QUARTER 1

Language Arts:

• Reading:
  • With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
  • With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each.
  • Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
  • Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
• Writing:
  • Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.
  • With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
• Speaking and Listening
  • ​Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
  • Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification is something is not understood.
  • Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
  • Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
  • Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.
  • Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.​

Math:

• Count to 100 by ones and tens.​
• Write numbers 0-20.  Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20.
• Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities. 
• Given a number 1-20, count out that many objects.  Use counting to answer questions, such as "How many objects are there?"
• Classify objects into given categories, count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count.

Science:

• Making observations is the first step in the inquiry process.
• 5 senses are used to make an observation.
• Observations lead to questions and questions lead to more observations.
• Report and describe weather changes from day to day and over the seasons.
• Identify different types of celestial objects seen in the day and night sky.

Social Studies:

• Rules are an important part of daily life.
• Rules help protect rights to improve the way we live.
• Rules help people act responsibly in different settings.