Kinder-The What

What skills should my student have mastered before the end of the year in Kinder to be set up for success in 1st grade?

By the end of September:

• Can fluently count to 10 by 1's

By the end of October:

• Can fluently count to 20 by 1's

• Can count a set of 10 or less objects and understands that the last word said is the number of objects in the set.

By the end of January:

• Can fluently count to 40 by 1's and can count on from any given number within 40 (ie: start counting at the number 23 and continue to 40)

• Can count a set of 20 or less objects and understands that the last word said is the number of objects in the set.

• Can write numerals to 10

By the end of February:

• Proficient with sorting, classifying, and counting objects

• Can name, identify, describe, compare, and draw 2-D shapes (squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, and hexagons)

By the end of March:

• Proficiency with number combination that add to 5 and to 10 with models

• Can fluently count to 60 by 1's and by 10's, and can count on from any given number within 100

• Can write numerals to 20

• Can compare two quantities within 10 as well as two numerals within 10 using "greater than, less than, or equal to"

• Can name, identify, describe, compare, and build/compose 3-D shapes (cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres)

By the end of April:

By the end of the school year:

• Can fluently add and subtract within 5.

• Can fluently count to 100 by 1's and by 10's

• Can compose and decompose numbers 11-19 into 10 and some more ones

• Proficient with a variety of story problem situations within 10 where they must join two numbers, separate two numbers, part-part-whole problems where the result is unknown or where the result is known but the parts are unknown

  • Join example: There were 3 ladybugs on the leaf. Then 4 more ladybugs landed on the leaf. How many ladybugs are on the leaf now?

  • Separate example: Maria has 8 crackers. She gave 2 of them to her sister. How many crackers does Maria have now?

  • Part-Part-Whole result unknown example: There are 3 white flowers and 7 pink flowers in a vase. How many flowers are in the vase?

  • Part-Part-Whole addends (parts) unknown example: There are 9 lollipops in the jar. Some are blue and the rest are green. How many of each color could there be?

• Can compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has “more of”/“less of” the attribute, and describe the difference.