GRADE
Your Child’s Progress
Learning standards for the 2015–16 school year
Washington has K–12 learning standards that define the knowledge and skills every student
needs to be ready for career, college, and life when they complete high school.
Below are brief examples of Washington’s key learning goals for 1st grade.
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Washington State
Learning Goals
The Washington State Legislature
has established four learning goals
to provide the foundation for the
development of all academic learning
standards in the state:
1.
Read with comprehension, write
effectively, and communicate
successfully in a variety of ways
and settings and with a variety
of audiences;
2.
Know and apply the core
concepts and principles of
mathematics; social, physical, and
life sciences; civics and history,
including different cultures and
participation in representative
government; geography; arts;
and health and fitness;
3.
Think analytically, logically,
and creatively, and to integrate
technology literacy and fluency
as well as different experiences
and knowledge to form reasoned
judgments and solve problems; and
4.
Understand the importance
of work and finance and how
performance, effort, and decisions
directly affect future career and
educational opportunities.
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The Arts. Develop focus and
concentration; explore pitch and
melody; understand story structure;
explore art materials and techniques.
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Educational Technology. Explore
websites as a class with pictures of
animals, foods, and colors to reinforce
vocabulary.
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English Language Arts (ELA). Read
and understand grade-level texts
for fun and information; write for a
different purposes and audiences.
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Health and Fitness. Learn about
fitness and basic structures and
functions of body systems, develop
social skills, refine locomotor and
manipulative skills.
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Math. Work with whole numbers
and place value, including grouping
numbers into tens and ones; add and
subtract through 20.
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Science. Learn about sound and light,
plants, animals, and objects in the sky.
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Social Studies. Explore the ways
families live and work together,
using ideas from civics, economics,
geography, and history.
Washington also has learning standards in Integrated Environment and Sustainability,
World Languages, Career and Technical Education (frameworks and industry standards for
middle and high school), English Language Proficiency (in ELA, math and science), as well as
guidelines for HIV & Sexual Health and Early Learning (birth–3rd grade) that complement a
well-rounded education for all students.
Special education: Students who receive services have accommodations, modifications, and
supports identified in their individual education plans.
English language learners: Students who are learning to speak English have language
proficiency standards that help teachers plan instruction across subjects that is appropriate to
each student’s level of language development.
August 2015, Publication No. 15-0036
Office of Superintendent
of Public Instruction
www.k12.wa.us