These documents are based on NWEA's Primary Grades Instructional Data. The numbers on the ladders indicate RIT scores, which the students receive on NWEA's MAP for Primary Grades Survey with Goals assessment.

The ladders visually demonstrate how math and reading skills increase in complexity, allowing teachers and parents to better identify the skills each child is ready to learn now and what each child may be ready for next.

Evaluative Comprehension:

 

Interpretive Comprehension:

 

Literal Comprehension:

 

Developmental Reading Skills:

 

Developmental Writing Skills:

 

Environmental Print:

 

Phonics: Consonants

 

Phonics:
Sound Manipulation, Syllabication

 

Phonics: Spelling Patterns, Rhyming

 

Phonics: Vowel Patterns

 

Phonological Awareness: Blending

 

Phonological Awareness:
Phoneme Identification

 

Phonemic Manipulation of Sounds, Syllbication

 

Phonological Awareness: Rhyming

 

Vocabulary and Word Structure:
Base Words, Prefixes, Suffixes

 

Vocabulary and Word Structure:
Compound Words, Contractions

 

Vocabulary and Word Structure:
Content Vocabulary, Context Clues

 

Vocabulary and Word Structure:
Sight Words

 

Vocabulary and Word Structure:
Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms, Homographs, Homophones

 

Writing: Conventions of Language

 

Writing: Grammatical Patterns

 

Writing: Language Structure,
Phrase, Sentence, ParagraphSight Words

 

Writing: Writing Process

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank Curriculum Ladder Template [w]

 

Material from DesCartes: A Continuum of Learning and Primary Grades Instructional Data is provided by courtesy of Northwest Evaluation Association and may not be republished, rewritten, or redistributed. All rights reserved.