Kindergarten Expectations:Third Quarter

Reading:
· Name letters
· Make sounds for letters
· Identify initial sounds in words
· Blend and segment one syllable words
· Read the follow sight words without hesitation: I, see, a, the, can, we, you, my, like, to, and, it, is, me, yes, no, go, at, am, an.
· Read words with a consonant, vowel, consonant pattern (i.e. rat, map, tub, ten, pit, net).
· Discuss books with others (i.e. describe illustrations, characters, setting, problem/solution, make predictions)
· Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
· Draw/write the beginning, middle and end of a story.
· Use reading strategies effectively (i.e. use picture clues, make predictions, stretch the word, ask yourself, “Does this make sense?”)
· Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings and ideas clearly.
· Reads on grade level.

Writing:
· Use spelling that shows letter/sound correspondence.
· Writing shows evidence of spacing.
· Write daily (pictures and/or words are done neatly and legibly).
· Generate own topics.
· Include detailed illustrations to support writing.
· Working toward meeting the elements of narrative writing (story with a single event or several events loosely linked, tell events as they move through time, include drawings that support the meaning of the story).
· Working toward meeting the elements of report writing (gather, collect and share information about a topic, maintain focus and exclude extraneous information when prompted).

Math:
· Name numerals 0-20.
· Place numerals in order 0-20.
· Write numerals 0-20 correctly.
· Match numerals with groups of objects 0-20.
· Count orally 1-75.
· Count by tens to 100.
· Compose and decompose numbers from 11-19 into ten ones and some further ones.
· Name three-dimensional shapes (cube, rectangular prism, cylinder, cone, sphere, pyramid).
· Compare and describe two and three-dimensional shapes.
· Identify shapes as two or three-dimensional.
· Compose simple shapes to form larger shapes.