KINDERGARTEN EXPECTATIONS

Kindergarten students are introduced to the following academic skills in four content areas:

LANGUAGE ARTS:
-Recognizes and names letters of the alphabet
-Identify beginning sound for each letter (ex. /m/ as in mouth)
-Understand that a phoneme is one distinct sound
-Identify rhyming and opposite words
-Read high frequency words
-Read 11 color words and 10 number words
-Develop legible handwriting skills as evidenced by writeing first and last name, capital and small letters, and numerals to 20
-Attempt to spell simple words using pre-to-early phonetic knowledge, sounds of the alphabet, and knowledge of letter names
-Develop comprehension and communication skills through: listening, following directions, predicting, retelling, identifying main ideas, and putting events in order

MATH:
-Recognize and reproduce 4 basic shapes
-Recognize 11 basic colors
-Count objects in a set
-Count backwards from 10-1
-Count to 50 by ones and tens
-Identify and name 5 coins and their values
-Identify ordinal numbers to tenth (ex. first, second, third)
-Sort objects by size, shape and color
-Recognize and complete patterns
-Arrange a four picture sequence
-Develop basic understanding of addition and subtraction
-Understand position words (ex. left, right, over, under)
-Tell time by hour
-Recognize calendar as a way to measure time
-Recite days of the week in order

SCIENCE:
-Identify five senses
-Idenitify daily weather conditions (rainy, hot, cold, windy) and associate clothing and activities to match weather
-Identify and describe the four seasons

SOCIAL STUDIES:
-State personal information: first and last name, birthday, address and phone number
-Know and develop rules of safety
-Know and develop classroom rules to encourage fair treatment, cooperation, personal responsibility and self-control