Puyallup School District
Elementary Report Card Guides
Overview
The Puyallup School District Elementary Report Card reflects what students need to know, understand, and be able to do by the end of a given academic year.
The Puyallup School District values a strong home-school partnership. The elementary report card is an important tool in creating a shared understanding about each student’s growth; both academically and social-emotionally.
Monitoring Your Child's Progress
Elementary Report Cards are available in the Home Access Center (HAC) twice a year; at the end of semester one and at the end of the year.
To monitor your child’s ongoing progress, please create a parent account on Schoology. All PSD teachers use Schoology to communicate information about assignments and important assessments throughout the year.
Schoology is the best way to review timely information related to your child’s learning. You can learn how to use Home Access Center (HAC) here and how to use Schoology here.
- PSD Report Card Essential Standards
- Standards-Referenced Report Card
- Grading Key - Elementary Report Cards
PSD Report Card Essential Standards
There are Washington State Learning Standards in reading, math, science, social studies, physical education, music, and art.
Within each subject there are many individual standards. While all are important, some are critical to building enduring understandings for the next level of learning. The Puyallup School District refers to these critical standards as essential.
While all standards are taught, the essential standards are the primary focus for teaching to mastery. The elementary report card informs parents/guardian of progress toward the essential standards. Please refer to the following pages for a summary of those essential standards for your child’s grade level.
Standards-Referenced Report Card
A standards-referenced report card uses academic performance indicators that are observable and objective.
The learning standards are based on benchmarks that specify what students should know and be able to do at each grade level. Students are not compared to each other but are instead scored based on level of proficiency. Letter grades are not used at the elementary level. Instead, numbers indicate progress toward mastery of the standard.
Grading Key - Elementary Report Cards
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Progression Towards Mastery |
Mastery |
Extend |
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3 | 4 |
- 1 - Does Not Meet Standards
- 1+ - Showing Progress Toward Meeting Some Standards
- 2 - Meets Some Grade Level Standards
- 2+ - Showing Progress Towards Consistently Meeting Standards
- 3 - Meets Grade Level Standards
- 4 - Consistently Meets or Exceeds Grade Level Standards
- Blank - Blank Not yet or previously assessed
Essential Standards and Curriculum Materials
Kindergarten
- Skills for Learning
- English Language Arts
- Speaking and Listening
- Writing
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social Studies
- Academic Programs and Resources
- Music
Skills for Learning
District Curriculum: Second Step
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
English Language Arts
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
Speaking and Listening
Writing
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)
Mathematics
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
Science
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
Social Studies
Academic Programs and Resources
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.
Family Resources
Check out Family University to learn more about supporting your child at home.
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
Music
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
First Grade
- Skills for Learning
- English Language Arts
- Speaking and Listening
- Writing
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social Studies
- Academic Programs and Resources
- Music
Skills for Learning
District Curriculum: Second Step
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
English Language Arts
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
Speaking and Listening
Writing
Mathematics
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)
Science
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
Social Studies
Academic Programs and Resources
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.
Family Resources
Check out Family University to learn more about supporting your child at home.
Practice at Home
Students are encouraged to utilize approved applications to practice skills at home. All of these applications can be accessed through Clever.
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Boost Reading - ELA
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Accelerated Reader - ELA
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Bridges Math Apps - Math
Music
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
Second Grade
- Skills for Learning
- English Language Arts
- Speaking and Listening
- Writing
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social Studies
- Academic Programs and Resources
- Music
Skills for Learning
District Curriculum: Second Step
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
English Language Arts
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
Speaking and Listening
Writing
Mathematics
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
Science
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
Social Studies
Academic Programs and Resources
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.
Family Resources
Check out Family University to learn more about supporting your child at home.
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
Music
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
Third Grade
- Skills for Learning
- English Language Arts
- Speaking and Listening
- Writing
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social Studies
- Academic Programs and Resources
- Music
Skills for Learning
District Curriculum: Second Step
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
English Language Arts
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
Speaking and Listening
Writing
Mathematics
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.
Science
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
Social Studies
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
Academic Programs and Resources
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.
Family Resources
Check out Family University to learn more about supporting your child at home.
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
Music
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
Fourth Grade
- Skills for Learning
- English Language Arts
- Speaking and Listening
- Writing
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social Studies
- Academic Programs and Resources
- Music
- Physical Education
Skills for Learning
District Curriculum: Second Step
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
English Language Arts
District Curriculum: Amplify CKLA
Reading
Students will build on more complex foundational skills to support academic reading. Students will continue to delve into progressively more complex text to grow comprehension skills and strategies. Language development is focused on general academic and domain specific vocabulary.
