Mrs. Nelson's Kindergarten

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Kindergarten Objectives

Language Development/Literacy

K.R.1.1  Students can identify and manipulate phonemes and words in spoken language.

K.R.1.2  Students can match letters and sounds and use them in decoding and making C-V-C words.

K.R.1.3  Students can comprehend and use vocabulary read aloud.

K.R.2.1  Students can comprehend and respond to text read aloud.

K.R.2.2  Students can identify all upper-case and lower-case letters and matching sounds with automaticity. 

K.R.2.3  Students can read sight words and high-frequency words with automaticity.

K.R.3.1  Students can identify concept in print of text.

K.R.3.2  Students can tell what authors and illustrators do.

K.R.3.3  Students can distinguish fiction from nonfiction.

K.R.4.1  Students can recognize that literature from various cultures shows differences.

K.R.5.1  Students can locate informational text at school.

K.R.5.2  Students can alphabetize letter.

Writing

K.W.1.1  Students can draw and picture and write a simple sentence about the picture.

K.W.2.1  Students can write a simple sentence using a capital letter and phonetic spelling.

K.W.2.2  Students can write the letters that match the sounds in words.

K.W.2.3  Students can write upper- and lower-case letters.

Listening, Viewing, and Speaking

K.LVS.1.1  Students can follow simple two-step oral directions.

K.LVS.1.2  Students can follow rules of conversation in group situations.

K.LVS.1.3  Students can identify different facial expressions, body language, and signals.

K.LVS.1.4  Students can use patterns and picture organizers to remember everyday information.

K.LVS.1.5  Students can speak in complete sentences to tell about people, places, and things.

K.LVS.1.6  Students can contribute to group discussions on a topic.

K.LVS.1.7  Students can tell about an experience or story in sequence with or without visual aids.

K.LVS.1.8  Students can recite short poems, rhymes, songs, and stories with repeated patterns.

K.LVS>1.9  Students can identify personal and emergency information.

Math Development

K.A.2.1  Students are able to compare collections of objects to determine more, less, equal (greater than and less than).

K.A.3.1  Students are able to use concrete objects to model the meaning of the "+" and "-" symbols.

K.A.4.1  Students are able to identify and extend two-part repeating patterns using concrete objects.

K.A.4.2  Students are able to sort and classify objects according to one attribute.

K.G.1.1  Students are able to identify basic two dimensional (plane) figures.

K.G.2.1  Students are able to describe the position of two-dimensional (plane) figures.

K.M.1.1  Students are able to tell time to the nearest hour using digital and analog clocks.

K.M.1.2  Students are able to name the days of the week.

K.M.1.3  Students are able to identify pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters using money models.

K.M.1.4  Students are able to estimate length using non-standard units of measure.

K.M.1.5  Students are able to compare and order concrete objects by length, height, and weight.

K.N.1.1  Students are able to read, write, count, and sequence numerals to 20.

K.N.1.2  Students are able to use fractions models to create one half of a whole.

K.N.3.1  Students are able to solve addition and subtraction problems up to 10 in context.

K.S.1.1  Students are able to describe data represented in simple graphs (using real objects) and pictographs.

Science Skills

K.P.1.1  Students are able to use senses to describe solid objects in terms of physical attributes.

K.P.1.2  Students are able to identify water in its solid and liquid form.

K.L.1.1  Students are able to sort living from non-living things.

K.E.1.1  Students are able to describe simple Earth patterns in daily life.

Social Studies:

K.G.1.1  Students are able to use map colors to recognize land and water.

K.G.1.2  Students are able to compare the globe and a map as models of the Earth.

K.G.1.3  Students are able to demonstrate familiarity with the layout of their own school.

K.E.1.1  Students are able to identify occupations with simple descriptions of work.

K.E.1.2  Students are able to identify the differences between basic needs (food, clothing, and shelter) and wants (luxuries).

K.E.1.3  Students are able to describe the role of money in everyday life.

Technology

K.NC.1.1  Identify three human-made objects.

K.NC.2.1  Identify that parts make a whole.

K.NC.3.1  Identify technologies used in the home.

K.SI.1.1  Demonstrate respect for the work of others.