Elementary Report Card Guides

District Curriculum: CharacterStrong

Skills for learning are introduced and reinforced through classroom instruction and throughout the school day.

• Demonstrates organizational skills
• Completes grade level work in a timely manner
• Puts forth best effort
• Works cooperatively with others
• Manages and expresses emotions in respectful, constructive ways
• Follows classroom and school rules

District Curriculum: Amplify CKLA

Reading

Students will continue to build foundational reading skills through explicit phonics and language instruction.

Comprehension and vocabulary skills are taught through texts that build knowledge across a wide range of topics.

Foundational Skills

• Produces letter sounds
• Breaks words into parts and blends sounds together
• Recognizes and produces rhyming words
• Reads common high-frequency words by sight
• Recognizes and names all lowercase and uppercase letters of the alphabet

Comprehension Literary Text

• Identifies characters, settings, and major events in a story 

Comprehension Informational Text

• Identifies the main topic and retells key details of a non-fiction text

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

• Determines the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases 
• Uses words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts

Collaborative discussion skills are reinforced through classroom instruction throughout the school day across subjects

• Participates in collaborative conversations

Students will write for various purposes, including opinion, informative, and narrative. Standards are embedded throughout writing instruction in various content areas.

• Draws, dictates, and writes to express opinions, provide information, or to tell a story
• Uses conventions (capitalization, punctuation, conventional and inventive spelling)

District Curriculum: Bridges in Mathematics

Math skills are introduced, taught, and reinforced through classroom instruction during math time and Number Corner.

Counting and Cardinality

• Counts to 100 by ones and tens
• Writes numbers for 1 to 20
• Given a number (0-20), counts out an equal quantity of objects and writes the matching numeral
• Counts objects using one-to-one correspondence

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

• Solves addition and subtraction word problems within 10 using objects, fingers, drawing, acting out, verbal explanations, or expressions
• Fluently add and subtract within 5

Number and Operations Base Ten

• Demonstrates how numbers 11-19 are made up of tens and ones

Geometry

• Names and describes two-and three-dimensional shapes

District Curriculum: TWIG Science

Science standards are introduced, taught, and reinforced through classroom instruction throughout the school day

Earth Space Science

• Observes and describes local weather patterns over time
• Constructs and arguments, using evidence, for how plants and animals can change the environment to meet their needs

Physical Science

• Plans and conducts an investigation to explore the pushes and pulls of an object
• Makes observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface

Life Science

• Uses observations to describe what plants and animals need to survive

Engineering, Technology, and Scientific Principles

• Applies principles of the engineering/design process to solve a problem

District Curriculum: Tribal History and Government

Social Studies are introduced, taught, and reinforced through classroom instruction throughout the school day.

• Explains how previous actions and experiences can be used to make decisions

Dual Language

If your child is enrolled in the district’s Spanish Dual Language program or you’d like to learn more about this program, please check out the Dual Language Webpage to access important information about curriculum, dual language instruction, and how language learning progression works in a dual language program.

QUEST

If your child is enrolled in the district’s Quest program or you’d like to learn more about this program, please check out the QUEST Webpage to access important information about curriculum and accelerated learning progression.

Learning Supports

Your child may receive support for learning in addition to the instruction they receive in their classroom. To learn more about these supports, and how to monitor your child’s progress in these programs, please check out our Special Services Webpage.

Practice at Home

Students are encouraged to utilize approved applications to practice skills at home.  All of these applications can be accessed through Clever.

• Boost Reading - ELA

District Curriculum: Quaver

Music skills are introduced and reinforced through music classroom instruction.

Music teachers are responsible for instruction and scoring of music standards. Students have music class two times per week.

• Demonstrates musical knowledge and skills
• Communicates and makes connections to the arts by creating, performing, and responding

District Curriculum: CharacterStrong

Skills for learning are introduced and reinforced through classroom instruction and throughout the school day.

• Demonstrates organizational skills
• Completes grade level work in a timely manner
• Puts forth best effort
• Works cooperatively with others
• Manages and expresses emotions in respectful, constructive ways
• Follows classroom and school rules

District Curriculum: Amplify CKLA

Reading

Students will continue to build foundational reading skills through explicit phonics and language instruction.

Comprehension and vocabulary skills are taught through texts that build knowledge across a wide range of topics.

Foundational Skills

• Distinguishes and manipulates long and short vowel sounds and consonant blends
• Applies phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words
• Reads text with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension

Comprehension Literary Text

• Identifies characters, settings, and major events in a story 

Comprehension Informational Text

• Identifies the main topic and retells key details of a non-fiction text
• Identifies the basic similarities between two texts

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

• Determines the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases 
• Uses words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts

Collaborative discussion skills are reinforced through classroom instruction throughout the school day across subjects

• Participates in collaborative conversations

Students will write for various purposes, including opinion, informative, and narrative. Standards are embedded throughout writing instruction in various content areas.

