections:
Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the target language.
Standard #4: Comparisons:
Students will develop insight into their own language and culture through the study of the target language and culture.
Standard #5: Communities:
Students will participate in multilingual communities at home and around the world.
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Standard #1:
Students engage in the writing process: All students will plan, write and revise while identifying personal strengths and weaknesses in writing.
- 2.1.a. Students will plan, write, illustrate, peer edit and revise their work.
- 2.1.b . Students will demonstrate and apply conventions of English, including basic punctuation, capitalized and usage in their writing.
Standard #2:
Students write for a variety of purposes and audiences: All students will demonstrate an understanding of purpose and audience in their writing.
- 2.2.c. Students gather and organize information. They will demonstrate an understanding of sequencing in fall and spring semester (Expository genre)
- 2.2.d. Students will draw and write pieces in two genre (narrative, descriptive.)
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