Foundational Skills
- Applies phonics and decoding skills to read fluently
Comprehension Literary and Informational Text
- Summarizes the main idea or theme of a text using key details for the text or inferences
- Integrates information from two texts on the same topic to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
- Determines the meaning of the words and phrases by using a variety of strategies (e.g., context, root words)
- Acquired and uses accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases
Speaking and Listening
Writing
Students will write for various purposes, including opinion, informative, and narrative. Standards are embedded throughout writing instruction in various content areas.
- Demonstrates the ability to write narrative, informational, and opinion pieces
- Develops and strengthens writing through planning, revision, and editing
- Demonstrates accurate grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
Mathematics
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
- Adds, subtracts, multiplies, and divides whole numbers to solve multi-step problems
Number and Operations Base Ten
- Uses place value understanding to read and write multi-digit whole numbers
- Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers
Number and Operations: Fractions
- Extends understanding of equivalence and ordering to add, subtract, and multiply with fractions, including multiplication of a fraction by a whole number
Measurement and Data
- Solves problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements
Geometry
- Draws, identifies, and classifies lines, angles, and shapes by their properties
- Recognizes lines of symmetry
Science
District Curriculum: TWIG Science
Science standards are introduced, taught, and reinforced through classroom instruction throughout the school day
Earth Space Science
- Describes the impact/effect of energy and fuels on the environment
- Supports an explanation for changes in rock formations and landscapes over time
Physical Science
- Investigates and provides evidence of the effects of force on the motion of an object
- Makes observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred
Life Science
- Constructs arguments explaining how plan and animal structures support survival, growth, and behavior
- Uses models to describe how animals receive information through their senses and respond to the information
Engineering, Technology, and Scientific Principles
- Applies principles of the engineering/design process to solve a problem, generate multiple solutions, and carry out a fair test
Social Studies
District Curriculum: Washington our Home & Tribal History and Government
Social Studies, including Washington State History and Tribal History are introduced, taught, and reinforced through classroom instruction throughout the school day.
- Demonstrates that tribal sovereignty is a way that tribes govern themselves in order to keep and support their ways of life
- Identifies the basic elements of Washington State’s economic system, including agriculture, business, industry, natural resources, and labor
Academic Programs and Resources
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.
Family Resources
Check out Family University to learn more about supporting your child at home.
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
Music
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
Physical Education
Physical education skills are introduced and reinforced through classroom instruction.
PE teachers are responsible for the instruction and scoring of physical education standards.
- Applies knowledge of concepts related to movement and performance
- Demonstrates responsible personal, social, and safety expectations
- Recognizes the value of physical activity for health and enjoyment
Fifth Grade
- Skills for Learning
- English Language Arts
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social Studies
- Academic Programs and Resources
- Music
- Physical Education
- Band/Orchestra
Skills for Learning
District Curriculum: Second Step
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
English Language Arts
District Curriculum: Springboard
Over the course of the year, students will read and analyze a range of texts. Students will write for various purposes.
Standards are embedded throughout the Springboard Curriculum. Springboard is a rigorous secondary curriculum and is in intended to prepare students for the increased demands of Junior High and High School.
Reading Comprehension
- Cites textual evidence to support analysis of text
- Compares and contrasts one author’s presentation with that of another
Reading Comprehension/Language
- Determines the meaning for words and phrases using a variety of strategies
Writing
- Writes for a variety of purposes, including to support arguments, provide information or explanation, and to tell stories
Speaking and Listening
- Engages effectively in a range of collaborative discussions, building on and expressing their own ideas clearly
Mathematics
District Curriculum: Illustrative Math
Math skills are introduced, taught, and reinforced through daily classroom instruction.
Illustrative Math is used in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade and is intended to prepare students for the increased rigor and demands of high school math.
Geometry
- Solves problems involving area, surface area, and volume
Ratios and Proportional Reasoning
- Understands ratio concepts &uses unit rates and percent to solve problems
The Number System
- Extends understanding of multiplication and division with fractions
- Computes fluently with multi-digit, positive numbers
- Extends understanding of positive and negative numbers
Expressions and Equations
- Extends understanding of algebraic equations
- Solves one-variable equations and inequalities
- Analyzes relationships between dependent and independent variables
Statistics and Probability
- Develops understanding of statistical variability
- Summarizes and describes distributions
Science
District Curriculum: TWIG Science
Science standards are introduced, taught, and reinforced through classroom instruction throughout the school day
Earth Space Science
- Supports an argument that compares the differences in the brightness of the sun to other stars
- Develops a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact
Physical Science
- Develops a model to describe the structure and properties of matter
- Supports an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects in directed down
Life Science
- Develops a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment
- Supports an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water
Engineering, Technology, and Scientific Principles
- Applies principles of the engineering/design process to solve a problem, generate multiple solutions, and carry out a fair test
Social Studies
District Curriculum: Harcourt, The United States & Tribal History and Government
Social Studies, including Washington State Tribal History and the history of the United States are introduced, taught, and reinforced through classroom instruction throughout the school day.
