Alleghany County Public Schools

K – 3 English Standards of Learning Achievement Record (Revised 2011)

Student Name:______School______Year______

Scoring Key 4: Exceeds the Standard

3: Meets the Standard (Student demonstrates knowledge and skills 80% of the time)

2: Partially Meets the Standard

1: Inadequate or No Understanding of the Standard

·  The levels of performance must be defined numerically and clearly indicated on the achievement record (i.e. 3: Meets the Standard).

Kindergarten / Score / First Grade / Score / Second Grade / Score / Third Grade / Score

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E / K.1 The student will demonstrate growth in the use of oral language. / 1.1 The student will continue to demonstrate growth in the use of oral language. / 2.1 The student will demonstrate an understanding of oral language structure. / 3.1 The student will use effective communication skills in group activities.
a. Listen to a variety of literary forms, including stories and poems. / a. Listen and respond to a variety of electronic media and other age-appropriate materials. / a. Create oral stories to share with others. / a. Listen attentively by making eye contact, facing the speaker, asking questions, and summarizing what is said.
b. Participate in a variety of oral language activities including choral and echo speaking and recitation of short poems, rhymes, songs, and stories with repeated word order patterns. / b. Tell and retell stories and events in logical order. / b. Create and participate in oral dramatic activities. / b. Ask and respond to questions from teachers and other group members.
c. Participate in oral generation of language experience narratives. / c. Participate in a variety of oral language activities, including choral speaking and reciting short poems, rhymes, songs, and stories with repeated patterns. / c. Use correct verb tenses in oral communication. / c. Explain what has been learned.
d. Participate in creative dramatics. / d. Participate in creative dramatics. / d. Use increasingly complex sentence structures in oral communication. / d. Use language appropriate for context.
e. Use complete sentences that include subject, verb, and object. / e. Express ideas orally in complete sentences. / e. Begin to self-correct errors in language use. / e. Increase listening and speaking vocabularies.
K.2 The student will expand understanding and use of word meanings. / 1.2 The student will expand understanding and use of word meanings. / 2.2 The student will expand understanding and use of word meanings. / 3.2 The student will present brief oral reports using visual media.
a. Increase listening and speaking vocabularies. / a. Increase listening and speaking vocabularies. / a. Increase listening and speaking vocabularies. / a. Speak clearly.
b. Use number words. / b. Begin to ask for clarification and explanation of words and ideas. / b. Use words that reflect a growing range of interests and knowledge. / b. Use appropriate volume and pitch.
c. Use words to describe/name people, places, and things. / c. Use common singular and plural nouns. / c. Clarify and explain words and ideas orally. / c. Speak at an understandable rate.
d. Use words to describe/name location, size, color, and shape. / d. Use vocabulary from other content areas. / d. Identify and use synonyms and antonyms. / d. Organize ideas sequentially or around major points of information.
e. Use words to describe/name actions. / e. Use vocabulary from other content areas. / e. Use contextually appropriate language and specific vocabulary to communicate ideas.
f. Ask about words not understood.
g. Use vocabulary from other content areas.
K.3 The student will build oral communication skills. / 1.3 The student will adapt or change oral language to fit the situation. / 2.3 The student will use oral communication skills. / 3.3 The student will apply word-analysis skills when reading.
a. Express ideas in complete sentences and express needs through direct requests. / a. Initiate conversation with peers and adults. / a. Use oral language for different purposes: to inform, to persuade, to entertain, to clarify, and to respond. / a. Use knowledge of regular and irregular vowel patterns.
b. Begin to initiate conversations. / b. Follow rules for conversation using appropriate voice level in small-group settings. / b. Share stories or information orally with an audience. / b. Decode regular multisyllabic words.
c. Begin to follow implicit rules
for conversation, including
taking turns and staying on topic. / c. Ask and respond to questions. / c. Participate as a contributor and leader in a group.
d. Listen and speak in informal conversations with peers and adults. / d. Follow simple two-step oral directions. / d. Retell information shared by others.
e. Participate in group and partner discussions about various texts and topics. / e. Give simple two-step oral directions. / e. Follow three- and four-step directions.
f. Begin to use voice level, phrasing, and intonation appropriate for various language situations. / f. Give three- and four-step directions.
g. Follow one- and two-step directions.
h. Begin to ask how and why questions.
K.4 The student will identify, say, segment, and blend various units of speech sounds. / 1.4 The student will orally identify, produce, and manipulate various units of speech sounds within words. / 2.4 The student will orally identify, produce, and manipulate various units of speech sounds within words. / 3.4 The student will expand vocabulary when reading.
a. Begin to discriminate between spoken sentences, words, and syllables. / a. Create rhyming words. / a. Count phonemes (sounds) within one-syllable words. / a. Use knowledge of homophones.
b. Identify and produce words that rhyme. / b. Count phonemes (sounds) in one-syllable words. / b. Blend sounds to make one-syllable words. / b. Use knowledge of roots, affixes, synonyms, and antonyms.
c. Blend and segment multisyllabic words at the syllable level. / c. Blend sounds to make one-syllable words. / c. Segment one-syllable words into individual speech sounds (phonemes). / c. Apply meaning clues, language structure, and phonetic strategies.
d. Segment one-syllable words into speech sound units including beginning phoneme(s) (onset) and ending (rimes). / d. Segment one-syllable words into individual speech sounds (phonemes). / d. Add or delete phonemes (sounds) to make words. / d. Use context to clarify meaning of unfamiliar words.
e. Identify words according to shared beginning and/or ending sounds. / e. Add or delete phonemes (sounds) to make new words. / e. Blend and segment multisyllabic words at the syllable level. / e. Discuss meanings of words and develop vocabulary by listening and reading a variety of texts.
f. Use vocabulary from other content areas.
g. Use word reference resources including the glossary, dictionary, and thesaurus.

