What We Learn in Kindergarten

    • Reading    read

       

    • Identifies the parts of a book: front & back cover, first page, title, title page, Where do we start to read
    • identifies informational books - table of contents, page numbers
    • identifies a variety of genres - fiction & non fiction
    • understand features of print: left to right, top to bottom
    • name and write upper- and lower-case letters and sounds
    • rhyme identification
    • label
    • sequence
    • break words into syllables
    • isolate & substitute beginning, middle, and ending sounds in words
    • spell simple words phonetically
    • blends cvc & cvce words (consonant-vowel-consonant : consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel)
    • long and short vowel sounds
    • read high frequency words
    • read emergent level text for purpose and understanding
    • writes a sentence with proper spacing, capitalization, punctuation and meaningful content
    • answer questions about and retell stories
    • Identifies character, setting, and major events in a story
    • Identifies author and illustrator's roles
    • compare stories
    • recognize appropriate uses for nouns and verbs and use singular and plural correctly 

          Math         math

     

    count to 100 by ones and tens on from a given number

    identifies numbers to 100

    write numbers 0-20

    represent a number of objects with a written number and count to answer how many

    understanding counting means one more and represent that with numbers and objects

    Identifies if a group of objects is greater than, less than, or equal to another group

    addition and subtraction word problems within 10

    utilizes number bonds, ten frames, hundred chart

    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 10

    put together and take apart numbers up to 19 (18 = 8 + 10)

    understand the concept of tens and ones - place value

    describe/compare/contrast measureable features of objects

    put objects into categories and sort those categories by count

    name shapes no matter the orientation

    use terms of position: below, beside, etc. 

    Identifies 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