Kindergarten Standards
Key for Performance Levels (The goal is for all students to reach Level 3, Proficient, by the end of the year.)
4 - Exemplary Student demonstrates an advanced understanding of concepts, skills and processes taught in this reporting period. Exceeds the required performance.
3 - Proficient Student consistently demonstrates an understanding of concepts, skills and processes taught in this reporting period.
2 - Developing Student is not yet consistent in demonstrating an understanding of concepts, skills, and processes taught in this reporting period.
1 - Emerging Student does not demonstrate an understanding of grade level concepts, skills and processes taught in this reporting period. Student is performing significantly below grade level expectations.
NA - Not assessed Not assessed this reporting period.
English/Language Arts
Reading Standards for Informational Text and Literature
Retell familiar stories; Ask and answer questions about key details of a text
Identify characters, setting and major events in a story
Identify front/back cover and title page of a book; Define role of author and illustrator
Compare and contrast texts on the same topic
Make connections between self, text and the world
Track print from left to right, top to bottom and page to page
Point to words with one-to-one correspondence (voice to print match)
Recognize and name uppercase and lowercase letters
Recognize and produce rhyming words
Segment words into individual sounds and blend sounds into words
Produce sound for each consonant and vowel
Read grade level high-frequency words by sight
Read grade level texts with accuracy, purpose and understanding
Writing Standards
Use a combination of drawing, dictating and writing to express an opinion about a book
Use a combination of drawing, dictating and writing to share information
Use a combination of drawing, dictating and writing to tell a story
Add details to strengthen writing
Speaking and Listening Standards
Participate in conversations about Kindergarten topics and texts
Follow agreed upon rules for discussions (listening to others, taking turns talking, etc.)
Describe familiar people, places, things and events
Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings and ideas clearly
Language Standards (Written and Spoken Language)
Print many upper- and lowercase letters
Use frequently occurring nouns, verbs and prepositions (to, from, in, out, etc.)
Use inflections (re–, pre-, -s, -es, -ful, - less, etc.) in speaking and understanding language
Understand and use questions words (who, what, where, when, how and why)
Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I
Recognize and name ending punctuation (? ! .)
Write a letter for most consonant and short vowel sounds; Spell words phonetically
Demonstrate an understanding of words by relating them to their opposites
Mathematics
Count to 100 by ones
Count to 100 by tens
Write numbers from 0 – 20
Count groups of up to 20 objects accurately
Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 using less than, greater than or equal to
Represent addition and subtraction within 10 using objects
Solve addition word problems within 10 using objects or drawings
Solve subtraction word problems within 10 using objects or drawings
Decompose numbers through ten in more than one way (5 = 2 + 3 and 5= 1+4)
Find the number that makes 10 when added to a given number from 1 – 9
Fluently add within 5
Fluently subtract within 5
Compose and decompose numbers from 11 – 19 into tens and ones (12 is ten and 2 ones)
Describe attributes of objects, such as length or weight
Directly compare objects to see which is heavier/ lighter, taller/ shorter, etc.
Classify (sort) objects into categories and count the objects in each category
Describe objects using names of shapes
Describe relative position of shapes using terms such as above, below, in front of, behind and next to
Identify shapes as 2 dimensional or 3 dimensional
Identify 2 dimensional shapes: rectangle, triangle, square, circle, hexagon
Identify 3 dimensional shapes: cube, cone, cylinder, sphere
Social Skills and Work Habits
Shows enthusiasm for learning
Demonstrates appropriate self-control
Interacts well with peers and adults
Respects others
Stays on task
Works independently
Key for Performance Levels (The goal is for all students to reach Level 3, Proficient, by the end of the year.)
4 - Exemplary Student demonstrates an advanced understanding of concepts, skills and processes taught in this reporting period. Exceeds the required performance.
3 - Proficient Student consistently demonstrates an understanding of concepts, skills and processes taught in this reporting period.
2 - Developing Student is not yet consistent in demonstrating an understanding of concepts, skills, and processes taught in this reporting period.
1 - Emerging Student does not demonstrate an understanding of grade level concepts, skills and processes taught in this reporting period. Student is performing significantly below grade level expectations.
NA - Not assessed Not assessed this reporting period.
English/Language Arts
Reading Standards for Informational Text and Literature
Retell familiar stories; Ask and answer questions about key details of a text
Identify characters, setting and major events in a story
Identify front/back cover and title page of a book; Define role of author and illustrator
Compare and contrast texts on the same topic
Make connections between self, text and the world
Track print from left to right, top to bottom and page to page
Point to words with one-to-one correspondence (voice to print match)
Recognize and name uppercase and lowercase letters
Recognize and produce rhyming words
Segment words into individual sounds and blend sounds into words
Produce sound for each consonant and vowel
Read grade level high-frequency words by sight
Read grade level texts with accuracy, purpose and understanding
Writing Standards
Use a combination of drawing, dictating and writing to express an opinion about a book
Use a combination of drawing, dictating and writing to share information
Use a combination of drawing, dictating and writing to tell a story
Add details to strengthen writing
Speaking and Listening Standards
Participate in conversations about Kindergarten topics and texts
Follow agreed upon rules for discussions (listening to others, taking turns talking, etc.)
Describe familiar people, places, things and events
Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings and ideas clearly
Language Standards (Written and Spoken Language)
Print many upper- and lowercase letters
Use frequently occurring nouns, verbs and prepositions (to, from, in, out, etc.)
Use inflections (re–, pre-, -s, -es, -ful, - less, etc.) in speaking and understanding language
Understand and use questions words (who, what, where, when, how and why)
Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I
Recognize and name ending punctuation (? ! .)
Write a letter for most consonant and short vowel sounds; Spell words phonetically
Demonstrate an understanding of words by relating them to their opposites
Mathematics
Count to 100 by ones
Count to 100 by tens
Write numbers from 0 – 20
Count groups of up to 20 objects accurately
Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 using less than, greater than or equal to
Represent addition and subtraction within 10 using objects
Solve addition word problems within 10 using objects or drawings
Solve subtraction word problems within 10 using objects or drawings
Decompose numbers through ten in more than one way (5 = 2 + 3 and 5= 1+4)
Find the number that makes 10 when added to a given number from 1 – 9
Fluently add within 5
Fluently subtract within 5
Compose and decompose numbers from 11 – 19 into tens and ones (12 is ten and 2 ones)
Describe attributes of objects, such as length or weight
Directly compare objects to see which is heavier/ lighter, taller/ shorter, etc.
Classify (sort) objects into categories and count the objects in each category
Describe objects using names of shapes
Describe relative position of shapes using terms such as above, below, in front of, behind and next to
Identify shapes as 2 dimensional or 3 dimensional
Identify 2 dimensional shapes: rectangle, triangle, square, circle, hexagon
Identify 3 dimensional shapes: cube, cone, cylinder, sphere
Social Skills and Work Habits
Shows enthusiasm for learning
Demonstrates appropriate self-control
Interacts well with peers and adults
Respects others
Stays on task
Works independently