KINDERGARTEN GOALS

Reading •
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Sound Pronunciation
Sequencing
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Story reading
Word decoding
SRA Reading Mastery Signature Series • Oral blending • Individual fluency checkouts for rate & accuracy
• Rhyming • Independent workbook practice
SRA Spelling Mastery
• Symbol identification • Oral comprehension of sentences & stories
• Picture comprehension • Spelling:
• Sequencing event • Blending sounds to make words
• Reading vocabulary • Uses a phonemic and whole word approach

Mathematics •
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Number sense to 100
Place value
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Part-part whole and equality relationships
Cyclical nature of time
Saxon Math • Counting sense • Repeating patterns
• Line plots, tallies • Reason and communicate mathematical ideas
• Addition and subtraction • Basic geometric shapes
• Sort and classify • Number sequences
• Equivalence • Money
• Standard and Non-standard measurement • Equations; solve for unknown
• Collect and display data • Pictographs
• Create, extend and translate patterns • Length

Language Arts •
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Sequencing
Rhyming
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Title and main idea
Writing sentences
Zaner-Bloser Handwriting • Opposites • Punctuation
• Capital and lowercase letters • Writing stories
Shurley English
• Beginning, middle, and end • Fairy talks and Nursery Rhymes
• First, next, and last • Alphabetical order
• Characters in a story • Poetry
• Story setting • Using the dictionary

Science • Earth Science: Day/Night, Weather/Seasons

• Physical Science: Observing Objects, How Things Move
National Geographic Science Kits • Life Science: Plants and Animals

• Let’s Explore Our World

History •
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Native Americans
Exploring and Moving to America
Core Knowledge
• The Mount Rushmore Presidents

Specials • Art
• Music
• Physical Education
• Spanish (Triangle NC campuses only)
• Technology
FIRST GRADE GOALS
Reading •
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Phonological & phonemic awareness
Word segmentation
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Reading words the fast way
Sentence structure
SRA Reading Mastery Signature Series • Rhyming • Developing word knowledge
SRA Spelling Mastery • Syllable blending & segmentation • Word analysis
• Blending • Reading stories
• Isolation of sounds • Individual fluency checkouts for rate and accuracy
• Sounding out words

Mathematics •
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Counting by 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 10s, 25s, and 100s
Place value to 1000
• Addition and Subtraction facts to 18
• 2 and 3 digit addition and subtraction with and without
Saxon Math • Meaning of addition and subtraction regrouping
• Fact families • Coins and fractions
• Act out or draw pictures to solve problems • Measurement
• Introduction to multiplication and division • Patterns and telling time

Language Arts •
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Prewriting using the following organizers
Types of writing
• Identifying complete sentences
• Editing for punctuation, capitalization, and grammar
Shurley English • Developing vocabulary and general knowledge • Parts of speech (nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives
Zaner-Bloser Handwriting • Oral language skills adverbs, and prepositions)
• Dictionary skills • Writing friendly letters
• Word bank skills • Plurals
• Study Skills • Manuscript letters (capital & lowercase)

Science • Life Science: Habitats

• Earth Science: Land and Water
National Geographic Science Kits • Physical Science: Pushes and Pulls Properties

History •
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Continents, Countries, and Maps
Mesopotamia
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The Culture of Mexico
Early Explorers and Settlers
Core Knowledge • Ancient Egypt • From Colonies to Independence
• Three World Religions • Exploring the West
• Early Civilizations of the Americas

Specials • Art
• Music
• Physical Education
• Spanish (Triangle NC campuses only)
• Technology
SECOND GRADE GOALS
Reading •
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Literal comprehension
Main idea
• Character development (interpreting feelings, inferring
motives, predicting behavior)
SRA Reading Mastery Signature Series • Sequencing • Developing word knowledge
SRA Spelling Mastery • Cause/effect • Map skills
• Fact/opinion • Reality vs. fantasy
• Context clues • Reference book skills
• Viewpoint • Spelling
• Supporting evidence

