Field Trip to the Cummer Museum

Pretending to Paint a Self Portrait

Beautiful Gardens

Educational Fun

Art Time

3rd 9 Weeks

Merrill Road Elementary School

Third Quarter Expectations for Kindergarten

Based upon the Common Core State Standards

2012-2013

Communications

Reading

·         Names capital letters

·         Names lowercase letters

·         Makes sounds for capital letters

·         Makes sounds for lowercase letters

·         Identifies initial sounds in words

·         Blends one syllable words

·         Segments one syllable words

·         Reads sight words without hesitation:     

      I, see, a, the, can, we, you, my, like, to, and, it, is, play, on, in, me, yes, no, go, at, am, an, she, he

·         Reads short “a” CVC words

·         Reads short “e” CVC words

·         Reads short “o” CVC words

·         Produces rhyming words

·         Discusses books with others (characters, setting, sequence of events, predictions, etc.)

·         Actively engages in group reading activities with purpose and understanding

·         Draw/Write the beginning, middle, and ending of a story

·         Uses reading strategies effectively

Writing

(General)

·         Participates in shared writing projects

·         Writes capital and lowercase letters with correct size and form

·         Uses phonetic spelling

·         Writing shows evidence of spacing

Narrative Writing

·         Generates own narrative topic

·         Writes a narrative story

·         Includes a detailed picture that supports the story

Report Writing

·         Generates own topic for a report

·         Writes a report which is focused on the topic

·         Writes at least two facts about the topic

·         Includes a detailed picture that supports the writing

Persuasive Writing

·         Generates own persuasive topic

·         Writes a persuasive piece designed to convince someone of something

·         Includes a detailed picture that supports the argument

Speaking and Listening

·         Confirms understanding of a text read aloud by answering questions about key details

·         Describes familiar people, places, things, and events.

Mathematics

·         Counts orally up to 75

·         Names numerals 0-20

·         Counts by tens up to 100

·         Counts forward from a given number

·         Matches numerals with groups of objects, 0-20

·         Given a number, 0-20, count out that many objects

·         Composes and decomposes numbers, 11-19, into ten ones and some more ones

·         Writes numerals 0-20 with correct size and form

·         Names two-dimensional shapes – circle, hexagon, rectangle, square, triangle

·         Names three-dimensional shapes – cone, cube, cylinder, sphere

·         Identifies shapes as two-dimensional or three-dimensional

·         Compose simple shapes to form larger shapes

·         Draws shapes – circle, rectangle, square, triangle

·         Builds shapes from components

·         Describes objects in the environment using names of shapes

·         Describes the relative positions of objects using positional terms, such as above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to

Social Growth & Development

·         Follows class rules

·         Respects the rights of others

·         Uses acceptable work habits

·         Takes care of personal and school property

·         Works well in cooperative group activities

·         Listens to and follows directions