welcome to Kindergarten!!
Please look at this beautiful Kindergarten overview slideshow prepared for you by the Kindergarten Teachers. You can also go over the letter to K-parents from July, which provides the information as to how you can ease your child into starting Kindergarten which includes the list of supplies. July 2015 letter
Use the below attached documents to help your child develop a good reading and writing habits.
Why Reading? - Help Them Read - Reading Log - Kindergarten Writing - Charlotte Danielson - Two Sculptors Poem
No two kids are alike, especially when it comes to hitting developmental benchmarks. But it helps to have a rough idea of which academic and social skills your child should acquire at his or her grade level. Learn more about the kindergarten classroom in these subject areas: reading, writing, language arts, math, science, technology, social studies, art, music, and physical education. Or check your state's academic standards to find out what students are required to learn.
By the end of the year, you can expect your child to:
Use the below attached documents to help your child develop a good reading and writing habits.
Why Reading? - Help Them Read - Reading Log - Kindergarten Writing - Charlotte Danielson - Two Sculptors Poem
No two kids are alike, especially when it comes to hitting developmental benchmarks. But it helps to have a rough idea of which academic and social skills your child should acquire at his or her grade level. Learn more about the kindergarten classroom in these subject areas: reading, writing, language arts, math, science, technology, social studies, art, music, and physical education. Or check your state's academic standards to find out what students are required to learn.
By the end of the year, you can expect your child to:
- Follow class rules
- Separate from a parent or caregiver with ease
- Take turns
- Cut along a line with scissors
- Establish left- or right-hand dominance
- Understand time concepts like yesterday, today, and tomorrow
- Stand quietly in a line
- Follow directions agreeably and easily
- Pay attention for 15 to 20 minutes
- Hold a crayon and pencil correctly
- Share materials such as crayons and blocks
- Know the eight basic colors: red, yellow, blue, green, orange, black, white, and pink
- Recognize and write the letters of the alphabet in upper- and lowercase forms
- Know the relationship between letters and the sounds they make
- Recognize sight words such as the and read simple sentences
- Spell his first and last name
- Write consonant-vowel-consonant words such as bat and fan
- Retell a story that has been read aloud
- Show an opinion through drawing, writing, or speaking (e.g. “My favorite book is…”)
- Identify and be able to write numbers from 0 to 20
- Count by ones and tens to 100
- Do addition problems with sums up to 10
- Do subtraction problems with numbers 0 to 10
- Know basic shapes such as square, triangle, rectangle, and circle
- Know her address and phone number
