Kindergarten Standards and Benchmarks

English/Language Arts

Uses effective reading strategies

Prints from left to right
Copies print
Recites the letters of the alphabet
Identifies capital & lower case letters
Writes capital &lower case letters
Identifies sound/letter relationships
Prints name correctly
Recognizes rhyming words
Identifies consonant sounds
Uses inventive spelling when printing
Recites simple poems
Understand print carries meaning

Reads, interprets, analyzes literature

Knows the difference between title and author of a book
Points from left to right
Makes predictions while reading
Reads form top to bottom of a page
Sequences a story
Listens to a variety of texts
Knows pattersn exist in texts
Recognizes words in print

Reads to Acquire Information

Asks questions to understand story
Know a variety of literary texts
Asks how and why questions

Orally communicates

Maintains eye contact
Speaks Iwate appropriate voice
Speaks in complete sentences
Speaks sequentially
Speaks with correct grammar

Listens and comprehends

Responds to questions asked
Repeats information discussed
Watches speaker during discussion
Follows direction
Listens to others speak

Participates in discussion

Stays on topic of conversation
Speaks at the appropriate time
Raises hand before speaking

Uses Computers

Knows basic computer hardware

Mathematics

Uses many strategies to problem solve

Draws pictures to represent problems
Uses whole number models

Knows and applies number properties

Understands cardinal numbers
Counts to 20 and back from 10
Knows number representations
Knows whole set, part of set, and no set

Uses Procedures for computation

Adds and subtracts whole numbers with objects
Represents combinations of objects
Verifies less than and greater than

Applies concepts of measurements

Uses tools to make measurements
Tells time to the hour
Recognizes and knows value of penny, nickel, dime, and quarter

Applies basic concepts of geometry

Know similarities and differences of plane figures
Know geometric terms
Knows special terms--inside, outside, next to, etc.
Models basic geometric figures
Know geometric shapes represent situations

Applies concepts of data analysis

Can display information in graphs and objects
Reads simple graphs

Applies concepts of probability

Can estimate

Applies properties of algebra

Can create simple repeating patterns

Science

Understands features of Earth

Clouds/fogs are water droplets
Earth is made up of rocks and soil
Ocean water is salty

Characteristics of living things

Learns respect of living things

Interdependence of living and non-living

Knows difference between living and non-living things

Social Studies

Knows location of places

Globe is a model of the Earth
Knows different map symbols

Knows that history changes over time

All families are different

Knows purpose and principles of U.S. government

Knows purpose of rules
Knows actions of good citizenship

Knows basic economic concepts

Money is used to purchase items

Knows what forces define/affect human behavior

Each child is part of a group
people are alike/different in many ways

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