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What the Students Will Learn

_Below is a brief list of Key academic skills that students are expected to have mastered by the end of kindergarten.  For a complete list of the California State Standards for Education, follow this link to the California Department of Education's website.

Work/Study Habits and Citizenship Expectations can be found here.

Reading: 
  • Recognizes/names upper and lower case letters and their sounds
  • Blends and segments CVC words
  • Identifies and produces rhyming words orally
  • Hears, makes, and tracks sounds in words
  • Reads simple one syllable and high frequency words
  • Makes predictions using pictures and context
  • Identifies basic elements of a story: character, setting, problem, and important events
  • Retells beginning, middle, and ending of familiar stories
  • Distinguishes between fantasy and realistic texts
  • Understands and follows one and two step oral directions
  • shares information and ideas in complete sentences

Writing:
  • Writes legible words and short sentences
  • Writes with phonetic spelling
  • Writes with correct beginning and ending punctuation
  • Prints upper and lower case letters
  • Writes left to right and top to bottom
  • Writes with proper spacing and size
  • Grips pencil correctly

Math:
  • Counts to 100 by ones, fives, and tens
  • Recognizes numbers 0-40
  • Writes numbers 0-30
  • Counts with one to one correspondence to 20
  • Adds and subtracts simple problems to 5 concretely (Using manipulatives)
  • Develops skills in estimation
  • Identifies, extends, and creates patterns with 3 attributes
  • Sorts and classifies objects by 2 attributes
  • Identifies and describes common objects by plane and solid shapes
  • Identifies basic elements of a calendar and time
  • Compares length, weight, and capacity of objects
  • Collects, records, and interprets data from a graph
  • Solves simple word problems
  • Describes and explains mathematical reasoning of problem solving/application concepts

Science:
  • Life Science - Basic concepts about plants and animals
  • Physical Science - Basic concepts about matter and water
  • Earth Science - Basic concepts about the earth, weather, and seasons

Social Studies: Learning and Working Now and Long Ago
  • Self and family
  • Citizenship and Rules
  • State and National Symbols
  • Famous Americans
  • Holidays
  • Community Helpers
  • Past and Present