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“I Can” Common Core Standards K – 6

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I Can Statements Common Core FREE from The Curriculum Corner – complete collection for K-8

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As more schools are requiring their teachers to post daily objectives, these statements have become more and more popular. Even if you do not teach in a state that has adopted Common Core, we hope that these I Can statements can become a base for creating your own to match your state standards for your own classroom.

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We suggest starting here to find all of our I Can Common Core Statements resources. This link contains the most complete collection of resources which we always keep up to date. Everything I Can for K – 8

Here we have connected all of the links for our “I Can” standards.  We hope this makes it easier to find what you need!

UPDATED Kindergarten I Can Statements

UPDATED First Grade I Can Resources 

UPDATED Second Grade I Can Statements

UPDATED Third Grade I Can Statements

UPDATED Fourth Grade I Can Statements

UPDATED Fifth Grade I Can Statements

UPDATED Sixth Grade I Can Statements

Seventh & Eight Grade I Can Statements

 

 

 

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  1. Will the information for 6th grade ever be published? This is a great site but I teach 6th grade. I would love to have access to that information.

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      • Love your “I Can…” posters. I teach 5/6 multi-age, so I am excited to see the 6th grade resources. Can idea when it will be up and running?

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        • Working on them today, Whitney and planning to have the Language Arts “I Can” for sixth grade done at the end of our day (hopefully!!!). Will continue to work on these and get them done by the end of July. They are pretty time-consuming, but worth it!

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    • Sorry, Shannon – as of right now, we don’t have any plans to create the I Can checklists for high school. Our knowledge is in the elementary grades, we don’t feel like we are qualified to create the checklists for high school.

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    • Shannon,
      I am also searching for 9-12th grade “kid-friendly” common core standards. I just want my students to be able to understand what I’m asking for in an easy to read format. Maybe it’s time to create out own? Let me know if you find something that fits our needs. THanks so much!

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  3. Can you tell me what state you are based out of? I know that states are unpacking the CCSS differently, so I am just curious.

    Thanks!

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  4. A colleague of mine just shared this with me. Wow! I really appreciate your time and willingness to share these. You have just made my work on standards based report cards so much easier. Thank you!

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    • I agree! Jill and Cathy, I also appreciate your hard work and the time you put into creating these for so many grade levels. And it’s free- really??!! That is wonderfully kind of you and it speaks volumes about the type of people and teachers that you are. 🙂

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  5. Thanks for sharing this!I teach in Surrey, British Columbia and I have been working on putting our prescribed learning outcomes into “I Can” statements so that my class can do more self assessment. I first heard of this from my daughter who spent a year teaching in England. I plan to spend some time over the summer putting our PLOs (which are like your common core standards into kid friendly language. this has sure helped!

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    • Hi Sarah,
      I am a teacher in British Columbia as well and have just secured my first continuing position after my maternity leave. I too am working on putting together “I Can” statements for my Grade 2/3 class and was wondering if you are teaching either one of these grades if you would be willing to share what you have for the Canadian PLO’s?

      Thank you Jill & Cathy for this wonderful resource!! It will definitely make it easier to create ones for the B.C learning outcomes!

      Happy Teaching!
      Michelle

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  8. Thank you so much!! I have been looking for something like this for quite some time…this is perfect.

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  9. Thank you for these resources! You saved us a lot of time!
    Are you going to have the sixth grade I can posters done? Our Elementary School goes up to sixth grade.

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  10. Thank you so much for making this so easy. Thank you also for making this free. I appreciate the time you spent doing this.

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  12. I love your “I Can” statements. I am in Alabama. Our state added some additional standards. Do you have addendums with the additional standards? Thanks for sharing!

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  13. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this! I am a first year teacher and this is SO helpful to me! Thanks for making this available to all of us!

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  14. I am looking for “I can” for ELD 3rd and 4th grade students any idea where I might find them?

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    • Hi Christina! We aren’t familiar with ELD, but if you are talking about Spanish speaking students (ELL or ESL in our schools), then we have a friend/translator working on them now. We don’t know what her time frame is at this point because she works full time, but keep checking back!

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  16. Thank you so much for making life so much easier. The both of you are so creative and just awesome!! Hats off to y’all.

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  17. Thank you for organizing and typing out the “I Can” Statements. I appreciate your hard work. It definitely makes my workload easier.

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  20. Love this! In the past I made booklets of our state standards for parents. This is so much more reader friendly and appealing. Thank you very much! I plan to not only use this for students, but also give to parents at either our Open House for the first Parent/Teacher Conferences.

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  21. HI there,
    Theses look great. Will you have anything for 7th and 8th grades? Our school has Preschool through 8th grade. Please let me know.
    Thanks Joni

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    • Hi Joni and thanks for you comment. Unfortunately we have no current plans to create “I Can” statements for 7th and 8th grades. We do have the checklists for those grades, but our resources, as of now, only go up to 6th grade since we are elementary teachers. Good luck finding something! (And you never know…we MAY be able to do these someday! Never say never!)

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    • We have spoken to someone who is willing to do this for us, but she just started a new job, so we are unsure of her time frame. Hopefully we can have K-3 done before Christmas! Keep checking back! So sorry!

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      • You are amazing! I use the I can’s with my parents, my students, as student data trackers. At a parent meeting last year one of my parents asked if they can be available in Spanish, so I am SUPER excited you are doing so! THANK YOU FOR AN AWESOME RESOURCE!

