Kindergarten Curriculum

Grammar

Recognize, speak, and write a simple sentence

Recognize and use capital letters

Recognize and use end punctuation (. and ?)

Reading

Mastery of list of 25 most common words (green list)

Listen attentively to stories read aloud (10-15 minutes)

Be able to retell the story

Be able to correctly sequence events

Use picture clues to predict and to determine if meaning is clear

Ability to “buddy read” any text

Begin to self-correct errors when reading

Identify by name and sound capital and lowercase letters, including short vowel sounds

Writing

Write own name, first and last, in correct form

Write left to right with mostly correct letter formation

Use inventive spelling

Use personal, high interest, vocabulary, (names of family members, etc.)

Write a 1-3 sentence story

Listening

Follow 1, 2, or 3 step directions

Demonstrate active listening by remaining quiet when others are speaking and focusing attention on speaker

Oral Communication

Express complete thoughts

Make appropriate word choices (pronouns, tense, etc.)

Use and understand words that identify, locate or explain

Distinguish between same and different

Participate in group discussions

Math

Identify position of an object 1st – 10th

Identify position of an object first, middle, last

Use one to one correspondence

Recite, identify and write numbers 0 – 20

Count objects 0 – 30

Compare sets using fewer than, less than, greater than, more than

Count by 2’s (exposure), 5’s, 10’s, to 100

Add to 10 using various methods

Subtract from 10 using various methods

Identify by name and values of pennies, nickels, and dimes

Demonstrate and tell time to hour and half hour

Recite days of the week and months of the year

Identify shapes of circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval

Identify and create repeating patterns

Construct and interpret graphs

Science

Distinguish between different states of matter

Understand that fossils are evidence of past life

Distinguish between weather conditions

Describe characteristics of the four seasons

Describe how the weather changes what we do, wear, etc.

Misc.

Provide birthday (month and day)

Personal responsibility – care for self and belongings

Time Management – accomplishing a specific task in a given amount of time

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