KINDERGARTEN SKILLS


"We can get over being poor, but it takes longer to get over being ignorant."
Jane Sequichie Hifler




      Listed below are the kindergarten skills that are taught and assessed throughout the kindergarten year. Please reinforce these skills at home so that your child can continue to progress.

        PERSONAL INFORMATION
      • Name (first, middle, last)
      • Address (street name and number, city, state)
      • Phone number
      • Birthday (month, day, year)
      • Lunch number

        READINESS SKILLS
      • Names 8 basic colors
      • Identifies 4 basic shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle)
      • Can cut with scissors
      • Identifies color words

        READING SKILLS
      • Identifies and names all upper and lower case letters
      • Identifies and makes the sounds of letters
      • Names the letters that make the beginning sounds of words
      • Chooses to look at books
      • Can follow the line of print by pointing from left to right under each word
      • Can read some basic sight words

        WRITING SKILLS
      • Prints first name using upper and lower case letters appropriately
      • Dictates a meaningful story with a beginning, middle and end
      • Can write a sentence with some words spelled correctly
      • Can read what he/she writes

        MATH SKILLS
      • Counts to 31*
      • Recognizes numbers to 20*
      • Prints numbers to 20*
      • Recognizes a pattern (ABAB)*
      • Sorts by color, size, shape
      • Reads clock to the hour
      • Identifies coins (penny, nickel, dime, quarter)
      • Compares sets (less, equal, more)
      • Understand before, between, after

        WORK HABITS
      • Cleans up after self
      • Listens and follows directions
      • Listens quietly and politely
      • Follows classroom rules and routines
      • Works and plays cooperatively
      • Works and plays independently

      Taken from Mrs.Beston's Home Page




      *These are minimum requirements. By the end of the kindergarten year many students can count, recognize, and print to 100. We work on many different patterns. Students can recognize and name more complicated patterns, such as (AABB) and (ABC).



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