Title 1 I Can Statements First Quarter

First Grade

1.   I CAN identify my first quarter fry words.

*This means I can correctly read all 25 fry words by the end of the first quarter.

+secure     √developing      -needs improvement

2.   I CAN identify beginning and ending sounds in words.

*This means I can sound out words.

+secure      √developing     -needs improvement

3.   I CAN create word families.

*This means I can change the letter in a word to make a new rhyming word.

+secure      √developing     -needs improvement

4.   I CAN recognize story elements, using a graphic organizer.

*This means I can write the characters, setting, problem and solution from a story that I have read.

+secure      √developing     -needs improvement

5.   I CAN identify short vowel sounds.

*This means I can read words with short vowel sounds in my emergent reading series.

+secure       √developing     -needs improvement

Second Grade

1.   I CAN identify my first quarter fry words.

*This means I can correctly read all 25 fry words by the end of the first quarter.

+secure     √developing      -needs improvement

2.   I CAN identify beginning, middle, and ending sounds in words.

*This means I can blend sounds to figure out unknown words.

+secure      √developing     -needs improvement

3.   I CAN identify rhyming words.

*This means I can read poems and rhymes with ease and fluency.

+secure      √developing     -needs improvement

4.   I CAN recognize story elements, using a graphic organizer.

*This means I can write the characters, setting, problem and solution from a story that I have read.

+secure      √developing     -needs improvement

5.   I CAN identify long and short vowel sounds.

*This means I can read words with long and short vowel sounds in my reading series.

+secure       √developing     -needs improvement

Third Grade

I can summarize, compare and contrast information between stories and other subject areas.

I can draw conclusions from information in a book.

I can show that I understand the meaning of a story.

I will accomplish this by...

    recalling main ideas and some supporting details in a nonfiction book.

    answering evaluative questions both orally and in writing.

    completing graphic organizers that support sequencing, comparing/contrasting information.

Fourth Grade

I can make predictions while reading.

I can ask and respond to questions about a text.

I can put the main events of a story in the correct order.

I can summarize what I read.

I can identify the main ideas of a story and the supporting details.

I will accomplish this by:

    Predicting and supporting my predictions with details from the text.

    Answering evaluative questions both orally and in writing.

    Completing graphic organizers that support sequencing the main events of a story.

    Recalling main ideas and supporting details of a story.

Fifth Grade

I can identify the main ideas of a nonfiction text and the supporting details.

I can ask and respond to questions about a text.

I can describe the characters, settings, problems and solution.

I can summarize what I read.

I can put events from a text in the correct order.

I can make inferences while reading.

I willl accomplish this by:

    Recalling main ideas and supporting details of a story.

    Answering evaluative questions both orally and in writing.

    Selecting, using and creating graphic organizers that support finding characters,

    settings, problem and solution.

    Summarizing important information from the text orally and in writing.

    Completing graphic organizers that support sequencing the main events of a story.

    Inferring and supporting my inferences with details form the text.