Kindergarten

• Develops number sense for whole numbers through 30. (1-30)
• Connects model, number word (orally), and number, using a variety of representations.
• Counts objects in a set.
• Reads and writes numerals.
• Compares and orders sets and numbers.
• Estimates quantities fewer than or equal to 10.
• Recognizes equivalence in sets and numbers 1-10.
• Solves problems and share solutions to problems in small groups.
• Identifies, builds, draws, and names triangles, rectangles, and circles; identifies, builds, and names spheres and cubes.
• Compares geometric shapes (identify likeness and differences).
• Completes simple spatial visualization tasks and puzzles.
• Collects and organizes data as a group activity.
• Displays and describes data with concrete and pictorial graphs as a group activity.
• Sorts and classifies objects by one attribute.
• Creates and extends patterns with actions, words, and objects. (AAB)

• Gives the sounds for all letters
• Listens to words to identify the beginning sound and says the beginning sound that is the same (matches, isolates)
• Listens to the beginning sound of a word and says another word that begins with the same sound (matches, isolates, blends)
• Recognizes some high frequency words by sight (5 words)
• Recognizes most beginning consonant letters and sounds in 1 syllable words.
• Points to the name of the author and illustrator on the front of a book.
• Points to the first word and last word of a sentence on a page of text.
• Reads simple patterned text (Book level 1/2).
• Thinks about what is already known about the topic and makes connections before reading.
• Chooses to read and look at different kinds of books and selections.
• Uses strategies to help when reading, such as: pictures, pointing word by word, using the first letter of a word to check prediction.
• Names a story’s setting and characters.
• Knows that author’s use special language in books such as “once upon a time” (literary language).
• Tells the sequence of events in a story.
• Talks about and illustrates stories read, heard, viewed, or written.
• Chooses own text to read or look at for at least 10 minutes daily.

• Uses words that name and words that tell action in a variety of simple texts (lists, journal entries, stories, poems, etc.)
• Writes the way he/she talks (oral language structures)
• Uses drawing and writing to tell his/her story
• Writes own last name
• Draws and writes signs, labels, and notes.
• Maintains a conversation and/or a discussion by taking turns expressing ideas with other speakers.
• Writes and/or participates in writing behaviors by using an author’s model of language to create a product
• Represents talking with temporary and/or conventional spelling (mostly consonants)
• Develops spelling strategies and skills by recording the main consonant sounds heard.
• Uses a capital letter to write I and the first letter in own name.