LEARNING PROFILE
The emphasis at Rowe School is on laying the foundation for Yarmouth Core Values and Life Role Outcomes. As a member of the Rowe School community, your child is working towards being safe, kind, helpful, and polite and developing positive work habits.
Responsible Community Member
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Shows respect for others (sensitive and tolerant of others, respecting rights & property of others, good manners, works and plays well with others)
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Shows respect for school environment (materials, workspace, belongings)
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Follows rules and routines of the school (classroom, playground, and hallways)
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Exhibits self control
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Takes responsibility for own actions
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Contributes positively in a group
Self-Directed Learner
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Listens attentively to others
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Follows directions
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Works independently
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Uses time constructively
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Seeks help when necessary
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Completes work
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Shows best effort
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Expresses ideas clearly when speaking
READING
Foundational Skills
Print Concepts
Phonological Awareness
Phonics and Word Recognition
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Applies long and short vowel sounds when decoding words
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Decodes regularly spelled one and two syllable words
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Knows common consonant digraphs
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Reads grade-appropriate high-frequency words by sight
Fluency
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Reads with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension
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Reads and comprehends at mid-year grade level
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Reads and comprehends at end-of-year grade level
Literature
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Uses pictures and story details to describe setting and events
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Retells stories, including key details, and understands central message
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Uses key details to describe characters, settings, and major events in a story
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Uses key ideas and details to ask/answer questions
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Identify words and phrases that suggest feelings or appeals to the senses
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Explains differences between types of texts (e.g., fiction, nonfiction, poetry)
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Compares/contrasts adventures of characters in stories
Informational Text
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Asks/answers questions about key details
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Identifies the main topic and retells key details
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Ask and answer questions to understand unknown words
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Knows and uses text features (e.g., table of contents, headings, pictures)
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Compares/contrasts two texts on the same topic
WRITING
Narrative Writing
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Writes across three or more pages
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Puts the events in order using words such as and, then, so
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Writes an ending that provides some sense of closure
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Includes details in pictures and words
Opinion/Persuasive Writing
Information Writing
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Names a topic and supplies facts
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Writes an ending that provides some sense of closure
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With support, gathers information and uses labels/words to answer questions
Language Conventions
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Spells grade level high-frequency words
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Uses end punctuation for sentences
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Uses commas in dates and lists
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Capitalizes sentences, dates, names, and the pronoun “I”
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Writes legibly and efficiently
Revising and Editing
- With support, adds details to strengthen writing as needed
MATHEMATICS
The following goals are at the core of our Grade 1 curriculum. Please note that these are important goals, but they are not the only concepts to which students will be exposed at this grade level. Students will have a rich curriculum, and their experiences in math will introduce them to many new concepts that will deepen over time.
Operations and Algebraic Thinking - Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction
- Understand and apply properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction
- Add and subtract within 20
- Work with addition and subtraction equations
Number and Operations in Base Ten - Extend the counting sequence
- Understand place value
- Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract
Measurement and Data - Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units
- Tell and write time
- Represent and interpret data
Geometry - Reason with shapes and their attributes
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