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This year we are working hard to master the 1st grade standards!!! These are the reading, writing and math standards upon which we are currently working:

 

Reading

 

ELACC1RL1:   Ask and answer questions about key

 

                      details in a text.

 

ELACC1RL3:  Describe characters, settings, and major
                     events in a story, using key details.

 

 

 

Writing

 

ELACC1W3:  Write narratives in which they can recount
                     two or more appropriately sequenced
                     events.

 

 

 

Math

 

MCC1NBT1: Students can count to 120.

 

 

 

 

 Standards-based Classrooms

How is a standards-based classroom different from the traditional one? Certainly, thePrinciples of Learning are embedded in everything that occurs. The following highlights will further illustrate differences:

  • Students understand national and state standards as the foundation for their learning.
  • Students understand that the responsibility for learning has shifted to them.
  • Students are challenged to think at higher levels.
  • Students are held accountable.
  • Students are recognized for real accomplishments.
  • Student progress is measured against an absolute standard.
  • Students see their school leaders involved in the learning process.
  • Students view their teacher as an approachable and helpful facilitator.
  • Students see different instructional strategies used with different students in varying grouping arrangements.
  • Students see a commitment to be sure that all students are learning.
  • Students help to set learning goals.
  • Students are actively engaged in learning.
  • Students see a purpose and accept responsibility for learning.
  • Students collaborate with other students, regularly ask questions and act as decision-makers.
  • Students see connections to other learning.
  • Students understand the responsibility to meet the standards, the rewards for meeting them and the extra work necessary if they don't.
  • Students accurately self-assess.
  • Students maintain portfolios of their work.
  • Students are provided with additional expert instruction when they don't meet a standard.
  • Students know how they will be assessed; there are no surprises or mysteries.
  • Students understand that assessment is connected to planning for new learning.
  • Students see connections between their learning and the real world.
  • Students are guided by models of work that meet the standard.
  • Students are guided to independence.
  • Students see consistent expectations across subject areas.
  • Students see their teachers as the "guide on the side."

  • Students use rubrics.