Mathematics • Telling & showing time to the nearest hour & minute,
elapsed time
• Subtracting, adding, multiplying, and dividing
• Identifying square roots
Saxon Math • Creating & reading graphs • Reading & showing temperature on Celsius & Fahrenheit
• Identifying & writing place value to the millions scales
• Estimating & identifying metric & customary units of • Determining probability
measurement • Comparing & ordering fractions
• Counting & comparing money values • Reading & interpreting calendars
• Applying geometric concepts (perimeter, area, angles, • Rounding, comparing, & estimating numbers up to 6 digits
polygons, solids)

Language Arts • Word knowledge (abbreviations, synonyms, antonyms, &

Shurley English
Zaner-Bloser Handwriting
contractions)
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Quotations & Dialogue
Project writing
• Word usage (double negatives, subject/verb agreement) • Literature story (character, setting, beginning, middle, end)
• Sentences (types, subject, predicate) • Writing process
• Parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb) • Evaluating writing using “The Six Traits” (ideas, organization,
• Paragraphs (topic, detail, closing) voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions)
• Study skills / Reference skills

Science • Life Science: Life Cycles

• Earth Science: Rocks & Soil
National Geographic Science Kits • Physical Science: Liquids & Gases, Force & Motion

History •
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Ancient India
Ancient China
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The War of 1812
Americans Move West
Core Knowledge • The Culture of Japan • The Civil War
• Ancient Greece • Immigration and Citizenship
• Geography of the Americas • Civil Rights Leaders
• Making the Constitution

Specials • Art
• Music
• Physical Education
• Spanish (Triangle NC campuses only)
• Technology
THIRD GRADE GOALS
Reading •
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Use Vocabulary words in context
Distinguish settings by features
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Sequence events
Infer story details and events
SRA Reading Mastery Signature Series • Draw conclusions • Interpret diagrams, maps, time lines
• Evaluate problems and solutions • Make comparisons & predictions
SRA Spelling Mastery
• Identify/infer cause and effect • Recall facts details, events
• Infer character’s point of view • Use rules to classify objects & predict outcomes
• Predict character’s actions • Predict/Interpret character’s feelings & motives

Mathematics • Master basic facts (addition, subtraction, multiplication,

division)
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Area, perimeter, & volume
Spatial relationships & geometric shapes
Saxon Math • Estimation & rounding numbers • Patterns & sequences
• Identify perfect squares and square roots • Strategies for solving word problems
• Fractions • Statistics, data analysis, probability
• Money • Graphing
• Calendar, time, & temperature • Measurement (linear, mass, volume)

Language Arts •
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Word usage / Grammar
Proofreading symbols
• Figurative language
• Parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition,
Shurley English • Types of sentences pronoun, conjunction, interjection)
• Capitalization • Study skills / Reference skills / Dictionary skills
Zaner-Bloser Handwriting
• Punctuation • Paragraph writing
• Vocabulary • Letter writing / Creative writing / Persuasive writing /
• Grammar and Usage Descriptive writing / Narrative writing
• Spelling

Science • Life Science: Plant Life Cycle, Animal Similarities and

National Geographic Science Kits
Differences, Plant’s and Animal’s Environment, Plant and
Animal Survival Skills, and Plant and Animal Response to
Seasons
• Earth Science: Sun, Moon, and Earth, Sun’s Properties,
Earth’s Resources, Weathering and Erosion, Earth’s Surface
Changes, Earth’s Water Movement and Changes
• Physical Science: States of Matter, Measuring Matter,
Energy, Light, and Force and Motion

History • World Rivers

• Ancient Rome
• The Earliest Americans
• Exploration of North America
Core Knowledge • The Vikings • The Thirteen Colonies