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    • Hi, Hilary! 6th grade is as high as we will go. As we are both elementary teachers, we don’t feel qualified to go any higher.

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  24. This resource is amazing for classroom teachers! I teach elementary Physical Education and would LOVE a resource like this. Does anyone know if one exists?

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    • Hi Kelly! They are coming! Our translator is working on the rest of the elementary grades for us. She has first grade done and will move to 2nd and kindergarten next!

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  28. Thank you so much for posting these and sharing! Would you consider creating something similar for Science? I know all states may not be using the same standards, but I love the student-friendly standards! Thanks again!

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    • Hi Angela! We are hoping to use the Next Generation Science Standards to create some of these kid-friendly statements. Not sure when we will get to that task, but hopefully before the end of this school year! So much to do…so little time!

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  30. Hello there,

    I swear I saw somewhere on your site that there is a spanish version of the info you provide…but then on your blog, it looks like the translation is not done yet. Was I dreaming, or have you translated part of your resources somewhere? You have done some awesome work here!!

    Thanks,
    Christina

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    • Hi Christina! No you aren’t dreaming. We had some I Can standards translated and posted for kindergarten and first grade, but then we were informed there were some mistakes in the translation. We have someone working on them and will get them posted as soon as we can. We also are working on getting more of our resources translated, but that may take some time. Trying to keep up with everything on the site and teaching at the same time has been a struggle!

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  33. Hi Jill and Cathy,
    I love your website and resources…you are an amazing team and friend to all educators to be so generous with your sharing.
    I want to clarify that I can reproduce or share the pdf of your “I can” grade level resources with teachers in my school district here in Huntington Beach, CA. We have been looking for this type of resource to help us all (teachers, parents and most importantly, students) learn and better understand Common Core learning goals.
    Thank you for your consideration,
    Jennifer Shepard

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    • Hi, Jennifer! You are always welcome to share our resources with your staff and families. We are in the process of updating our I Can Statements to match the newest standards. These will be complete by the end of July. Thank you for sharing!

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  34. This is awesome! What a service you are doing for us out of the goodness of your heart! I will be teaching at an alternative school next year; grades K-5 at this moment in time….I don’t know how doing this is going to work out..But at least having the core in child friendly language is going to help tremendously. Thank you!

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  35. Hi there! I love your new kid friendly standards posters! Wondering if you still had a link for your checklist version for first grade as well.

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    • Hi Wendy! We have a middle school colleague working on I Cans for 7th and 8th grade. Since we are both elementary teachers we didn’t feel qualified to go above 6th grade in writing I Cans. Our colleague is 8 months pregnant right now, but is doing her best to get them done. We will have updated 7th and 8th grade checklists, but it may be a few months before those come out. As of right now, we have no plans to create high school resources. Sorry!

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  38. I am a new teacher so I wanted to ask you if these “I can’s” common core standards work for every state? I live in CO. They are “common” so they would work for me here, right? (Sorry if this is a sill question, I just need to be sure) Thanks for the help!

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    • Hi Jasmine! Our “I Can” statements were derived from the standards found at http://www.corestandards.org. As long as your state has not opted out of the Common Core (or has made additions) then our “I Can” statements should fit. You will need to check with your state’s DOE to find out. Thanks!

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  42. Hi!
    I teach 3-5 ESE self-contained kiddos. I found the poster for 2nd grade, but am not able to find 3-5. Are they available and can you help me locate them, if they are? Thanks! Love your site 🙂

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    • Hi Kathy! Thanks! You will find the 4th and 5th grade resources on our 456 site. If you type what you are looking for into our search bar (top right of our site), that might help in the future with resources you are looking for on any of our sites.

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  43. These are awesome for our teachers who are being asked by administrators to post them on their classroom wall.

    Do you all have them for Science and Social Studies?

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    • Sorry, Jill. There is not currently a set of national standards that we could use to create these for science and social studies. 🙁

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  1. […] Curriculum standards can be hard for adults to understand let alone students and parents.  The Curriculum Corner has an excellent solution.  They have created posters for grades K-5 that explain the standards in student friendly language.  Each poster is presented as a checklist so students can use it to see how they are doing and teachers can use it to indicate where a student may need more work.  Check it out here: http://www.thecurriculumcorner.com/2012/12/03/i-can-common-core-standards-k-5/ […]

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  7. […] My hope is that the Common Core standards will foster a sense of clarity and common purpose which could ultimately free teachers to trust their natural instincts.  I also believe it could pave the way for much needed educational reform, but thanks to articles like the one linked above, I am beginning to seriously question what that reform would really look like. I don’t think it would look cookie cutter and I do believe choice is of highest importance.  I believe parents & students deserve the opportunity to choose the educational setting, curriclum, and goals that align with their values.  For many public school will be a good choice.  For others private school, charter school, or home school would be a good choice. They need to be different because people are different.  When a parent chooses private or charter school they’re usually committed to staying with that institution until their child finishes or if they have to move, they’re likely to look for a similar institution to continue the child’s education.  If they choose home school they have complete control.  If they choose public school, I believe they make that choice because they expect some degree of consistency.  Until I find enough evidence to convince me otherwise I see Common Core as a valuable touchstone around which curriculum can be built and lessons can be planned.  Common Core is NOT the curriculum. From those standards we develop “I can” statements that we want students to be able to confidently express.  The Curriculum Corner has great printable “I Can” statements for K-6. […]

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