KINDERGARTEN LITERACY STANDARDS
Reading Foundation Skills:
· Names all upper and lowercase letters
· Demonstrates all book handling skills consistently
· Produces, blends and segments syllables
· Segments consonant and short vowels in words (initial/middle/final sound)
· Discriminates and produces rhyming words
· Segments sounds in words (c-a-t; z-i-p; b-i-g)
· Reads C-V-C words (e.g. cat, zip, big)
· Reads grade level sight words
Reading Comprehension:
With prompting and support:
· Identifies most key details and events of text
· Identifies characters and setting
· Identifies main events in sequence
· Identifies PLOT (beginning, middle, end)
Writing:
· Prints all upper and lower case letters independently without a model
· Has clear main message or opinion stated in text
· Writes one or more sentences
· Spells C-V-C words correctly
· Spells sight words correctly
· Begins sentence with capital letter and ends with punctuation mark
Language:
· Uses words, phrases and sentences from instruction, and acquired through conversation or discussion
· Understands and follows oral directions
Speaking and Listening:
· During small and large group discussions, expresses ideas about a topic and elaborates with detail
· Independently describes familiar people, places, things and events
· Speaks audibly and expresses thoughts feelings and ideas clearly and independently
KINDERGARTEN MATHEMATICS STANDARDS
Number Sense:
· Rote counts to 100
· Names numbers to 20
· Writes numbers to 20
· Demonstrates one to one correspondence to 20
· Compares numbers to determine greater than, less than or equal to 20
· Compares written numerals to 10
· Composes and decomposes numbers from 11 to 19
Computation:
· Fluently adds zero to a number
· Names combinations that make 5
· Fluently adds numbers to 5
· Fluently subtracts numbers to 5
Operations and Algebraic Thinking:
· Represents addition within 10 with a variety of representations
· Represents subtractions within 10 a variety of representations
· Solves addition word problems within 10
· Adds within 10 using objects and drawings
· Solves subtraction word problems within 10
· Subtracts within 10 using objects and drawings
· Decomposes numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs
· For any number 1-9, finds the number that makes 10 using objects, drawing, or equations
Geometry:
· Describes objects in environment using shapes
· Describes positional concepts (above, below, in front of, behind, next to)
· Names two and three dimensional shapes (circle, square, rectangle, triangle, hexagon, cylinder, cone, cube, and sphere)
· Identifies shapes as two-dimensional or three-dimensional
· Analyzes and compares shapes and their attributes
· Builds shapes from components (sticks, clay, etc.)
· Draws shapes
· Composes shapes to from larger shapes
Data:
· Describes measureable attributes of objects (length, weight, capacity)
· Directly compares two objects by measureable attribute (length, weight, capacity)
· Classifies objects by attribute (color, shape, size, thickness)
· Counts the number of attributes in a category
· Sorts the categories that include objects by count
Reading Foundation Skills:
· Names all upper and lowercase letters
· Demonstrates all book handling skills consistently
· Produces, blends and segments syllables
· Segments consonant and short vowels in words (initial/middle/final sound)
· Discriminates and produces rhyming words
· Segments sounds in words (c-a-t; z-i-p; b-i-g)
· Reads C-V-C words (e.g. cat, zip, big)
· Reads grade level sight words
Reading Comprehension:
With prompting and support:
· Identifies most key details and events of text
· Identifies characters and setting
· Identifies main events in sequence
· Identifies PLOT (beginning, middle, end)
Writing:
· Prints all upper and lower case letters independently without a model
· Has clear main message or opinion stated in text
· Writes one or more sentences
· Spells C-V-C words correctly
· Spells sight words correctly
· Begins sentence with capital letter and ends with punctuation mark
Language:
· Uses words, phrases and sentences from instruction, and acquired through conversation or discussion
· Understands and follows oral directions
Speaking and Listening:
· During small and large group discussions, expresses ideas about a topic and elaborates with detail
· Independently describes familiar people, places, things and events
· Speaks audibly and expresses thoughts feelings and ideas clearly and independently
KINDERGARTEN MATHEMATICS STANDARDS
Number Sense:
· Rote counts to 100
· Names numbers to 20
· Writes numbers to 20
· Demonstrates one to one correspondence to 20
· Compares numbers to determine greater than, less than or equal to 20
· Compares written numerals to 10
· Composes and decomposes numbers from 11 to 19
Computation:
· Fluently adds zero to a number
· Names combinations that make 5
· Fluently adds numbers to 5
· Fluently subtracts numbers to 5
Operations and Algebraic Thinking:
· Represents addition within 10 with a variety of representations
· Represents subtractions within 10 a variety of representations
· Solves addition word problems within 10
· Adds within 10 using objects and drawings
· Solves subtraction word problems within 10
· Subtracts within 10 using objects and drawings
· Decomposes numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs
· For any number 1-9, finds the number that makes 10 using objects, drawing, or equations
Geometry:
· Describes objects in environment using shapes
· Describes positional concepts (above, below, in front of, behind, next to)
· Names two and three dimensional shapes (circle, square, rectangle, triangle, hexagon, cylinder, cone, cube, and sphere)
· Identifies shapes as two-dimensional or three-dimensional
· Analyzes and compares shapes and their attributes
· Builds shapes from components (sticks, clay, etc.)
· Draws shapes
· Composes shapes to from larger shapes
Data:
· Describes measureable attributes of objects (length, weight, capacity)
· Directly compares two objects by measureable attribute (length, weight, capacity)
· Classifies objects by attribute (color, shape, size, thickness)
· Counts the number of attributes in a category
· Sorts the categories that include objects by count