This document outlines key skills in social development, reading comprehension, writing, language and listening, math, and telling time that a student should demonstrate readiness for kindergarten. Some of the key social skills include following rules, sharing with others, and resolving conflicts peacefully. In reading, the student should be able to retell stories, recognize letters and sounds, and make basic predictions. Writing skills involve printing their name, using letters to convey ideas, and writing simple words and sentences. The student should also understand and follow directions, ask questions, and speak in complete sentences. Math skills range from counting to 20 and recognizing patterns to telling time and understanding money.
This document outlines key skills in social development, reading comprehension, writing, language and listening, math, and telling time that a student should demonstrate readiness for kindergarten. Some of the key social skills include following rules, sharing with others, and resolving conflicts peacefully. In reading, the student should be able to retell stories, recognize letters and sounds, and make basic predictions. Writing skills involve printing their name, using letters to convey ideas, and writing simple words and sentences. The student should also understand and follow directions, ask questions, and speak in complete sentences. Math skills range from counting to 20 and recognizing patterns to telling time and understanding money.
This document outlines key skills in social development, reading comprehension, writing, language and listening, math, and telling time that a student should demonstrate readiness for kindergarten. Some of the key social skills include following rules, sharing with others, and resolving conflicts peacefully. In reading, the student should be able to retell stories, recognize letters and sounds, and make basic predictions. Writing skills involve printing their name, using letters to convey ideas, and writing simple words and sentences. The student should also understand and follow directions, ask questions, and speak in complete sentences. Math skills range from counting to 20 and recognizing patterns to telling time and understanding money.
• Follows rules and routines at home and in class room
• Uses materials purposefully and respectfully • Comfortably adapts to changes • Shows eagerness and curiosity as a learner • Sustains attention to a single task over a period of time • Works, plays and shares with others • Participates in group activities • Respects the feelings and rights of others • Uses words to resolve conflicts • Seeks adult help when needed
Reading & comprehension
• Listens with interest to stories read aloud • Retells a simple story • Recognizes the association between spoken and written words • Recognizes all the letters of the alphabet in order • Distinguishes between and prints capital and lowercase letters • Associates letters and sounds • Distinguishes likenesses and differences of letter sounds in spoken words • Recognizes rhymes and rhyming patterns • Makes predictions about a story or passage based on the title and/or pictures • Identifies words and constructs meaning from picture clues in text • Identifies basic sight words • Distinguishes fact from fiction • Begins to understand simple punctuation marks (period, question mark, etc.) • Locates the title, author name, illustrator name and table of contents Writing • Reads and writes own name • Tells a story using pictures • Uses letters or shapes to depict words or ideas • Writes familiar words • Copies or writes words to convey messages • Participates in group dictated stories • Builds simple words and sentences • Demonstrates left-to-right progression, and top-to-bottom progression • Handles writing tools correctly
Language & listening skills
• Understands and follows simple directions • Listens to others for short periods of time without interrupting • Participates in discussions and conversations • Asks questions • Speaks clearly to convey messages and requests • Uses complete sentences • Composes oral stories • Retells a simple story with basic elements of beginning, middle and end
Numbers, operations & problem solving skills
• Names numerals 0 through 30 • Writes numerals 0 through 20 • Uses counting skills to add to 10 • Classifies and compares objects • Recognizes, duplicates and extends patterns and relationships of objects, symbols and shapes • Solves problems by guessing and checking using manipulatives or fingers
Geometry & measurement
• Estimates and measures real quantities using non-standard units (blocks or paperclips) • Understands and uses comparative words (long and short, heavy and light, etc.) • Identifies, labels and creates a variety of shapes
Math in action: Telling time, counting money
• Shows an understanding of the calendar and time • Knows the days of the week and months of the year