Donaldson ElementaryKindergarten

Mrs. Campbell & Mrs. Cartisser

Preschool Common Core Standards

Beginning of Year Kindergarten Readiness ChecklistSocial

• Able to play, take turns, and share with others• Able to take care of self in bathroom• Able to put on coat, tie shoes, etc.

Emotional• Able to separate from parents• Able to adjust to new situations

School Skills• Able to sit and listen to a short story• Able to listen while others are speaking• Able to color in the lines• Able to hold scissors and start to cut on the lines• Able to recognize colors• Able to listen to two or three step directions• Able to organize belongings in a folder• Able to focus on a task for at least 10 minutes

Carpool• Able to open and close the car door• Able to buckle the seatbelt

Readiness Skills for Success in Kindergarten

• Name 15 letters (capital & lower case) in random order• Identify and produce corresponding letter sounds for 15

letters• Say the beginning sound of words• Say words that rhyme• Clap the syllables in words • Tell what happens in a story that is read to them• Print first name (1st letter should be capital and the rest

should be lower case)• Know the difference between letters and numbers and

letters and words• Count in order to 20• Count objects to find how many (up to groups of 10)• Recognize four basic shapes (square, circle, triangle,

rectangle)

Foundational Skills• Recognize & print all capital and lower

case letters• Recognize corresponding letter sounds,

including long and short vowel sounds• Read 8 color words with automaticity• Read 40 sight words with automaticity• Read CVC word families (kit, bit, sit)• Read CVCe words (kite, bite, site)• Demonstrate comprehension of fiction

and nonfiction texts

Kindergarten English Language Arts Curriculum

Kindergarten English Language Arts Curriculum

Writing• Capitalize first word in sentence and pronoun I

• Recognize and use end punctuation

• Spell simple words phonetically• Use drawing, dictating, and writing to compose narrative, informative, & opinion texts

• Participate in research projects

Kindergarten English Language Arts CurriculumPhonemic Awareness is a recognition that spoken

words are composed of several individual sounds. Phonemic Awareness focuses on sound units (phonemes).

• Recognize & produce rhyming words• Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables

in spoken words• Blend and segment onset and rime of single-

syllable spoken words• Isolate and pronounce the first, medial vowel, and

final sound in CVC words

Note: Phonemic Awareness can be done in the dark!

Kindergarten Math Curriculum

• Recognize & construct 2 and 3 dimensional shapes

• Count, recognize, name and print numbers 0-20

• Identify numbers 0-30• Count to 100 by ones and tens• Compare numbers and sets of

objects• Identify place value for numbers 11-

19• Solve addition equations within sums

of 10 (memorize facts 0-5)• Solve subtraction equations within

differences of 10 (memorize facts 0-5)

Donaldson Kindergarten Supplies

Please do not put your name on... * 4 boxes of 24 count Crayola crayons(please make sure they are Crayola brand)* 4 large glue sticks*1 box of tissues* 1 box of sandwich size ziploc bags*1 box of one gallon ziploc bags*One bottle of hand sanitizer

Please put your name on...*Folder(needed daily)* Pencil Box(5in x 8in)(will remain at school)* Large Backpack(needed daily) Paint Shirt-will remain in backpack for Art Days

Kindergarten Information• Carpool

• Conferences (November & April)• Snack• Parties/birthdays• Parent helpers• Absences and vacations• Homework

Thanks for coming!