QUARTER 1: STUDENT EXPECTATIONS
We will assess
these Common Core Standards during Quarter 1.
Reading Foundational Skills:
Demonstrate understanding of the
organization and basic features of print.
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Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, page by page.
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Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by
specific sequences of letters.
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Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
Demonstrate
understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds.
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Recognize and produce rhyming words.
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Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken
words.
Know
and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
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Demonstrate basic level of letter-sound correspondences by
producing the primary sound
for
each consonant.
Reading Literature:
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With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
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Recognize common types of text (e.g., fiction, nonfiction,
poems)
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With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of
each.
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With prompting and support, describe the relationship between
illustrations and the story (e.g., what moment in a story the illustration
depicts)
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Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and
understanding.
Reading Informational Text:
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With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key
details in a text.
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Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a
book.
Speaking and Listening:
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Participate in conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten
topics and texts.
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Follow agreed-upon rules for discussion: listening to others, taking turns
speaking
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Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information
presented orally by answering questions and requesting clarification if
something is not understood.
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Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information,
or clarify something.
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Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, or ideas clearly.
Language:
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Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar
and usage in writing/speaking.
o Print many capital and lowercase
letters.
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Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English
capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in writing.
o Recognize and name end
punctuation (period, question mark, exclamation point)
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Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs.
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With guidance and support, explore word relationships and nuances
in word meanings. Identify real-life
connections between words and their use.
Writing
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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.
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With guidance and support, respond to questions and suggestions
from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.
QUARTER 1:
KINDERGARTEN MATH
Counting & Cardinality:
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Count to 100 by ones and by tens. (Q1 goal = rote counting to 20
by ones & 100 by tens)
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Write numbers from 1-20. Represent
a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20.
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Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities;
connect counting to cardinality.
o When counting objects, say the
number names in the standard order, pairing the number with one and only one
object.
o Understand that the last number
name tells the number of objects counted.
o Understand that each successive
number name refers to a quantity that is one larger.
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Count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 20 things
arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things
in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-20, count out that many
objects
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Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater
than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by
using counting or matching strategies.
Operations & Algebraic Thinking:
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Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental
images, drawings, sounds, acting out situations, verbal explanations,
expressions, or equations.
Thank you so
much for your support!
