Pinewood's Power Standards are used by grade levels as a starting point for planning their instruction for the year. Throughout the year, students are exposed to the standards throughout the curriculum. Students are periodically evaluated during the year and instruction is altered based on results.

 

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Language Arts

  • Name 26 uppercase and lowercase letters

  • Identify sounds when shown 26 lowercase letters

  • Read 30 sight words 

  • Identify 8 word chunks

  • Sequence and retell a story 

 

 Mathematics

  • Count to 31 and identify numbers 0 - 31   

  • Match numerals to objects 1- 10 

  • Count to 30 by 2’s

  • Count to 100 by 5’s and 10’s

  • “Count on” from a number 

  • Print numerals 0 - 20 

  • Solve a number story or word problem

 

 

 

Language Arts

  • Read 130 sight words

  • Identify the main idea, details and sequence of a story.

  • Print all letters legibly

  • Write complete sentences using correct punctuation and capitalization.

  • Blend or segment sounds of one syllable words

  • Achieve a fluently rate of 64 words per minute by May

 

Mathematics

  • Know (by memory) the addition and subtraction facts to 10

  • Know the related addition and subtraction sentences in fact families

  • Know names and values of penny, nickel, dime and quarter, and can count coin combinations to $1.00

  • Can show time on an analog clock to the hour and half hour and can write the correct time

  • Can read and write numerals correctly, 0 - 500

 

 

Language Arts

  • Use capital letters appropriately

  • Use appropriate punctuation

  • Read 300 sight words accurately

  • Spell 200 sight words correctly

  • Be able to predict and summarize

  • Achieve a fluently rate of 117 words per minute by May

 

Mathematics

  • Know addition and subtraction facts (with sums to 18) automatically

  • Know place value up to 1,000

  • Be able to tell time to the quarter hour

  • Make change up to $1.00

  • Measure accurately in inches up to 1in/cm

 

 

 

Language Arts

  • Use complete sentences with proper punctuation, subject and predicate

  • Knows how to form all cursive upper and lower case letters

  • Employ 4 reading strategies to decode unfamiliar words

  • Demonstrate prediction and summarizing of a story

  • Can write a 5 sentence paragraph following a topic with indentation

  • Achieve a fluency rate of 117 words per minute by May

 

Mathematics

  • Add/subtract  up to 3 digit numbers with regrouping

  • Know place value to hundred thousands

  • Know multiplication/division facts 0-5 automatically

  • Know how to tell time to the minute

  • Know metric/customary to ½ in/cm

 

 

 

 

 

Language Arts

  • Be able to summarize and show comprehension of non-fiction materials

  • Know how to write a three paragraph essay: introduction, support, and closing paragraphs in the narrative, clarification, descriptive, and problem/solution genres

  • Be able to write legibly in cursive

  • Use the writing process correctly: pre-write, rough draft, revise, edit, publish

  • Achieve a fluently rate of 145 words per minute by May

 

Mathematics

  • Know multiplication/ division facts from 0- 12

  • Know place value up to the millions place

  • Multiply and divide one and two digit numbers

  • Change fractions and decimals into percents

  • Know customary measurement to the nearest ¼ inch/millimeter

 

 

 

 

 

Language Arts

  • Be able to write a five paragraph composition including an introduction, three supporting paragraphs and summary

  • Recognize parts of speech and correct sentence structure

  • Use appropriate punctuation including capitalization, quotation marks, semicolons, colons, apostrophes, titles of books, poems, magazines, songs, and stories

  • Achieve a fluently rate of 145 words per minute by May

 

Mathematics

  • Know the basic operations of whole numbers (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)

  • Know how to solve problems with two operations

  • Know the basic operations of fractions (addition, subtraction, multiplication)

  • Know how to change decimals to percents and fractions