Specials • Art
• Music
• Physical Education
• Spanish (Triangle NC campuses only)
• Technology
FOURTH GRADE GOALS
Reading •
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Vocabulary building
Recall story details
• Interpreting characters feelings, motives, point of view, &
actions
SRA Reading Mastery Signature Series • Sequence of events • Fact vs. Fiction
• Cause and effect • Maps, glossaries, dictionaries, time lines, indexes, &
SRA Spelling Mastery
• Main idea headings
• Drawing conclusions
• Evaluating problem & solution

Mathematics • Properties & mastery of addition, subtraction, multiplication,

& division
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Identifying & naming line segments, shapes, & angles
Fractions
Saxon Math • Estimation of numbers & money • Decimals
• Identify perfect squares and square roots • Order of operations
• Written & expanded forms of numbers • Graphing
• Reading, writing, & estimating time

Language Arts •
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Word usage & Grammar
Thinking skills
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Proofreading
Parts of speech
Shurley English • Types of sentences • Study skills / Reference skills / Dictionary skills
• Answering questions • Capitalization
• Figurative language • Spelling
• Paragraph writing
• Punctuation

Science • Life Science: Plant Growth and Reproduction, Growth and

Changes of Animals, Living Things and their Environment,
• Physical Science: Matter, Physical and Chemical Changes,
Forces, Magnetism, Forms of Energy, Sound, Electricity
National Geographic Science Kits Adaptations
• Earth Science: Earth and Moon, Renewable Resources, Slow
Processes Changing Earth

History • Exploring Maps and World Mountains • The American Revolution

• Medieval Europe • The United States Constitution
Core Knowledge • Early Islamic Civilization and African Kingdoms • Early Presidents and Social Reformers
• Dynasties of China

• Art • Physical Education

Specials • Music
• Technology
• Spanish (Triangle NC campuses only)
FIFTH GRADE GOALS
Reading
SRA Reading Mastery Signature Series
or EMC Literature SRA Spelling
Mastery
Vocabulary From Classical Roots
• Genres of literature: novels, factual articles, short stories,
folktales, myths, poems, biographies, & plays
• Making predictions
• Comprehension strategies: outlining, relevancy,
• Oral & silent reading contradictions, figurative language, inferences, deductions,
• Vocabulary building & context clues referents, combined sentences, reference books, logic,
• Literal & interpretive comprehension irony, maps/graphs
• Character analysis
• Writing assignments

Mathematics •
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Numbers & operations
Fractions: simplifying, adding, subtracting
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Geometry: identifying, define, describe, & represent polygons
Basic algebraic expressions & equations
Saxon Math • Metric & customary measurement • Elapsed time
• Graphing & data analysis • Money
• Patterns

Language Arts •
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Spelling: morphographs & rules
Vocabulary development
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Figurative language
Writing: narratives, letters, expository, journals
Shurley English • Grammar & word usage • The Writing Process
• Parts of speech • Thinking skills
• Sentence formulas • Study skills
• Quotations/dialogue

Science • Life Science: Plant Cells, Changing Ecosystems, Pollution

and Plants, Producers and Consumers, Mold, Bird Feathers,
• Physical Science: Matter, Compounds, Physical Changes in
Water, Chemical Reactions, Forces & Motion, Changes in
National Geographic Science Kits Earthworm Behavior, Depth Perception, Lungs & Carbon Motion, Friction, Simple Machines, Mechanical Energy, Light,
Dioxide Charged Objects, Electrical Conductors & Insulators
• Earth Science: Shadows & Time, Phases of the Moon, Earth
and the Moon, The Solar System, Soil, Fossils, Recycling,
Solar Energy, The Water Cycle, Weather

History • World Lakes • The Geography of the United States

• Maya, Aztec, and Inca Civilizations • Westward Expansion Before the Civil War
Core Knowledge • The Age of Exploration • The Civil War
• From the Renaissance to England’s Golden Age • Native Americans and Westward Expansion: Cultures and
• Czars and Shoguns: Early Russia and Feudal Japan Conflicts

• Art • Physical Education

Specials • Music
• Technology
• Spanish (Triangle NC campuses only)