Fourth Nine Weeks Expectations

Merrill Road Elementary School

Fourth 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
• Identifies medial (middle) sounds in words
• Identifies ending sounds in words
• Add and substitute individual sounds in words to make new words
• Associates the long and short sounds with common spellings for vowels
• Blend and segment 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, for, have, here, said, are, come
• Reads short vowel CVC words
• Produces rhyming words
• Actively engages in group reading activities with purpose and understanding
• 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

Functional Writing

• Generates own functional topic
• Writes sequential steps for a “How to” piece
• Includes a detailed picture that supports the topic

Response to Literature Writing

• Generates a response to a student-selected book
• Writes a response which is focused on the book
• Retells story OR gives an opinion on the book with backup reasoning
• Includes a detailed picture that supports the response

Speaking and Listening

• Confirms understanding of a text read aloud by answering questions about key details
• Describes familiar people, places, things, and events
• Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories

Mathematics

• Counts orally up to 100
• 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
• Represent addition and subtraction, using multiple strategies, with equations up to 10
• Solve addition and subtraction word problems by using objects or drawings to represent the problem
• Decompose numbers up to 10 into two groups, in multiple ways
• Find the missing addend in equations with sums up to 10
• Fluently add and subtract within 5

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