Monthly Learning Goals

We will work on these in class, but it is also important that they get the extra help that they need at home!

I will send home a progress report monthly so that your child's progress is communicated with you consistently.

These are good guidelines to make sure that your child progressing at the expected rate in kindergarten.

               

September

·          Identify 7/26 Capital Letters

·          Identify 7/26 Lowercase Letters

·          Identify 7/26 Sounds

·          Identify 2 dimensional shapes

·          Identify first name

·          Write first name with proper form

·          Identify last name

·          Identify numbers 1-10

·          Count to 10 (one to one correspondence)

October

·          Identify 14/26 Capital Letters

·          Identify 14/26 Lowercase Letters

·          Identify 14/26 Sounds

·          Count items up to 20 to answer “how many?”

·          Sorts by one student-defined attribute

·          Answer  literal questions about a book

·          Identify and extend a simple AB pattern

November

·          Identify 20/26 Capital Letters

·          Identify 20/26 Lowercase Letters

·          Identify 20/26 Sounds

·          Read 5 Sight words

·          Identify the number of syllables in words

·          Use words to express spatial awareness

·          Describe characteristics of the sun, moon, and stars

December

·          Identify 26/26 Capital Letters

·          Identify 26/26 Lowercase Letters

·          Identify 26/26 Sounds

·          Read 10 Sight Words

·          Recite Pledge of Allegiance

·          Demonstrate concepts of print

·          Identify different customs, traditions, family celebrations, and traditions through the study of cultures

·          Explain that people have wants and take actions to get them

           

January

·          Read 15 Sight Words

·          Identify 3D Shapes

·          Can sort shapes based upon dimensions (2D vs. 3D)

·          Identify penny, nickel, and dime

·          Count to 100 by ones

·          Recognize and produce rhyming words

February

·          Read 23 Sight Words

·          Recognize symbols of the United States

·          Measure objects using nonstandard measurement

·          Name the value of the penny, nickel, and dime

·          Compare and order objects of different lengths, heights, and weights using terms such as longer, shorter, heavier, lighter, bigger, and taller

·          Compares 2 numerals or groups of objects using the words greater than, less than, and equal to

 

March

·          Represent a number of objects with a written numeral (0-20)

·          Solve addition and subtraction word problems (within 10) using objects

·          Use 5 senses to make observations about the world

·          Identify elements of a map and its’ purpose

·          Count to 100 by tens

·          Measure and compare weights of objects by using a balance

April

·          Identify and discuss the sequence of events in informational text

·          Explore differences between living and nonliving things

·          Observe and describe seasonal weather changes

·          Compare information from multiple texts

·          Identify goods versus services

May

·          Retell a story

·          Write last name with proper form

·          Write numbers 0-20 in proper form

·          Fluently add and subtract within 5

·          Identify physical traits and behavioral traits of living things and how it influences their survival

                               

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