Kindergarten Expectations
November
Reading Readiness:
Your child should:
· be able to consistently write his or her name correctly.
· differentiate between numbers and letters.
· differentiate between a letter and a word.
· recognize at least 20 of the 26 upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.
· know the sounds of the consonants presented in class.
· hear the beginning sounds in a word.
o match words that begin with the same sound.
Math:
Your child should:
· count at least to 25.
· recognize the numbers 1-10.
January
Reading Readiness:
Your child should:
· recognize all upper case and loser case letters..
· know the sounds of all the letters presented in class.
· write all letters presented in class correctly.
· be able to hear the beginning and ending sounds in a word.
o match words with the same beginning sounds.
o match words with the same ending sounds.
· have an understanding of rhyming words.
Math:
Your child should:
· count at least to 50 and to 100 with prompts at the tens.
· count be 10s to 100.
· recognize the numbers 1-20.
· write numbers 1-10 correctly.
March
Reading Readiness:
Your child should:
· recognize all upper and lower case letters and be able to name them quickly.
· know the sounds of all letters presented in class.
· write all letters presented in class without reversals.
· be able to hear the beginning, middle, and ending wounds in a word.
o tell the letter of the beginning sounds.
o tell the letter of the ending sounds.
o tell how many sounds (not letters) in a word.
· match pictures of rhyming words.
· count the words in a written sentence.
· count the sounds in a spoken word.
Math:
Your child should:
· count to 100.
· count by 5s, and 10s, to 100.
· recognize the numbers 1-30.
· write numbers 1-20 correctly.
Year-End
Reading Readiness:
Your child should:
· recognize and say names of all upper and lower case letters without hesitation.
· know the sounds of all letters.
· write all letters presented in class without reversals.
· hear the beginning, middle, and ending sounds in a word.
o name the letter of the beginning sounds.
o name the letter of the ending sounds.
o tell how many sounds (not letter) in a word.
· be able to rhyme words.
· be able to read and spell simple consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
Math:
Your child should:
· count at least to 100 without prompts.
· recognize most numbers under 100.
· write number 1-30 correctly.
Reading Readiness:
Your child should:
· be able to consistently write his or her name correctly.
· differentiate between numbers and letters.
· differentiate between a letter and a word.
· recognize at least 20 of the 26 upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.
· know the sounds of the consonants presented in class.
· hear the beginning sounds in a word.
o match words that begin with the same sound.
Math:
Your child should:
· count at least to 25.
· recognize the numbers 1-10.
January
Reading Readiness:
Your child should:
· recognize all upper case and loser case letters..
· know the sounds of all the letters presented in class.
· write all letters presented in class correctly.
· be able to hear the beginning and ending sounds in a word.
o match words with the same beginning sounds.
o match words with the same ending sounds.
· have an understanding of rhyming words.
Math:
Your child should:
· count at least to 50 and to 100 with prompts at the tens.
· count be 10s to 100.
· recognize the numbers 1-20.
· write numbers 1-10 correctly.
March
Reading Readiness:
Your child should:
· recognize all upper and lower case letters and be able to name them quickly.
· know the sounds of all letters presented in class.
· write all letters presented in class without reversals.
· be able to hear the beginning, middle, and ending wounds in a word.
o tell the letter of the beginning sounds.
o tell the letter of the ending sounds.
o tell how many sounds (not letters) in a word.
· match pictures of rhyming words.
· count the words in a written sentence.
· count the sounds in a spoken word.
Math:
Your child should:
· count to 100.
· count by 5s, and 10s, to 100.
· recognize the numbers 1-30.
· write numbers 1-20 correctly.
Year-End
Reading Readiness:
Your child should:
· recognize and say names of all upper and lower case letters without hesitation.
· know the sounds of all letters.
· write all letters presented in class without reversals.
· hear the beginning, middle, and ending sounds in a word.
o name the letter of the beginning sounds.
o name the letter of the ending sounds.
o tell how many sounds (not letter) in a word.
· be able to rhyme words.
· be able to read and spell simple consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
Math:
Your child should:
· count at least to 100 without prompts.
· recognize most numbers under 100.
· write number 1-30 correctly.