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G / K.5 The student will understand how print is organized and read. / 1.5 The student will apply knowledge of how print is organized and read. / 2.5 The student will use phonetic strategies when reading and spelling. / 3.5 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional text and poetry.
a. Hold print materials in the correct position. / a. Read from left to right and from top to bottom. / a. Use knowledge of consonants, consonant blends, and consonant digraphs to decode and spell words. / a. Set a purpose for reading.
b. Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book. / b. Match spoken words with print. / b. Use knowledge of short, long, and r-controlled vowel patterns to decode and spell words. / b. Make connections between previous experiences and reading selections.
c. Distinguish between print and pictures. / c. Identify letters, words, sentences, and ending punctuation. / c. Decode regular multisyllabic words. / c. Make, confirm, or revise predictions.
d. Follow words from left to right and from top to bottom on a printed page. / d. Read his/her own writing. / d. Compare and contrast settings, characters, and events.
e. Match voice with print. (concept of word). / e. Identify the author’s purpose.
f. Ask and answer questions about what is read.
g. Draw conclusions about
text.
h. Identify the problem and solution.
i. Identify the main idea.
j. Identify supporting details.
k. Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension throughout the reading process.
l. Differentiate between fiction and nonfiction.
m. Read with fluency and
accuracy.
K.6 The student will demonstrate an understanding that print conveys meaning. / 1.6 The student will apply phonetic principles to read and spell. / 2.6 The student will use semantic clues and syntax to expand vocabulary when reading. / 3.6 The student will continue to read and demonstrate comprehension of nonfiction texts.
a. Identify common signs and logos. / a. Use beginning and ending consonants to decode and spell single-syllable words. / a. Use information in the story to read words. / a. Identify the author’s purpose.
b. Explain that printed materials provide information. / b. Use two-letter consonant blends to decode and spell single-syllable words. / b. Use knowledge of sentence structure. / b. Use prior and background knowledge as context for new learning.
c. Read and explain own writing and drawings. / c. Use beginning consonant digraphs to decode and spell single-syllable words. / c. Use knowledge of story structure and sequence. / c. Preview and use text features.
d. Read his/her name and read fifteen meaningful, concrete words. / d. Use short vowel sounds to decode and spell single-syllable words. / d. Reread and self-correct. / d. Ask and answer questions about what is read.
e. Blend beginning, middle, and ending sounds to recognize and read words. / e. Draw conclusions based on text.
f. Use word patterns to decode unfamiliar words. / f. Summarize major points found in nonfiction texts.
g. Read and spell simple two-syllable compound words. / g. Identify the main idea.
h. Read and spell commonly used sight words. / h. Identify supporting details.
i. Compare and contrast the characteristics of biographies and autobiographies.
j. Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension throughout the reading process.
k. Identify new information gained from reading.
l. Read with fluency and accuracy.
K.7 The student will develop an understanding of basic phonetic principles. / 1.7 The student will use semantic clues and syntax to expand vocabulary when reading. / 2.7 The student will expand vocabulary when reading. / 3.7 The student will demonstrate comprehension of information from a variety of print and electronic resources.
a. Identify and name the uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet. / a. Use words, phrases, and
sentences.
/ a. Use knowledge of homophones. / a. Use encyclopedias and other reference books, including online reference materials.
b. Match consonant, short vowel, and initial consonant digraph sounds to appropriate letters. / b. Use titles and pictures. / b. Use knowledge of prefixes and suffixes. / b. Use table of contents, indices, and charts.
c. Demonstrate a speech-to-print match through accurate finger-point reading in familiar text that includes words with more than one syllable. / c. Use information in the story to read words. / c. Use knowledge of antonyms and synonyms.
d. Identify beginning consonant sounds in single-syllable words. / d. Use knowledge of sentence structure. / d. Discuss meanings of words and develop vocabulary by listening and reading a variety of texts.
e. Use knowledge of story structure. / e. Use vocabulary from other content areas.
f. Reread and self-correct.
K.8 The student will expand vocabulary. / 1.8 The student will expand vocabulary. / 2.8 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts.
a. Discuss meanings of words. / a. Discuss meanings of words in
context. / a. Make and confirm predictions.
b. Develop vocabulary by listening to a variety of texts read aloud. / b. Develop vocabulary by listening to and reading a variety of texts. / b. Relate previous experiences to the main idea.
c. Ask for the meaning of unknown words and make connections to familiar words. / c. Ask and answer questions about what is read.
d. Use text clues such as words or pictures to discern meanings of unknown words. / d. Locate information to answer questions.
e. Use vocabulary from other content areas. / e. Describe characters, setting, and important events in fiction and poetry.
f. Identify the problem and solution.
g. Identify the main idea.
h. Summarize stories and events with beginning, middle, and end in the correct sequence.
i. Draw conclusions based on the text.
j. Read and reread familiar stories, poems, and passages with fluency, accuracy, and meaningful expression.
K.9 The student will demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts. / 1.9 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of fictional texts. / 2.9 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of nonfiction texts.
a.. Identify what an author does and what an illustrator does. / a. Preview the selection. / a. Preview the selection using text features.