Identifies and advocates for own needs, preferences, opinions, and limitations
Identifies and verbally expresses emotions
Shows pride in own characteristics, abilities, and accomplishments
Accomplishes routine tasks and is able to play and work independently
Is able to persist in the face of obstacles, disappointment, frustration, or failure
resilience
Demonstrates the ability to express and regulate emotions
Demonstrates adaptability and flexibility in a variety of situations, tasks, activities, and problem-solving
Can seek support from trusted adults and peers, and believes in own abilities
Demonstrates coping skills to bounce back from challenges and negative emotions
self-management
Independently follows rules and routines and appropriate social behavior
Displays motivation for learning about or accomplishing a range of ideas, concepts, and tasks that are of self-interest
Engages in planning, goal-setting, and decisions with minimal assistance, and manages personal time and responsibilities effectively
Demonstrates the ability to express and regulate emotions
citizenship
good citizenship
Identifies community members' characteristics and functions
Independently follows rules and routines and appropriate social behavior
Demonstrates respect for possessions, equipment, and materials belonging to self, others, and the classroom community
Demonstrates responsible behavior with minimal supervision
mindfulness
Demonstrates strong and stable attention skills
Demonstrates awareness of inner experience and ability to choose responses to challenging events
Demonstrates ability to cultivate positive emotions such as gratitude, joy, kindness, compassion, equanimity, and forgiveness
Can identify stressful situations and list strategies to manage stress
helpfulness
Is able to seek help from adults and identify support needed
Recognizes when others need help and assists without being asked
Can identify and implement a variety of ways to be helpful at home, in school, and in the community
relationships
integrity
Is able to define integrity and advocate for own beliefs
Consistently practices and values honesty with self and others
Demonstrates responsible behavior with minimal supervision
Is accountable and dependable for actions and words
Works to complete projects to own satisfaction based on personal standards of quality or completion ("good enough" or "finished")
compassion
Is able to recognize others' suffering and perceive when they need help
Demonstrates ability to be tolerant towards another person's feelings even when they create negative emotions
Demonstrates empathy towards others through imagining their feelings, speculating on where they come from, and why they might be different from their own
Expresses concern for the needs and suffering of others and is motivated to assist them
When confronted with someone else's suffering, is able to tolerate difficult emotions in themselves without becoming overwhelmed by them.
respect for self + others
Demonstrates self-respect by practicing self-care, valuing and appreciating themselves, and identifying and advocating for own needs, preferences, opinions, and limitations
Demonstrates respect for others by being sensitive to their feelings and well-being, as well as accepting and being supportive even when there are differences
Demonstrates respect for social norms
Demonstrates respect for classroom community and environment
leadership
courage
Lists and employs strategies to overcome fears to take on new challenges
Demonstrates willingness to take on and persist with new challenges
positive attitude
Shows confidence in own abilities and independence
Demonstrates curiosity about and eagerness to experience new things
Demonstrates optimism
Demonstrates coping skills to bounce back from challenges and negative emotions
responsibility
Is able to take care of self and belongings independently
Is able to recognize and understand the impact that their actions have on others
Is able to keep promises and commitments given to others
relationship building
positive relationships
Engages with trusted adults as resources and to share mutual interests
Recognizes that others' feelings about a situation might be different from their own
Interacts cooperatively in groups of children
Maintains friendships for several months or more
Cooperates and shares ideas and materials in socially acceptable ways
Resolves social problems through negotiation and compromise
global citizens social studies
self, family, community
Describes characteristics of self and others, and recognizes each person's uniqueness and importance
Identifies family members, family characteristics and functions
Demonstrates awareness of similarities and differences of own and others' cultures, including traditions, costumes, foods, and holidays
time + history
Demonstrates awareness of time by using time-related vocabulary and concepts
Demonstrates a basic awareness of history by understanding of past events, changes over time, and connections to the past
geography
Demonstrates basic geographic literacy by using geographic terminology and concepts correctly
Demonstrates knowledge of the various ways people communicate, travel, live, and work
civics
Demonstrates knowledge of rights and responsibilities of citizenship
Demonstrates knowledge of the role and importance of government
economics
Understands how people interact economically and the exchange of goods and services
Identifies people's basic needs and how they fulfill them, and understands the difference between needs and wants
Demonstrates knowledge of the concepts of scarcity and of saving