Developed by 40 primary teachers and 10 elementary principals from small school districts in Washington, this handbook contains sequenced student learning objectives for grades K-3 in science and social studies and for grades K-8 in reading, language arts, and mathematics. The handbook is designed to assist teachers with the improvement of curriculum and instruction and to aid smaller districts lacking curriculum personnel to comply with Washington's Student Learning Objectives Law. Within each section, all objectives are listed on format pages to allow district personnel to personalize the objectives to meet their own district programs. Preceding each listing of objectives are two important pages; one identifies the K-12 program goals for that subject and the other identifies the scope of the subject and also serves as a table of contents for the listing of objectives. The first section of the book contains a brief introduction, a general table of contents, a listing of Goals of Washington Common Schools, an explanation of the format, and the definition of terms used on the objective format pages. (Author/CM)