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Kindergarten Language Arts Standards
Language Arts Standards
By the end of kindergarten, students are expected to be within the Emergent level on the continuum of skills and competencies. At the Emergent level, students will be able to:
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Show an understanding of proper book handling and concepts about print (front and back of book, title, author, text reads from left to right).
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Apply phonemic awareness through rhyming, blending, segmenting, and letter/sound recognition, substitute individual sounds in simple words.
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Identify all letters and their sounds.
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Recognize several well-known sight words.
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Become familiar with stories, nursery rhymes, poetry, songs and concept books.
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Tell about settings, events and characters in stories.
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Show interest in reading and becoming a reader.
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Read emergent level texts.
Writing
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Write opinions, personal narratives and informational pieces using pictures, words and sentences.
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Write a complete sentence.
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Begin to form letters correctly with prompting.
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Use beginning, middle and ending sounds to represent words.
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Show willingness to take risks in writing.
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Speaking, Listening and Viewing
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Demonstrate appropriate listening behavior (wait turn, look at speaker and ask appropriate questions).
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Express ideas and experiences orally.
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Kindergarten Mathematics Standards
Math Standards
Counting and Cardinality
• Count by 1s to 100 and count forward from any given number.
• Count by 10s to 100. • Recognize numerals 0-30 in random order.
• Count to answer “how many?” questions when given a number from 1-20.
• Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than or equal to another group of objects.
• Compare two written numbers between 1 and 10.
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
• Add and subtract problems up to 10 objects using objects, drawings, fingers, or equations.
• Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way (e.g. 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4 + 1).
• For any number from 1-9, find the number that equals 10 when added to the given number and record the answer with a drawing or equation.
• Fluently add and subtract up to 5.
Numbers and Operations in Base Ten
• Compose and decompose numbers from 11-19 into a group of ten and the remaining ones (e.g. 18 = 10 + 8).
Measurement and Data
• Compare length, weight, and height of a single object and compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common.
• Classify objects into given categories; count objects and sort categories.
Geometry
• Describe the relative positions of objects using terms such as above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to.
• Correctly name and describe shapes (circle, square, rectangle, triangle, hexagon, cube, cone, cylinder, rhombus, and sphere) regardless of orientation or size.
• Identify shapes as two-dimensional (flat) or three-dimensional (solid); analyze and compare two and three dimensional shapes describing their similarities, differences, and other attributes.
• Model shapes in the world by building and drawing.
• Join simple shapes to form larger shapes.
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Kindergarten Science Standards
Science Standards
Students will:
Process Skills-
Use the process skills of observing, questioning, and measuring.
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Communicate findings of observations.
Motion: Pushes and Pulls
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Compare the position of an object to other objects and describe the motion of an object.
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Observe how objects fall toward the earth.
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Demonstrate pushes and pulls and observe how shape, size and weight can affect motion.
Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Animals, Plants, and Their Environment
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Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
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Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
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Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
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Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
Weather and Climate
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Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
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Use tools and materials to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on an area.
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Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
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Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.
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Kindergarten Social Studies Standards
Social Studies Standards
In each of the following areas, students will:
History
• Develop an awareness of time using a daily schedule and calendar.
• Construct a narrative or timeline of their personal histories.
• Describe ways people learn about the past.
Geography
• Be introduced to maps and globes.
• Identify important places in the immediate environment.
• Describe ways people use the environment to meet their needs and wants.
Civics and Government
• Identify our country’s flag as an important symbol of the United States.
• Identify rules at school; describe the need for rules and the consequences of not having rules.
• Recognize individual responsibility.
• Develop an awareness of conflict and how to solve conflicts appropriately.
Economics
• Understand the difference between wants and needs.
• Learn about why people work and the different kinds of jobs people do.
• Be aware of types of goods and services.
Public Discourse/Decision Making/Citizen Involvement
• Identify classroom issues, compare viewpoints, and express a position on the issue.
• Participate in projects to help or inform others.