Reading/Writing:
At the end of Kindergarten, students will be able to:
- Identify all letters
- Identify the sounds of letters
- Write upper and lower case letters
- Identify the concepts of print (title, author, words, letters, punctuation marks etc.)
- Rhyming words
- Break words into syllables
- Isolate beginning, middle, and ending sounds in words
- Name and identify long and short vowels
- Read high frequency/sight words that have been taught
- Read a DRA 4 (I will provide examples during conferences)
- Identify the characters, setting, and major events in a story
- Identify the roles of the author and illustrators
- Compare stories
- Spell simple words phonetically
- Ask and answer questions about a story that has been read
- Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text
- Recognize the types of texts that have been introduced
- Write multiple sentences with proper spacing, capitalization, punctuation, and meaningful content
- Recognize appropriate uses for nouns and verbs and use singular and plural correctly
- Use inflections and affixes correctly (-ed, -ing, un-, -pre-, etc.)
- Write a narrative, explanatory/informative, and opinion pieces
- Respond to questions in writing
- Participate in shared research and writing projects
Math:
At the end of Kindergarten, students will be able to:
- Count to 100 by ones and tens
- Count on from a given number
- Write numbers 0-20
- Represent a number of objects with a written number and count to answer how many
- Count with one number and one object at a time
- Understand counting means one more
- Identify if a group of objects is greater than, less than, or equal to another group
- Compare two written numbers
- Addition and subtraction words problems within 10
- Take apart numbers to 10 in more than one way
- Find the number to make 10 when given a number
- Add and subtract fluently within 5
- Put together and take apart numbers up to 19 ( 18=8+10 )
- Understand the concept of tens and ones (place value)
- Describe/compare/contrast measurable features of objects
- Put objects into categories and sort those categories by count
- Describe measurable attributes of objects
- Name shapes no matter the orientation
- Use terms of position (below, beside, under, above, etc.)
- Identify 2 and 3 dimensional shapes
- Use language to describe shapes similarities and differences (corners, vertices, sides, etc.)
- Create and model shapes in environment and in other shapes
- Explain their thinking
- Ask questions
- Actively participate
- Use math tools to solve problems
- Share and compare solutions
Science:
At the end of Kindergarten, students will be able to:
- Use science tools properly
- Collect and use data
- Recognize that learning can come from careful observations
- Make observations of the natural world
- Recognize the five senses and related body parts
- Sort objects by observable properties (shape, color, temperature, size, etc.)
- Complete a whole class Science Fair/Stem Fair project
- Recognize changes in matter (that the shape of a material can be changed by cutting, tearing, smashing, etc.)
- Investigate that things move in different ways (fast, slow, etc.)
- Observe that a push or pull can change the way an object is moving
- Observe that things that make sound vibrate
- Recognize how things move and how movement creates sound
- Recognize that the Sun can only be seen during the day
- Observe that sometimes the Moon can be seen at night and during the day
- Recognize the difference between the day sky and night sky
- Recognize the repeating pattern of day and night
- Observe that things can be big and things can be small as seen from Earth
- Observe that some objects are far away and some are nearby as seen from Earth
- Explore the laws of gravity by investigating how objects are pulled toward the ground unless something holds them up
- Recognize why gravity is important
- Recognize how gravity affects objects
- Observe plants and animals, describe how they are alike and how they are different in the way they look and the things they do.
- Recognize that some books and other media portray animals and plants with characteristics and behaviors they do not have in real life
Kindergarten Supply List
3 plastic folders with pockets
3 spiral one-subject notebook (red, yellow, green)
1 3-ring 1in Heavy Duty Binder with clear front view pocket
1 composition notebook
1 pack of Post-It notes
2 pack of index cards
2 packs of #2 pencils
2 pack dry erase markers
1 pack of color markers
3 packs of crayons
2 bottles of Elmers glue
4 glue sticks
1 set of watercolors
1 pair of student scissors
1 zippered nylon supply pouch (3 ring)
1 box of band-aids
1 box of tissues
1 hand sanitizer
1 tub wet wipes (no bleach)
BY LAST NAME:
A-M: 1 pack of white dessert-size paper plates, 1 pack of dixie cups, 1 box of ziploc gallon bags
N-Z: 1 pack of large paper plates, 1 box of ziploc sandwich bags
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