- Demonstrates how civic participation relates to rights and responsibilities
- Analyzes and explains how people form various cultural and ethnic groups have shaped United States history
Academic Programs and Resources
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.
Family Resources
Check out Family University to learn more about supporting your child at home.
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
Music
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
Physical Education
Physical education skills are introduced and reinforced through classroom instruction.
PE teachers are responsible for the instruction and scoring of physical education standards.
- Applies knowledge of concepts related to movement and performance
- Demonstrates responsible personal, social, and safety expectations
- Recognizes the value of physical activity for health and enjoyment
Band/Orchestra
This is optional for 6th grade students and is hosted at the elementary school site.
Band and orchestra skills are introduced and reinforced through band/orchestra classroom instruction.
Band/Orchestra teachers are responsible for the instruction and scoring of music standards.
- Understands and applies knowledge and skills
- Plays fluently and expressively with proper technique
- Demonstrates effort, participation, cooperation
Sixth Grade
- Skills for Learning
- English Language Arts
- Speaking and Listening
- Writing
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social Studies
- Academic Programs and Resources
- Music
- Physical Education
- Band/Orchestra
Skills for Learning
District Curriculum: Second Step
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
English Language Arts
District Curriculum: Amplify CKLA
Reading
Students will build on more complex foundational skills to support academic reading. Students will continue to delve into progressively more complex text to grow comprehension skills and strategies.
Language development is focused on general academic and domain specific vocabulary.
Foundational Skills
- Reads with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension and applies phonics and decoding skills to read fluently
Comprehension Literary and Informational Text
- Quotes accurately when drawing inferences from the text
- Determines main ideas and/or themes and explains how they are supported by key details; summarizes the text
- Integrates information from several texts on the same topic to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
- Determines the meaning of the words and phrases as they are used in context
Speaking and Listening
Writing
Mathematics
District Curriculum: Bridges in Mathematics
Math skills are introduced, taught, and reinforced through classroom instruction during math time and Number Corner
Number and Operations in Base Ten
- Understands place value related to multi-digit numbers with decimals
Number and Operations: Fractions
- Adds and subtracts fractions accurately
- Solves word problems involving division of whole numbers and involving fractions
- Applies and extended multiplication/division to multiplication/division of fractions
Fluency
- Fluently multiplies multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm
Geometry
- Graphs point on a coordinate plane to solve real-world mathematical problems
- Classifies two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties
Science
District Curriculum: Amplify Science
Science standards are introduced, taught, and reinforced through classroom instruction during science time, and throughout the school day.
Amplify is a secondary curriculum and is intended to prepare students for the increased rigor of high school science courses.
Earth Space Science
- Develops and uses models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system to describe cyclic patterns
- Analyzes data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system
Physical Science
- Plans investigations and interprets data related to energy transfer and/or properties of matter and energy
Life Science
- Understands and constructs models for life science concepts, such as interactions among organisms and photosynthesis
Engineering, Technology, and Scientific Principles
- Applies principles of the engineering/design process to solve a problem, analyze and interpret data, and construct a scientific explanation
Social Studies
District Curriculum: Harcourt, The United States & Tribal History and Government
Social Studies, including Washington State Tribal History and the history of the United States are introduced, taught, and reinforced through classroom instruction throughout the school day.
- Understands how ancient civilizations and tribal history shaped our world
- Understands forms of government, past and present, including tribal sovereignty
- Explains and understands human interactions with the environment
Academic Programs and Resources
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.
Family Resources
Check out Family University to learn more about supporting your child at home.
Practice at Home
Students are encouraged to utilize approved applications to practice skills at home. All of these applications can be accessed through Clever.
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DeltaMath - Math
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Accelerated Reader - ELA
Music
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
Physical Education
Physical education skills are introduced and reinforced through classroom instruction.
PE teachers are responsible for the instruction and scoring of physical education standards.
- Applies knowledge of concepts related to movement and performance
- Demonstrates responsible personal, social, and safety expectations
- Recognizes the value of physical activity for health and enjoyment
Band/Orchestra
This is optional for 6th grade students and is hosted at the elementary school site.
Band and orchestra skills are introduced and reinforced through band/orchestra classroom instruction.
Band/Orchestra teachers are responsible for the instruction and scoring of music standards.
- Understands and applies knowledge and skills
- Plays fluently and expressively with proper technique
- Demonstrates effort, participation, cooperation