Trimester Skills

First Trimester

Math

•Counts to 100 by 1's

•Writes numbers to 10

•Recognizes numbers to 10

•Counts forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1).

•Counts to tell the number of objects to 10

•Identifies and names 2D shapes

•Classifies objects into given categories.

•Counts the numbers of objects in each category

•Sorts the categories by count.

•Analyzes, compares, creates and draws 2D shapes

•Using a thermometer to determine temperature

•Analyze geometric patterns.

•Recognize patterns in the environment

•Represent a pattern using objects and drawings

•Describe a pattern orally and in writing

•Identify and extend missing elements of a pattern of sequence

Language Arts

•Demonstrates concepts of print

•Recognizes rhyming words.

•Recognizes and names uppercase and lowercase letters

•Recognizes and names letter sounds

•Names letters fluently

•Writing

•Demonstrates writing readiness skills

•Creates a focus for a piece of writing

Second Trimester

Math

•Counts to 100 by 1's

•Counts to 100 by 10's

•Writes numbers to 20

•Recognizes numbers to 20

•Counts to tell the number of objects to 20

•Understands that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger.

•Lists several whole numbers in order from greatest to least and from least to greatest.

•Compares number quantities to 20. (greater than, less than or equal to)

•Solves problems using the concepts of addition and subtraction within 10

•Finds the number that makes 10 when added to the given number, e.g. 8+2=10.

•Identifies and names 2D shapes

•Identifies and names 3D shapes

•Analyzes, compares, creates and draws 2D and 3D shapes

Language Arts

•Demonstrates concepts of print

•Recognizes rhyming words

•Produces rhyming words

•Segments syllables

•Blends phonemes

•Segments phonemes

•Recognizes and names uppercase and lowercase letters

•Recognizes and names letter sounds

•Names letters fluently

•Reads decodable words

•Reads high frequency words with automaticity

Writing

•Demonstrates writing readiness skills

•Creates a focus for a piece of writing

•Develops ideas through facts, examples, details, opinions, reasons and/or explanation

•Uses appropriate grammar, mechanics, spelling and sentence formation

Third Trimester

Math

•Counts to 100 by 1's, 5's and 10's

•Recognizes numbers to 20

•Writes numbers to 20

•Counts to tell the number of objects to 20

•Describes measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight.

•Describes several measurable attributes of a single object.

•Solves addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10, e.g., by using objects

•Solves problems using the concepts of addition and subtraction within 10

•Composes and decomposes numbers (11-19) into tens and ones

•Identifies and names 2D shapes

•Identifies and names 3D shapes

•Analyzes, compares, creates and composes 2D and 3D shapes

•Identify a number as even or odd

•Identify and count pennies nickels ,dimes and quarters

• Tell and write time in hours using analog and digital clocks.

•Construct and interpret pictographs

Language Arts

•Demonstrates concepts of print

•Recognizes rhyming words

•Produces rhyming words

•Segments syllables

•Blends phonemes

•Segments phonemes

•Recognizes and names uppercase and lowercase letters

•Recognizes and names letter sounds

•Substitutes sounds

•Names letters fluently

•Reads decodable words

•Reads high frequency words with automaticity

•Identifies essential information from illustrations

•Describes what a story is about

•Retells known story in sequence: beginning, middle, end

•Identifies character and setting in text

•Exhibits comprehension through oral vocabulary

•Differentiates between fiction and nonfiction

•Reads grade level texts with accuracy and understanding

Writing

•Creates a focus for a piece of writing

•Develops ideas through facts, examples, details, opinions, reasons and/or explanation

•Develops and sustains order within and across the written piece using transitional devices

•Demonstrates the ability to use appropriate grammar, mechanics, spelling and sentence formation