Reading and Comprehension

  • Listens with interest to stories read aloud
  • Retells a simple story
  • Recognizes all letters and sounds of the alphabet
  • Distinguishes between and prints all capital and lower-case letters
  • Recognizes rhymes and rhyming patterns
  • Makes predictions about a story based on title and pictures
  • Identifies words and constructs meaning from text and picture clues
  • Identifies basic sight words
  • Distinguishes fact from fiction
  • Identifies story elements of setting, plot, character, and conflict (who, what, where, when, why, and how)
  • Uses personal perspectives in responding to stories (relating to characters)
  • Begins to understand simple punctuation marks (question mark, period, etc)
  • 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
  • Distinguishes between asking and telling
  • Uses complete sentences
  • Retells a simple story with basic elements of beginning, middle, and end

Writing

  • Reads and writes his/her own first and last name
  • Writes familiar words
  • Copies or writes words to convey messages
  • Builds simple words and sentences
  • Demonstrates left-to-right progression and top-to-bottom progression
  • Handles writing tools correctly

Math

  • Names and writes numerals 0-50
  • Understands the effects of addition and subtraction
  • Understands the concept of numbers and quantity
  • Identifies pairs
  • Classifies and compares objects and symbols
  • Solves problems by guessing and checking using manipulatives
  • Knows how to count to 100
  • Knows how to add to 5 and subtract from 5 without the use of fingers or manipulatives
  • Becomes familiar with common tools used for measuring time and temperature
  • Estimates and measures real quantities using non-standard units (blocks or paper clips)
  • Understands and uses comparative words (long and short, heavy and light, etc)
  • Shows an understanding of the calendar and time
  • Knows the days of the week and months of the year
  • Knows the value of a penny, a nickel, a dime, and a quarter and can identify each coin