KINDERGARTEN
Ms. Delgado
Welcome
to Our Class
Important Information
New York
Standards - ELA
Kindergarten is a critical time to lay the foundation for becoming a successful reader. Your child will learn to:
Recognize and name both upper and lower case letters.
Correctly say each letter’s sound.
Your child will learn basic concepts of print:
holding a book correctly;
tracking words left to right;
reading from the top to the bottom of the page;
identifying the front and back cover and title page;
understanding the correlation between spoken and printed words.
Your child will learn beginning reading skills:
Identify initial and final sounds in spoken words.
Identify rhyming and non-rhyming words (sun/run vs. sun/man).
Determine word meanings from the way they’re used in a sentence.
Identify characters, setting, and key events in a story.
Retell stories in correct sequence.
Follow two and three-step directions using picture clues
Identify facts in non-fiction text.
Writing
Early writing skills are reported using one of five stages, showing continual growth from kindergarten through the primary grades.
Stage 1 involves pictures and scribbling.
Stage 2 moves your child to the use of random letters, sometimes with correct initial sounds.
Stage 3 involves the use of initial sounds or both the initial and final sounds—mostly consonants (i.e., lk for like).
Stage 4 increases the use of vowels (lk becomes lik). As the words become longer, students begin to show an understanding of multiple-syllable words.
New York State Standards Math
Count to 100.
Identify and write numbers through 20 (in or out of order).
Identify the symbols +, -, = and learn simple addition and subtraction through number 10.
Understand the concepts of above/below/between, smaller/larger, longer/shorter.
Identify and name shapes (circle, square, oval, triangle, rhombus, rectangle, and hexagon).
Sort objects by size, color and shape.
Create a variety of simple graphs.
Match numerals to sets of objects.
Science
Basic structures of common plants and animals (arms, legs, wings, leaves, stems, roots, etc.)
Living things adapt to the environment, grow and change, and have certain needs.
Living vs. non-living things.
The similarities and differences in plants vs. animals.
Social Studies
Myself and Family
My School and School Community
My Neighborhood
Maps and Globes
Health and Safety
Holidays
Citizenship
Social Skills
Develop positive self-esteem.
Learn to work and play with others.
Learn to work independently.
Learn to follow directions and classroom expectations.
Demonstrate respectful and responsible behaviors.
Be polite and kind.