• Writes narrative, informational, and opinion pieces
• Demonstrates accurate grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling

District Curriculum: Bridges in Mathematics

Math skills are introduced, taught, and reinforced through classroom instruction during math time and Number Corner.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

• Solves word problems using addition and subtraction within 20
• Adds and subtracts within 20 

Number and Operations Base Ten

• Counts, reads, writes, and represents numbers to 120
• Demonstrates understanding of place value related to tens and ones in a two-digit number

Counting and Cardinality

• Counts to 100 by ones and tens
• Writes numbers for 1 to 20
• Given a number (0-20), counts out an equal quantity of objects and writes the matching numeral
• Counts objects using one-to-one correspondence

Required Fluency

• Uses strategies to add and subtract fluently within 20 (end of year goal)

District Curriculum: TWIG Science

Science standards are introduced, taught, and reinforced through classroom instruction throughout the school day

Earth Space Science

• Observes and describes patterns in the sky, comparing different times of the year

Physical Science

• Observes evidence of and investigates the effects of light and/or sound waves

Life Science

• Observes systems in organisms and designs solutions to problems

Engineering, Technology, and Scientific Principles

• Applies principles of the engineering/design process to solve a problem

District Curriculum: Tribal History and Government

Social Studies are introduced, taught, and reinforced through classroom instruction throughout the school day.

• Identifies that there are different family structures and dynamics

Dual Language

If your child is enrolled in the district’s Spanish Dual Language program or you’d like to learn more about this program, please check out the Dual Language Webpage to access important information about curriculum, dual language instruction, and how language learning progression works in a dual language program.

QUEST

If your child is enrolled in the district’s Quest program or you’d like to learn more about this program, please check out the QUEST Webpage to access important information about curriculum and accelerated learning progression.

Learning Supports

Your child may receive support for learning in addition to the instruction they receive in their classroom. To learn more about these supports, and how to monitor your child’s progress in these programs, please check out our Special Services Webpage.

Practice at Home

Students are encouraged to utilize approved applications to practice skills at home.  All of these applications can be accessed through Clever.

• Boost Reading - ELA

• Accelerated Reader - ELA

• Bridges Math Apps - Math

District Curriculum: Quaver

Music skills are introduced and reinforced through music classroom instruction.

Music teachers are responsible for instruction and scoring of music standards. Students have music class two times per week.

• Demonstrates musical knowledge and skills
• Communicates and makes connections to the arts by creating, performing, and responding

District Curriculum: CharacterStrong

Skills for learning are introduced and reinforced through classroom instruction and throughout the school day.

• Demonstrates organizational skills
• Completes grade level work in a timely manner
• Puts forth best effort
• Works cooperatively with others
• Manages and expresses emotions in respectful, constructive ways
• Follows classroom and school rules

District Curriculum: Amplify CKLA

Reading

Students will continue to build foundational reading skills through explicit phonics and language instruction.

Comprehension and vocabulary skills are taught through texts that build knowledge across a wide range of topics.

Foundational Skills

• Applies phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words
• Reads text with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension

Comprehension Literary Text

• Asks and answers questions to demonstrate understanding
• Retells stories and determines the central message, lesson, or moral
• Describes how characters respond t o major events and challenges
• Describes the structure of a story

Comprehension Informational Text

• Identifies the main topic and focus on paragraphs within text
• Identifies the main purpose of a text
• Compares and contrasts the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

• Determines the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases 
• Uses words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts

Collaborative discussion skills are reinforced through classroom instruction throughout the school day across subjects

• Participates in collaborative conversations
• Tells and story or retells an experiences with facts and details using complete sentences

Students will write for various purposes, including opinion, informative, and narrative. Standards are embedded throughout writing instruction in various content areas.

• Writes narrative, informational, and opinion pieces
• Demonstrates accurate grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling

District Curriculum: Bridges in Mathematics

Math skills are introduced, taught, and reinforced through classroom instruction during math time and Number Corner.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

• Represents and solves addition and subtraction problems
• Adds and subtracts within 20 using mental strategies

Number and Operations Base Ten

• Understands place value in three-digit numbers using hundreds, tens, and ones
• Adds and subtracts within 20 using mental strategies

Measurement and Data

• Measures an object by selecting an appropriate tool such as a rule
• Estimates lengths using standard units

Required Fluency

• Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies. By the end of Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two on-digit numbers

District Curriculum: TWIG Science

Science standards are introduced, taught, and reinforced through classroom instruction throughout the school day

Earth Space Science

• Develops models that represent quick and slow changes to landforms and bodies of water

Physical Science

• Plans and conducts an investigation to describe/classify the properties of materials
• Determines which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose

Life Science

• Conducts investigations to determine the needs of plants
• Models the ways in which animals help pollinate plants

Engineering, Technology, and Scientific Principles

• Applies principles of the engineering/design process to solve a problem, generating multiple solutions

District Curriculum: Tribal History and Government

Social Studies are introduced, taught, and reinforced through classroom instruction throughout the school day.

