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Kindergarten Goals and Standards

Language Arts

*Recognize and write the alphabet in uppercase and lowercase letters (in in random order.)

*Recite the alphabet in order.

*Know the appropriate sound for each letter of the alphabet. (short vowel)

*Able to blend consonant--vowel---consonant sounds orally to make words. ( h--a--t = hat m--e--n = men)

*Knows that vowels play a special part in all words.

*Listen attentively to a story.

*Demonstrate left to right sweep and top to bottom order.

*Participate in a group setting using songs, rhymes, discussions and conversation.

*Develop reading readiness skills such as cutting, pasting, coloring, holding a pencil correctly, and tracing.

*Recognize the 8 basic colors and color words (red, yellow, blue, green, orange,

purple, black and brown.)

*Retell a story using details.

*Recognize rhyming words.

*Write first and last name.

*Show the spacing between words.

*Know the functions of an author and illustrator.

*Understand simple story structure (beginning, middle and end.)

*Distinguish between fiction and nonfiction.

*Follow directions in a group setting.

*Participate in listening and comprehension activities.

*Imitate the initial and ending sounds of a word.

*Use positional words (in, on, under)

*Share information and ideas.

*Dictate stories from lessons and personal experiences.

Mathematics

*Count orally by ones, fives, and tens to 100.

*Make sets 0-20

*Demonstrate one to one correspondence (point to each object as it is counted)

*Recognize and write numerals 1-30.

*Name ordinal numbers first through tenth.

*Demonstrate addition and subtraction facts to ten using manipulative objects.

*Use nonstandard objects to measure length, volume, and weight.

*Tell time on the hour.

*Demonstrate the concept of coins. (penny, nickel, dime, quarter)

*Identify and classify geometric shapes (circles, triangle, square, rectangle, cube, cone and sphere)

*Identify, describe, and extend a pattern of three objects.

*Demonstrate knowledge of position and comparison terms (above, below, more, less, top, bottom, before, after, middle, left, right, same, different, shorter.)

*Participate in graphing activities to gather information.

*Sort and classify objects using one or more attributes.

*Recite the days of the week and months of the year in order.

*Separate whole to parts and back to whole.

Physical Sciences

1. Properties of materials can be observed, measured, and predicted. As a basis for understanding this concept:

*Students know objects can be described in terms of the materials they are made of (e.g., clay, cloth, paper) and their physical properties (e.g., color, size, shape, weight, texture, flexibility, attraction to magnets, floating, sinking).

*Students know water can be a liquid or a solid and can be made to change back and forth from one form to the other.

* Students know water left in an open container evaporates (goes into the air) but water in a closed container does not.

Life Sciences

1. Different types of plants and animals inhabit the earth. As a basis for understanding this concept:

*Students know how to observe and describe similarities and differences in the appearance and behavior of plants and animals (e.g., seed-bearing plants, birds, fish, insects).

*Students know stories sometimes give plants and animals attributes they do not really have.

*Students know how to identify major structures of common plants and animals (e.g., stems, leaves, roots, arms, wings, legs).

Earth Sciences

1. Earth is composed of land, air, and water. As a basis for understanding this concept:

*Students know characteristics of mountains, rivers, oceans, valleys, deserts, and local landforms.

*Students know changes in weather occur from day to day and across seasons, affecting Earth and its inhabitants.

*Students know how to identify resources from Earth that are used in everyday life and understand that many resources can be conserved.

Investigation and Experimentation

4. Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations. As a basis for understanding this concept and addressing the content in the other three strands, students should develop their own questions and perform investigations. Students will:
* Observe common objects by using the five senses.

*Describe the properties of common objects.

* Describe the relative position of objects by using one reference (e.g., above or below).

*Compare and sort common objects by one physical attribute (e.g., color, shape, texture, size, weight).

*Communicate observations orally and through drawings

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