Kindergarten Benchmarks

Trimester 1

Students will learn upper and lower case letter names.
Students will learn 26 letter sounds.
Students will learn to print upper and lower case letters.
Students will learn to print their first name using an upper case and lower case letters where appropriate.
Students will use a proper pencil grip.
Students will "write" a narrative. (Students can draw a picture and tell about a real event using a beginning, middle and end.)
Students will be able to read the first ten sight words.
Students will begin to "read" with lots of support from the pictures. (The benchmark is a Level B Text.)

Students will be able to identify names (square, rectangle, circle, triangle, hexagon) and attributes (number of corners and sides) of plane shapes.
Students will manipulate plane shapes to create other shapes.
Students will write and identify numbers to ten in and out of sequence.
Students will compare and sequence numbers to ten.
Students will count groups of objects to ten.
Students will compare groups to ten and identify which group has more/less.
Students will be able to state one more/less and two more/less of a given number to ten.
Students will readily compose and depose numbers to five. (5 is 3 and 2. 4 and 1 make 5. 2 and 2 make 4. 4 is 3 and 1)

Students will use their knowledge of letter sounds to blend CVC words in their reading and writing.
Students will identify wh, th, sh and ch blends.
Students will identify and produce rhyming words.
Students will accurately use lines when writing upper and lower case letters.
Students will write a sentence with proper letter formation, punctuation and spaces between words.
Students will write an informational piece. (We will write "How-to Books" that teach our readers.)
Students will read the first 30 sight words.
Students will read a text with several simple sentences on a page. The will use pictures, basic decoding skills and a knowledge of sight words to read. (The benchmark is a Level C text.)

Students will write and identify numbers to 20 in and out of sequence.
Students will order numbers out of sequence from least to greatest.
Students will count and compare groups of objects up to ten.
Students will identify one less/more and two less/more of a given number through ten.
Students will readily compose and depose numbers to ten. (10 is 3 and 7. 4 and 6 make 10. 3 and 3 make 6. 6 is 4 and 2)
Students will count to 100 by 1's and 10's.

Students will read and comprehend a text with multiple sentences on a page with minimal or no repetition between sentences. (The benchmark is a Level D text.)
Students will read the first 50 sight words. (Once the first 50 words are mastered students can work on the next 50 sight words.)
Students will write three-five sentences on a topic with appropriate capitalization and punctuation.
Students will write an opinion piece stating their opinion and providing at least three reasons why.

Students will compare objects by weight and length using non-standard measurement.
Students will write and understand numbers to twenty. (16=10+6, 14 is one ten and four)
Students will fluently compose and decompose numbers through five.
Students will compose and decompose numbers to ten using taught strategies.
Students will solve word problems with numbers through ten.
Students will understand how to use ten frames and number bonds.
Students will identify +, - and = signs.
Students will write and solve addition and subtraction sentences to ten.

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