Parent Resources
Kindergarten Family Guide
*By the end of Kindergarten, students should master the following skills:
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
- Know all letters and letter sounds
- Print all letter correctly and neatly
- Identify and produce rhyming words
- Segment (break apart) sounds in words
- Identify beginning, ending, and middle sounds
- Read and spell words with introduced letter sounds
- Answer questions to show understanding of a story
- Name characters, setting, and major events of a story
- Use drawings, dictating, or writing to explain ideas
- Write a sentence with a capital letter & punctuation
MATH
- Count to 100 by 1s, 5s, and 10s
- Recognize numbers 0-20
- Count and write a number to represent a set (0-20)
- Know all addition and subtraction facts 0-10
- Solve word problems
- Understand the relationship between addition and subtraction
- Recognize value of coins (penny, nickel, dime, quarter)
- Identify flat and 3D shapes
SCIENCE
- Observe different materials (wood, plastic, metal, cloth, and paper)
- Understand different states of matter (solid & liquid)
- Recognize differences in living and nonliving objects
- Experiment with the five senses
- Observe and describe how young plants and animals resemble their parents
- Analyze and interpret weather data
- Identifying patterns in the seasons
- Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans and their local environment
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Explore different traditions, customs, and cultures within our families, school, and community
- Identify basic wants and needs
- Explain basic human needs
- Recognize different types of jobs
- Know my address, city/town, and state
- Understand foundation of good citizenship
- Understand chronological order
- Identify days of the week and months of the year
1st Grade Family Guide
*By the end of 1st grade, students should master the following skills:
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
- Read 53 words per minute with 95% accuracy
- Read and spell words with introduced skills
- Answer questions to show understanding of a text
- Retell stories, including details
- Use text features to support understanding
- Identify similarities/differences between two or more texts
- Write legibly and prints all upper and lowercase letters correctly
- Write an organized response on a topic
MATH
- Know all addition and subtraction facts 0-20
- Solve word problems
- Understand the relationship between addition and subtraction
- Count, read, and write numbers to 120
- Know that the digits of a 2-digit number represent tens and ones
- Partition shapes into halves and fourths
- Tell and write time to the hour & half hour
- Organize, represent, and interpret data
SCIENCE
- Describe how light makes objects visible and how different materials effect the beam of light
- Recognize plant parts and their functions, illustrate the life cycle of a plant, and recognize how plants depend on their surroundings to survive
- Observe and model patterns of the sun, moon, and stars; and analyze patterns between sunrise, sunset, and the change of seasons
- Solve scientific problems and use appropriate tools to ask question, observe, and gather information
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Discuss cultures within our community and state and how we all work together
- Give examples of goods and services
- Describe the difference of basic needs and wants
- Recognize basic map symbols, cardinal directions, landforms
- Develop citizenship skills
- Compare ideas and events from the past, present, and future
2nd Grade Family Guide
*By the end of 2nd grade, students should master the following skills:
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
- Read 98 words per minute with 95% accuracy
- Read and spell words with introduced skills
- Answer questions to show understanding of a text
- Retell stories, including details
- Use text features to support understanding
- Identify similarities/differences between two or more texts/ideas
- Identify main idea or central message of a text
- Understand author’s purpose for writing
- Write an organized response on a topic
MATH
- Know all addition and subtraction facts 0-30
- Solve word problems involving numbers w/in 100
- Understand the relationship between addition and subtraction
- Count, read, and write numbers to 1,000
- Know that the digits of a 3-digit number represent hundreds, tens, and ones
- Partition shapes into halves, fourths, and thirds
- Tell and write time to the hour, half hour, quarter hour
- Organize, represent, and interpret data
SCIENCE
- Analyze the effects of push and pull on an object
- Demonstrate light and sound travel in waves and can send signals over a distance
- Understand animal adaptations and how they help an animal survive
- Explain how living things have traits inherited from parents
- Observe the effects of erosion
- Solve scientific problems and use appropriate tools to ask question, observe, and gather information
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Explore collaboration and respect for others; develop understanding of various cultures
- Analyze differences between producers and consumers, supply and demand, imports and exports, and why budgets are important
- Compare maps and globes, and explore features of the U.S. and the World
- Develop an understanding of citizenship
- Analyze significant individuals and observances
- Analyze and interpret timelines
3rd Grade Family Guide
*By the end of 3rd grade, students should master the following skills:
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
- Read 124 words per minute with 95% accuracy
- Answer questions to show understanding of text and use specific details to support answers
- Determine meaning of unknown or multiple-meaning words and phrases
- Explain the theme or main idea of a story
- Write an organized 4-5 sentence paragraph
MATH
- Know all multiplication and division facts
- Solve two-step word problems
- Add and subtract within 1,000 using two 3 digit numbers
- Understand the parts of a fraction; numerator and denominator
