KINDERGARTEN
Grade Level Expectations
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MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
Numbers and Operations
- Student will be able to demonstrate understanding numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers & number systems.
- Student will be able to compute fluently and make reasonable estimates
Algebraic Relationships
- Student will be able to demonstrate understanding patterns, relations and functions
- Student will be able to use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships
Geometric and Spatial Relationships
- Student will be able to analyze characteristics and properties of two and three dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships
- Student will be able to specify locations and describe spatial relationships using coordinate geometry and other representational systems
- Student will be able to apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations
Measurement
- Student will be able to understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems and processes of measurement
- Student will be able to apply appropriate techniques, tools and formulas to determine measurements.
Data and Probability
- Student will be able to formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize and display relevant data to answer them.
COMMUNICATION ARTS - READING CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process
Concepts - Demonstrate concepts of print:
- upper- and lower-case letters
- first and last letters in words
- directionality in letter and word order
- punctuation has meaning
Phonemic Awareness - Demonstrate ability to use phonemes to construct words:
- produce rhyming words
- separate and say sounds in words
- blend sounds to form words
- replace beginning and ending sounds to form new words
Phonics - Develop and apply decoding strategies to "problem-solve" unknown words when reading grade level instructional text
Fluency - Read grade-level instructional text
- by developing automaticity of an increasing core of high- frequency words
- with appropriate phrasing and expression
Vocabulary - Develop vocabulary by reading, listening to, and discussing unknown words in stories using
- root words
- word chunks
- context clues
Pre-Reading - Develop and apply, with assistance, pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension
- access prior knowledge
- preview
- predict with evidence
- state a purpose for reading, with assistance
During reading, shared reading, or read-alouds, develop and utilize, with assistance, strategies to
- self-question and correct
- infer
- predict and check using cueing systems:
- meaning,
- structure,
- and visual information
Post-Reading - Develop and apply post- reading skills after reading or read-alouds to respond to text:
- question to clarify
- retell
- reflect
- analyze
- draw conclusions
Making Connections - Identify connections between text ideas --- similarities and differences in various fiction and non-fiction works, with assistance text ideas and own experiences
Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate fiction, poetry & drama from a variety of cultures and times.
Text Features - Locate and apply information in title, pictures and names of author and illustrator
Literary Techniques - Recognize rhythm, rhyme and alliteration in oral and independent reading
Literary Elements - Use details from text in independent reading and read-aouds to identify
- characters
- problem/ events in logical sequence
- solutions
- setting
Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times
Text Features - Identify and explain information in text, pictures, title and charts
Literary Techniques - Recognize examples of sensory details within the context of nonfiction text with assistance
Text Structures - Use details from text to clarify meaning
- answer questions
- identify main ideas
- identify supporting details
Understanding Directions - Read and follow a simple direction to perform a task
COMMUNICATION ARTS - WRITING CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
Apply a writing process in composing text
Writing Concepts - Follow a writing process with assistance to
- generate a writing plan through pictures, oral language, letters, and/or written words
- compose text through letters, words, and pictures
- reread writing with assistance
Compose well-developed text
Audience & Purpose - Recognize different audiences for writing
Ideas & Contents - Compose text using pictures and words with ideas that relate to topic, with assistance
Organization & Sentence Structure - Compose text with assistance
Word Choice - Compose text using words that are related to the topic
Conventions - In written text
- form letters using correct pathway of movement (letter formation)
- capitalize first letters of own first and last name
- use ending punctuation in written text, with assistance
- use correct spelling of own first and last names, semi-phonetic spelling, spelling strategies
Write effectively in various forms and types of writing
Forms/Types/Modes of Writing In composing,
- plan and write stories and ideas (through pictures and words) using narrative, descriptive, expository, and/or persuasive features
- recognize different kinds of writing (e.g., thank- you notes, friendly letters, lists, poems, invitations)
