Kindergarten
Curriculum At A Glance:
Reading
The student…
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recognizes letters of the alphabet
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associates sounds with letters of the alphabet
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understands basic phonological/phonetic principles (ex., knows rhyming words, knows words that have the same initial and final sounds and blends individual sounds into words
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understands how print is organized and read (ex., locating print on a page, matching print to speech, knowing parts of a book, reading from top-to-bottom and left-to-right and sweeping back to left for the next line
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uses a variety of sources to build vocabulary (ex., word walls, other people and life experiences
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develops vocabulary by discussing characters and events from a story
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uses strategies to comprehend text (ex., retelling, discussing, asking questions, using illustrations and sequences of events)
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knows the main idea or essential message from a read-aloud story or informational piece
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selects materials to read for pleasure
Mathematics
Number Sense
The student…
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counts, reads and writes numerals to 10 or more and counts backwards from 10 to 1
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knows that cardinal numbers indicate quantity and ordinal numbers indicate position
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uses language such as before or after to describe relative position in a sequence of whole numbers
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compares 2 or more sets (up to 10) and identifies which set is equal to, more than or less than.
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uses concrete materials to represent whole number and fractional parts of a whole (ex., one-half and one-fourth)
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counts orally by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s using concrete materials, pictures and hundred chart to show the concept of numbers
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demonstrates and describes the effect of putting together and taking apart sets of objects
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creates, acts out with objects, and solves number problems
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estimates the number in a set and verifies by counting
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builds models to show that numbers are odd or even
Measurement
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Geometry
The student…
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knows and sorts 2-dimensional shapes (ex., circles, squares and triangles) and 3-dimensional objects (ex., cubes and cones)
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recognizes and creates symmetrical figures
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knows the attributes of circles, squares, triangles and rectangles
Algebraic Thinking
The student…
Data Analysis and Probability
The student…
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knows how to display answers to simple questions involving two categories or choices using concrete materials or pictures on a graph or chart
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interprets data in pictorial or concrete materials (ex., pictures on a graph or chart)
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interprets data in pictorial or concrete graphs
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uses concrete materials, pictures or graphs to show range and mode
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knows if a given event is more likely, equally likely, or less likely to occur