Grade Level Achievement Targets

Grade Level Achievement Targets are what students should know, understand, or be able to do at the end of the grade level. They are the basic foundation for the next grade level and contribute to the achievement of Bridgeport's Learning Goals and Essential Academic Learning Requirements (italicized below), the standards set by the State of Washington. Students are tested on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning's (WASL) at grades 4, 7, and 10 to determine their progress on meeting these standards.

First Grade Communication

1. The student uses listening and observation skills to gain understanding.

*Pays attention while others are talking
*Pays attention to oral stories, instructions, reports, assemblies, and daily announcements

First Grade Reading

1. The student understands and uses different skills and strategies to read.

*Knows all letter names and sounds
*Identifies letter blends or chunks (examples. th, sh, oo, ar, ing)
*Sounds out unknown words smoothly without stopping between sounds

2. The student understands the meaning of what is read.

*Self-corrects if reading does not make sense

3. The student reads different materials for a variety of purposes.

*Reads and follows directions

4. The student sets goals and evaluates progress to improve reading.

*Reads independently for 10-15 minutes

Examples:
Below is a sample of what a first grade student reads at the end of first grade.

Before there were cars and trains, people had to walk everywhere. They would watch the birds and dream of flying. Sometimes they would tell a story about flying.

First Grade Writing

1. The student writes clearly and effectively using traits of quality writing.

*Writes 3 sentences focusing on one topic
*Writes unknown words using all consonants and same vowels
*Begins to use capital letters and periods appropriately

Examples:
Below is a writing sample of what a first grade student is writing at the end of first grade. The passage is written exactly as a first grade student might write it.

I hav a fune dog he runs into me and my mom. I rele like hem. He is blac and bron I like hem a lot.

(Interpretation: I have a funny dog. He runs into me and my mom. I really like him. He is black and brown. I like him a lot.)

First Grade Mathematics

1. Content Targets

*Counts to 100 by 1s, 5s, and 10s
*Reads and writes numbers to 100
*Counts backwards from 20
*Understands "greater than", "less than", and "equal to"
*Knows addition facts to 10 without manipulatives; solves problems to 18 using manipulatives
*Solves subtraction problems to 18 using strategies or manipulatives
*Identifies name and value of penny, nickel, dime, and quarter
*Counts combinations of coins:

-dimes and pennies
-nickels and pennies

*Tells time to the hour and half-hour
*Recognizes and uses patterns
*Names and draws shapes
*Estimates and measures length using measuring tools (paper clips, strings, cubes, and rulers)

2. Process Targets

*Uses a variety of strategies and approaches to solve problems
*Solves simple math problems using addition, subtraction, or patterns

Examples:
Below are a few sample math problems that a first grade student is expected to do.

8	9	8	10	12	15
+3	+6	+8	-4	-6	-7
1) Karl has 6 stuffed toys. His sister Kate has 12. How many toys in all?
2) Shelly has 8 cartons of milk. She drank 3 of them. How many does she have left?

Updated November 2007
Bridgeport School District
Bridgeport, Washington