Skill Deficits Across All Grades

 

Skill Deficits Across All Grades (circa 2003)

Alphabetization

• Grade 1: Alphabetizing words beginning with the same letter is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary and Hillsboro Elementary.

Computation

• Grade 1: Computation skills are a deficit at Hillsboro Elementary.
• Grade 2: Subtraction computation is a deficit at Hillsboro Elementary.
• Grade 3:
  • Adding decimals in context is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary and Hillsboro Elementary.
  • Subtracting decimals with regrouping in context is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary and Hillsboro Elementary.
• Grade 4:
  • Adding decimals in context is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.
  • Subtracting decimals in context is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.
• Grade 5: Multiplying decimals is a deficit at Marlinton Middle School.
• Grade 6:
  • Identifying the place value of a digit in a decimal is a deficit at Marlinton Middle School.
  • Identifying equivalent fractions is a deficit at Marlinton Middle School.

Completing Patterns

• Grade 3: Completing number patterns is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.
• Grade 6: Identifying the output of functions (number machines) and identifying missing elements in numeric patterns are deficits at Marlinton Middle School.

Comprehension

• Grade 6: Comprehension is a deficit at Marlinton Middle School.

Determining Outcomes

• Grade 3: Making predictions from a sampling is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.
• Grade 5: Predicting outcomes is a deficit at Hillsboro Elementary.

Estimating

• Grade 1: Estimating length with nonstandard measures is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.
• Grade 3:
  • Estimating length using customary units is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.
  • Estimating length using metric units is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.
• Grade 4:
  • Comparing lengths is a deficit at Hillsboro Elementary and Marlinton Elementary.
  • Estimating temperatures is a deficit at Marlinton Elementary.
• Grade 7:
  • Using estimation in operations with percents is a deficit at Marlinton Middle School.
  • Using estimation in problems with whole numbers, using compatible numbers is a deficit at Marlinton Middle School.

Identifying Arithmetic Operations

• Grade 3: Identifying the arithmetic operations is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.

Identifying Components of Geometric Figures

• Grade 2: Identifying components of figures is a deficit at Hillsboro Elementary.
• Grade 4: Identifying components of geometric figures (sides) is a deficit at Marlinton Elementary.

Identifying Equivalent Amounts of Money

• Grade 1: Identifying equivalent amounts of money is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.

Identifying Expanded Notation

• Grade 1: Identifying expanded notation is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.

Identifying Fractions

• Grade 2: Identifying fractions is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.
• Grade 6: Identifying equivalent fractions and alternative representations of a fraction or mixed number are deficits at Marlinton Middle School.

Identifying Geometric Shapes

• Grade 1: Identifying models divided into equal parts is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.
• Grade 4: Identifying plane figures is a deficit at Marlinton Elementary.
• Grade 7:
  • Classifying angles is a deficit at Marlinton Middle School.
  • Classifying polyhedrons is a deficit at Marlinton Middle School.

Identifying Missing Information

• Grade 3: Identifying missing information is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.
• Grade 4: Identifying missing information is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.

Identifying Numbers

• Grade 1: Identifying numbers to 999 is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary and Hillsboro Elementary.
• Grade 2: Identifying numbers to 1000 is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.

Identifying Place Value

• Grade 2: Identifying place value is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.
• Grade 3: Finding the place value of a digit is a deficit at Hillsboro Elementary.
• Grade 4: Identifying the place value of a digit in a decimal fraction is a deficit at Marlinton Elementary.
• Grade 6: Identifying the place value of a digit in a decimal is a deficit at Marlinton Middle School.
• Grade 7: Identifying the place value of a digit in a decimal is a deficit at Marlinton Middle School.
• Grade 8: Identifying the place value of a digit in a decimal is a deficit at Marlinton Middle School.

Identifying the Value of Coins

• Grade 1: Identifying the value of coins is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.

Letter Parts

• Grade 2: Letter parts is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.

Listening

• Grade 1: Listening is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.

Making Change

• Grade 3: Making change is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.

Measuring Length

• Grade 1: Measuring length is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary and Hillsboro Elementary.

Proper and Common Nouns

• Grade 1: Proper and common nouns are a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.

Pronoun Case

• Grade 3: Pronoun case is a deficit at Hillsboro Elementary.

Punctuation

• Grade 1:
  • Using a period with a declarative sentence is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.
  • Using a question mark with an interrogative sentence is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary and Hillsboro Elementary.
  • Using an exclamation point with an exclamatory sentence is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary and Hillsboro Elementary.

Reading Comprehension: Functional

• Grade 3:
  • Making inferences is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary and Hillsboro Elementary.
  • Sequencing is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.

Reading Comprehension: Recreational

• Grade 3: Sequencing is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.

Reading Time

• Grade 1: Reading time is a deficit at Hillsboro Elementary.

Reading and Interpreting Tables

• Grade 1: Reading and interpreting tables is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.

Recognizing the Identity Element

• Grade 2: Recognizing the identity element is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.

Sentence Structure

• Grade 1: Correctly formed sentences are a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.

Skip Counting

• Grade 2: Skip counting is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.

Subject-Verb Agreement

• Grade 1: Subject/verb agreement in a simple sentence is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.
• Grade 3: Subject-verb agreement is a deficit at Hillsboro Elementary.

Using the Past Tense

• Grade 1: Using the past tense is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.

Verb Formation

• Grade 1: Verb formation is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.

Word Reading

• Grade 1: Identifying the initial digraph sound is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.

Word Study Skills

• Grade 2: Identifying the initial consonant sound is a deficit at Green Bank Elementary.

This comprehensive list highlights the various skill deficits observed across different grade levels. It's important to note that this list only includes those skills specifically mentioned as deficits in the sources. There may be other skills assessed that are not included here. Additionally, the specific skills assessed and the degree of deficit may vary between schools and individual students.