- Create equivalent fractions; compare fractions using greater than or less than
- Tell and write time to the nearest minute
SCIENCE
- Describe the physical properties of matter such as color, texture, shape, length, temperature, volume, and flexibility
- Explain how habitat destruction, pollution, invasive species, and overuse of shared resources can change an environment
- Categorize the eight planets in the solar system according to their physical properties
- Understand how precipitation, temperature, and wind determine weather and climate
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Locate the major continents and oceans using maps and globes
- Locate major physical features of the world, United States, and Tennessee
- Locate the 50 states of the United States on a map
- Learn about natural resources, goods, and services in relation to Tennessee’s economy
4th Grade Family Guide
*By the end of 4th grade, students should master the following skills:
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
- Read 135 words per minute with 95% accuracy
- Answer questions to show understanding of a text and use specific details to support answers; determine the summary of a text
- Determine meaning of unknown or multiple-meaning words and phrases
- Explain the theme or main idea of a story
- Write an organized 4-5 paragraph essay
MATH
- Know all multiplication and division facts
- Solve word problems with multiple steps
- Multiply problems such as 2,345 x 8 and 59 x 22
- Divide a 4 digit number by a 1 digit number
- Create equivalent fractions; compare fractions with different numerators and denominators
SCIENCE
- Understand and explain the process of plant photosynthesis
- Model and explain how landforms change due to water, ice, wind, and transportation
- Understand all moving objects have energy and motion
- Explain the difference between stored energy (potential) and energy of motion (kinetic)
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Explain the causes and key events of the American Revolution
- Describe the events leading up to and the ideas included in the Constitution
- Explore the events that led to the Civil War
- Explain the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address
5th Grade Family Guide
*By the end of 5th grade, students should master the following skills:
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
- Read 154 words per minute with 95% accuracy
- Answer questions to show understanding of a text and use specific details to support answers
- Determine meaning of unknown or multiple-meaning words and phrases
- Explain the theme or main idea of a story
- Write an organized 4-5 sentence paragraph
MATH
- Multiplication and division facts up to 12x12
- Divide problems such as 5,678 72
- Multiply problems such as 3,418 x 159
- Understand order of operations
- Add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions and numbers with decimals
- Determine the area and volume of figures
SCIENCE
- Understand that the Earth rotates, revolves, and tilts which causes changes in day-length and seasons
- Evaluate balanced and unbalanced forces based on the speed and direction of objects
- Explain the phase changes of a solid, liquid, and gas
- Read, gather evidence, and analyze data in tables, charts, and graphs
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Analyze Tennessee history before and after the Civil War
- Explain the key shifts in the United States after the Civil War
- Analyze the United States involvement during World War I and World War II
- Examine important events in Tennessee during the 20th century
- Compare and contrast Tennessee’s three grand divisions
Use of Name/Likeness Policy
Students in Rutherford County Schools often achieve amazing goals, produce fantastic work, and share their talents while at school. From time to time, pictures and videos may be taken of students by Rutherford County Schools for the purpose of showing off their work, awards, and achievements. Student art and creations may be displayed for the enjoyment of others. Examples could include, but are not limited to, Honor Roll being run in the paper, Student of the Month announcements, athletic achievement, and general district news.
You may opt out of having your child’s schoolwork to be displayed at the school or on school/district websites and online pages as well as your child's name and likeness to be released to the press, to be displayed at the school and/or placed on the school/district's website and online pages in relation to school activities, and in the school yearbook. If you would like to opt out, this form is in the Student Data Verification in the Skyward Family Access portal.
You may opt out of having your child’s schoolwork to be displayed at the school or on school/district websites and online pages as well as your child's name and likeness to be released to the press, to be displayed at the school and/or placed on the school/district's website and online pages in relation to school activities, and in the school yearbook. If you would like to opt out, this form is in the Student Data Verification in the Skyward Family Access portal.
Universal Behavior Screening Information
Universal Behavior Screening
The universal behavior screening tool, called the SRSS - IE (Student Risk Screening Scale - Internalizing and Externalizing) is a checklist completed by a classroom teacher two to three times per year. Students are not directly involved in the screening process. The screener is used by schools to determine overall behavior strengths and needs in the school. Results may also be used in conjunction with other data to identify potential supports for students, such as mentoring, social skills groups, study skills, or other instructional supports to help them engage positively in learning. You will be notified by the school if your child is provided with additional supports. Please contact your child’s school if you have any questions regarding this screening. You may opt out of including your child in this screening by completing the Student Data Verification in the Skyward Family Access Portal.