3^rd Quarter Target Skills for Kindergarten

Phonemic Awareness

-rhyming words

-beginning sounds (m, s, a, t, c, p, n, f, b, i, g, r, d, o, x, j, e, h & k)

-count words in oral sentences

-blend and segment onsets and rimes

-blend and segment phonemes

-substitute phonemes

-recognize middle and final sounds in words

Phonics

-identify the letters (m, s, a, t, c, p, n, f, b, i, g, r, d, o, x, j, e, h & k)

-identify the sounds for the letters: m, s, a, t, c, p, n, f, b, i, g, r, d, o, x, j, e, h & k

-blend short a, i, e & o words

High Frequency Words

-can read and spell the words I, like, the, and, see, we, a, to, come, me, with, my, you, what, are, now, is, how, find, this, will, be, go, for, make, play, said, good, she, all, he & no

Concepts of Print

examples: knows that a page is read left to right, top to bottom; knows what an author and illustrator do; can locate the title of a book; capitalization; punctuation; quotation marks; knows the difference between letters, words, and sentences; can match spoken words to print

Comprehension

-story structure (identify characters, setting of a story, understands characters feelings, and main idea)

-cause and effect

-sequence of events

-summarize (beginning, middle & end)

-predict and infer

Kid Writing

-uses the letters (m, s, a, t, c, p, n, f, b, i, g, r, d, o, x, j, e, h & k) appropriately

-uses sight words: I, like, the, and, see, we, a, to, come, me, with, my, you, what, are, now, is, how, find, this, will, be, go, for, make, play, said, good, she, all, he & no

 appropriately during Kid Writing

-their picture matches their words

-uses a capitol letter at the beginning of a sentence

-uses punctuation at the end of a sentence

Math

-Counts forward from 0-75

-Counts backwards from 15-0

-Skip counts by 10’s to 110, 2’s to 10 and 5’s to 50

-Identifies a circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, diamond, and trapezoid

-Writes numbers 1-25

-Can recognize symmetry

-Recognizes, extends and creates patterns

-Can recognize numbers 0-25

-can write a number model to represent a number story

-identifies and knows the value of a penny and nickel

Science and Social Studies

-are not assessed for the 3^rd Quarter

Handwriting

-can print letters properly (different from Kid Writing)

Behaviors

·sits appropriately and listens                                             ·participates in class discussions

·keeps focused on task                                                        ·works independently

·uses a quiet voice                                                                 ·uses time efficiently

·interacts well with classmates                                           ·shows consistent effort

·comes to school prepared (with homework and agenda)

·uses classroom resources to complete tasks