Kindergarten

Grade K

READING, WRITING, LISTENING, AND SPEAKING

Students will:

  • Work on “Concepts About Print,” which means they will become familiar with and understand how print is organized
  • They will tell which is the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.
  • They will follow words from left to right and from top to of bottom on the printed page.
  • They will tell letters apart from words.
  • Recognize and name all lowercase and uppercase letters of the alphabet.
  • Become aware that sounds make up spoken words.
  • Develop an understanding that letters stand for sounds.
  • Blend vowel-consonant sounds orally to make words or syllables. (VoweIs are a, e, i, o, u, and consonants are all the other letters.)
  • Match all consonant and short vowel sounds to letters.
  • Read simple one-syllable words and sight words.
  • Identify words in basic categories such as colors, shapes, and foods
  • Retell familiar stories.
  • Ask and answer questions about a story.
  • Identify the characters, settings (time and place), and important events of stories.
  • Use letters and words they can spell phonetically to write about experiences, stories, people, objects, or events.
  • Write by moving from left to right and from top to bottom. `
  • Write uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet, paying attention to the form and correct spacing of the letters.
  • Spell words by using the sounds of the alphabet and knowledge of the letter names.
  • Recognize and use complete, understandable sentences when speaking.
  • Understand and follow one- and two-step oral directions.
  • Tell about familiar experiences or interests.

 

ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT (ELD) STANDARDS

BEGINNING LEVEL (ELD 1)

Students will:

  • Begin to speak using a few words, phrases (not complete sentences), or sentences.
  • Retell stories using drawings, simple words, or phrases (not complete sentences).
  • Give out loud one- or two-word answers to questions about a story that is read to them or that they are sharing in a group.
  • Respond to simple directions and questions by body movements or other ways that do not use talking.
  • Copy words commonly used in the classroom, for example, number words, names, and days of the week.

EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL (ELD 2) I

Students will:

  • Read simple words, phrases, and sentences without help.
  • Give out loud the sequence (the order) of a story that is read to them.
  • Retell familiar stories by using body and face movements and drawings. ·
  • Write one or two simple sentences about an experience.

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL (ELD 3)

Students will:

  • Produce most English-language sounds understandably when they read out loud.
  • Read a familiar story that has simple sentences and answer questions about it.
  • Answer questions about school subjects by using simple I sentences and make up similar (like) questions. I
  • Write short paragraphs of at least three lines following models (examples) given by the teacher.

EARLY ADVANCED LEVEL (ELD 4)

Students will:

  • Use the words they have learned to begin independent reading.
  • Read a story and tell about the plot (what happened), the setting (where it takes place), and the characters (who) in a story.
  • Listen to stories or information and tell the important ideas and details.
  • Write, without help, using the English grammar rules they already know.

ADVANCED LEVEL (ELD 5)

Students will:

  • Use what English-language words they have learned to help them understand what they read in a story.
  • Listen to a story and answer questions about what might happen in the story and compare the story with other stories.
  • Use correct English when speaking.
  • Write independently (without help) and show that they understand standard English.

MATHEMATICS

Students will: ·

  • Compare two or more sets of objects (up to 10 objects in each group) and tell which set is equal to, more than, or less, than the other.
  • Count, recognize, and put in order a number of objects (up to 30).
  • Understand simple addition and subtraction for two numbers that are each less than 10.
  • Identify, sort, and classify objects by common characteristics and identify objects that do not belong to a group; for example, all these balls are green, but those are red and do not belong to the green group.
  • Compare objects by the length, weight, or volume by telling whether something is shorter, longer, taller, lighter, heavier, or larger.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of concepts of time, for example, morning, afternoon, evening, today, yesterday, tomorrow, week, and year.
  • Understand that tools such as the clock and calendar- measure time.
  • Name the days of the week.
  • Identify time to the nearest hour, such as, lunchtime is 12 o’clock or bedtime is 8 o’clock.
  • Identify and tell about objects, for example, circle, triangle, square, rectangle, cube, and cone.
  • Collect information and show the result of what has been gathered by counting out objects or making pictures.
  • Make decisions about how to set up problems and about how to solve problems.

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