• Identifies some common and unique cultural and environmental characteristics of specific places

Dual Language

If your child is enrolled in the district’s Spanish Dual Language program or you’d like to learn more about this program, please check out the Dual Language Webpage to access important information about curriculum, dual language instruction, and how language learning progression works in a dual language program.

QUEST

If your child is enrolled in the district’s Quest program or you’d like to learn more about this program, please check out the QUEST Webpage to access important information about curriculum and accelerated learning progression.

Learning Supports

Your child may receive support for learning in addition to the instruction they receive in their classroom. To learn more about these supports, and how to monitor your child’s progress in these programs, please check out our Special Services Webpage.

Practice at Home

Students are encouraged to utilize approved applications to practice skills at home.  All of these applications can be accessed through Clever.

• Boost Reading - ELA

• Accelerated Reader - ELA

• Bridges Math Apps - Math

District Curriculum: Quaver

Music skills are introduced and reinforced through music classroom instruction.

Music teachers are responsible for instruction and scoring of music standards. Students have music class two times per week.

• Demonstrates musical knowledge and skills
• Communicates and makes connections to the arts by creating, performing, and responding

District Curriculum: CharacterStrong

Skills for learning are introduced and reinforced through classroom instruction and throughout the school day.

• Demonstrates organizational skills
• Completes grade level work in a timely manner
• Puts forth best effort
• Works cooperatively with others
• Manages and expresses emotions in respectful, constructive ways
• Follows classroom and school rules

District Curriculum: Amplify CKLA

Reading

Students will continue to practice foundational skills to support fluency and comprehension.

Students will begin to read progressively more complex text to build more sophisticated comprehension skills and strategies.

Language development is focused on general academic and some domain specific vocabulary.

Foundational Skills

• Applies phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words
• Reads text with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension

Comprehension Literary and Informational Text

• Asks and answers questions using evidence from the text to support understanding
• Retells stories and determines the central message or moral using key details
• Determines the main idea and support details of a non-fiction text

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

• Determines the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases 
• Acquires and uses accurately conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases

Collaborative discussion skills are reinforced through classroom instruction throughout the school day across subjects

• Participates in collaborative discussion of grade-level topics or texts

Students will write for various purposes, including opinion, informative, and narrative. Standards are embedded throughout writing instruction in various content areas.

• Writes narrative, informational, and opinion pieces
• Demonstrates accurate grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling

District Curriculum: Bridges in Mathematics

Math skills are introduced, taught, and reinforced through classroom instruction during math time and Number Corner.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

• Uses multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems
• Multiplies and divides within 100 fluently, using multiplication/division operations

Number and Operations Base Ten

• Uses strategies to add and subtract within 1000 fluently

Number and Operations: Fractions

• Recognizes fractions as parts of a whole and understands numerator and denominator
• Represents and explains equivalent fractions and compares fractions using size 
• Divides shapes into equal parts, using unit fractions to describe each part

Measurement and Data

• Tells and writes time to the nearest minute
• Solves word problems involving elapsed time
• Understands concepts of area and relates it to multiplication and division

Required Fluency

Fluently multiplies and divides within 100 using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division.

By the end of Grade 3, knows from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.

District Curriculum: TWIG Science

Science standards are introduced, taught, and reinforced through classroom instruction throughout the school day

Earth Space Science

• Obtains, combines, and represents information/data to describe weather and climates around the world

Physical Science

• Investigates balanced and unbalanced forces and evidence of their effects on an object

Life Science

• Constructs an argument with evidence exploring how variations in characteristics (including trait inheritance) may provide advantages in survival 
• Analyzes and interprets data from fossils to provide evidence of organisms that lived long ago

Engineering, Technology, and Scientific Principles

• Applies principles of the engineering/design process to solve a problem, generating and analyzing data to compare multiple solutions

District Curriculum: Tribal History and Government

Social Studies are introduced, taught, and reinforced through classroom instruction throughout the school day.

• Explains how the environment affects cultural groups and how groups affect the environment
• Recognizes and explains that there are multiple cultural perspectives through a study of important individual or major events

Dual Language

If your child is enrolled in the district’s Spanish Dual Language program or you’d like to learn more about this program, please check out the Dual Language Webpage to access important information about curriculum, dual language instruction, and how language learning progression works in a dual language program.

QUEST

If your child is enrolled in the district’s Quest program or you’d like to learn more about this program, please check out the QUEST Webpage to access important information about curriculum and accelerated learning progression.

Learning Supports

Your child may receive support for learning in addition to the instruction they receive in their classroom. To learn more about these supports, and how to monitor your child’s progress in these programs, please check out our Special Services Webpage.

Practice at Home

Students are encouraged to utilize approved applications to practice skills at home.  All of these applications can be accessed through Clever.

• Boost Reading - ELA

• Accelerated Reader - ELA

District Curriculum: Quaver

Music skills are introduced and reinforced through music classroom instruction.

Music teachers are responsible for instruction and scoring of music standards. Students have music class two times per week.

• Demonstrates musical knowledge and skills
• Communicates and makes connections to the arts by creating, performing, and responding