Parent Friendly ELA Standards
1. Reading Literature (Stories, Poems, etc.)
Ask and answer questions about key details.
Recount stories and determine the central message or lesson.
Describe how characters respond to events and challenges.
Understand the structure of a story (beginning, middle, end).
Acknowledge differences in points of view (e.g., narrator vs. characters).
2. Reading Informational Text (Nonfiction)
Identify the main topic and key details.
Understand connections between events, ideas, or concepts.
Know and use text features (headings, bold print, captions).
Compare and contrast two texts on the same topic.
3. Foundational Skills (Phonics and Fluency)
Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills (e.g., decoding words).
Read grade-level text fluently and with understanding.
Write opinion pieces (with reasons and conclusion).
Write informative/explanatory texts (with facts and closure).
Write narratives (using events in order and adding details).
Focus on strengthening writing through planning, revising, and editing.
Use digital tools to produce and publish writing.
Participate in conversations and discussions.
Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says.
Tell a story or describe experiences with clear details.
Use complete sentences when appropriate.
Use correct grammar (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs).
Capitalize proper nouns and use punctuation correctly.
Spell words using spelling patterns and rules.
Determine meaning of unknown words using context clues, prefixes/suffixes, and dictionaries.
Parent Friendly Math Standards
Solve addition and subtraction word problems up to 100, including one‑ and two‑step problems with missing numbers, using drawings and equations.
Add and subtract within 20 fluently, using mental strategies—and by the end of grade 2, know all sums of one‑digit numbers and related subtraction facts by memory.
Understand even and odd numbers up to 20 (e.g., by pairing or counting by twos) and express even numbers as two equal addends.
Use simple arrays to find totals and write repeated addition (e.g., 3 + 3 + 3 for a 3×3 array).
Understand place value in numbers up to 1,000—knowing that each digit represents hundreds, tens, and ones; recognize that 100 = 10 tens.
Count within 1,000 and skip‑count by 5s, 10s, and 100s, spotting patterns starting from any number.
Read and write numbers to 1,000 in digits, words, and expanded form (e.g., 347 = 300 + 40 + 7).
Compare three‑digit numbers using >, =, and < with understanding of place value.
Add and subtract within 100, using place value understanding and strategies (rather than just memorizing), including regrouping.
Add and subtract within 1,000, using models or drawings and place value strategies; understand how to decompose and compose hundreds, tens, and ones.
Mentally add or subtract 10 or 100 to/from any number between 100 and 900.
Explain why their strategies work, using place value and properties of operations.
Measure lengths accurately, selecting between tools like rulers (inches or centimeters), meter sticks, and tapes.
Measure the same object using different units, and explain how the measurements relate.
Compare length differences (e.g., “How much longer is A than B?”) using standard units.
Use addition or subtraction within 100 to solve word problems about lengths using equations and drawings (like a ruler).
Use number lines to represent whole numbers, and to show addition or subtraction within 100.
Tell and write time to the nearest 5 minutes (analog and digital), and understand time relationships (seconds in a minute, days in a week/month/year).
Solve money problems with coins and bills up to $10, using $ and ¢ correctly.
Create and interpret data graphs:
Line plots (dot plots) for measurements using whole units.
Picture graphs and bar graphs with up to four categories; use them to solve simple comparisons.
Recognize and draw shapes by attributes like number of angles or faces—including triangles, squares, rectangles, rhombuses, trapezoids, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes
Partition a rectangle into rows and columns of equal squares to count them (an introduction to area).
Divide circles and rectangles into equal parts (halves, thirds, fourths), and describe these parts using proper terminology—understanding that equal parts can look different.
Parent Friendly Social Studies Standards
Learn about maps and globes — how to read them and use simple symbols, directions (like north and south), and keys.
Identify the seven continents and five oceans.
Understand that people live in different places with different landforms, climates, and natural resources.
Learn about where they live (town, state, country) and how it fits into the larger world.
Explore what it means to live in a community and how people work together.
Understand that communities can be urban, suburban, or rural, and learn what makes them different.
Discover how communities can change over time.
Learn about important historical figures, holidays, and events — both local and national (like Martin Luther King Jr., George Washington, Independence Day).
Understand how life long ago is different from today.
Talk about timelines and how to place events in order.
Government & Civics
Learn about rules and laws, and why we need them.
Understand the roles of community helpers and leaders (like police, firefighters, the mayor, and president).
Begin to learn about the rights and responsibilities of being a good citizen (e.g., voting, helping others, following rules).
Learn about needs vs. wants.
Understand the basics of buying, selling, saving, and trading.
Talk about different kinds of jobs and why people work.
Begin to understand the concept of goods and services.
Appreciate that people in other parts of the world may live differently but share many similarities.
Begin to understand the value of respecting other cultures and traditions.